Prof. N.A. Amusa
Editor, African Journal of Agricultural Research
Academic Journals
E-mail:
ajar@academicjournals.org
http://www.academicjournals.org/ajar
Associate Editors
Prof. Horst Kaiser
Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science
Rhodes University, PO Box 94,
South Africa.
Prof. Hamid AIT-AMAR
University of Science and Technology,
Houari Bouemdiene, B.P. 32, 16111 EL-Alia,
Algiers,
Algeria.
Prof. Sheikh Raisuddin
Department of Medical Elementology and
Toxicology,
Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University)
New Delhi,
India.
Prof. Xingkai Xu
Institute of Atmospheric Physics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing 100029,
China.
BAMPIDIS VASILEIOS
National Agricultural Research Foundation
(NAGREF),
Animal Research Institute 58100 Giannitsa,
Greece.
Dr. Zhang Yuanzhi
Laboratory of Space Technology,
University of Technology (HUT) Kilonkallio
Espoo,
Finland.
Mboya E. Burudi
International Livestock Research Institute
(ILRI),
P.O. Box 30709 Nairobi 00100,
Kenya.
Andres Cibils
Assistant Professor of Rangeland Science
Dept. of Animal and Range Sciences
Box 30003, MSC 3-I New Mexico State University
Las Cruces,
NM 88003 (USA).
Editorial Board
Members
Bradley G Fritz
Research Scientist,
Environmental Technology Division,
Battelle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
902 Battelle Blvd., Richland,
Washington,
USA.
Dr. Almut Gerhardt
LimCo International,
University of Tuebingen,
Germany.
Dr. Celin Acharya
Dr. K.S.Krishnan Research Associate (KSKRA),
Molecular Biology Division,
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC),
Trombay, Mumbai-85,
India.
Dr. Daizy R. Batish
Department of Botany,
Panjab University,
Chandigarh,
India.
Dr. Seyed Mohammad Ali Razavi
University of Ferdowsi,
Department of Food Science and Technology,
Mashhad,
Iran.
E.
Nicholas Odongo,
27 Cole Road, Guelph,
Ontario. N1G 4S3
Canada.
Prof. Giovanni Dinelli
Department of Agroenvironmental Science and
Technology
Viale Fanin 44 40100,
Bologna
Italy.
Prof. Huanmin Zhou
College of Biotechnology at Inner Mongolia
Agricultural University,
Inner Mongolia Agricultural University,
No. 306# Zhao Wu Da Street,
Hohhot 010018, P. R. China,
China.
Dr. Mohamed A. Dawoud
Water Resources Department,
Terrestrial Environment Research Centre,
Environmental Research and Wildlife Development
Agency (ERWDA),
P. O. Box 45553,
Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates.
Phillip Retief Celliers
Dept. Agriculture and Game Management,
PO BOX 77000, NMMU,
PE, 6031,
South Africa.
Rodolfo Ungerfeld
Departamento de Fisiología,
Facultad de Veterinaria,
Lasplaces 1550, Montevideo 11600,
Uruguay.
Timothy Smith
Stable Cottage, Cuttle Lane,
Biddestone, Chippenham,
Wiltshire, SN14 7DF.
Yasemin Kavdir
Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University,
Department of Soil Sciences,
Terzioglu Campus 17100
Canakkale
Turkey.
D. K. Singh
Scientist Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Division,
Central Institute of Agricultural Engineeinrg
Bhopal- 462038, M.P.
India.
Prof. Hezhong Dong
Professor of Agronomy,
Cotton Research Center,
Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
Jinan 250100
China.
Dr. Ousmane Youm
Assistant Director of Research & Leader,
Integrated Rice Productions Systems Program
Africa Rice Center (WARDA) 01BP 2031,
Cotonou,
Benin.
Prof. Ahmad Arzani
Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding
College of Agriculture
Isfahan University of Technology
Isfahan-84156,
Iran
Dr. Agele, Samuel Ohikhena
Department of Crop, Soil and Pest Management,
Federal University of Technology
PMB 704, Akure,
Nigeria.
Dr. E.M. Aregheore
The University of the South Pacific,
School of Agriculture and Food Technology
Alafua Campus,
Apia,
SAMOA.
Rachdi Boussahel
HCA/Service of Toxicology BP 244
Kouba 16050
Algeria.
