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Science
February 2016 | Vol. 11 No. 2 |
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Title: |
Analyzing the role of community agricultural extension
agents of Dir area support project through the perception of
targeted farming community |
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Author (s): |
Tariq Shah, Jianping Tao, Khalid Nawab, Farooq Shah, Sajjad
Ali and Amjad Iqbal |
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Abstract: |
The focus of this study was to determine the agricultural
activities and effectiveness of the Community agricultural
extension Agents (CAEAs) in agriculture
development under the Dir Area Support Project (DASP). DASP
is a provincial project working in seven thehsils of the two
districts Dir Lower and Dir Upper with the aim
to alleviate poverty through agricultural and rural
development. DASP along with agriculture extension department provides two weeks training to CAEAs to enhance
their
capabilities about modern agriculture. The training mainly
focuses on vegetables production, proper use of fertilizer
and orchard management. The total population of
these trained CAEAs is 494. Among which, 18% sample size
i.e. 88 respondents were randomly selected for data
collection. Data were collected through questionnaire and
analyzed by SPSS package. Results of the study reveal that
majority of the respondents are educated up to only
matriculation level and have small land size with low
income. Majority of the respondents were satisfied from the
training and willing to adopt the improved agricultural
practices taught during the training. Respondents
also pointed that DASP staff regularly monitor the
activities and arrange refresher courses after the training. |
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Title: |
Evaluation of various tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)
cultivars for quality, yield and yield components under agro
climatic conditions of Peshawar |
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Author (s): |
Anwar Ali, IjazHussain, Ayub Khan, Junaid Khan, Masoodud
Rahman and Aamir Riaz |
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Abstract: |
Investigation were undertaken to study “Evaluation of
various cultivars for quality and yield of tomato (Lycopersicon
esculentum Mill.) under agro climatic condition
of Peshawar” an experiment was conducted at Agriculture
Research Institute Tarnab (ARI) Peshawar during 2013-14. The
experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete
Block Design (RCBD) with having three replications. Roma,
Money Maker, Super Stone, Super Classic and Bambino
cultivars of tomato was evaluated during experiment. The
parameters selected under study i.e. Plant height (cm),
number of branches plant-1, average fruits weight (g),
number of fruits plant-1, yield (t/ha), TSS, Ascorbic
Acid (mg/100g) and Acidity (%). All the parameters were
found significantly different among various cultivars. The
results shows that maximum plant height (137.37 cm),
number of branches plant-1 (4.71) and number of fruits
plant-1 (137.47) was recorded in Cv. Money Maker, whereas
maximum average fruit weight(80.78g), Ascorbic Acid
(16.53mg/100g) and yield (23.31 T ha-1) was noted in Cv.
Roma. The result shows that among all qualitative parameters
Roma cultivars was found superior. So it is
concluded from this study that Cv. Roma produced maximum
yield among all cultivars and it is most suitable for the
agro climatic condition of Peshawar. |
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Title: |
The effect of plant growth promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR)
and spray of micro nutrient on two soybean (Glycine max)
cultivars |
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Author (s): |
Mohammadali Esmaeili, Ayoub Heidarzade and Samira Ramezani |
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Abstract: |
In soybean (Glycine max) the efficiency of biological
fixation of nitrogen will depends on many factors which
related to the plant and soil bacteria symbiosis, and to
the environmental limiting factors. Low soil fertility and
limited availability of macro and micro nutrients are the
most important constraints. Therefore, this study
was carried out to investigate the agronomically response of
two soybean cultivars (033 and Elite) to foliar application
of micronutrients and PGPR inoculation (such
as Azotobacter and Azospirillum) under field condition in
Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University
in northern Iran. The experiment was randomized
in a split-split plot arrangement based on complete block
design with three replications. Main plot was included two
soybean cultivars (033 and Elit cultivars).
Subplots consist of inoculation and non-inoculation
treatment by Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria
(Commercial biofertilizer consist of Azotobacter and
Azosprillium). Foliar application of micronutrients Iron,
Zink and Manganese individually and in combination with each
other (in 8 levels) was considered as the sub-
sub plot. The biological yield of two studied cultivars was
affected and significant in 1% probability level. The
biofertilizer inoculation individually didn’t show
any significant effect among all studied traits but its
interaction by cultivar was significant for biological yield
and seed oil content at 1% probability level.
Between all treatments only foliar application of
micronutrients showed acceptable significantly differences
for all studied traits. Overall, it can be concluded that
with adequate supplies of the micronutrients and
biofertilizer (contaning Azotobacter) will have favorable
effects on soybean quality and growth in similar condition. |
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Title: |
Performance evaluation of
Kabuli chickpea genotypes for moisture deficit areas of
Wollo, Ethiopia |
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Author (s): |
Nigussie
Kefelegn, Seyoum Asefe, Fikru Mekonnen and Awol Mehamed |
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Abstract: |
Kabuli chickpea regional
variety trial was carried out at Kobo, Sirinka, Jari and
chefa from 2006 to 2007 cropping season. The objectives of
the trial were to evaluate
the performance of genotypes for seed yield and yield
related traits and to select and promote the promising ones
for verification. Fourteen genotypes including Yelbe
(standard check) and Shasho (local check) were tested using
RCBD. Analysis of variance and GGE biplot analysis were
employed on multi environment seed yield data. The
combined analysis of variance showed significant difference
for both main and interaction effects of genotypes,
locations and years which led to exploit the
significant effect of genotype-by-environment
interaction. Based on the analysis of variance and GGE
biplot analysis, two varieties namely ICCV-01308 and
FLIP-95-31C with average seed yield of 1.96 t-ha and 2.05 t-ha,
respectively were selected, verified and have been released
for Kobo and similar areas. On other hand, variety
ICCV-03402 with average seed yield of 2.34 t-ha was
selected, verified and has been released for Sirinka, Jari,
Chefa and similar areas in Ethiopia. Chefa and Jari
were identified as an ideal environment that has both
discriminating ability of the genotypes and representative
of the other test environments. Therefore, this
environment can be used to effectively select superior
chickpea genotypes that can perform consistently best across
environments. |
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Title: |
Some factors in water chemistry and physics that determines
the density of Diptera larvae on phytotelmata in endemic
areas of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever |
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Author (s): |
Emantis Rosa, Dahelmi, Siti Salmah and Syamsuardi |
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Abstract: |
As one of the breeding places, various changes in
environmental factors may occur in stagnant water contained
in phytotelmata, such as changes in water chemistry and
physical factors that can affect the lives of insects that
inhabit in that place. This study aimed to know what the
factors in water chemistry are and physics that
determines the density of Diptera larvae in phytotelmata in
three endemic areas of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever. The results
showed that the factor of water chemistry and
physics distributed to all types of phytotelmata. In
phytotelmata types of taro which determines the density of
larvae is the temperature, in bamboo determined by
volume and pH, and in pineapple determined by Zn. However, in
general, water chemistry and physical factors that determine
the densities of phytotelmatas are pH with
CCA score (0, 933) and temperature of the water with CCA
score (0.621). |
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