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To monitor Tikka or Cercospora leaf spot disease of groundnut, surveys were carried out in the groundnut areas of four major districts of Pothwar region viz. Chakwal, Attock, Jhelum and Rawalpindi d ... Read More
Gastrointestinal parasitic infection is a major concern to livestock sector as it causes severe diseases and death to the goats. This study was designed to measure the occurrence of gastrointestinal ... Read More
Water pollution due to the desertion of enormous volume of effluent like synthetic dyes mostly azo dyes from the textile dyeing industries has become an alarming trend in the present world. Biologic ... Read More
Fungi can cause contamination in animal feed. Contamination of the feed may result in damage to feed quality and decrease the health of livestock. The aim of this study was to isolate and identify f ... Read More
Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is one of the most important exports products in Iran that proper concentration of nutrients is particularly important in the development and production. Since saffron is ... Read More
The acid soil area covers major topics land where Iron (Fe) toxicity is one of a limiting factor for rice production which can be overcome by planting the tolerant variety. The information of morpho ... Read More
The objective of this work is to determine the effect of salinity on the morphophysiological behavior of young olive plants in cuttings and grafted plants, including two local varieties (Chemlal and ... Read More
A lot of crop residues, kitchen wastes and tree leaves are wasted annually. These materials can be composted and used for improvement of soil health. The possibility of using compost in reclamation ... Read More
Liriomyza sp. leafminer fly is an important pest of shallot crops that spread widely in Southeast Asia and Pacific regions such as Indonesia, China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiw ... Read More
This study aimed to isolate lactic acid bacteria (LAB) carrying cadmium resistant genes on plasmids from foods. A total of 30 fermented food samples were collected from local markets and supermarket ... Read More
During growing seasons of 2015 and 2016, severe rot symptoms were noticed epidemiologically on root and crown of Triticum aestivum and Aptenia cordifolia seedlings in Kerbala Province, Iraq. Thus, t ... Read More
Aphid is a serious threat to wheat production in Pakistan. It causes direct and indirect damage by sucking the cell sap and transmitting fungal and viral diseases, respectively. Modalities of resist ... Read More
Open mining of silica sand causes some environmental impacts such as declining levels of soil fertility, lowering soil pH, and increasing toxic acid mine waste such as Al, Fe, Cu, and Zn. Soil quali ... Read More
Wild plants developing in areas without the desire or wills of human and known as weeds, that could be beneficial or not. The aim of the present study was to identify and record the weed species gro ... Read More
Anthracnose disease due to a latent infection of Colletotrichum musae has seriously impacted on bananas decay. This case caused a serious number of economic losses facing in both local and internati ... Read More
The availability of microalgae (phytoplankton) has an important role in aquaculture. Nannochloropsis sp. is a microalgae that can be used as the live feed for larvae cultivation of shrimp, fish and ... Read More
Bridelia cathartica is an important medicinal plant throughout its distributional range in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the botany, ethnomedicinal uses, chemical ... Read More
Termites are one of the most troublesome pest of plants, trees, wooden infrastructure and agricultural crops. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the population of some plant oils using Euge ... Read More
Forest enrichment and/or supplement planting is a silvicultural technique to improve number of valuable trees in natural poor forests. In this study, two native species including Canarium album (Lou ... Read More
This paper empirically examines the determinants of households’ food security in District Dir (Lower) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Primary data were gathered through a prestructured questionnaire. The screeni ... Read More
The objective of this research was to isolate and identify gelatinase-producing bacteria from several mangrove ecosystems in Indonesia. Soil samples were collected from seven coastal locations of ma ... Read More
The aim of this study was to determine the physical and chemical properties of soil as affected by flood and erosion in Abakaliki Southeastern Nigeria. Sites selected for the study were: Control (ar ... Read More
Declining population of honeybee day by day is the major threat, and this decline is due to variety of stressors. As honeybees are considered most important pollinators of our managed and wild corps ... Read More
This study aims to determine the effect of organic fertilizer and urea fertilizer on growth, yield, and quality of sweet corn (Zea mays L. saccharata) and soil health. The research was conducted in ... Read More
A field experiment was carried out in spring seasons of 2012 and 2013 to increase the efficiency of nitrogen application in spite of that no splitting nitrogen has practiced for the studied cultivar ... Read More
Metal ion pollution of water generates addition of metals in the fish organs that leads towards redox reactions, making free radicals, particularly reactive oxygen species (ROS). All organisms have ... Read More
In this study, the fatty acid profile of oils obtained from palm tree grown on polluted soil in Southern Nigeria. Oil extraction was performed using traditional method. Carotenoid content of palm ke ... Read More
