April 2019

Physiological response of soybean [Glycine max (L) Merrill] to soil moisture stress

This study was done to determine the effects of varying soil moisture regimes on CO2 assimilation of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] in pots under greenhouse conditions during 2017 and 2018 cropping seasons. The experiment was conducted as a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) in a 4 x 6 factorial treatment arrangement and replicated 3 times. Soil moisture regimes (80, 60, 40 and 20% of field capacity) and...

Author(s): Louis Hortensius Mwamlima, Josephine Pamela Ouma and Erick Kimutai Cheruiyot  

April 2019

Physiological quality of colza seeds (Brassica napus L.) after coating and seed treatment during storage

Seed coating is a technique widely used by growers to increase, standardize and improve seed germination conditions. Despite this, there is lack of information about the physiological quality of coated seeds during storage. The objective of this study is to evaluate the physical and physiological quality of colza (Brassica napus L.) seeds coated with bentonite and treated with fungicide and black pepper plant extract...

Author(s): Bruno Adelino de Melo, Francisco de Assis Cardoso Almeida, Josivanda Palmeira Gomes, Alexandre José de Melo Queiroz, Antonio Jackson Ribeiro Barroso,  Yvana Maria Gomes dos Santos, Wilton Pereira da Silva, Joselito Sousa Moraes, Rosemere dos Santos Silva, and Dalmo Marcello de Brito Primo  

April 2019

Weed flora survey in field crops of Northwestern Ethiopia

A survey was conducted in different field crops of six districts (Chilga, Gondarzuria, Metema, Takussa, Dabat and Dembia) in Northwestern Ethiopia within 2016 and 2017 cropping seasons. The objective of the study was to identify the most important weed species and to determine their frequency, density and uniformity at different altitudes. A quantitative and qualitative method was employed for the enumeration and...

Author(s): Assefa Sintayehu  

April 2019

Study of diversity in some Moroccan population of saffron (Crocus sativus L.)

To study Moroccan saffron germplasm variability relating to different agro-morphological and phenological traits, 969 saffron corms (accessions) were collected from thirteen different sites located in traditional saffron area of Taliouine-Taznakht. The study confirmed a wide range of phenotypic variability within and between populations. The variance analysis revealed that the mother corm weight (MCW), taken as...

Author(s): Soukrat S., Metougui M. L., Gabone F., Nehvi F., Abousalim S. and Benlahabib O.