fossil fuels, however, would require the need to look beyond wood. Choren Industries claims that 20 million tons of straw are ploughed back into the soil each year, which could be turned into four million tons of BTL diesel, covering 14 per cent of current diesel demand. A further three to six million tons per year could be obtained from wood grown on currently unused agricultural land. Accordi...

Cutaway peatland is a marginal land, which without further management an unfavourable environment for plant growth due to low bearing capacity, high acidity and unbalanced nutrient composition of the soil. After wood-ash application, soil becomes enriched with P K, creating better conditions tree growth. In addition being economically viable, plantations ensure long-term carbon storage promote ...

Curcuma longa L.(turmeric) is one of the most essential available spices in Nigeria. The field study was conducted at Teaching and Research Farm Faculty Agriculture Veterinary Medicine, Imo State University, Owerri, During planting season 2019 to assess effect different levels Dumpsite Organic Manure Soil on Growth parameters, nutrient content yield turmeric. experiment laid Randomized Block Co...

A hydroponic system was developed and used for purification of an anaerobically treated dairy manure and production of forage crops. The effect of light duration, seeding rate and wastewater application rate on the crop yield and pollution potential reduction were studied. The results indicated that a wheat forage crop can be produced in 21 days from germination to harvest in this system and re...

Onion (Allium cepa L., 2n=16) is a cross-pollinated and biennial short type vegetable and most of the important spice as well as vegetable crops throughout the world. Bulb is the main edible portion of onion plant, which is a modified organ and constituted by the thickened fleshy leaf sheaths and stem plate (Purseglove, 1988). The leading onion producing countries of the world are China, India,...

Sugarcane mosaic disease is mainly caused by the sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV), which can significantly reduce stalk yield and sucrose content of sugarcane in the field. Coat protein mediated protection (CPMP) is an effective strategy to improve virus resistance. A 2-year field study was conducted to compare five independent transgenic sugarcane lines carrying the SCMV-CP gene (i.e., B2, B36, B...