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Control Of The Damping Off Disease Of Tomato Seedlings Incited By Selerotium Rotfsii Sace Using Some Extracts Captan And Trichoderma Harzaianum

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Aqueous crude extracts of ginger, neem seeds, paw paw roots, bitter cola and leaves of J-Jyptls suaveolens at 5%, 10% and 20% concentration were tested 1'or their effects on...

60 pages (11728 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

Propagule Size Population And Intercrop Studies With Sweetpotato (Ipomoea Batats (L.) Lam) In The South East Agro-Ecological Zone Of Nigeria

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Three field experiments were conducted at Umudike in 2003 and 2004 to investigate the effects of number of nodes (1, 2 ,3 and 4 node cutting) and. intra-row spacing (20, 30 and 40 cm)...

146 pages (37809 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

Response Of Vegetable Cowpea Vigna Unguiculata To Intra Row Spacing

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The effect of intra-row spacing (20,40 and 60cm) on two vegetable cowpea (Akidiani and 1T86F-2014-1) varieties were investigated in a field trial at Umudike during the wet season...

39 pages (5295 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

Effects Of Agricultural Commercialization On Production, Consumption And Nutrition In Farm Households In Abia State, Nigeria.

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The study examined the effect of agricultural commercialization on production, consumption and nutrition in farm households in Abia State. The study was conducted in 120...

143 pages (29052 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

Effect Of Fungicides And Fungicide Mixtures On Some Important Diseases Of Rainfed Cowpea In Umudike.

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Cowpea (var, IAR -48) was sprayed at weekly intervals with ridomil, benlate and ridomil + benlate mixtures for the control of lamb's tail pod rot disease, brown blotch, bacterial...

30 pages (3300 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

Inheritance Pattern Of Fruit Size In Interspecific Crosses Between Lycopersicon Esculentum Mill And L. Pimpinellifolium Jusl

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The mode of inheritance of fruit size in crosses invoMng tomato (Lycopersicon escu!entum Mill) and its Wild relative (L pimpine!IifoIium Jusi.) was investigated. Fruit size as...

58 pages (9998 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

Density, Sowing Time And Varietal Effects On The Productivity Of Vegetable Cowpea ( Vigna Unguiculata (L) Walp) And Maize (Zea Mays L) Inter cropping System

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Three field experiments were conducted in Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike Research farm between 2006 and 2007. Experiment one evaluated the effect of component...

126 pages (26106 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

Response Of Vegetable Cowpea (Vigna Unguicidata (L.) Walp) To Gamma Ray Irradiation In Umudike Southeastern Nigeria

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Field experiments were conducted during the 2002 and 2003 cropping seasons at the Teaching and Research Farm of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Urnudike, to assess the...

74 pages (14959 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

Breeding Studies In Capsicum Spp.

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Three experiments were carried out using ten collections of pepper (Capsicum spp) with the aim of developing high yielding varieties. The ten collections were first evaluated in...

116 pages (22775 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

The Use Of Some Grass Straws In The Cultivation Of The Edible Mushroom, Pleurotus Ostreatus Var. Florida, Eger

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Different growth media an4 environmental variables of temperature and pH affected the vegetative growth of  osirealus var florida. AdropogHo straw produced significantly...

139 pages (28203 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

Determinants Of Investment On Soil Conservation By Farmers In Ikwuano Local Government Area Of Abia Stateth

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This study investigated the determinants of investment in soil conservation in IKWUANO .A total of 56 respondents made up of farmers were interviewed by means of structured...

45 pages (6869 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

Roles Of Informal Organizations In Savings Mobilization And Socio-Economic Welfare (A Case Of Isukwuato L.G.A., Abia State)

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The main objective of this Study was to carry out a work on the roles of informal organization in savings mobilization and Socio-Economic Welfare in Isuikwuato L.G.A. of Abia...

