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Overview of Dioscorea deltoidea Wall. Ex Griseb: An endangered medicinal plant from Himalaya region | JBES

SAMSUNG DIGITAL CAMERABy: Muhammad Iqbal

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Dioscorea deltoidea is an endangered species belonging to family Dioscoreacea, It produce rhizomes or bulbils which is rich in sapogenin steroidal compounds. These compounds have immense medicinal, industrial and commercial importance. D. deltoidea is expectorant and sedative. Continue reading

Vine harvesting frequency impact on tuber yield attributes of commonest sweet potato cultivar in Sub-Saharan Africa | IJAAR

IJAAR sweet potato 18,5,2019By: C. Mvumi

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Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) root tubers and vines are important for human and animal nutritional requirements, respectively; the vines being additionally used for propagation, but root tuber yield is greatly affected by vine harvesting frequency. This study aimed at assessing the potential effect of vine harvesting frequency of sweet potato German 11 cultivar on attributes of root tuber yield under sprinkler irrigation after 140 days from planting. Continue reading

Optimizing zinc seed priming treatments for improving the germination and early seedling growth of wheat | IJAAR

IJAAR Germination 15,5,2019By: Munazza Yousra

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Zinc (Zn) is an essential micronutrient with various vital metabolic, enzymatic and defensive roles in crop plants. This study was conducted to optimize the seed priming treatments, with Zn in improving the germination and early seedling growth of wheat. Experiments were conducted in petri plates and sand filled pots, respectively in Allelopathy laboratory, Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, during 2012. Continue reading

Evaluation of various preparatory operations for analytical recovery of selected plant nutrients in grains of wheat (Triticum aestivum), lentil (Lens culinaris) and rapeseed (Brassica napus) | IJAAR

IJAAR Lens culinaris 14,5,2019By: Sair Sarwar

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Laboratory techniques involved in analytical procedure poses many complications on the results that influence the efficacy of research work. An experiment was conducted to study the effect of washing, grinding and digestion methods on K, Zn and Fe concentrations in grains of wheat, lentil and rapeseed. The investigation was undertaken at the laboratory of National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad. Continue reading

Effect of a sugarcane-legume cropping rotation system on cane yield under irrigated conditions in Côte d’Ivoire | IJAAR

fresh sugarcane in gardenBy: Kouamé Konan Didier

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To find an alternative to the use of nitrogenous fertilizers in sugarcane cultivation, this study was initiated in order to improve soil fertility and sugarcane yield by growing legumes. The trials were carried out on-farm according to split-splot design in ferké 1 sugar bowl northern Côte d’Ivoire. The main factor was the cropping system (4 levels) and the subsidiary factor was the treatment with urea (3 levels). On the experimental plot, two legumes fallows (Soybean and Lablab) were grown in rotation with sugarcane. Continue reading