The present investigation on was undertaken for the management of Maydis leaf blight disease of maize. In the Screening trial, 84 maize genotypes of the maturity group (NIVT-Late) were tested against Maydis leaf blight under artificial inoculated condition, according to Disease S...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45868
A field experiment was conducted in rabi season 2011-12 and 2012-13 at research farm of Bihar Agricultural College, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar to assess the impact of various weed management practices on physico-chemical properties of soil in winter maize. Experiment consisted of...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45987
Wheat is one of the worlds most commonly consumed cereal grains. With the rapid increase in world population, the production of wheat will play a pivotal role in food security and the global economy. Conventional breeding programme for crop improvement involves hybridisation, sel...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45994
The presence of genotypic differences in performances under soil water deficit would help plant breeders in initiating successful breeding programs to improve drought tolerance. The objectives of the present study were: (i) to assess the effects of genotype, water stress and thei...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/45369
This research was focused on the use of different concentration of aqueous extract of Moringa leaf and Turmeric rhizome as seed treatment agents against fungi associated with maize seeds. The study was designed using 2 x 3 factorial in completely randomised design. This research...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2018/v1i226270
Bread is widely eaten across the world and the science of its baking has come a long way. This study was aimed at evaluating the effect of using Baker’s and palm wine yeasts on the performance and sensory properties of bread baked with bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), corn (Zea mays),...
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Research Article10.9734/AFSJ/2018/42928
Aims: The present study aims to evaluate the parental and F1 hybrid populations for yield, morphological and physiological traits under water-stressed and striga-infested conditions. Study Design: Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) experiment with three replications was cond...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/26870
Lucie Aba-Toumnou, Solange P. Wango, Emmanuel Kamba-Mebourou, Crépin Gbety, Serge F. Bolevane-Ouatinam & Mbacke Sembene·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2018
Maize seeds are an important source of nutrients for human and animal. However, an important part of the seed production is lost due to the insect attacks, mainly by the weevil S. zeamais, a major pest of stored maize. The objective of this work was to study the impact of traditi...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/43549
Aspergillus flavus is predominant among other fungi species responsible for aflatoxin contamination of crops on the field and in storage. A study was conducted to determine the incidence of Aspergillus flavus in maize seeds from various sources. Sixty (60) maize seed samples were...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2018/v1i226269
Aims: To determine the quantity of nitrogen required for vegetative, yield and yield components of maize and to predict these attributes using the normalised difference vegetative index. Study Design: Experiment was carried out in randomized complete block design five treatments...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2018/43886
Damaged and depleted soils need to be rebuilt, improved and used efficiently to support permanent agriculture. Generally there have been several attempts to use cover crops as soil amendments to improve soil management and conservation while improving soil productivity. This expe...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/43186
The use of nitrogen-fixing bacteria as an alternate N resource would play an important role in environmental protection by providing an eco-friendly and cost-effective inputs for farmers. The present investigation was carried out in the experimental field of Agric. Res. Stat. of...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/43784
A Field experiments were conducted from 2015 to 2016 wet seasons at the Teaching and Research of the Leventist Farm, Tumu Akko local Government area, Gombe State, to evaluate the effect of incorporated legumes and nitrogen levels on yield and yield attributes of maize. The treatm...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/39905
Maize has a greater significance in irrigated condition and is used as human food and animal feed. In recent years, it is being realised that apart from the major nutrients, the role of secondary nutrients in general and sulphur in particular in increasing yield and quality of ma...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/43615
Aims: To increase the area of maize (Zea mays L.) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) Walp. intercropping system and also to create the awareness about the integrated nutrient management practices in intercropping system of farmers of this region. Study Design: Split –plot design...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/41623