Laboratory trials were conducted in Uganda at the Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute to determine attraction, eclosion success and larval survivorship of the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) on crop residues of different ages. In the first experiment, studies focused on different types and ages of residues of one susceptible highland banana clone ‘Nabusa’ (genome group AAA-EA)....

Aims: This study aimed to determine the effects of different cultivation practices on yield and characteristics saffron corm grown in field greenhouse conditions.Methods Results: Two sizes, with an average weight 12 g 6 g, were used as production material. The corms was carried out areas where 4 treatments applied such silt (fine stream sand), cockpeat, peat + perlite cockpeat perlite. Field st...

understanding the relationship between sink and source in maize is of prime importance in maize growing regions. in this study, a field experiment was carried out during spring and summer 2007 in the experimental field of the college of agriculture, shiraz university, to examine the effects of source restriction (defoliation) on sink size (yield and its components) of  sc704 maize hybrid.  a fa...

The field experiment was conducted to elicit information on the yield and nutrient uptake of elephant foot yam [Amorphophallus paeoniflorins (Dennest.) Nicolson] under fertigation at orchard, Department Vegetable Crops, TNAU, Coimbatore during year 2012-2013. laid out in randomized block design with three replications. growth attributes viz., plant height, canopy spread, leaf area, pseudo stem ...