{"title":"Soil Microbes as Bioherbicides: An Eco-friendly Approach to Control Striga","authors":"","doi":"10.47278/journal.ijab/2022.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47278/journal.ijab/2022.003","url":null,"abstract":"Striga, also called witch weed, is a notorious obligate root hemiparasitic weed of global food security crops such as sorghum, maize, millet and upland rice causing considerable yield loss in Sub Saharan Africa. Several Striga control measures have been developed which include cultural, chemical and resistance breeding. However, many of these methods are either not practically successful or are not economically feasible for low-income farmers. Furthermore, the negative effects of agrichemicals on the environment have attracted scientist to look for an alternative weed management strategy. The use of microorganisms naturally occurring in the soil as biological control agents offer an alternative approach to control the parasitic weeds. Soil is the natural home of numerous forms of beneficial microorganism playing vital role in maintaining the dynamic equilibrium. In recent time, soil born microbes, primarily bacteria and fungi, become the most effective Striga management strategy that targets Striga seed bank in the soil. Hence, this review presents a comprehensive and new approach on the roles of soil microbes in fight against Striga.","PeriodicalId":413372,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Agriculture and Biosciences","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123016204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Egg Biopsy and Spawning Performance of Catfish (Burchell, 1822) using Ovaprim and Chicken Pituitary Hormone","authors":"","doi":"10.47278/journal.ijab/2022.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47278/journal.ijab/2022.006","url":null,"abstract":"Study on egg biopsy and spawning performance of cat fish (Clarias gariepinus) induced with Ovaprim and Chicken Pituitary Hormone (CPH) was carried out to determine the effect of Ovaprim and CPH on fish egg (Oocyte) migration and the resultant effect on fertilization and hatchability percentages. Sixteen C. gariepinus brood stocks (sex ratio 2:1) between 1.1kg and 2.3kg in weight and four layers birds (Gallus gallus domesticus) between 1.2kg and 2.2kg in weight were used for the experiment. Extraction of CPH from layers birds was carried out to induce brood stock fishes. Treatment 1 was used for Ovaprim and replicated thrice whilst Treatment 2 was used for CPH and also replicated thrice. An indoor slow flow- through system vat measuring 2 ft x 6 ft x 1 ft each was used for the incubation. Water test kits and Table top scale were used to monitor essential physicochemical parameters and measurement of the fish brood stock and Chicken layers weights individually. The mean values of egg biopsy, fertilization and hatchability percentages in Ovaprim and CPH treatments was not significantly different at 5% level of probability. Also, there was no significant difference at 5% level of probability in the physiochemical parameters. This study showed that both Ovaprim and CPH induced egg ripening and migration of egg nucleus to the micropyle for effective fertilization and spawning in African catfish therefore, CPH could be recommended on the basis of spawning effectiveness and availability of the pituitary from the chicken slaughter/processing house with little or no cost.","PeriodicalId":413372,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Agriculture and Biosciences","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131177656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Plant Densities and Nitrogen Rates on Yield and Yield Components of Sorghum Varieties (Sorghum bicolor. L Moench) in Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia","authors":"","doi":"10.47278/journal.ijab/2022.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47278/journal.ijab/2022.002","url":null,"abstract":"Plant density (PD) and nitrogen (N) fertilizer are considered the most important crop management practices in improving sorghum grain yield. In line with this a field experiments was conducted at Melkassa Agricultural Research Center (MARC) and Mieso research sites in the central Rift Valley (CRV) areas of Ethiopia during the main rainy season of 2016 to study the effects of PD and N fertilizer rates on growth, yield and yield components of sorghum. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design in factorial arrangement with three replications. Two Sorghum Varieties, a hybrid (ESH-1) and an open pollinated variety (Teshale) were used with three plant densities (66,666, 88,888 and 133,333 plantsha-1) and four N rates (0, 23, 46 and 69 kg ha-1). Biomass, head weight and grain yield (t/ha) were significantly affected by main factor effects. Moreover, interaction effect of location by variety affected almost all yield related parameters except thousand seed weight. Interaction between variety and density significantly affected biomass, head weight and grain yield with the highest results for ESH-1 at the highest density. Better grain yield, with a profitable marginal rate of return was achieved for the hybrid ESH-1 variety with application of 23 Kg N ha-1 and the highest plant density (133,333) at MARC while it was obtained with application of 69 Kg N ha-1 at the lowest density (66,667) for the same variety at Mieso.","PeriodicalId":413372,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Agriculture and Biosciences","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131980718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. F. Velasco-Muñoz, J. A. Aznar-Sánchez, L. Belmonte-Ureña, I. M. Román-Sánchez
{"title":"Sustainable Water Use in Agriculture: A Review of Worldwide Research","authors":"J. F. Velasco-Muñoz, J. A. Aznar-Sánchez, L. Belmonte-Ureña, I. M. Román-Sánchez","doi":"10.3390/SU10041084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/SU10041084","url":null,"abstract":"Sustainability of water use in agriculture is a line of research that has gained in importance worldwide. The present study reviewed 25 years of international research on sustainable water use in agriculture. A bibliometric analysis was developed to sample 2084 articles. Results indicate exponential growth in the number of articles published per year, with research in this field having acquired a global scale. Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences are the main categories. Three journals—Agricultural Water Management, Water Resources Management and Nongye Gongcheng Xuebao Agricultural Engineering—published the most of the articles. China, the U.S., Australia, India and Germany produced the most research. The three institutions that published the most articles were all Chinese (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Agricultural University and Northwest A&F University). The most cited authors were Ridoutt, Hoekstra and Zhang. The keywords most frequently used include: water-use, irrigation, water-management, water-supply, and sustainability. A network map shows three clusters that focus on the environmental, agronomic and management aspects. The findings of this study can assist researchers in this field by providing an overview of research on the sustainability of hydric resources.","PeriodicalId":413372,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Agriculture and Biosciences","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131217311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"West Nile Virus- A Neuroinvasive Disease","authors":"J. Millichap","doi":"10.15844/PEDNEURBRIEFS-23-7-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/PEDNEURBRIEFS-23-7-2","url":null,"abstract":"Epidemiological features of West Nile Virus (WNV) disease among children (<18 years of age) reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 1999 through 2007 were analyzed and compared with those of adult WNV neuroinvasive disease (WNND), in a study at CDC&P, Fort Collins, CO.","PeriodicalId":413372,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Agriculture and Biosciences","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114648231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of Salt Stress on Cotton","authors":"","doi":"10.47278/journal.ijab/2023.051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47278/journal.ijab/2023.051","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":413372,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Agriculture and Biosciences","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127331820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of Climate Change on Ticks and Ticks-Borne Zoonotic Diseases","authors":"","doi":"10.47278/book.oht/2023.73","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47278/book.oht/2023.73","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":413372,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Agriculture and Biosciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122503036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Camel Production Profile and Role in Food Security","authors":"","doi":"10.47278/book.oht/2023.63","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47278/book.oht/2023.63","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":413372,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Agriculture and Biosciences","volume":"259 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122770644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Human Sleeping Sickness: A Challenge for Health Professionals","authors":"","doi":"10.47278/book.oht/2023.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47278/book.oht/2023.10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":413372,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Agriculture and Biosciences","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122999948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Mutually Beneficial and Dynamic Relationship between Human and Animals","authors":"","doi":"10.47278/book.oht/2023.32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47278/book.oht/2023.32","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":413372,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Agriculture and Biosciences","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114255866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}