Research Articles

 

           PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

 

Carlos Fernando Rodrigues Guaraná, Francisco Braga da Paz Júnior, Eliana Santos Lyra da Paz and Elza Aurea Luna-Alves Lima

     Susceptibility of Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) to strains of

     Metarhizium anisopliae
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3876-3881

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.541        

 

 

          CROP SCIENCE

 

          Rahim Naseri, Ali Hatami, Amir Mirzaee and Reza Soleimani
                 Effect of planting pattern and drought stress on amylase content in rice grain  
                 [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3882-3886

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.658

   

 

            PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

 

Bahareh Nowruzi, Ramezan-Ali Khavari-Nejad, Karina Sivonen, Bahram Kazemi, Farzaneh Najafi and Taher Nejadsattari

     Phylogenetic and morphological evaluation of two species of Nostoc (Nostocales,

     Cyanobacteria) in certain physiological conditions 
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3887-3897

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.837

 

 

           AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

 

Gary Hill, Gavin Fraser and Lloyd Baiyegunhi

     The Impact of contaminated fertilizer on pineapple growers in the Eastern Cape,

      South Africa 
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3898-3905

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1023

 

 

Johannes Daniël van der Merwe, P. C Cloete and H. D van Schalkwyk

     Choosing between agricultural development projects in the North West Province of

     South Africa: A multiple criteria analysis
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3906-3917

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1684

 

              

S. M. Fahimifard, S. A. Mohaddes, H. Mohammadi and R. Keshtkar
     Application of NNARX to agriculture sector value added forecasting: A case of Iran’s

     agriculture sector
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3918-3924

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1804

 

 

            PLANT SCIENCE

 

Mohammad Sadegh Sabouri, Morteza Ghobakhloo, Sahar Damirchi and Alireza Ladan Moghaddam

    Factors affecting contribution to the improvement of pastures: A view of Iranian

    pasture owners  
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3925-3932

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1287

 

 

A. M. Assaeed, M. I. El-Bana, A. A. Al-Doss and I. A. Al-Mohaisen

     Forage yield and survival of native range species under supplementary irrigation in

     Central Saudi Arabia
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3933-3938

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR12.628

 

 

         SOIL SCIENCE

 

         Cácio Luiz Boechat and Poliana dos Santos Pereira da Silva

     Chemical characterization to evaluate the agricultural potential use of organic wastes

     generated by industrial and urban activity
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3939-3944

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1619

 

          

Li-Hua Cao, He-Man Liu and Shi-Wei Zhao

     Relationship between carbon and nitrogen in degraded alpine meadow soil 
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3945-3951

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1792

 

 

K. M. Abdul Raoof and M. B. Siddiqui

     Allelopathic impact of rhizosphere soil of Tinospora cordifolia on growth and

     establishment of some weed plants 
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3952-3956

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.2163

 

          

Aidin Parsakhoo, Majid Lotfalian, Ataollah Kavian, Seyed Ataollah Hoseini and Murat Demir

     Calibration of a portable single nozzle rainfall simulator for soil erodibility study in

      hyrcanian forests 
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3957-3963

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR12.202

 

           

           PLANT GENETICS

 

Jian-Hua Jiang, Qiang-Ming Liu, Hong Zhang, Jian Liu, Chao Lu, Wan-Li Ni and De-Lin Hong

     Tiller morphogenesis and mortality were controlled by different loci in rice (Oryza

     sativa L.)
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3964-3977

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1732

 

          

Muhammad Irfaq Khan, Gul Sanat Shah Khattak, Abdul Jabbar Khan, Fazle Subhan, Tila Mohammad and Akhtar Ali

     Genetic control of flag leaf area in wheat (Triticum aestivum) crosses
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3978-3990

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.2230