Irrigation interval and fertilizer nutrient sources influenced growth and biomass yield of ‘PITA 24’ plantain (Musa spp. AAB) --IJAAR

Simon Chinekenwa Aba1*, Kayode Paul Baiyeri1,2 Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria Visiting scientist to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, P.M.B 5320, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria In the current global climate change scenario, there are predictions of drought and water shortages. This study evaluated varying fertilizer treatments (organic – 20 t.ha-1 of composted...

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Analysis of response to water deficit in three Indian varieties of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) for drought tolerance--IJAAR

Bhupendra Koul1*, Devindra Vijay Amla1, Indraneel Sanyal1, Ruchi Singh Plant Transgenic Lab, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, P.O. Box 436, Rana PratapMarg, Lucknow-226 001, India Plant Physiology Lab, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, P.O. Box 436, Rana PratapMarg, Lucknow-226 001, India Drought is one of the major abiotic stresses in agriculture for losses in crop productivity worldwide. Three chickpea (Cicer arietinum...

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Effect of application of Nitrogen and Potassium fertilizers on some vegetative and reproductive traits in Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) -IJAAR

Shiva Ghasemi, Khadijeh Abbaszadeh, Mostafa Ghasemi*, Morteza Salari, FatemehZarei Department of Horticulture, Hormozgan University, Bandar Abbas, Iran A pot experiment was carried out to examine the effect of application of nitrogen and potassium fertilizers on some vegetative and reproductive traits in Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa). Treatments were included control with no fertilizer (T1); 70 mg N per kg soil (T2); 50 mg K2O per kg soil...

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Mycological flora of Clarias gariepinus exposed to an oilfield wastewater in Nigeria-IJMM

Nedie Patience Akani*, Omokaro Obire Department of Microbiology, University of Port Harcourt. P.M.B. 5323, Choba - Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria The Mycological flora of Clarias gariepinus exposed to sub-lethal concentrations of an oilfield wastewater were investigated. The concentrations included 0% (control), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60% respectively. Physico-chemistry and mycoflora of wastewater and tissues of Clarias gariepinus were...

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Extraction of β-galactosidase and β-glucosidase from the seeds of Tamarindus indica-- IJBB

Shlini Purushothaman*, Siddalinga Murthy K R Central College Campus, Bangalore University, Bangalore, Karnataka. India The enzymes β–galactosidase and β–glucosidase were extracted from the tamarind seeds using different buffers at different pH.Highest activity was obtained with 10 mM sodium acetate buffer, pH 5.6 and 10 mM tris buffer, pH 7.4. The effect of NaCl and Triton X–100 at different concentrations on the extraction of the enzymes...

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Molecular characterization of rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes using target region amplification polymorphism (TRAP) markers in relation to grain iron content

Pavan J. Kundur1,2,3*, Prakash G. Patil1,4, B.G. Harish2, 3, C.K. Ramesh5, H.E. Shahidhar1 Department of Plant Biotechnology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru -560065, India M. S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru- 560054, India Visveshwarya Technological University, Belagavi- 590018, India Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur-208024, India Sahyadri Science College, Shivamogga – 577203, India In the present investigation,...

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