Nine isolates of Lasiodiplodia theobromae were collected from cashew inflorescences showing typical symptoms of dieback disease in nine different farms belonging to various cashew growing ecologies of Nigeria. The result revealed that most of the L. theobromae isolates exhibited...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/18047
Private investment is viewed as a powerful tool for maintaining and expanding the capital stock and production capacity of an economy. Many developed and developing countries have for several decades relied greatly on it to solve their macroeconomic problems, particularly those r...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/21773
The research was conducted to evaluate the agronomic performance of five tropical varieties of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus L.) in two agro-environments (Agbani and Iwollo) during the 2013 and 2014 planting season in Enugu State, Southeastern Nigeria. The experiment comprises of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/23298
A field experiment was conducted at the Agronomy Field Laboratory, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, during the period from February 2012 to May 2012 to investigate the effect of levels of phosphorus (0, 20, 40 and 60 kg ha-1) and boron (0, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 kg ha-1)...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/23532
Mona H. Hegazy, Fahad M. A. Alzuaibr, Abeer A. Mahmoud, Hanaa F. Y. Mohamed & Hussein A. H. Said-Al Ahl·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2016
Aims: The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of zinc on growth, fresh herb, essential oil and flavonoids content of Dracocephalum moldavica, Hyssopus officinalis and Salvia officinalis plants at two successive cuttings before flowering stage. Study Design: Our...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/23589
This investigation was carried out to study the effect of four levels of nitrogen (0,90,180,270) and three levels of sulphur (0,25,50) application on growth and yield attributes of potation a split plot design with three replication, at lovely professional university, Phagwara, P...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/20237
This paper examined the impact of corruption on the growth of Nigerian economy using time series data from 1960 to 2012. The paper utilized secondary data and the paper explored various econometrics and/or statistical analytical (Eview 7.2) method to examine the relationship betw...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/15329
Aim: To evaluate the influence of drought stress on canopy temperature, growth and yield performance of cowpea. Study Design: The experiments were laid out in a split plot design, with main plots arranged into three replications as a randomized complete blocks design. Water stres...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/21844
Field experiment was conducted in KARI, Matuga, Kwale District in the coastal region of Kenya for two seasons to test the response of ‘sugar baby’ watermelon [Citrullus lanatus [Thumb]. Mansf.] to four levels of nitrogen (0,40,80 and 120 kgN/ha). The treatments were laid out i...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/18821
The paper looks at the water crisis in South Africa. The crisis of water to a developing country and to its people, to agriculture, to other important variables important and necessary to economic growth and development cannot be under estimated. South Africa is on the precipice...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/16897
Objectives: We aimed to establish the typical rate of skeletal mineralisation in the growing sheep. The sheep (size, ease of handling, cost and bone physiology) is establishing itself as an appropriate model for bone research. Materials and Methods: Body composition including bo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20544
Aims: To assess the extent of the relationships of various growth and yield related characters. To evaluate the direct and indirect contributions of these characters to root yield, a basis of selection for further improvement. Study Design: Field Experiment, in Randomized Complet...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/20078
The paper examined the impact of innovations and transformations in teaching and learning on educational sector in Nigerian Economic Growth. The paper employed the secondary data and sourced from the Statistical Bulletin of Central Bank of Nigeria. With the aid of statistical pac...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/14701
This study was conducted to evaluate the planting density on growth and yield of tomato fruit to determine the optimum planting density. Plant height, number of leaves per plant, fruit set, number of fruit per plant, fruit weight and fruit yield were recorded. Results indicated t...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/18573
Aim: Detection of subconjunctival or intra orbital wooden foreign bodies and its retrieval is important, because of severe blinding complications secondary to infection can occur. We describe, a case of post traumatic subconjunctival wooden foreign bodies retained in conjunctival...