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Agricultural Sciences is an international journal dedicated to the advancements in agriculture throughout the world. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists, students, academics and engineers all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different are…
Drame Yaye Aissetou, Oluwole Matthew Akinnagbe, Ochola Alfred, Chakeredza Sebastian, Hien Mipro
The paper assesses the existing gender policy document in fourteen (14) selected agricultural faculties and colleges in tertiary institutions in Africa. This paper is an output of research report on Programme of Strengthening Africa’s Strategic Agricultural C…
Shouqian Feng, Xiaoliu Chen, Shujing Wu, Xuesen Chen
Although heterosis is widely utilized in crop production, its genetic and molecular basis is still elusive. It is arguably that heterosis arises in crosses between genetically and/or epigenetically distinct individuals. Various genetic models have been propos…
Nader Soltani, Christy Shropshire, Peter H. Sikkema
The effect of biostimulants such as Crop Booster and RR SoyBooster on dry bean under Ontario environmental conditions is not known. A total of 12 field experiments (6 in cranberry bean “Etna” and 6 in white bean “OAC REX”) were conducted at two locations (Rid…
José Luis Arredondo-Figueroa, Laura Georgina Núñez-García, Jesús T. Ponce-Palafox, Irene de Los Ángeles Barriga-Sosa
We present results of a long-term study aimed to optimize Nile tilapia O. niloticus production in a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) in México City. Three experiments were evaluated: 1) fry production; 2) production of masculinized fries; and 3) assessm…
Sachiko Idota, Yasuyuki Ishii, Kiichi Fukuyama
This study investigated the agronomic characteristics of pot-cultured teff ( Eragrostis tef ) under soil moisture and fertilization treatments in southern Kyushu, Japan. In experiments examining the effects of soil moisture and fertilization, growth of teff a…
Akos Mesterházy, Szabolcs Lehoczki-Krsjak, Mónika Varga, Ágnes Szabó-Hevér, Beata Tóth, Marc Lemmens
FHB is one of the most destructive diseases of wheat. Resistance testing depends strongly on inoculation methods, and on measured traits. Therefore a four-year (2009-2012) study was performed using spray inoculation + polyethylene (PE) bag cover, spray inocul…
Adam Dale, Elliott Currie
Canadian governments have moved towards a matching funding model for agricultural research. Agricultural organizations can take advantage of this if Canadian Controlled Private Corporations are established to fund research through matching grants, tax credits…
Rehmat Ullah, Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, Kalim Ullah, Tahir Munir Butt
The instant study was conducted to estimate the Model Farm Services Center’s (MFSC) contribution in yield improvement of major crops/vegetables in district Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, during the year 2014-15. Based on Sekaran sampling tech…
Valentin S. E. Traoré, Bouma James Néya, Mouhameth Camara, Vernon Gracen, Samuel K. Offei, Oumar Traoré
Rice improvement for disease resistance has scarcely involved farmers’ knowledge in Sub-Saharan Africa. A participatory rural appraisal was conducted in two main rice cultivation areas in Burkina Faso to assess farmers’ awareness of rice production constraint…
Imdad Ali Mahmood, Arshad Ali, Muhammad Zahid Kiani, Armghan Shahzad, Tariq Sultan, Hussain Shah, Muhammad Arshadullah,   Badar-uz-Zaman
Two-year long field study was conducted using a permanent layout to investigate the economics of crop residues incorporation (2 t · ha <sup>-1</sup> ) and P application (0, 40, 80 and 120 kg P2O5 ha <sup>-1</sup> ) to directly sowing of rice and wheat c…
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