December 2007

Spectrum of mammographic findings in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria

  The number of mammography examinations done in Nigerian hospitals has increased tremendously over the last three years, due to the breast cancer awareness of the general populace, recent acquisition of mammography machines and attempts at setting up national breast screening programmes. Mammography plays an extremely important role in the diagnostic assessment and screening of breast cancer. There has however...

Author(s):   Akinola Rachael A., Akinola Oluwarotimi I., Jinadu Faosat O.      

December 2007

Qualities of yam tubers grown on typic paleudults: hybrid yam and fertilizer effects

  Most fertilizer studies on yam are concerned with its effect on tuber yields. In this study yam tuber moisture, starch, ash and dry matter contents of three hybrid yams Dioscoreae rotundata (TDr 89/02677, TDr 89/02565 and TDr 89/02665) grown with nine combinations of N, P and K fertilizers (F0, F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7, and F8) on a Typic Paleudult in southeastern Nigeria were evaluated...

Author(s):   G. O. Chukwu, M. I. S.Ezenwa, A. Osunde, R. Asiedu, and N. J. Ogbogu        

December 2007

Land suitability classification of Southeastern Nigeria wetlands for azolla

  A qualitative land suitability classification of wetlands of southeastern Nigeria, for azolla, a bio-N fertilizer was carried out. The results showed that soils associations represented by Itu Bridge, Oron, Atani, Igbo Beach and Umumbo-Adani are moderately suitable (S2) because of poor drainage, pH (H2O) of 4.88 - 5.8 and >0.2 cmol (+) kg-1 K. However, Atani, Igbo Beach and Umumbo-Adani soil...

Author(s):   Godwin O. Chukwu