Review

 

          ENTOMOLOGY

 

María Irene Hernández-Zul, Juan Angel Quijano-Carranza, Ricardo Yañez-López, Irineo Torres-Pacheco, Ramón Guevara-Gónzalez, Enrique Rico-García, Adriana Elena Castro-Ramírez and Rosalía Virginia Ocampo-Velázquez

     Elements for the sustainable management of acridoids of importance in agriculture
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 142-152

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.912

 

  

           Research Articles

 

 

           ANIMAL SCIENCE

 

Mary Khakoni Walingo

     Socio-economic, food and nutrient intake and nutritional status indicators associated

     with successful livestock development programmes in Western Kenya
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 153- 163

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR09.028

 

Jianzhong Shi, Qiyu Diao and Fadi Li

     Effects of different bacterial inoculants on the fermentation and aerobic stability of

     whole-plant corn silage
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 164-169

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1594

 

 

 

           SOIL SCIENCE

 

Davood Namdar-Khojasteh, Mahdi Shorafa and Mahmoud Omid

     Evaluation of dielectric constant by clay mineral and soil physico-chemical properties
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 170- 176

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR10.346

 

Yeboah, S, Akromah, R. and Quansah, C.

     Organic and inorganic fertilizers application on the growth and yield of Artemisia

     annua L. in the humid tropics of Ghana
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 177-182

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.679

 

 

Gökçen YÖNTER and Huriye UYSAL

     The determination of the relationships between physical and chemical properties of

      soils to water erosion and crust strengths in Menemen Plain Soils, Turkey
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 183- 193

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.737

 

Tiago Roque Benetoli da Silva, Tiago Bortoluzzi, Carolina Amaral Tavares da Silva and Claudia Regina Dias Arieira

     A comparison of poultry litter applied like organic fertilizer and that applied like

     chemical fertilizer in corn development
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 194- 197

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.873

 

S. Neda Masoudi, M. Ghajar Sepanlou and M. A. Bahmanyar

     Distribution of lead, cadmium, copper and zinc in roadside soil of Sari-Ghaemshahr

     road, Iran
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 198- 204

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1771

 

 

            PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

Guijun Wang, Min Chen, Xiaoqiang Liu, Chunxian Yang, Lingjiang Zeng, Fanyu Fu, Xiaozhong Lan and Zhihua Liao

     Molecular cloning and characterization of the HDR gene involved in the methyl-  

     erythritol phosphate (MEP) pathway from sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam]
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 205- 211

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR10.1125

 

Itai Makanda, John Derera, Pangirayi Tongoona and Julia Sibiya

     Genetic and GGE biplot analyses of sorghum germplasm for stem sugar traits in

    Southern Africa]
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 212- 223

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.989

 

Mahdi Zare and Shahram Sharafzadeh

     Genetic variability of some rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) cultivars in Southern Iran
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 224- 229

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1025

 

 

 

            AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

 

Foundjem-Tita D, Degrande A, D’Haese, Van Damme, Tchoundjeu, Gyau A., Facheux C. and Mbosso C.

     Building long-term relationships between producers and trader groups in the non-

     timber forest product sector in Cameroon]
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 230- 239

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.609

 

 

 

 

            HORTICULTURE

 

 Anyan Yao, Jianlou Wang, Suli Zhang, Yuyan Yang, Long Zhou and Jianfang Hu

     The expression patterns of the genes VvTFL1, VFL, VAP1, VvAG1 and VvSEP3 during

     bud and flower development in the “Xiangfei” grapevine (Vitisvinifera L.)
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 240-249

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.815

 

 

 

           CROP SCIENCE

 

J. N. Berchie, M. Opoku, H. Adu-Dapaah, A. Agyemang, J. Sarkodie-Addo, E. Asare,
J. Addo and H. Akuffo

     Evaluation of five bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) landraces to

     heat and drought stress at Tono-Navrongo, Upper East Region of Ghana
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 250- 256

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.817

 

Jordan P. Marković, Ratibor T. Štrbanović, Dragan V. Terzić, Dragoslav J. Djokić, Aleksandar S. Simić, Miroslav M. Vrvić and Sanja P. Živković

     Changes in lignin structure with maturation of alfalfa leaf and stem in relation to

     ruminants nutrition
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 257- 264

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1485

 

 

FATMA GÜNEŞ

     Seed morphology and their systematic importance of Lathyrus taxa belonging to

     Platystylis (=Lathyrostylis) section (Fabaceae) from Turkey
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 265- 277

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1502

 

 

           ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

 

Manuel S Magombeyi, Sylvie Morardet, Akpofure E Taigbenu and Christian Cheron

     Food insecurity of smallholder farming systems in B72A catchment in the Olifants

     River Basin, South Africa
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 278- 297

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.884

 

Tekuni Nakuja, Daniel B. Sarpong, John K. M. Kuwornu and Asante A. Felix

     Water storage for dry season vegetable farming as an adaptation to climate change

     in the upper east region of Ghana
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 298- 306

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1601

 

 

 

            AGRONOMY

 

Hadi Ranjbar, Reza Shahryari and Vahid Mollasadeghi

     Production of wheat seeds with presence of humic fertilizer after anthesis drought

     condition
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 307- 310

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.886

 

 

          AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION

 

Ting-Sheng Weng

     Using Fairy Pitta as a case study for multimedia ecological learning materials
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 311- 319

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1333

 

Francisco Manzano-Agugliaro and Amos Garcia-Cruz

     Gender´s efficiency in Mediterranean greenhouse agricultural labor
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 320- 324

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1668

 

 

          AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

 

 

Jiří Skládanka, František Mikyska, Petr Doležal, Jan Šeda, Zdeněk Havlíček,
Ondřej Mikel and Šárka Hošková

     Effect of the technology of the additional sowing of drought-resistant clover-grass

     mixture and silage additives on fermentation process quality and nutritive value of

     baled grass silages
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 325- 333

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1461

 

 

La Scalia G., Aiello G., Micale R. and Mario Enea

     Distribution of biomass and site location of combustion and gasification power plants

     in western Sicily
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 334- 343

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJARX11.006
 

 

P. Pattanasethanon and B. Attachoo

     Thai botanical herbs and its characteristics: Using artificial neural network
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 344- 351

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJARX11.062