Dr. Ghanshyam Tripathi
Deptt. of Zoology,
J.N.V. University,
Jodhpur - 342 001,
India.
Ludovisi Alessandro
Department of Cellular and Environmental
Biology,
University of Perugia,
Via Elce di Sotto,
06122 Perugia,
Italy.
Domen Lestan
University of Ljubljana Slovenia
Slovania.
Dr. Lal chand Ram
Deputy Director & Head,
Environmental Management Division,
Central Fuel Research Institute,
PO: FRI, Dhanbad,
Jharkhand 828 108,
India.
Dr. R.M. Madakadze
University of Zululand,
Department of Agriculture
P Bag X1001, Internal Box 373,
Kwadlangezwa,
Empangeni, 3886,
South Africa.
Dr. Athanassios N. Molassiotis
Laboratory of Pomology/Plant Nutrition
Department of Agriculture
Aristotle University 54 124,
Thessaloniki
Greece.
Xiaobo Zhou
The Pennsylvania State University.
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences.
University Park, PA 1680116
USA.
Prof. Wufeng Chang
State Key Laboratory of Environmental
Geochemistry,
Institute of Geochemistry,
Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Guiyang, 550002
China.
Uchezuba David
University of Free State ,
Dept of Agricultural Economics,
Intrnal Box 58
P.O.Box 339 Blomfontein 9301.
Theera Rukkwamsuk
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Kasetsart
University,
Kampangsaen Campus
Nakhon-Pathom 73140
Thailand.
Sripada M. Udupa
Biotechnologist/Geneticist
Internacional Center for Agricultural Research
in the Dry Areas (ICARDA),
B.P. 6299, Rabat Instituts,
Rabat,
Morocco.
Prof. Palaniappan Ramasamy
Biotechnologist/Geneticist Internacional Center
for
Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA),
B.P. 6299, Rabat Instituts, Rabat,
Morocco.
Prof. Jerzy Falandysz
University of Gdańsk, ul. J. Sobieskiego
18,
PL 80952 Gdańsk,
Poland.
Prof. Frank Dunshea
Principal Scientist Food Production and
Nutrition,
Department of Primary Industries,
600 Sneydes Road, Werribee,
Victoria 3030
Australia.
Dr. P.K. Sahoo
Senior Scientist,
Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture
Kausalyaganga,
Bhubaneswar 751 002
India.
Dr. Naim Saglam
Dept of Aquaculture and Fish Diseases
Fisheries Faculty,
Firat university,
23119 Elazig-
Turkey.
Dr. Nadav Shashar
Ben Gurion University.
The Interuniversity Inst. of Eilat
P.O. Box 469 Eilat,
88103
Israel.
Prof. Louw Hoffman
Dept Animal Sciences
P Bag
X1 Matieland, 7602
South Africa.
Prof. Larher Francois
De Analises Proteomicas e Bioquimicas,
Pos-Graduação em Ciências Genomicas e
Biotecnologia,
SGAN,916N, Av. W5, Modulo C,
Sala 222 – Asa Norte, Brasília,
DF, CEP 70790-160
Brazil.
Dr. Roberto La Rovere,
Impacts Specialist, Economist,
ITAU Program, CIMMYT, Int.
Kan Chantrapromma
Vice-Rector for Research Affairs
Walailak University
Nakhon Si Thammarat
80160 Thailand
Thailand.
Gobena Huluka
226 Funchess Hall Dep.
Dep.Agronomy and Soils
Auburn University
Auburn, AL 36849.
Prof. Gideon Oron
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,
Environment Water Resources,
Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research,
Kiryat Sde-Boker 84990,
Israel
Benoît Gabrielle
Joint research unit Environment and arable
crops,
National institute for agronomic research
78850 Thiverval-Grignon,
France.
Dr. A.B. Das
Head & Senior Scientist
Cytogenetics Laboratory Regional Plant Resource
Centre
Bhubaneswar 751015,
Orissa,
India.
Alessandro Ludovisi
Department of Cellular and Environmental
Biology,
University of Perugia,
Via Elce di Sotto,
06122 Perugia,
Italy.
Prof. Ahmed Elsebaii
Prof. of physics of solar energy
Physics Dept
Fac. of Science,
Tanta Univ., Tanta,
Egypt.