The unavailability of green fodder throughout the year and low quality fodder are some of the main constraints that contribute in low yield of livestock. To overcome the restraint in quality and qua ... Read More
Cultivation techniques that are usually followed in rice cultivation is believed to greatly affect the interaction between arthropods in form of bottom-up and top-down ways, which in turn, affects t ... Read More
Taiwan native chicken strain (Taishu No. 7) carrying homozygous gene for heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) was evaluated for heritability, genetic and phenotypic correlations for body weight at birth (B ... Read More
Potato is the fourth most consumed food product around the world and one of the most produced crops worldwide, due to its nutritional and culinary properties. This crop is affected by certain pests ... Read More
Eggplant (Solanum melongena) and green chilli (Capsicum annum) are an important vegetables crop grown throughout the year in the India. However, these vegetables crops suffer heavily from the ravage ... Read More
Dicoma capensis is widely used as traditional medicine in southern Africa. The potential of D. capensis as herbal medicine, its botany, phytochemistry and biological activities are reviewed. The lit ... Read More
Improvement of banana through conventional method have been very difficult due to ploidy and sterility of most popular cultivars. Hence, given the difficulties in conventional breeding, mutation bre ... Read More
Effects of nickel toxicity on photosynthetic pigments and dry matter yield of Cicer arietinum L. (Chickpea) varieties were observed. Nickel as NiCl2 was applied to the soil in solution form @ 0mgL-1 ... Read More
Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder and characterized by high blood glucose level that defects in secretion of insulin. Oxidative stress and excess of free radicals have been documented in diab ... Read More
The intensity, quantity as well as capacity factors are important to predict the amount of nutrient in soil required for maximum plant growth. Sorption isotherm considers these three factors so beli ... Read More
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious disease mostly caused by serotype A, O, and Asia-1 of virus that is endemic in Pakistan. FMD Serotype ‘O’ is responsible for more than 60% of outb ... Read More
This study was carried out in 2016 and 2017 to determine the effect of automobile repair wastes on water properties in Abakaliki Southeastern Nigeria. Four replicate water samples were collected at: ... Read More
Bacillus sp. is one type of bacteria that functions as PGPR (Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria). This study is designed to determine the effect of treatment duration time immersion of mustard see ... Read More
An updated checklist of twelve species of black scavenger flies under four genera has been enlisted from Gilgit-Baltistan. Two species belonging to subfamily Sepsinae are recorded for the first time ... Read More
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is of prime importance being staple food of the masses of Pakistan. Weed infestation in wheat not only reduce the yield but also affects the efficiency of other producti ... Read More
Two years field experiment on strawberry plants (cv. Sweet Charlie) in Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt was carried out to study the effect of different growing conditions (organic and conventional) and ... Read More
Segregating breeding generations may fluctuate in performance from year to year. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the performance of these generations in each year and to make selection acco ... Read More
Dry land management technology for food crop agriculture with soil conservation, organic matter management, and water management. This study aims to determine the effect of soil treatment and mycorr ... Read More
Shattering causes huge losses to Brassica even if harvesting is done mechanically. To study the shattering tolerance in different rapeseeds lines, a study was conducted in split plot design at exper ... Read More
Cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (C4H) is one of the enzymes involved at the starting point of the phenylpropanoid and lignin biosynthesis pathway. It involves in the hydroxylation of cinnamate to 4-coumarat ... Read More
In Côte d’Ivoire, the local hen breeding constitutes nearly 70% of national poultry livestock in Côte d’Ivoire. Local hens of Côte d’Ivoire in general, are less known by scientific community because ... Read More
Coccinella septempunctata is the generalist, representative predator that is potentially used as biological control agent in many crop pest management programs. A comprehensive and critical review o ... Read More
Among biotic stresses afflicting potato plants, viruses are the most damaging and are responsible for large economic losses worldwide. Co-infections with multiple viruses are common in potato, with ... Read More
Mixing of herbicide compounds in one formulation is one way to prevent weed resistance, but it may increase herbicide persistence in the soil and cause eco-toxicity. The research was aimed to evalua ... Read More
Since no information is available about the response of stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) to water stress under Moroccan conditions. This study was aimed at evaluating the effects of water stress o ... Read More
Phosphorus (P) deficiency in Pakistani soils severely limits the crop production, hence, the development of P-efficient cultivars seems inevitable to uphold the productivity of P-impoverished agricu ... Read More
The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of cadmium resistant bacteria to enhance the growth of black gram (Vigna mungo) under cadmium (CdCl2) stress. For this purpose, plant grow ... Read More
