IOSR-JAVS   Volume-9 ~ Issue-5 ~ MAY-2016

ABSTRACT: A study was conducted utilizing 20 elite WA (Wild Abortive) Cytoplasmic Male Sterile lines in Kharif season of 2014.Genotypes were planted in RCBD (Randomized Complete Block Design) in three replications with IR58025A as check. Information related to 11 vital traits were recorded and Analysis of Variance was performed suggesting significant variance among the genotypes.......

Keywords: Correlation, Dendogram, Outcrossing%, Variability, Wild Abortive CMS

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[4] S.S. Pardhe, V.V. Dalvi, B.L.Thaware and V.G. More, Evaluation of stable performance of cytoplasmic male sterile lines in rice. Oryza , 48(1), 2011, 37-39
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ABSTRACT: Avian mycoplasmosis is an important disease of poultry of great economic importance. It is caused by four (4) pathogenic mycoplasma species namely Mycoplasma gallisepticum, Mycoplasma synoviae, Mycoplasma meleagridis and Mycoplasma iowae; although other Mycoplasma species have also been incriminated in the disease. The disease causes cough, rales, ocular and nasal discharges, decreased feed intake, decreased feed conversion, decreased egg production and hatchability.......

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ABSTRACT: The present study was conducted at Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni Solan,HP,India to study the Carbon Sequestration potential of different Multipurpose tree species of Himachal Pradesh with the objective to determine the biomass of the multipurpose agroforestry tree species. Carbon sequestration potential was studied in seven species viz., Grewia optiva, Morus alba, Celtis autralis, Acer oblongum, Melia azedarach, Acacia catechu and Bauhinia variegata. The biomass carbon stock in a particular agroforestry tree species depends upon its total biomass........

Keywords: Agroforestry , Biomass, Carbon sequestration , Carbon Stock

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ABSTRACT: The seeds of some varieties of guinea corn were treated with a combination of gamma rays and sodium azide at 20, 30, 40 and 100 Kilorads at the centre for energy research and development, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile Ife, Oyo state, Nigeria. The treated seeds were later soaked in 3mM and 4mM respectively with the aim of assessing the desirable effect of these mutagenes on the yield components of the varieties used. The difference was significant for all traits studied.......

Keywords: Gamma rays, sodium azide, mutagenesis, dose, sorghum, variety and yield.

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ABSTRACT: Field experiment was carried out during autumn season of 2013 at the experimental farm, of Agricultural Collage- University of Baghdad /Abu-Graib- Baghdad, Iraq. The layout of the experiment was Randomize Complete Blok Design with three replications. The objective was to study the effect of sowing depth and plant density on some growth characteristics, yield and water use efficiency of Safflower (Carthamustinctorius L.)........

Keywords: Sowing depth, plant density, water use efficiency and safflower.

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ABSTRACT: It is aimed to evaluate consumers' behaviors towards to a regional agricultural product, known as isot pepper, in Turkey by means of willingness to pay and consumption amount and explore the potential factors that contribute to it by this study. The data come from eight provinces which were selected as purposeful, represent 42.8% of Turkey's population, with a sample of 1,594 consumers from different socio-economic and education levels by simple random sampling method and interviewed face to face. Likert, SPSS and Linear regressions analyses were used........

Keywords: Consumers' attitudes, consumption amount, isot pepper, local agricultural products, willingness to pay

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ABSTRACT: A field study with corn was carried out during spring seasons of 2015 in Al-Rasheed Township southern of Baghdad, Iraq. The aim study is to determine the effects of irrigation system on water and yield productivity and salinity distribution in soil. Corn cultivar was grown using different styles of surface irrigation included conventional basin irrigation, were done after 50% of available water depletion (CBI), deficit irrigation (basin partial irrigation-irrigation from 70% of treatment CBI used) (BPI), conventional furrow irrigation (CFI), and Shallow furrow irrigation (SFI)........

