Journal of
Agricultural Biotechnology and Sustainable Development

  • Abbreviation: J. Agric. Biotech. Sustain. Dev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2340
  • DOI: 10.5897/JABSD
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 147

Table of Content: March 2010; 2(3)

March 2010

Haematological and serum indices of goat fed fungi treated Jatropha curcas kernel cake in a mixed ration

  The study evaluates the efficacy of fungi (Aspergillus niger and Trichoderma longibrachitum) treated Jatropha curcas kernel cake in a mixed ration on percentage packed cell volume, red blood cell, white blood cell, haemoglobin, lymphocyte, monocyte, eosinophil, basophil, neutrophil, urea, creatinine, aspertate amino transferase, alanine phosphateses and alanine transference of goat. The...

Author(s): M. A. Belewu and F. O. Ogunsola

March 2010

Design, construction and performance evaluation of solar maize dryer

  This paper presents the design, construction and performance evaluation of solar drying for maize, the solar drying system consists of V-groove collector of 2.04 m² area, drying chamber and blower. It was designed in such a way that solar radiation is not incident directly on the maize. K-type thermocouples were used for temperature measurement, while solar radiation was measured by solar meter m od.776....

Author(s): Ahmed Abed Gatea

March 2010

Histopathology of Raphia hookeri leaf infected with Glomerella cingulata causing seedling blight

  The host-pathogen relationship between the Raphia hookeri seedling leaf and Glomerella cingulatashowed that the host cells were macerated. This allowed penetration of the pathogen through the hypodermis to the palisade tissue which resulted in dark coloration and disruption of the transfusion tissues. Hypersensitivity reaction was observed. The xylem and phloem were left without any attachment...

Author(s): E. A. Oruade-Dimaro, I. B. Omamor and E. I. Eziashi