AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

OCCURRENCE, DISTRIBUTION AND ALTERNATIVE HOSTS OF JATROPHA MOSAIC VIRUS IN SOME NORTHWESTERN STATES OF NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Field survey was conducted in 2015 between August and September in three Local Government Areas of Kaduna, Katsina and… Read More

5 years ago

NUTRITIVE VALUE OF MALTED SORGHUM SPROUT IN BROILER CHICKEN DIETS

ABSTRACT Two studies were carried out to determine the nutritive value of Ma lted Sorghum Sprouts (MSS) in broiler chickens.… Read More

5 years ago

MAXIMIZING YIELD AND NET RETURNS TO NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM FERTILIZER APPLICATION IN RICE (Oryza sativa. L) PRODUCTION ON LOWLAND SOILS

ABSTRACT   Rice (Oryza sativa .L) is an important staple and source of income for farmers in Nigeria. Current fertilizer… Read More

5 years ago

KINETICS OF SULPHATE DESORPTION IN SELECTED SOILS AS INFLUENCED BY PARENT MATERIALS AND BIOCHAR IN BAUCHI NORTH, SUDAN SAVANNA, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT   The absorptive nature of S by plants depends on desorption of S from soils. Understanding the kinetics desorption… Read More

5 years ago

HETEROSIS AND COMBINING ABILITY FOR SUGAR CONTENT AND GRAIN YIELD IN SWEET AND GRAIN SORGHUM (SORGHUM BICOLOR L. MOENCH) HYBRIDS

HETEROSIS AND COMBINING ABILITY FOR SUGAR CONTENT AND GRAIN YIELD IN SWEET AND GRAIN SORGHUM (SORGHUM BICOLOR L. MOENCH) HYBRIDS… Read More

5 years ago

ESTIMATING PERFORMANCE AND METHANE EMISSION FROM YANKASA LAMB RAMS FED DIETS CONTAINING VARYING LEVELS OF CAMEL’S FOOT (Piliostigma thonningii) LEAF AND POD MEALS

ABSTRACT This study was conducted to estimate the effect of Piliostigma thonningii leaf (PTLM) and pod (PTPM) meals on growth… Read More

5 years ago

EFFECTS OF FERTILIZER LEVELS AND HARVEST TIME ON YIELD OF Panicum maximum cv. Mombasa AND ITS NUTRIENT DIGESTIBILITY BY RED SOKOTO BUCKS

ABSTRACT The first study was carried out to determine the effects of application of varied levels of fertilizer (NPK 15-15-15)… Read More

5 years ago

COWPEA (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) SEED QUALITY AND YIELD AS INFLUENCED BY MANIPULATING SOWING DATES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SCAB INDUCED BY Elsinoe phaseoli Jenkins, AT SAMARU, NORTH-WEST NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Field experiment was conducted at the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR) farm at Samaru, North-western Nigeria to investigate effects… Read More

5 years ago

COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF DIFFERENTLY PROCESSED WHOLE EGG POWDER

ABSTRACT Egg is a nutrient dense food. The cylical egg glut characterized by egg spoilage, quality deterioration and wastage imparts… Read More

5 years ago

ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS INFLUENCING USE OF CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PRACTICES BY RICE FARMERS IN NORTH-WEST NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Researches on adaptation-climate change interaction have been conducted mainly in the southern parts of Nigeria with relatively few in… Read More

5 years ago