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Aug 2026 DOI 10.14302/issn.2639-3166.jar-26-6095
Simon AlibuCorresponding author
Uganda has the world's lowest fertilizer use rate at just 1-1.5 kg per hectare. This limited use is a key factor hindering rice productivity in the country. Farmers can use affordable organic fertilizers to partially replace expensive mineral fertilizers, increasing the profitability of rice cultiva…
Aug 2026 DOI 10.14302/issn.2998-1506.jpa-26-6394
Snehasis JanaCorresponding author
Background Enhancing crop productivity while minimizing chemical inputs remains a core objective of sustainable agriculture. This study investigated the efficacy of spiritual blessing energy treatments as a non-invasive biostimulant to optimize the growth dynamics and crop yield of radish (Raphanus…
Apr 2026 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-9467.jgrc-26-6123
Snehasis JanaCorresponding author
The objective of this study was to improve the growth and yields of bottle gourd plants after exposure with spiritual blessing energy treatment (SBET) to the seeds and land. Twenty-one morphological traits of leaves, fruit, seed, and twenty-eight phenological parameters were employed to evaluate bot…
Mar 2026 DOI 10.14302/issn.3070-2232.jf-26-6051
Snehasis JanaCorresponding author
Objective Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) is a widely consumed vegetable. This study aimed to assess the impact of spiritual blessing (biofield) energy treatment (S/BET) known as the Trivedi Effect® on a plant’s growth and yield when applied to both seeds and soil. Methods Seeds were split int…
Apr 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2998-1506.jpa-22-4349
Abdou Ousseini ArdalyCorresponding author
Sorghum is important staple food for feeding humans and animals in sub-Saharan African country. Nowadays, with the advent of climate change couple to the population growth, the crop is faced to new challenges wish are gradually affecting the productivity. In Niger, a dry land country where farmers a…
Oct 2023 DOI 10.14302/issn.2639-3166.jar-23-4463
Abubaker Haroun M. AdamCorresponding author
Genotype by environment (GE) interaction is considered to be among the major factors limiting the efficiency of breeding programs.Five chickpea genotypes were evaluated to study their adaptability and stability in eight environments of Sudan. The experiments were carried out in randomized complete b…
Feb 2023 DOI 10.14302/issn.2639-3166.jar-22-4403
Fatih E. A. HamzaCorresponding author
The major a biotic stresses affecting chickpea production are high and low temperature, drought and salinity. Heat stress is a major a biotic stress factor, constraining chickpea production worldwide. This study was conducted to identifying chickpea genotypes combining heat tolerance and high yield…
Dec 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2639-3166.jar-22-4301
Elsadig. E. E. ElshukryCorresponding author
Field experiments were conducted during three successive winter seasons 2010/11, 2011/12 and 2012 /13, at Shambat Research Station Farm on clay loam soil pH 7.8, to study the effects of seed bed, cultivars and seed rates and their interactions on onion set yield and quality. Two seed bed (flat and r…
Aug 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2639-3166.jar-21-3880
Abubaker Haroun Mohamed AdamCorresponding author
Sugar beet is one of the sugar crops which widely grown in different regions of the world due to its advantages over Sugarcane. Several studies were conducted in Sudan to assess its adaptation and economic value. However, the aim of this experiment was to study the effect of application of compost a…
Dec 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2639-3166.jar-20-3642
Abubaker H. M. AdamCorresponding author
Today; there is an increasing demand for fertilizers due to the intensive and extensive agricultural activity to meet the ever increasing demand for food and fiber by the rapid world population expansion. This study is mainly concern with the Bat Guano which is usually collected from the Caves. This…
Feb 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2639-3166.jar-20-3185
Giorgio MasoeroCorresponding author
Four strains of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) biofertilizer fungi, combined with two potato cultivars, were in-field tested in a four-replicate arrangement in a factorial experiment. As far as general combinability is concerned, cv. Agria was more responsive to different inocula (yield +5.56%, P 0.02)…
Nov 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2639-3166.jar-19-3089
Giorgio MasoeroCorresponding author
The agronomic management of symbiotic (S) inoculations, by means of bio-fertilizers (BF), is aimed at inducing modifications of the plant rhizosphere and thereafter of the phenotype and yield of the crop. It is here shown that the yield response of maize to a symbiotic treatment may be correlated to…
Oct 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2639-3166.jar-19-2961
Abu backer H. MohammedCorresponding author
The main objective of this study was to quantify the influence of sowing date on growth and yield components of hybrid sunflower (Hysun33) cultivar in semi-arid zone. This experiment was conducted during the seasons 2014/2015-2015/2016 at the farm of the College of Agricultural Studies, Sudan Univer…
Aug 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2639-3166.jar-19-2967
S.O AgeleCorresponding author
Department Crop, Soil & Pest Management, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
A field experiment was carried out at the Teaching and Research Farms of The Federal University of Technology Akure to evaluate the responses of cassava varieties to time of planting in plantain-based intercropping system in the rainforest zone of Nigeria. The objectives were to identify the more co…
Mar 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2639-3166.jar-19-2691
Giorgio MasoeroCorresponding author
In precision agriculture (PA) fertilizing, based on soil testing, production maps and crop nitrogen (N) demand, is the key to maximizing yields and tempering fertilizer costs. A trend study has considered the output / input relationships performed on a farm that has progressively adapted to PA proce…
Mar 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2691-3208.ijli-19-2647
Naoto KobayashiCorresponding author
In this study, basic cultivation experiments were performed on microalgae Desmodesmus sp, then, the experiment results were deductively expanded, and the use of paddy in the off-season for farmers is advocated. As a result of the continuous culture experiments using 100 mL test tubes, 101.3 mg dry b…
Sep 2026 DOI 10.14302/issn.2994-6743.ijstd-26-6333
Enwereji E.ECorresponding author
Introduction: There are statutory laws, cultures, traditions and policies in Nigeria especially in Abia State, that govern women’s right to inherit properties in their names. The problem is that society enforces these policies that forbid women’s inheritance rights including those HIV positive. Stud…
Sep 2026 DOI 10.14302/issn.2638-4469.japb-26-6431
Snehasis JanaCorresponding author
Background Sweet corn (Zea mays L. saccharata) is a high-demand, nutrient-sensitive cereal crops whose yield and crop quality depend heavily on early vegetative vigor and stress resilience. Spiritual Blessing (Biofield) Energy Treatment (SBET) has emerged as a non-invasive, biostimulatory approach t…
Aug 2026 DOI 10.14302/issn.2377-2549.jndc-26-6392
Grigorii G. SivetsCorresponding author
Chemoenzymatic synthesis of a series of purine modified 3′ deoxyribonucleosides was studied from purine derivatives as acceptors and an excess of 3′-deoxyuridine as the donor, prepared by the chemical deamination of 3′-deoxycytidine, using recombinant uridine and purine nucleoside phosphorylases as…
Aug 2026 DOI 10.14302/issn.2693-1176.ijgh-26-6367
Vivien AkulloCorresponding author
Background Smallholder farmers in Uganda's Teso Sub-Region are increasingly adopting fertilizers and improved crop varieties in response to declining soil fertility, climate variability, and the need to improve agricultural productivity. However, limited evidence exists on how farmers perceive and i…