18 articles in this issue
Alao FATAI OLAITAN,Adebayo THIMOTY ABIODUN,Olaniran OLADELE ABIODUN
This experiment was conducted to determine the efficacy of plant extracts of Tephrosial vogelii Hook. f., Moringa oleifera Lam., Annona squamosa L. and cashew nut (Anacardium occidentale L.) at two intervals of spraying against major pre-flowering insect ... see more
Saad ABOUL-EL-HASSAN,Saad Aly EMAM,M. H. GAD EL-MOULA
Field experiment was conducted at the experimental farm of the Central Laboratory for Agricultural Climate, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt, during two successive seasons of 2017 and 2018. This experiment aims to improve the organic produc... see more
Abbas SAIDI,Zohreh HAJIBARAT,Zahra HAJIBARAT
Bacterial blight of rice caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is one of the most critical diseases in rice. In order to study rice responsive genes to bacterial stress, microarray data were retrieved from GEO dataset. To identify the respon... see more
Ibrahim MUBARAK,Mussaddak JANAT
Increasing the spacing between driplines is the most significant factor in reducing the high initial costs of drip irrigation system. A two-year field study (2017 and 2018) was conducted on a clay loam soil to evaluate the effects of different dripline sp... see more
Oludamilola ADEMABAYOJE,Joseph ADIGUN,Olusegun ADEYEMI,Olumide DARAMOLA,Godwin AJIBOYE
Sharife HABIBPOUR,Majid AMINI DAHAGHI,Mohammad-Eghbal GHOBADI,Alaeddin KORDENAEEJ
This study aimed to characterize if dust sprayed on soybean foliage impacts its yield and yield component characteristics. In 2017 and 2018, soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] was planted using a factorial randomized complete block design with three replica... see more
Tanja ŠUMRADA,Emil ERJAVEC
Agri-environmental measures (AEM) are an agricultural policy instrument for enhancing of agricultural practices and activities that go beyond the basic environmental standards. Formulation of agri-environmental measures is a complex substantive, organisat... see more
Insha YOUSUF,Abdul A. BUHROO
Pomegranate fruit borer, Deudorix epijarbas (Moore, 1858) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) is a destructive pest of pomegranate affecting the quality as well as quantity of its fruits. The pest and its other allied species are nuisance to pomegranate cultivation... see more
Yalda GHOTBZADEH KERMANI,Ramazan Ali KHAVARI NEJAD,Homa MAHMOODZADEH,Khadijeh SHAHROKH ABADI
Cantharidin and its analog, endothall, are known to have phytotoxic effects and their mechanism of action involves the inhibition of phosphatases. Enzymes and antioxidant compounds act as barriers against phytotoxic compounds. Catalase and peroxidase are ... see more
Gbemisola Oluseun OKUNLOLA,Emmanuel IDEHEN,Johnson Adedayo ADETUMBI,Christopher ALAKE,Solomon Tayo AKINYOSOYE,Oluwafemi Daniel AMUSA
Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] responded differently to storage stress factors. This research work aimed at assessing genetic potentials of fifteen soybean varieties to storage stress via accelerated aging technique and grouping them based on their leve... see more
Mohamed Ali ABDELSATAR,Asmaa Abd EL-Halime AHMED,Suzan El-Latif Kamel IBRAHIM
To determinate self-compatible genotypes for increasing autogamy yielded, the ten sunflower genotypes were sown under four pollination methods i.e., open-, self-, hand- and sib-pollinations in a randomized complete block design replicated thrice at Kafr-E... see more
Anatoly SEMENOV,Irina KOROTKOVA,Tamara SAKHNO,Mykola MARENYCH,Volodymyr ?ANHUR,Viktor LIASHENKO,Viktor KAMINSKY
An investigation of the effects of UV-C radiation from source having the power of 20 W on improvement of seed quality of Ukrainian winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) six cultivars: ‘Grats?ia Myronivska’, ‘Trudivnytsia Myronivska’, ‘Vezha Myronivska’, ‘Mu... see more
Nikolay N. FESENKO,Zorrida I. GLAZOVA,Ivan N. FESENKO
Buckwheat, sown in warmed soil, quickly sprouts, grows and successfully competes with annual weeds. However, such agronomic practice does not always lead to a good grain yield, because a powerful, abundantly flowering buckwheat plants often give only a mi... see more
Hassan FEIZI,Nafiseh AGHELI,Hossein SAHABI
This research was carried out with the aim of investigating the effects of different concentrations of titanium dioxide nanoparticles and cadmium on lentil seed germination and seedling early growth. The experiment was conducted as a factorial layout base... see more
Maruf Olaide YEKEEN,Hafsoh Olajumoke SHAIB-RAHIM,Joy OLABODE
Vigna subterranea is an indigenous African legume widely cultivated across the continent. It is a highly diverse crop exhibiting diversity in morpho-agronomic characteristics. This genetic diversity is also crucial for crop improvement as it determines wh... see more
Maša VODOVNIK,Matevž ZLATNAR
Global energy demands and global warming represent key challenges of the future of human society. Continous renewable energy supply is key for sustainable economy development. Waste plant biomass represent abundant source of renewable energy that can be t... see more
Mahmood YASAMAN,Hossein ABBASPOUR,Maryam PEYVANDI,Mohammad Reza NAGHAVI
The traditional medicinal herb, Hypericum perforatum L. has been popular for its pharmaceutical and coloring wealth since the ancient era. A secondary metabolite from the group of naphthodianthrones in Hypericum spp. named hypericin is responsible for the... see more
Bojka KUMP
Light energy is one of the most important factors regulating the growth and development of plants. In greenhouses and other controlled- environments in which the natural radiation intensities are often low, plant production relies on supplementary lightin... see more