Following the outbreak of the sovereign debt crisis in the euro zone, austerity policies have emerged as the solution to the ills devastating the economies on the periphery. The impact of fiscal consolidation policies on growth remains an open question. There is widespread accept...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/15177
Aim: To study the effect of sowing dates on growth and yield of three pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br) cultivars. Study Design: The treatments were arranged in split plot design with four replicates. Place and Duration of Study: Field experiments were conducted for tw...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/14068
Aim: The experiments were completed to evaluate the efficacy of humic substances at low concentrations on the growth of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.). Methodology: Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) of Grand Rapids variety seedlings were grown in seven deep water culture growing units. Ea...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/13243
Aims: This paper examines growth evidence of federal government allocation share, state governments’ allocation share, and state governments’ internally generated revenue in Nigeria. Study Design: Dynamic Model and Correlation were used. Methodology: We used aggregate annual data...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/5859
Aims: The present study was conducted to evaluate the effects of Silicon (Si) and Nano-Silicon (NSi) for ameliorating negative effects of salinity on germination, growth and yield of faba bean (Vicia faba L.). Study Design: Factorial completely randomized design Pot experiments u...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14109
Ryma Amamra, Mohamed Reda Djebar, Nedjoud Grara, Ouissem Moumeni, Hadjer Otmani, Amel Alayat & Houria Berrebbah·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2014
Synthetic Pyrethroids are considered to be safe over other insecticides; however, data indicate that their use may pose risk to environmental biota, especially, aquatic organisms. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of cypermethrin, a widely used...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/10852
Aims: To show how and why seedling growth parameters and different cytological characters of the roots of different wheat species may vary during osmotic stress conditions. To identify species that are tolerant to a lack of moisture in the early stages of ontogenesis. Study Desig...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/11825
An indoor pot culture experiment was conducted in the growth chamber during the period of vegetative growth to evaluate the influence of inorganic nitrogen fertilizer in the form of urea on nutrient uptake, growth and root development of castor bean plant. The Nitrogen Fertilizer...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/12729
The study was performed to evaluate the efficiency of Milletia ichthyochtona Drake solution on control of insect pests in cabbage crop. Milletia ichthyochtona Drake solution, Soap 0.1% was sprayed at 15, 35 and 45 days after transplanting. The effect of all treatments on cabbage...
Crop plants that are tolerant to soil salinity are needed for a sustainable food production in areas where there is salt build-up caused by irrigation practices. Ten groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) genotypes (ICGY-6M-5236, ICG-IS-11687, ICGY-5M-4746, ICG-IS-6646, ICG-IS- 3584, IC...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/11495
Aims: Study was carried out to investigate the effect of imidacloprid on biochemical parameters and growth of soil isolate. The imidacloprid degradation by the soil isolate was also studied. Study Design: The soil isolate was identified and used for toxicity testing. The isolate...
Francisco Suazo-López, Rosalba Zepeda-Bautista, Felipe Sánchez-Del Castillo, J. Jesús Martínez-Hernández, Juan Virgen-Vargas & Leonardo Tijerina-Chávez·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2014
Climatic and technical factors influence tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) production in hydroponics and greenhouse, but there is not much research on management of red volcanic rock as substratum, as well as on water and nutrient solution. Therefore, the effect of the concentrati...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/11936
Crop production is highly dependent on weather and change in climate has a major effect on crop yield, and thus on food supply. The effect of critical factors for climate change on growth and development of Zea mays was investigated. The treatments used were water, temperature, l...
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Research Article10.9734/ajea/2014/10802
The paper examines changes and the extent of poverty in rural Nigeria from 1996 to 2004. It investigates the contributions of growth and redistribution factors to changes in poverty within these eight years. The analysis is based on household National Consumer Survey (NCS) of 199...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/11239
In order to examine the effect of macro and micronutrient fertilizers on the growth and yield of rice (Oryza sativa L.) under calcareous soils, the experiment carried out as split- split plot design in randomized complete block with three replications. Macro, sulfur powder and mi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajea/2014/3536