BACKGROUND Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.]) is a legume cultivated throughout most tropical countries and is valued as food and feed for human and livestock respectively. The search for an improved cowpea variety has been on-going with the aim of improving traits such as grain yield, drought and pest resistance. But no information exist on the feeding value of these improved varieties. Phosphate...

Field experiments were conducted to study the effect of organic matrix based slow release fertilizers (SRFs) on plant growth, nitrate assimilation and seed yield of Brassica juncea L. cv, pusa bold. The agro-waste materials like cow dung, clay soil, neem leaves and rice bran were mixed together in 2:2:1:1 ratio and used as organic matrix for the immobilization of chemical fertilizer nutrients w...

Vernonia galamensis Cass is a huge potential industrial crop with very high content of vernolic acid in the seed oil. The experiment was carried out to determine the effect of inter- and intra- row spacing on the yield and yield related traits of Vernonia galamensis Cas.The experiment was conducted for two years during 2014-2015 on experimental field of Wondo Genet Agricultural research center,...

A study was carried out in the Agronomy Field Laboratory, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Old Brahmaputra Flood Plains Soil (AEZ-9) during December 2001 to April 2002 to find out the effect of seed rates and NPK levels on dry matter accumulation and grain yield of foxtail millet (Setaria italica L. Beauv.). Four seed rates viz., 8,10,12, and 14 kg/ha and five levels of NPK ferti...

Uptake of cobalt (Co) and copper (Cu) by ryegrass/ white clover based dairy pasture from autumn spray applications of cobalt sulphate (CoSO 4 ) copper sulphate (CuSO 4 ) and Cu chelate was measured at a site near Woodlands in Southland. The rates of application were 0, 12.6, 25.2, 50.5 g Co/ha (0, 60, 120 and 240 g CoSO 4 / ha), and 0, 0.25, 0.5 and 1 kg Cu/ha. The concentration of Co in herbag...

Field research was conducted at Students Farm, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan, during 2005 and 2006. The sunflower variety HO-1 was treated with 0-0, 101.5, 10-2, 15 -1.5, 15-2.0, 201.5 and 202.0 Zn-B kg ha. A basal dose of N, P, and K was applied at the rates of 90, 45 and 45 kg ha respectively across Zn-B treatments. The increase in Zn and B fertility from 10-1.5 to 20-2 kg ...

A qualitative and quantitative population survey of immature and adult Chironomidae was conducted for 1 year in a country club wetlands in northeast Florida, USA. Glyptotendipes paripes and Goeldichironomus carus were the 2 predominant chironomid species in the wetlands. Adults of these 2 species emerged at nuisance levels from Apr through Jun, and in Aug and Sep. Polypedilum , Cryptochironomus...