Reza Poureslami
Lab for Animal Nutrition& Product Quality,
Dept. of Animal Production-Ghent University,
Proefhoevestraat 109090 Melle-Belgium
Belgium.
Dr. Bojan Hamer
Rudjer Boskovic Institute,
Center for Marine Research,
Laboratory for Marine Molecular Toxicology,
Giordano Paliaga 5, HR-52210 Rovinj,
Croatia.
Dr. Zakir Husain
Senior Consultant,
Prime Minister's High Level Committee,
Govt of India, and Senior Lecturer (Economics)
Rabindra Bharati University,
Calcutta
India.
Dr. Roberto La Rovere
Impacts Specialist, Economist, ITAU Program,
CIMMYT, Int..
D.F.,
Mexico.
Dr. Marc Stadler
InterMed Discovery GmbH
Director-Fermentation/Microbiology Bldg.
452-c/o: Bayer Research Center Wuppertal-Aprath
P.O.Box 101709 D-42096 Wuppertal
Germany.
Ghousia Begum
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
Tarnaka,
Hyderabad 500 007, A.P
India.
Chiteka A
Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources
No.
11 Greenglade Flats
P.O. Mutare
Zimbabwe.
Dr. Henning Høgh Jensen
Department of Agricultural Sciences
Højbakkegaard Allé 9,
DK-2630 Taastrup,
Denmark.
Mutasim M. Khalafalla
Commission for Biotechnology and Genetic
Engineering,
National Center for Research,
P. O. Box 2404 Khartoum,
Sudan.
Dr. Gilberto Vilmar Kozloski
Depto. Zootecnia, UFSM Campus Camobi,
Santa Maria, RS, 97105-900
South America.
Dr. Changhong Liu
Lab of Molecular & Applied Microbiology
State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical
Biotechnology
School of Life Sciences
Nanjing University
Nanjing 210093,
China.
Dr. Süreyya Meriç
Contractor Scientist Sanitary Environmental
Engineering
Division (SEED)
Department of Civil Engineering,
University of Salerno via Ponte Don Melillo
84084 Fisciano (SA),
Italy.
Dr. Markos Tibbo
International Livestock Research Institute(ILRI)
Animal Genetic Resources,
PO Box 5689 Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia.
Dr. Yaw O. Owusu
Consulting
H4-775 Concession Street,
Unit H4 Hamilton, Ontario,
L8V-1C4
Canada.
Dr. Ahmed Benzaoui
Head of EMF Department
Faculty of Physics -
USTHB BP 32 El Alia,
Bab Ezzouar 16111
Algiers.
David Rivers
Department of Biology,
Loyola College in Maryland
4501 North Charles Street.
Baltimore, MD 21210.
Liu Liping
College of Aqua-life Science and Technology,
Shanghai Fisheries University
334 Jungong Road,
Yangpu District, Shanghai,
P.R.China 200090
China.
Prof. Amrane Abdeltif
Campus de Beaulieu,
Avenue du Général Leclerc,
35700 Rennes
France.
Prof. Barbaros Ozer
Harran University
Faculty of Agriculture
Department of Food Engineering
63040 Sanliurfa
Turkey.
Prof. Eugene A. Silow
Irkutsk State University,
Department of Geography
Institute of Biology Karl Marx str.
Lenin
str., 3, P.O. Box 24, Irkutsk, 664003
Russia.
Dr. Ridvan Kilzikaya
Ondokuz Mayis University,
Faculty of Agriculture,
Department of Soil Science,
55139 Samsun,
Turkey.
Prof. Rekik Boulbaba
Ecole Supérieure d’Agiculture de Mateur (ESAM)
ESAM, 7030, Mateur, Tunisia
Tunisia.
Prof. Miri Rachid
Route de l’Observatoire,
BP N°62,
Bouzaréah,
16006 Algiers.
Algeria.
Dr. P.V. Vara Prasad
Department of Agronomy,
2004 Throckmorton Hall,
Manhattan,
Kansas 66506,
U.S.A
Dr. Pradip Bhattacharyya
Research Professor,
BK21 Advanced Geo-Environmental Research Team,
Dept. of Environmental Engineering,
Kunsan National University,
Kunsan, Jeonbuk, 573-701,
South Korea
Dr. Irfan Özberk
Eyyubiye Kampusu,
Akçakale yolu,
63040 S.Urfa,
Turkey
Nyankomo Wambura Marwa
Department of agricultural Economics and
Agribusiness,
Sokoine University of agriculture,
Tanzania.
