December 2011
Effect of herbicide (pendimethalin) on soil microbial population
A field study on the effect of herbicide (pendimethalin) on soil microbial community was conducted between August to September (2010) on a sandy-loamy soil located at the Federal University of Technology, Crop Science Departmental Farm Gidan-Kwano, Minna, Nigeria. Samples were collected randomly from the experimental farm before and after application of herbicide; on which cowpea was cultivated. Herbicide...
December 2011
Study on renewable biogas energy production from cladodes of Opuntia ficus indica
In this study, Cladodes, which is a plate like section of Opuntia ficus indica, were characterized for their physical properties, total solids (TS) and volatile solides (VS) and they were assessed in five combinations with or without cow dung for their suitability to biogas production in 2.8 L triplicate batch digesters. The highest total biogas yields were obtained from T5 (75% Cow dung: 25% Cladodes...
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