July 2013

Comparative analysis of on-farm timber conversion systems in Kenya

Exploitation of trees on private farms in Kenya is mainly by chain, bench and pit sawing systems, whose efficiency has not been well established. The sawing systems were evaluated for their performance using three species: Eucalyptus saligna, Grevillea robusta and Prosopis juliflora.  Data was subjected to analysis of variance and mean comparisons. Results showed significant differences...

Author(s): George Muthike, Christopher Kanali and Douglas Shitanda

July 2013

Effect of different levels of N and P on ratoon banana (Musa spp. AAA)

In India, banana is the important and highly remunerative fruit crop grown in tropical and subtropical region. It represents the second most important fruit crop after mango in India. Banana is grown throughout Asian countries but it is commercially cultivated on a large scale in the Indo-china region. A field experiment was carried out in the College Orchard, College of Agriculture, Punjab Agricultural University,...

Author(s): K. S. Navaneethakrishnan, M. I. S. Gill and S. Ramesh Kumar