Review

 

 

            PLANT BREEDING

 

A Lone B. Badstue, Jon Hellin and Julien Berthaud

     Re-orienting participatory plant breeding for wider impact
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 523- 533

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR10.1146

 

 

 

          Research Articles

 

 

           CROP SCIENCE

 

Yang Liu, Weiping Chen, Yanfeng Ding, Qiangsheng Wang, Ganghua Li and Shaohua Wang

     Effect of Gibberellic acid (GA₃) and α-naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) on the growth of

     unproductive tillers and the grain yield of rice (Oryza sativa L.)
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 534- 539

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.735

 

 

          HORTICULTURE

 

Abdoalla Hatamzadeh, Mehrnaz Hatami and Mahmood Ghasemnezhad

     Efficiency of salicylic acid delay petal senescence and extended quality of cut spikes

     of Gladiolus grandiflora cv ‘wing’s sensation’
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 540- 545

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.962

 

Salman Shooshtarian and Hassan Salehi

     Physiological and ecological investigation on adoption of some groundcover plants

     as turfgrass alternatives in arid landscape region of Kish Island during cool season
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 546- 554

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1573

 

 

 

           PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

 

Asifa Hameed, Shoaib Freed, Altaf Hussain, Muhammad Iqbal, Mussurat Hussain, Muhammad Naeem, Asif Sajjad , Hammad Hussnain, Muhammad Attiq Sadiq and Abdul Latif Tipu

     Toxicological effects of neem (Azadirachta indica), Kanair (Nerium oleander) and

      spinosad (Tracer 240 SC) on the red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) (Herbst.)
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 555- 560

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1054

 

 

 

            FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE

 

Khalid Abdullah Al-Ghanim

     Malathion toxicity in Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus - A haemotological and

     biochemical study
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 561- 567

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1401
 

 

 

 

           SOIL SCIENCE

 

N. Karimian, M. Kalbasi and S. Hajrasuliha

     Effect of converter sludge, and its mixtures with organic matter, elemental sulfur and

     sulfuric acid on availability of iron, phosphorus and manganese of 3 calcareous soils

     from central Iran
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 568- 576

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1484

 

Amin Mojiri, Hamidi Abdul Aziz and Amin Ramaji

     Potential decline in soil quality attributes as a result of land use change in a hillslope

     in Lordegan, Western Iran
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 577- 582

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1505

 

 

            PLANT PATHOLOGY

 

Seyed Mahyar Mirmajlessi, Naser Safaie, Hossein Ahari Mostafavi, Seyed Mojtaba Mansouripour and Seyed Bagher Mahmoudy

     Genetic diversity among crown and root rot isolates of Rhizoctonia solani isolated

     from cucurbits using PCR-based techniques
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 583- 590

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1453

 

 

 

           PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

 

John J. Mellem, Himansu Baijnath and Bharti Odhav

     Bioaccumulation of Cr, Hg, As, Pb, Cu and Ni with the ability for hyperaccumulation

     by Amaranthus dubius
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 591- 596

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1486

 

 

Zhang Ji-Yu, Gao Zhi-Hong, Guo Zhong-Ren, Zhou Jun, Qiao Yu-Shan, Qu Shen-Chun, and Zhen Zhang

     Characterization and expression of β -1, 3 glucanase gene cloned from Malus

     hupehensis
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 597- 606

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1729

 

 

           AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION

 

Mehdi Charmchian Langerodi, Iraj Malakmohammadi, Mohammad Chizari and Alireza Seidavi

     Sericulture extension structural equation modeling to revitalizing silkworm cocoon

     production in Iranian sericulturists’ view
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 607- 615

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1770

 

Christian M. Rogerson

     Strengthening agriculture-tourism linkages in the developing World: Opportunities,

     barriers and current initiatives
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 616- 623

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJARX11.046

 

 

 

           AGRO-ECOLOGY

 

Mohammad Yousefi, Fatemeh Darijani and Ali Alipour Jahangiri

     Comparing energy flow of greenhouse and open-field cucumber production systems

     in Iran
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 624- 628

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.1787

 

 

 

            ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

 

Bülent ESKİN, Volkan ALTAY, İbrahim İlker ÖZYİĞİT and Memduh SERİN

     Urban vascular flora and ecologic characteristics of the Pendik District (Istanbul-

     Turkey)
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 629- 646

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.2188

 

 

Hyun-Mi Choi and Jin-Yong Lee

     Changes of groundwater conditions on Jeju volcanic island, Korea: implications for

     sustainable agriculture
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 647- 661

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJARX11.078

 

 

 

            ANIMAL SCIENCE

 

 

Byong Tae Jeon, Kyoung Hoon Kim, Sung Jin Kim, Dong Hyun Kim, Eun Tae Kim, Won Mo Cho, In Ho Hwang, Nak Jin Choi and Sang Ho Moon

     Effects of mulberry (Morus alba L) silage supplementation on the haematological

     traits and meat compositions of Hanwoo (Bos taurus coreanae) steer
     [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 662- 668

                 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.2042