Growth‐induced water potentials and the growth of maize leaves Profiles of water potential (Ψw) were measured from the soil through the plant to the tip of growing leaves of fully established maize…
Tag: Agriculture
A Critical Empirical Analysis of Causal Linkage between Agricultural Output and Real GDP: Evidence from Nigeria
The agricultural sector is pivotal in alleviating poverty, generating employment and providing food. In agriculture, the lingering search for global growth and development could be fulfilled or forfeited. The performance of the…
Rural Youth and their Opportunities for Employment in Agri-Allied Sector: A Case of Bargarh District in Odisha
There has been a great deal of discussion in recent times about employment and its possibilities. With more reverse migrations happening on a daily basis and a shortage of job opportunities for…
News Update on Growth of Wheat: Dec 2020
A genetic analysis of the spring-winter habit of growth in wheat Developmental patterns of growth have been studied in nine spring and 10 winter wheat cultivars and in a number of crosses…
News Update on Rice Genetics : Dec 2020
Microsatellite marker development, mapping and applications in rice genetics and breeding Microsatellites are simple, tandemly repeated di- to tetra-nucleotide sequence motifs flanked by unique sequences. They are valuable as genetic markers because…
News Update on NPK Fertilizer : Nov 2020
Controlled-Release NPK Fertilizer Encapsulated by Polymeric Membranes The commercial granular fertilizer NPK6-20-30 was coated using polysulfone (PSF), polyacrylonitrile (PAN), and cellulose acetate (CA). The coatings were formed from the polymer solutions by…
Financing Strategy in the Agricultural Sector to Achieve Food Sovereignty through the Application of a Subsidy Policy to This Strategic Sector. Case: Mexico
The agri-food sector is one of the most competitive sectors in the Mexican economy, needing the flow of capital to ensure its profitability in order to grow business ventures. In this sense,…
Emphasizing Tanzania Development Bailout: A Focus on Improving Agricultural Production
This chapter aims to discuss measures that need to be employed to boost the agricultural production in country like Tanzania. The objective of the study is to assess the perception of agronomist…
News Update on Yield of Tomato : June 2020
Calcium and potassium-enhanced growth and yield of tomato under sodium chloride stress The effects of salinization of nutrient solutions with NaCl, Ca(NO3)2 and KNO3 on selected root, leaf and yield parameters of five tomato…
News Update on Rice Cultivar: March – 2020
RFLP mapping of genes conferring complete and partial resistance to blast in a durably resistant rice cultivar. Moroberekan, a japonica rice cultivar with durable resistance to blast disease in Asia, was crossed…