62 pages (11182 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

A Comparative Analysis Of The Out Puts Of ADP And Non ADP Farmers In Ikwuano LGA Of Abia State

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The study made a comparative analysis of the outputs of ADP and non ADP farmers in lkwuano LGA of Abia State. Specific objectives outlined to achieve this broad objective...

44 pages (7188 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

Evaluation Of The Efficacy Of Plant Extracts For The Control Of Okpa Flea Beetle (Podagrica Spp) In Umudike

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Field experiments were conducted at The Research Farm of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike during 2000 (late planting season) and 2001 (early planting season) to...

76 pages (13885 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

Breeding Studies In Cowpea (Vigna Unguiculata (L.) Walp).

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One hundred and eight genotypes of cowpea were evaluated in 1999 for yield and associated characters at the research farm of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike in...

217 pages (40726 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

Studies On Intercropping Cassava (Manihot Esculenta Crantz), Soybean [Glycine Max (L.) Merrill] And Okra (Abelmoschus Esculentus L. Moench) In A Humid Forest Zone Of Southeastern Nigeria.

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Five field experiments each in two cropping seasons were conducted at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, research farm, Umudike between 2000 and 2003 to evaluate the growth...

194 pages (42220 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

The Role Of Women In Palm Oil And Palm Kernel Processing: A Case Study Of Arochukwu Local Government Area Abia State.

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This study employees the exponential function to estimate the regression equation and the role of women labour in the processing of palm oil and palm kernel in the study...

74 pages (12012 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

Economic Analysis Of Cocoa Marketing In Abia State: Case Study Of Ikwuano L G. A.

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A study to analyse the economics of marketing cocoa in Abia State using Ikwuano LGA as a case study was carried out. For the study, randomly selected cocoa marketers served ...

39 pages (5988 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

Agronomic Traits Relationships And The Inheritance Of Nodulation In Cowpea (Vigna Unguiculata (L) Walp)

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Four experiments were carried out in the Green 1-louse and Research Farm of' Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria, between 2005 and 2007, to...

153 pages (30230 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

Development And Evaluation Of Cocoyam-Soybean-Crayfish Based Complementary Food

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Cormels of cocoyam (Colocasia esculejita, var. cocoinclici) and soybeans (Glycine max) were each cooked, dried and milled into flour of line texture, and combined with dried...

177 pages (33857 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

Assessing The Productivity Of Available Formulated Feeds In Broiler Production: A Production Function Approach

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According to Obioha (1992), the Poultry industry in Nigeria has undergone a signification transformation since: the early fifties, from a backyard, peasant and...

72 pages (10745 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

Studies On Lime And Potassium Fertilizer Requirements Of Soybean (Glycine Max (L.) Merrill) In A Humid Tropical Ultisol

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Field plot experiments were used to study the response of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill var. TGX 1485-ID) to application of lime and potassium fertilizer in a tropical ultisol...

56 pages (11743 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

Simulation And Acronomic Studies On Mungbean (Vigna Radiata L. Wilczek) In A Lowland Rain Forest Ecology Of Southeastern Nigeria

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Umudike (05 29 N. 07 33 E). a typical rainforest agro- ecological zone, was assessed for suitability for the growth and production of an Indian sub-continent originated mungbean (...

211 pages (46958 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

Stability To Biodeterioration Of Palm Olls From Two Varieties Of Oil Palm (Elaeis Guieensis.) .Jacquin.

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Palm oils extracted from different varieties of Elacis guineensis (dura and te,iera) were examined for their stabilities to microbial deterioration. Twenty six fungi and twenty two...

129 pages (28297 words) · Theses · 3 years ago

An Economic Analysis Of The Marketing Of Palm Oil In Imo State, Nigeria

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Out of the three geo-economic zones in Imo state, Owerri zone was randomly selected. From that zone, five local government areas (LGAs) were randomly selected. In each of these...

77 pages (19873 words) · Theses · 3 years ago
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