Dr. Monika Walter
Hort Research, Canterbury
Agricultural and Science Centre, PO Box 51,
Lincoln,
New Zealand.
Dr. Mohsen Jalali
Department of Soil Science,
College of Agriculture,
Bu-Ali Sina University,
Hamadan,
Iran.
Prof. Iraj Rasooli
Shahed University
Tehran-Qom Express way,
Tehran
Iran.
Eimei Sato
Tohoku University,
Graduate School of Agricultural Science
Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555
Japan.
Dr. Shikui Dong
No.19, Xinjiekouwai,
Haidian District,
Beijing, 100875,
China.
Prof. Clint Magill
Texas A&M University
Dept. of Plant Pathology & Microbiology
U.S.A
Prof. Carlos Gutierrez
University of Las Palmas,
Veterinary Faculty
35416, Arucas, Las Palmas,
Canary Islands,
Spain.
Dr. Attipalli R. Reddy
University of Hyderabad
Department of Plant Sciences
India.
Dr. Christine Aubry
Research Engineer
National Institute for Agronomic Research,
UMR SADAPT,
16 rue Claude Bernard 75231
Paris Cedex 05
France.
Prof. Palmina Khristova
University of Khartoum
Address People’s Hall
PO Box 6272,
Khartoum 11113, S
Sudan.
Dr. Shalini Anand
Centre for Energy Studies,
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz
Khas,
New
Delhi Flat No.3 Maitri Apartment Mayur Vihar
Ph-1,
India.
Prof. Fanuel Tagwira
"Africa university
P. O. Box 1320,
Mutare, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe.
Dr. Theresa M Fulton
Institute for Genomic Diversity at Cornell
University
130 Biotechnology Bldg,
Ithaca, NY 14853
USA
Bello Hassan Onimisi
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of Lagos
Nigeria
Prof. S.M. Makuza
University of Zimbabwe,
Dept of Animal Science,
Box MP 167, Mt Pleasant
Harare,
Zimbabwe.
Prof. Dzama Kennedy
University of Zimbabwe,
Dept of Animal Science,
Box MP 167, Mt Pleasant
Harare,
Zimbabwe.
Dr. Benli Bogachan
Management of Scarce Water Resources
and Mitigation of Drought (MP1)
International Center for
Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA),
Aleppo
Syria.
Dr. Leo C. Osuji
Petroleum and Environmental Chemistry Research
Group,
Department of Industrial and Pure Chemistry,
University of Port Harcourt, PMB 5323, Choba
Port
Harcourt,
Nigeria.
Dr. Ashraf Khater
Physics Dept.,
College of sciences,
King Suad University,
P.O. Box 2455,
Riyadh 11451- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Victor Afari-Sefa
Dept. of Economic and Technological Change,
Walter-Flex-Str. 3,
53113 Bonn, Germany
Germany.
Dr. Michael Gicheru
Kenyatta university
Dept. of Zoological sciences,
P.O.Box 43844 Nairobi,
Kenya.
Prof. Maheshwari
Prof. & Head Institute
Dept. of Biochemistry
School of Life Sciences,
North Maharashtra University
Jalgaon 425001 (M.S.)
India.
Dr. Nazrul Islam
36,
Magenta Squares,
Amaroo,
Canberra ACT 2914
Australia.
Dr. Joseph Jackson Adu-Gyamfi
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Soil Science Unit,
FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology
Laboratory
Wagramer Strasse 5, P O Box 100 A-1400,
Vienna,
Austria.
Dr. Qunying Luo
Department of Geographical and Environmental
Studies
The University of Adelaide,
South Australia, 5005,
Australia.
Prof. Michael I. Uguru
Department of Crop Science,
University of Nigeria,
Nsukka,
Nigeria.
Dr. Mehrshad Barary
Pajoohesh St.
Faculty of agriculture,
Ilam University,
Iran.
Prof Shaukat Ali Abdulrazak
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
(Research and Extension),
Egerton University,
P.O. Box 536 Njoro,
Kenya.
