Aims: To investigate the status of microelements in the selected expanding rice production project irrigation schemes in Unguja and Pemba Islands, Zanzibar Study Design: Standard grid soil survey Place and Duration of Study: Unguja and Pemba Isles Zanzibar during October and Dec...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/42668
The experiment was conducted at the Research Farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka to find out the effect of soil enhancer (XXL) and fertilizers on the morpho-physiological and yield attributes of BRRI dhan28 in Boro season. The experiment comprised one factor viz....
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Research Article10.9734/AJRCS/2018/43216
Aims: The aim of the experiment was to investigate the effect of thiourea on physiological characteristics of two rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties under impact of salinity. Study Design: Experiment includes two rice varieties named as B-515 and KS-282, salinity level of 150 mM, t...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/41352
Aims: The scientific information available with regards to the response of transplanted rice to plant spacing and number of seedling per hill for its optimum production is very limited. Hence, a field experiment was carried out to assess the effect of plant spacing and a number o...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2018/42081
Janneche Utne Skåre, Heidi Amlund, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Gunnar Sundstøl Eriksen, Christiane Kruse Fæste, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Helen Engelstad Kvalem, Christopher Owen Miles, Anders Ruus & Cathrine Thomsen·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2018
Request from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority: The Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) requested a statement from the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM) on the dietary exposure to inorganic arsenic in the Norwegian population. VKM was asked to comment on...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/42107
In order to evaluate genetic parameters and drought tolerance indices using multivariate analysis, seventeen genotypes of rice were evaluated under normal and drought conditions. The combined analysis of variance indicated highly significant effects of genotype on all studied tra...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRCS/2018/41549
The experiment was conducted at Bahadurpur village under the Laksmanshri union of Sadar upazila of Sunamganj district during November 2014 to May 2015 to evaluate the response of different varieties with the application of different fertilizers for obtaining optimum growth of bor...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/40939
Rice, has been part of the most essential food crop for almost half of the world’s rapid growing population. At present, it is a valuable commodity of relevant importance which drives the change in the pattern of crop preference selection both in the urban and as well the rural a...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRCS/2018/40398
The experiment was conducted at the Research Field of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207 during November, 2015 to July, 2016. XXL (Soil enhancer) is a complex substance which consists of organic humic acid, fulvic acid, 40 different trace elements and other plant h...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/40495
Ashutosh Gautam, J. Suresh, B. A. Gudade, A. B. Aage & Subhash Babu·Advances in Research·2018
Rice has been staple food for more than half of the world population and presently it is one of the top three crops cultivated across the world in terms of area and production. Low temperature stress has been a critical factor year after year in determining the yield globally. Si...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/35629
Towfia Junnat, Md. Moinul Haque, Md. Elias Hossain, Md. Tofail Hosain, Rezowana Nizam & Md. Meftaul Islam·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2017
The experiment was conducted during the period of March to August (Aus season), 2013 at the experimental farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, and Dhaka to evaluate the growth performance of some rice varieties in relation to their economic yield. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/37394
Md. Shefat-Al-Maruf, Montasir Ahmed, Md. Monir Hossain, Md. Ehsanul Haq, Sujan Majumder Majumder, Md. Abdul Matin & Parimal Kanti Biswas·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2017
A field experiment was conducted at the Agronomy field, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka. The experiment consisted of two factors; Factor A: Planting method viz. Rice transplanter (P1) and Conventional method (P2) and Factor B: Weeding viz. No Weeding (W0), Weeding at...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36979
A study to investigate the effects of phosphorus (P) from Minjingu Phosphate Rock (MPR), Minjingu mazao and Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) fertilizers under irrigated rice (Oryza sativa L.) production was conducted in two sites of Lekitatu village, Meru district, Arusha region, Tan...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/37202
Rice is a unique crop which is generally grown in submerged soil. However, not all rice varieties according to its genotype can tolerate to complete flooding. The selection using DNA markers is now frequently used in real breeding programs, including for the development of submer...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/35616
Aims: This study aims to evaluate the effects of cowpea, yeast and trisodium hydrogen dicarbonate dehydrate (trona) on quality of yartsala, a traditional rice-based snack of northern Nigeria and to optimize process conditions for optimum product quality and acceptability. Study D...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/36217