The study aimed to determine the effects of different levels of phosphorous and zinc fertilizers on the yield and nutrient uptake of maize (Zea mays L.) The experiments were conducted in a factorial experiment under Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) to determine the effect...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2020/v6i430093
The health of genetically engineered foods/plants, which is one of the significant issues has been raised in recent years. Various non-governmental organizations and customers recommended that all GM foods before authorization for human consumption should be subject to long-term...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2020/v5i330095
The study was carried out to determine the biscuit making potentials of cooking banana and yellow maize flour blends. Cooking banana and yellow maize were processed and milled into flour then blended for composite biscuit production. The samples were coded as follows; A=100:0, B=...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2020/v12i330289
Background: Assessment of protein quality is aimed at determining the ability of a protein to meet up with the needs for maintenance, growth, pregnancy and lactation. Objective: To evaluate the protein quality of complementary food made from local food blends using albino rats. M...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2020/v12i330287
A field experiment was conducted with four maize varieties (BARI hybrid maize-7, Golden Star, KC 505 and Fortune Gold) to investigate the effect of non-irrigated water stress on membrane injury and yield performance in order to select comparatively drought tolerant maize variety....
D. C. Mahato, D. Dutta, L. Maity, P. Biswas, B. Mahato, Chinanshuk Ghosh, F. H. Rahman, S. Thakur, V. Pradhan, A. Chakraborty, S. K. Bhattacharjya, M. K. Bhattacharjya & S. Patra·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2020
The experiment was conducted at Krishi Vigyan Kendra Kalyan, Purulia adopted village namely Jambad in Purulia District of West Bengal during kharif season of 2019. The experiment was laid out in nine strip plots with plot size of 48 sq m2. m including three different doses of Nut...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i630529
Maize genotypes of different maturity groups with good seed quality had been developed, but there is little or no information on how the seed quality of the maize genotypes are affected by their maturity groups. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to evaluate maize varie...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i530527
Field trials were carried out during 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 autumn seasons to study the role of barrier and intercrops against whitefly - borne Mungbean yellow mosaic virus (MYMV) disease. In the treatment (T2) two rows of Maize sown after 15 rows of Mungbean, the lowest mean p...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1630731
Annually, Nigeria loses 20–40% of maize grain due to insect pests attack. However, insect pest control in stored products relied heavily on the use of gaseous fumigants and residual contact insecticides. The control method is limited as it is toxic to beneficials and humans. Effo...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i530522
In crop breeding, the selection for yield is made complex because of the quantitative and polygenic nature of the character. This study was undertaken to assess character association and show the contribution of various yield contributing characters in some maize varieties throug...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i730300
Problem: Half-sib progenies were developed in a maize breeding program of the Department of Crop Production and Protection of Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria but have not been evaluated for further improvements. Aims: Therefore, this study was undertaken to evaluate t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i630292
Maize (Zea mays L) is the third most imperative food cash crop after wheat and rice in India. Inclined plate seed metering mechanism was developed and evaluated in the laboratory for singulation and uniform placement of maize seeds with three varieties (PMH-1, PIONEER-3396, PMH-1...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1330689
Background: Studies have shown that inadequate or lack of suitable complementary feeding is the major cause of PEM and micronutrient deficiency that leads to growth faltering and high rates of infection during infancy and early child hood. Objective: To evaluate the rheology and...
Aim: This study was conducted to investigate the economic implication years after an outbreak of armyworm among the smallholding farmers in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Methodology: A combination of purposive and snowball sampling techniques were used to select 60 respondents in four co...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i130092
Integrated soil fertility management was promoted on-farm during the 2018/2019 cropping season in Thyolo, Phalombe, Mulanje and Zomba districts of southern Malawi, in purposively selected extension planning areas (EPAs). Sixty farmers, fifteen from each district were involved. Tr...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2020/v4i230082