IOSR-JAVS   Volume-14 ~ Issue-1 ~ January 2021

ABSTRACT: A field experiment was conducted to study the enhancement of growth and yield of tomato by poultry manure (PM) in combination with or without inorganic fertilizers. Two tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) varieties BARI-14 and BARI-15 were used in this experiment. There were six treatments- T1(control; no poultry manure + no fertilizer), T2 (100% RDF; i.e. recommended doses of fertilizers NPK@ 120 kg N ha-1, 60 kg P ha-1 and 80 kg K ha-1, T3 (30 t ha-1 PM i.e. poultry manure), T4 (75% RDF+ 7.5 t ha-1 PM), T5 ( 50% RDF + 15 t ha-1 PM) and T6 (25% RDF + 22.5 t ha-1 PM). The treatments were arranged in a randomized block design with three replications. The data collected were plant height, number of branches plant-1 and number of leaves plant-1, number of fruits plant-1, single fruit weight and yield......

Key Word: Growth, yield, tomato, poultry manure.

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ABSTRACT: In order to study the nutritional quality of tomato as affected by integrated use of poultry manure (PM) and inorganic fertilizers, a field experiment was conducted at the Research Field of the Department of Soil Science, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Two tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) varieties BARI-14 and BARI-15 were used in this experiment. There were six treatments- T1(control; no poultry manure + no fertilizer), T2 (100% RDF; i.e. recommended doses of fertilizers NPK@ 120 kg N ha-1, 60 kg P ha-1 and 80 kg K ha-1, T3 (30 t ha-1 PM i.e. poultry manure), T4 (75% RDF+ 7.5 t ha-1 PM), T5 ( 50% RDF + 15 t ha-1 PM) and T6 (25% RDF + 22.5 t ha-1 PM). The treatments were arranged in a randomized block design with three replications. Nutritional quality of tomato in........

Key words: Nutritional quality, tomato, poultry manure, fertilizer.

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ABSTRACT: The objective of the study was to determine the effect of different subzero ice formation cooling rates during cryopreservation of canine sperm on zona binding ability. Semen (n=18 ejaculates) was collected from 6 healthy, fertile dogs by digital stimulation and divided into two aliquots. After initial screening, one aliquot of semen was extended in Tris-egg yolk medium. Diluted semen samples were cooled to 5 ºC and then a Tris-egg yolk containing 8% glycerol was added. Sperm were packaged in 0.25 mL straws and cooled by programmable and conventional freezer. Cumulus oocyte complexes (COCs) (n=1616) retrieved from canine ovaries (n=52) after routine ovario-hysterectomy were graded and only grade I and II COCs were subjected to in vitro maturation in TCM 199 medium..........

Key words: Canine ovary, Cumulus oocyte complexes, Sperm, cooling rate, Zona pellucida binding assay

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ABSTRACT: Integrated surveys of antioxidant capacity from Chenopodium album,(Bhathua bhaji)Corchorus Olitorius (Chech) and Cordia dichotoma( Bohar) have been limited and have particularly focused on an examination of seeds and leaves. Accoding to this, the main aim of the present study was to address an evaluation of the antioxidant activity of crude methonolic extracts from these three plants parts ( leaves and seeds) In order to characterize the resulting extracts, the total content of phenolics ( TPC) and antioxidant capacity was determined using, 2- 2-diphenyl, -1- Picryl hydrazyl ( DPPH) free radical scavenging method. Most of the extracts of sample showed higher TPC value ranging from 0.05- 0.58 of gallic acid and they showed the RP value ranging batween 0.01- 0.27 milligram. After statistical analysis, a low correlation between TPC and RP value was observed regarding antioxidant capicity from DPPH measurements. and their value find the ranging of 7.05 - 63.25 millgram..

Key words: Chenopodium album(Bhathua),Cordia dichotoma(Bohar),Corchorus Olitorius(Chech), Antioxidants, Phenols, Flavonoids, DPPH.

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ABSTRACT: The experiment was conducted at the farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period from September to December, 2017 to study the response of black gram with maximum utilization of nitrogen given in different method. The variety BARI mass-3 was used as the test crop. The experiment consisted of 16 treatments. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Results revealed that data on different growth, yield and yield contributing characters of black gram were recorded and significant variations were observed among the studied characters. Treatment T1 (Prilled Urea given in furrows) registered the maximum plant height (22.22cm, 53.91cm, 53.91cm, 74.86cm and 76.53cm), leaves plant-1 (4.03, 10.20, 17.93, 20.50 and 22.57), branches plant-1 (1.53, 4.26, 4.57, 5.11...........

Key words: Black gram, Nitrogen, Application Method, Yield.

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ABSTRACT: Background: Agricultural Climatology, often also referred to as Agro-climatology, is a field in the interdisciplinary science of agro-meteorology, in which principles of climatology are applied to agricultural systems. The present article analyses the interaction between climatological and hydrological factors and their impact on agriculture and the nature of crop diversification in terms of the changes in cropping pattern concerning acreage and production distribution of North 24-Parganas district.
Materials and Methods: Primary data has been generated through surveys and some conversations with the agricultural workers and secondary data were collected from the websites of Agriculture and Weather Department, Government of West Bengal, and..........

Key words: Agricultural Climatology, Cropping pattern Crop calendar, Cropping intensity

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ABSTRACT: This research work was carried out at the Teaching and Research Farm of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Gubi campus, Bauchi, Nigeria in 2013 and 2014 cropping season to ascertain the yield of hybrid maize (Zea mays L.) using cattle manure, poultry manure and inorganic fertilizer at three levels each. These were laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) and replicated three times. The result obtained revealed that the number of days to first tasseling decrease as these treatment level increase. Poultry manure was found to have significant effect (P≤0.05) on all the parameters recorded and in both years of study. Cattle manure on the other hand did not have...........

Key words: Gubi, cattle manure, poultry manure, manure, N.P.K: 20: 10: 10., hybrid maize.

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ABSTRACT: The unwise use of natural resources by man due to ignorance, greed, population increase and poverty have led to degradation of man's natural environment. Thus, to inventory the causes of the general land degradation problem and prevalent soil erosion witnessed in Obosi land, auger samples and profile pit samples were collected and evaluated. Using the relief and morphology of the area, two soil mapping units were establish: Mu I low land area and Mu ll upland areas. Findings from the study showed higher silt/clay ration value in low land relative to up land areas. There was increase in clay content with horizon depth especially with regard to up land areas. All the horizon depth across the entire land area recorded higher value of sand and colour differentiation were not notice within the.........

Key words: Land degradation, Obosi land, organic matter, phosphorous, cation exchange capacity

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ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to determine the right types and doses of organic mulch to reduce weed growth and increase soybean growth and yield. This study used a 2 × 4 randomized block factorial design with 4 replications of the different factors of types and the doses of organic mulch. The first factor was the type of organic mulch: Siam weed and neem, and the second factor was the dose of organic mulch: 0; 8; 16; and 24 ton ha-1. The variables observed were number of pods per plant, number of seeds per plant, the weight of seeds per plant, the weight of 100 grains, and yield of dry seeds. The results showed that types of organic mulch affected the number of pods planted, the number of seeds planted, the weight of 100 seeds, and the yield of dry seeds. However, different types of........

Key words: Siam weed, neem, soybeans

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