January 2018

Sowing seasons × maturity groups on quantitative traits in soybean

The world economic importance of soybean (Glycine max (L).) crop is consolidated, and tests to verify the best sowing season for yield gain of cultivars are demanded. The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of sowing season on soybean cultivars of different maturity groups, since the determination of the optimum time for planting soybeans and the cultivar most suited to the region under study can increase yield...

Author(s): Carla Michelle da Silva, Fábio Mielezrski, Daniela Vieira Chaves, Edivania de Araújo Lima, José Hamilton da Costa Filho and Antônio Veimar da Silva

January 2018

Response of bread wheat to integrated application of vermicompost and NPK fertilizers

A greenhouse pot experiment was conducted to determine effects of vermicompost, inorganic fertilizers and their combinations on nutrient uptake, yield and yield components of wheat. A factorial combination four levels (0, 2, 4 and 6 tha-1) of vermicompost and four levels (0, 33.33, 66.67 and 100% ha-1) of the recommended NPK fertilizers was laid out in RCB design with three replications. Bread wheat variety, Kekaba was...

Author(s): Molla Hadis, Gashaw Meteke and Wassie Haile

January 2018

Application of ethanolic extract of propolis typified in nutrition and vegetative growth of beans

There is little information about the effects of the ethanolic extract of propolis (EEP) in common bean. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of foliar spray of ethanol extract of propolis (EEP) on vegetative growth, water loss and yield of black type common bean. The experiment was conducted at Farm Dona Isabina from February to May 2012. The experimental design was a randomized block with five...

Author(s): Cassiano Spanziani Pereira, Rodrigo Pereira de Assis, Idelfonsa Benitez Zanato and Camila Bastos Ribeiro and Everton Vinicius Zambiazzi

January 2018

Review on prevalence of bovine trypanosomosis in Ethiopia

Ethiopia is one of African country with nine regions and two city administration of which five regions were infected with more than one species of tsetse flies. Known species in Ethiopia are five in number namely Glossina pallidipes, G .morsitans, G. fuscipes, G. tachinoides and G. longipennis. Most tsetse transmission is cyclic and begins when blood from a trypanosome-infected animal is ingested by the fly. The...

Author(s): Semayat Oyda and Maireg Hailu