Three years field studies were conducted at teaching and research farm of faculty of Agriculture, Bayero University Kano to evaluate the effect of various tillage practices on weed control and yield of groundnut. The study consisted of nine (9) treatments comprising of two (2) ze...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14540
The current study examined the effect of chemical and organic fertilizers on yield components and essence content of peppermint (Mentha piperita L.). The experiment was carried out in randomized complete design with 7 treatments and 4 replications in Sari Agricultural Research Ce...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14953
Organic (poultry manure) and inorganic (Urea) fertilizers were comparatively studied with the aim of improving the performance of sweet pepper, Capsicum annum (called ‘Tatase’ in Nigeria) in two ecological zones of Nigeria (Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state and Omu-Aran, Kwara State). Poult...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14920
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
Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of staking and non-staking systems on disease severity, yield and quality attributes of yams. Methodology: High costs and lack of planting materials, labour, staking and inappropriate knowledge on production techniques are ma...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/14713
Research has evaluated the contribution of minerals through soil and foliar fertilization on winter wheat yield, the purpose being to identify the interdependence relations for the optimization of the fertilization system. Two types of mineral and foliar fertilizers were tested....
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14354
Background: One reason for the low yield of rice in Nigeria is the use of inappropriate plant density. It has been found that as seeding rate increased; panicles m-2 significantly increased suggesting that adjustments in plant densities could enhance upland rice yield which const...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14489
Aims: To determine the effect of planting date on leaf and grain yield of Black-eyed bean (BEB) of cowpea type, Study Design: A field experiment was carried out in a factorial arrangement in randomised complete block design with three replications. Place and Duration of Study:...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/11528
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
This paper presents a mathematical model (with computer simulation) for forecasting the profits of buying software for the automation of established processes in the Nigerian University System. The mathematical model uses certain assumptions to provide a basis for iterative estim...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/13066
Aims: This research was performed for investigating the effect of two kinds of soil amendment materials on physicochemical properties of soil and wheat yield. Study Design: Experimental design was factorial experiments based on randomized complete block design with two factors an...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/11113
This study established a long run relationship in rainfall, yield and prices of soya bean, rice and maize for (1975-2009) period in Nigeria. Annual secondary time series data on selected parameters were collected in thirty six states including Abuja in six agro ecological zones a...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/11846
Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) is one of the most economical medicinal plants. Cumin is indigenous to Northern Egypt, Syria, the Mediterranean region, Iran and India; it grows easily throughout Iran. In order to study the effects of drought stress and different types of organic ferti...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/12564
The study was conducted to investigate the impact of education and certified seed on wheat production in district Kohat, Pakistan. For the purpose, proportional allocation sampling technique was used and total of 100 respondents randomly selected to get necessary information. Sim...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/13256
Aims: India is one of the most densely populated, developing and industrially fast growing country of the earth that not only facing the problem of water scarcity, but also the mismanagement of tremendous amount of wastewater (WW) produced every day. Therefore a study was conduct...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/9293