February 2010

Economic assessment of some pre-emergence herbicides in the Sudan Savanna Zone of Nigeria

  Field trials were conducted in 2006 and 2007 cropping seasons at the University of Maiduguri Teaching and Research Farm located in Maiduguri (11°50’N; 13°10’E) to carry out an economic analysis of the use of some pre-emergence herbicides for the production of sesame. The experiment consisted of 22 treatments which included 4 different pre-emergence herbicides applied at 5 different rates...

Author(s): E. O. Imoloame, S. D. Joshua and N. A. Gworgwor

February 2010

Phenotypic correlation of bodyweight and linear body measurement in Chinchilla rabbits (Orycotolagus cuniculus)

  Data on bodyweight and linear body measurements (LBMs) namely ear length (EL), heart girth (HG), body length (BL), head to shoulder (HS), leg length (LL) and tail length (TL) of 178 Chinchilla breed of rabbits at 3, 6 and 8 weeks of age were analyzed to obtain the phenotypic correlation between the various LBMs on one hand and LBMs on bodyweight on the other. The value of the Pearson’s linear...

Author(s): V. M. O. Okoro, C. T. Ezeokeke, U. E. Ogundu and C. Chukwudum

February 2010

Resynthesis of Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata L.) from related digenomic species: An unexplored possibility

Author(s): F. A. Sheikh, S. Najeeb, A. G. Rather and Shashi Banga