ABSTRACT Five tropical maize lines were tested and compared with the susceptible control line B73 for resistance to Maize stripe virus (MStV) and Maize mosaic virus (MMV), both propagatively transmitted by the planthopper Peregrinus maidis (Homoptera: Delphacidae). Resistance to each virus was evaluated separately by artificial inoculations with planthoppers viruliferous for either one virus or...

Livestock form a major means of livelihood in Burkina Faso where almost 80% the rural population keep sheep and goats. However, constraint to livestock productivity is seasonal feed scarcity. To bridge increasing gap, particularly dry season, keepers are increasingly turning purchase feeds from markets, which has led emergence markets peri-urban towns cities Sahel. characterize dynamics these i...

Maize is more likely to have weed infestations due its steady early growth rate and extensive row spacing, which favor development even before crop emergence. As a result, there prevails strong correlation between density maize yield. An experiment was conducted at the Gauradaha Agriculture Campus, Jhapa, in spring of 2022 assess effect various control methods on The had three replications eigh...

Background: Mushroom cultivation increased throughout the world with utilization of crop residues. Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus spp.) is suitable for most area and less expensive availability paddy straw. Increasing demand straw compels to search alternate source substrate production. Based on this information efforts were taken compare many locally available leaf substrates Pleurotus citrinopile...

mesophilic bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes varied during composting cycles with high numbers in the initial and final cycles with maximal values in compost c and d, and sharply decreased in the heating cycles. staphylococcus aureus and bacillus subtilis were dominated at the initial composting cycle. whereas, at maturity bacillus subtilis was the major followed by b.badies, b.polymixa and b.b...

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a devastating fungal disease of small-grain cereals that causes significant yield losses and mycotoxin contamination, diminishing food feed safety worldwide. In contrast to wheat, little known about the agricultural practices influence FHB mycotoxins in barley. Thus, nationwide survey was conducted across Switzerland for harvest samples 2016 2017, accompanied with ...