abstract plant species differ in their ability to grow at low available p soils in other words, plant species differ in p use efficiency at low p supply. this ability can be investigated by comparing p uptake efficiency of plants and relative effective factors. a pot experiment was carried out in the growth chamber and sugar beet, maize and groundnut were grown in a low available p soil in a co...

BACKGROUND Maize-bambara groundnut complementary foods are deficient in calcium, iron, zinc and vitamin A. Food-to-food fortification could be cheaper, safer and more easily adopted by local communities compared to the use of chemically pure compounds and vitamins to enrich such foods. RESULTS Maize-bambara groundnut complementary foods fortified for iron, zinc, calcium and vitamin A by blend...

The production of milk and other protective foods in many tropical and subtropical countries is inadequate to meet the needs of the population (FAO, 1959). The diets consumed in these countries are in general deficient in proteins, certain vitamins and minerals (FAO, 1959; Jelliffe, 1955). The problem of providing low-cost supplementary foods based on locally available protein-rich foods of veg...

The experiment of the current study was performed at Rabbitry of Poultry Science Department and the chemical analysis was carried out at Department of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Animal Husbandry and veterinary sciences, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar. The recent study examines the effect of different level of Urea (UR) and Soybean Meal (SBM) treated groundnut shells on rabbit’s perfo...

Allele-specific PCR (AS-PCR) with 3 primers was used to identify true F1 hybrids resulting from normal oleate groundnut cultivars pollinated with high oleate groundnut genotypes with a 1-bp insertion (A:T) at position 442 after the start codon in FAD2B. Its reliability was confirmed by direct sequencing of FAD2B PCR products. The AS-PCR protocol requires minimal resources, and thus provides an ...

In recent times efforts are being made to improve the productivity of bambara groundnut. Studies were initiated (i) to characterise and evaluate landraces and to select superior ones for irradiation, (ii) to induce genetic variation through gamma irradiation and (iii) to use biotechnological approaches to shorten the generation cycle. The results of the study indicated that gamma irradiation in...

Construction of a genetic linkage map is necessary to apply marker-assisted selection tools in a crop improvement program. Except for the recent studies from two laboratories, most of the previous studies have shown little or no DNA polymorphism in cultivated groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.). In the present study, 70 selected genotypes, representing variability for several morphological, physiol...

Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) is an underutilised legume crop, which has long been recognised as a protein-rich and drought-tolerant crop, used extensively in Sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of the study was to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) involved in agronomic and drought-related traits using an expression marker-based genetic map based on major crop resources develop...

The present work was carried out with an aim to isolate an Exo-pectinase producing fungal strain, to optimize physical factors of the enzyme activity and to formulate a media for the cost effective production of the enzyme. Screening, isolation and identification of Aspergillus tamarii and Aspergillus carbonarius were done. Various process variables like pH, temperature and incubation time of t...

We conducted an experiment in Niger to evaluate the performance of hermetic triple layer (Purdue Improved Crop Storage- PICS) bags for the preservation of shelled and unshelled groundnut Arachis hypogaea L. Naturally-infested groundnut was stored in PICS bags and woven bags for 6.7 months. After storage, the average oxygen level in the PICS bags fell from 21% to 18% (v/v) and 21%-15% (v/v) for ...