There is great interest in using sustainable fertilizer to enhance medicinal plant quality such as Centella asiatica, which is known for its various medicinal properties. Here, we examined the perfo ... Read More
Lead is considered one of the wide spread environmental pollutants in Iraq. Nowadays, some types of algae can be the solution by utilizing them as natural medications to cure many diseases. This sci ... Read More
Recently the biosynthesis of nanoparticles using plant extracts has drawn the attention of researchers. The aim of the present study is to investigate the potential of Catharanthus roseus for the bi ... Read More
Termites cause profound economic losses worldwide. Heterotermes indicola causes tremendous damages to wood work in the buildings and forest trees. Different types of insecticides have been used to c ... Read More
In effort to develop bacterial based biofungicide, a rhizobacterium Serratia plymuthica UBCR_12 showing antifungal activity against phytopathogen Colletotrichum gloeosporioides was successfully isol ... Read More
Cacao shell is one of the waste from cocoa field that still contains nutrition and bioactive compound. The amount of cacao shells produced is abundant and unused. If there is no handling, it will ha ... Read More
A pot sand culture experiment was conducted to study the effect of copper (Cu) on maize plant growth with or without salicylic acid (SA). Nutrient medium (i.e. half strength Hoagland) along with six ... Read More
A pragmatic approach of human biological monitoring was used to measure the exposure level, and examining the blood and urine metabolites (=exposure biomonitoring) which is complemented by estimatin ... Read More
Heavy schoolbag weight has been identified as one of the risk factors that influenced the health of young children. Considering the increased and improved syllabus in the primary schools in Malaysia ... Read More
Background: This study aimed to examine the association between environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and avoidance of tobacco smoke among pregnant non-smoking women. Methods: A cross-sectional study w ... Read More
Occupational airways inflammation occurs when the bronchial tubes airways have become swollen and oversensitive due to unwanted particles gases and particulate matter of inorganic dust such as asbes ... Read More
Background: Chlorpyrifos (group II) is an example of organophosphate (OP) insecticides used in cocoa farm that contains moderately hazardous substances that may be dangerous, toxic and can cause sev ... Read More
Slaughterhouses generate large volumes of highly polluted wastewater composed mainly of large amounts of organic and inorganic pollutants as well as solids which pose a threat to the environment. Fr ... Read More
Haze is one of atmospheric pollution that has occurred in Malaysia. Most of the haze episodes occurred in conjunction with period of prolonged drought associated with El Nino phenomenon. Haze gives ... Read More
Background: Dental caries is a serious public health problem worldwide. Prevalence of dental caries among school children has increased in both developed and developing countries since the last few ... Read More
This study is carried out for the design and development of a kenaf fiber-reinforced polymer composite for chairs used in polytechnic institution of higher learning. Development of the furniture ind ... Read More
Background: Coagulation and flocculation has been widely adopted as one of the most effective methods to remove colloidal particles in water or wastewater. Objectives: To explore the potential of dr ... Read More
This work addresses the issue of a significant number of work related accidents and injuries in Jordan. It does so by understanding the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) situation in the country ... Read More
Background: Leptospirosis is one of the zoonotic diseases which pose major public health issues worldwide. The spread of leptospirosis depends on the climate conditions as well as environmental cond ... Read More
Malaysia frequently experienced haze since the 1990s. However, very dense haze episodes rarely happened, especially in the state of Perlis, which located in the northern part of the west coast of Pe ... Read More
It is important to assess IAQ characteristics and to identify possible microbial contaminants in schools’ indoor environment because children are more vulnerable to air pollutants as they inhale mor ... Read More
Mold includes airborne particles of biological origin. Exposure to mold in damp buildings has been associated with the risk of experiencing health problem. Children may be exposed to mold spores thr ... Read More
Leptospirosis is a preventable zoonosis of public health importance. Due to seasonal floods and paucity of studies regarding leptospirosis preventive practices in community setting in this country, ... Read More
Poor sleep quality has been found previously to cause various negative outcome among workers. There are many factors which may influence sleep quality which include noise and work stress. This is th ... Read More
Background: Coagulation and flocculation has been widely adopted as one of the most effective methods to remove colloidal particles in water or wastewater. Objectives: To explore the potential of dr ... Read More
The fisherman who are exposed to toluene and xylene on a daily basis from the petrol used in the combustible engines of their small fishing boats. The fishermen must go out to sea since early dawn a ... Read More
The purpose of this study is to investigate the composition of roof runoff pollutants and to determine the relationships between pollutants and seasons (wet and dry) from two commonly used roof type ... Read More