Aims: This study evaluated nutritional parameters for optimum methionine production Study Design: Methionine was assayed using the colorimetric method of Greenstein and Wintz (1961). Place and Duration of Study: Department of Applied Microbiology and Brewing, Nnamdi Azikiwe Unive...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/2444
The present study was carried out to show the effect of brassinolide on normal and salt stressed wheat plant. Grains of wheat (Triticum aestivum sakha 93) were divided into four groups: seeds supplemented with 20 ml distilled water (control); seeds treated with NaCl solutions (25...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/11089
Aim: This study evaluated the effect of dietary DL-methionine supplementation of diets containing mixtures of oilseed meals (i.e. soybean meal, SBM; cottonseed meal, CSM and groundnut cake, GNC) on the growth and feed utilization of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) of mean...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/10260
This experiment was carried out to investigate chemical properties of Moringa oleifera and the effects of dietary levels of Moringa oleifera leaves on the growth performance and feed utilization for Clarias gariepinus fry. The study was carried out in aquarium tanks, for a period...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/10399
The research was conducted in the years 2009-2011. The research material included narrow-leaved lavender Lavandula angustiolia and its three cultivars: ‘Hidcote Blue Strain’, ‘Hidcote Superior’ and ‘Rosea’. Five variants of seed stratification were used: 1. control (seeds which d...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/9861
Aims: There are contradictory views on whether mangroves are obligate halophytes or facultative halophytes. In this study, we examined: (1) if seedlings of a mangrove, Rhizophora stylosa, require NaCl for their survival and (2) whether the growth response of R. stylosa seedlings...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/9812
Aims: This study is aimed to investigate the effects of maggot crude protein levels (25 %, 30%, 35% and 40%) on growth performance, feed utilization, survival rate and body composition Larvae of Heterobranchus longifilis. Study Design: The experiment was carried out in aquaria (3...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/2714
Aims: To evaluate the efficiency of water extracts of neem [Azadirachta indica L] leaf, wood ash and their 1;1 mixtures on soil chemical composition, growth and yield parameters of plantain (Musa sapientum L.). Place and Duration: the experiment took place at Akure in the rainfor...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/4412
This work was carried out to study the effect of iron on the growth density of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as well as drug susceptibility testing. Fifty two smear-positive acid fast bacilli out of 100 sputum specimens were obtained from patients who were referred to National Healt...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/7049
Magnetic water is considered one of several physical factors affects plant growth and development. Magnetic water fields are known to induce biochemical changes and could be used as a stimulator for growth related reactions. The seeds of broad bean (Vicia faba, L. cv. Giza 3) wer...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/7468
For evaluation of moringa growth and its minerals content response to irrigation with diluted seawater and spraying by potassium silicate solitary (Si) or in combination with salicylic acid (Si+SA), a pot experiment was conducted in the greenhouse of the National Research Center,...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/6105
This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of Glycyrrhiza glabra root (licorice) extract (LE) administration through drinking water on the performance and some immunological parameters of broiler chickens. A total of 320 onedayold broiler chicks (Cobb 500) according to a com...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5277
Aims: Bioassays measure environmentally relevant toxicity. Consequently, increasing attention has focused on incorporating toxicity tests in hazard evaluations of contaminated sites. We evaluated the lethal and sub-lethal effects of contaminated dumpsite soils at various depths u...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2013/4715
Nitrogen is considered the most important element in plant nutrition and growth. However its role and availability for boreal forest conifers is still debated. Boreal conifers have adapted strategies to cope with the reduced availability of N. ECM fungi, associated with boreal co...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2013/4233
The experiments were conducted during 2010 and 2011 rainy seasons at the research and teaching farm of the college of agriculture, Lafia, Nasarawa state, Nigeria. To determine the effect of urea fertilizer and poultry manure on the performances of fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occide...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2013/3863