Keywords: Basin & furrow irrigation, EC & SAR distribution, corn

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ABSTRACT: A study was carried out to determine the maximum intake of mosquitoes' larvae within a twenty four hours period by two species of indigenous Anabantoids. The species used were Betta pugnax and Betta anabantoides and for each species five adult male fish were used. The feeding of the mosquito larvae every twenty four hours period was observed continuously for three days for each species. The mean standard length of the Betta pugnax and Betta anabantoides were 3.8cm and 3.7cm respectively and for the mosquitos' larvae, the length varies from 5 – 6mm........

Keywords: Predatory capacity, Anabantoids, indigenous fishes, mosquitoes' larvae

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ABSTRACT: In this study I want to demonstrate how it is possible to dominate Nymphomania in cows, without resorting to hormonal remedies, since I am persuaded that hormonal influence on safe or momentarily unsafe cows, cause to temporary nymphomania, does not deserve hormonal treatments, as these substances may drive into blood and thus into milk. I have revisited a very ancient recipe, by a French veterinary.......

Keywords: Dairy cows, nymphomania, Guittard's potion, Atropamine, Bellaridine,Scopolamine.

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ABSTRACT: on clinical examination of 1020 adult sheep from different flocks in and out of Baghdad. The superficial lymph nodes which were showed lesion was 82 (2.55%). The Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis causes ofCaseous Lymphadenitis CLA was isolated from 26 (8.04%).Parotid lymph node (32.86%) was mostly infected. Genomic DNA was extracted then singleplexPolymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) was used for detection of genes fragments of 16S rRNA, pld and rpoB to confirm the Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosisisolatated from bacterial culture.

Keywords: Caseous Lymphadenitis, PCR, Sheep, Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

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ABSTRACT: The experiment was conducted on a farmer's field in Agbarho ((5° 34'N and 5° 53'E), Delta State Nigeria in July- November 2012. The objective of the study was to evaluate the response of okra to different plant based mulching materials at different periods of weed interference. Four mulching treatments consisting of organic based materials; Pennisetum purpureum Schumach, Calopogonium mucunoides Desv., Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn and control (no mulching) while the five weeding regimes used were unweeded (control), weed infestation first 3WAP, weed infestation first 5WAP, weedfree till 5 WAP and weedfree till harvest......

Keywords: mulching, weed interference, okra, Pennisetum purpureum, Calopogonium mucunoides

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ABSTRACT: This study investigated the effects of aqueous methanolic extract of unripe Carica papaya (AMEUCP) on cyclicity of female rats. Fresh mature unripe pawpaw fruits were obtained from Nsukka, Nigeria and extracted by cold marceration. The effect of the extract on the estrous cycle was studied using twenty (20) matured non pregnant female rats (160 -195 g) randomly assigned into four groups (A, B, C and D) of five rats each. Rats in group A served as the control and received 0.5 ml of distilled water orally while those in groups B, C and D received 450 mg/kg, 900 mg/kg and 900 mg/kg AMEUCP respectively for 15 days.......

Keywords: Carica papaya, oestrous cycle, oestrus, estrogenic, cyclicity, albino rats.

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ABSTRACT: We report a case of superfoetation in a 3 year old pluripara large white sow which was mated twice at 21 days interval following heat detection on each occasion. Pregnancy was diagnosed using the managemental method of non return to estrous after the second mating. At the end of an uneventful pregnancy, the sow farrowed 2 sets of piglets 30 minutes apart. The first set was made up of 2 immature stillbirth piglets with slimy skin and the second set was made up of 4 piglets, the first being a stillbirth with normal features and the rest normal and healthy.......

Keywords: Crown rump length, Immature, Piglets, Still birth, Superfoetation.

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ABSTRACT: Effects of crop residue compost enriched with increasing volume of green biomass were studied on green pepper (Capsicum annuum), eggplant (Solanum melongena), and Okra (Abelmoscus esculentus). The study used experimental research method laid out in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) in three replicates. Enriched composts used as treatments were mixed with garden soil at 1:1 ratio and were used as growing media in pot culture.......

Keywords:Enriched compost, green biomass, growth performance, vegetable plants

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