Prof. Dr. Tongwen Xu,
Lab of Functional Membranes
School of Chemistry and Material Science,
University of Science and Technology of China,
Hefei 230026,
China.
Dr. Olena Doran
Department of Biochemistry
School of Medical Sciences
University of Bristol
BS8 1TD
UK.
Prof. Andrew S. Hursthouse
School of Engineering and Science
University of Paisley
Paisley
PA1 2BE
Scotland.
Dr. Michael Undi
Univ. of Zululand
P/Bag x1001
KwaDlangez
South Africa.
Dr. P. Thangavel
USDA Forest Service, NRS
271, Mast Road,
Durham,
NH
03824,
USA
Dr. Sait Engindeniz
Faculty of Agriculture
Department of Agricultural Economics
Ege University
35100 Bornova-Izmir
Turkey.
Dr. Octavio Luiz Franco
Centro De Analises Proteomicas e Bioquimicas,
Pos-Graduação em Ciências Genomicas e
Biotecnologia,
SGAN,916N, Av. W5, Modulo C,
Sala 222 - Asa Norte, Brasília,
DF, Brazil CEP 70790-160.
Dr. Handan Ankarali Camdeviren
Medical Faculty Biostatistics Department
Mersin University
Turkey.
Dr. Riekert van Heerden
South African Sugarcane Research Institute
(SASRI)
170 Flanders Drive
Private Bag X02
Mount Edgecombe 4300
South Africa.
Dr. Rana M. Sarfraz
Biological Sciences Centre
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2E9
Canada.
Dr. Stefano Farolfi
Department of Agricultural Economics,
University of Pretoria,
0002 Pretoria,
South Africa.
Dr. Barnabé Ngabé
10 - 8370,
Rue Ontario Est,
Montréal, H1L3E4,
Québec,
Canada.
Dr. Qunying Luo
NSW Department of Primary Industries
PO Box K220 Haymarket,
NSW 1240.
Prof. Mohamed A. Elwakil
Pathology Department,
Faculty of Agriculture,
Mansoura University,
El-Mansoura 35516,
Egypt.
Dr. Alberto Zilli
Museum of Zoology
Via U. Aldrovandi 18,
I-00197 Rome
Italy.
Prof. Yuzhong Zhang
Tianjin Polytechnic University
China.
Dr. Paul Umina
The University of Melbourne
Parkville,
Victoria 3010,
Australia.
Prof. Charles Dale Monks
Auburn University
AL 36849
Auburn
U.S.A.
Prof. Monique Simmonds
Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew,
Richmond Surrey TW9 3AB,
United Kingdom.
Prof. Muhammad Iqbal
Department of Botany
Faculty of Science
Hamdard University
New Delhi-110062
India.
Dr. Stefan Thiesen
Science and Communications Consultant
Werner Str.
203 D-59379 Selm,
Germany.
Dr. Clauzell Stevens
Research Professor
Department of Agricultural Sciences
Tuskegee University in Alabama
USA
Dr. Li Shaoping
Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences
University of Macau
China.
Dr. Andreas Kallioras
Democritus University of Thrace
Vas.
Sofias 12, Xanthi, 67100,
Greece.
Prof. Lilia Rabeharisoa
University of Antananarivo –
Laboratoire des Radioisotopes
Antananarivo
Madagascar
Dr. Peter A. Edde
Phillip Morris
Commerce Rd, Richmond, VA 23234
U.S.A
Dr. Snezana Dragovic
Department of Radioecology
Institute for Application of Nuclear Energy -
INEP Banatska 31b 11080 Belgrade
Serbia.
Dr. Vijayavel Kannappan
Pacific Biosciences Research Center
Kewalo Marine Laboratory
41 Ahui Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813.
U.S.A
Dr. Tanveer Ahmad
Department of Animal Sciences
University of Arid Agriculture
Rawalpindi
Pakistan.
Dr. R. B. Singandhupe
Water Technology Centre
for Eastern Region (ICAR),
Bhubaneswar-751023, Orissa,
India.
Farhad Mirzaei,
Ph.D Research Scholar from Iran,
Dept. of Livestock production,
National Dairy Research Institute(N.D.R.I.),
Deemed University, Karnal,
132001,India.
Theodore Munyuli,
Senior Researcher
Makerere University
P.O.Box:7062 Kampala, Uganda
