May 2019

Improving agricultural productivity on salt-affected soils in Ethiopia: Farmers’ perceptions and proposals

This paper presents the results of a baseline study carried out to understand farmers’ perceptions about the existence of salinity in their farmlands and its impact on agricultural production and household food security. The strategies adopted by farmers to deal with the salinity and food insecurity problems are also discussed. The survey data were collected from a total of 300 farmers from five districts of...

Author(s): Asad S. Qureshi, Mulugeta Mohammed, Ashenafi W. Daba, Birhanu Hailu, Getinet Belay, Abeba Tesfaye and Tesfaye M. Ertebo  

May 2019

Identification of 1-decyne as a new volatile allele-chemical in baobab (Adansonia digitata) from Sudan

Leaf, fruit, wood, and gum of fifty-five plants collected in Sudan were evaluated by Dish pack method for their allelopathic activity through volatile chemicals using lettuce (Lactuca sativa) as a receptor plant. Several potential plants with high allelopathic activity, such as Terminalia brownie, Euphorbia hirta, Diospyros mespiliformis, Corchorus olitorius, Adansonia digitata, Hibiscus sabdariffa, were determined....

Author(s): Hala Sad Alla Maliek Elmadni, Maryia Mishyna, and Yoshiharu Fujii,    

May 2019

Production performance of sunflower genotypes in Campo Novo do Parecis, Brazil´s main producing region of the oleaginous plant

Sunflower crops have a wide adaptability to several edaphoclimatic conditions, with possible alternative for a second harvest. Crops are diversified and extra profit is collected by the producer. Current assay determines the agronomic characteristics of the sunflower genotype planted in second harvest in Campo Novo do Parecis MT Brazil, the main sunflower producing region in Brazil. The assay was conducted on the...

Author(s): Flávio Carlos Dalchiavon, Anderson Morais Kimecz, Marcelo Marchesini, Diego Hahn Machado, Wellington Junior Candido da Silva, Rosivaldo Hiolanda and Claudio Guilherme Portela de Carvalho  

May 2019

Construction and evaluation of soybeans thresher

In order to resuscitate soybean production and post-harvest processing, especially in terms of threshing, there is a need to develop an affordable threshing machine, which will reduce drudgery associated with manual soybean threshing. Soybean thresher was fabricated and evaluated at the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Apata, Ibadan. The machine component parts includes: hopper, threshing...

Author(s): Adeyeye O. A., Sadiku E. R., Osholana T. S., Reddy A. B., Olayinka A. O., Ndamase A. S., Makgatho G., Selvam P., Perumal A. B., Nambiar R. B., Fasiku V. O., Ibrahim I. D. and Areo K. A.