This study evaluated the bioactive components, enzymes inhibitory and antioxidant activities of biofortified yellow maize (YM) cowpea (CP) composite biscuits. Composites YM CP, mixed at ratios 100:0 (YM); 75:25 (YMCP-1); 50:50 (YMCP-2); 25:75 (YMCP-3) 0:100 (CP), were used to bake biscuits designated YM-B, YMCP-1B, YMCP-2B, YMCP-3B CP-B, respectively. Refined wheat flour (WT) served as control ...

The present study investigates the effect of intercropping (maize-cowpea, maize-okra, maize-okra-cowpea, okra-cowpea) compared to insecticide application on level infestation insect pests and final yield maize, cowpea okra. Field experiments were conducted during 2016 2017 cropping seasons in Guinean Savannah (Dang-Ngaoundere) Sudano Sahelian (Gouna-Garoua) agro-ecological zones Cameroon. Our e...

A field study was conducted during Kharif 2021 at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, SHUATS, Prayagraj (U.P), India. The soil texture the experimental plot sandy loam, with a pH 7.8, low organic carbon (0.35 percent), available N (243 kg/ha), P (20.10 and K (105 kg/ha). Study laid out in Randomized Block Design, nine treatments consists viz., 1 : (RDF 50% + FYM 5t/ha) +P1 -3%, 2 +P2 - ...

UNLABELLED PREMISE OF THE STUDY Demand for fresh-market sweet basil continues to increase, but in 2009 a new pathogen emerged, threatening commercial field/greenhouse production and leading to high crop losses. This study describes a simple and effective staining method for rapid microscopic detection of basil downy mildew (Peronospora belbahrii) from leaves of basil (Ocimum basilicum). • ...

One of the reasons why Web APIs are more used to consume open data compared to SPARQL endpoints is the expertise required to use the query language. Therefore, a tool for sharing and reusing existing real queries could help developers on adopting Linked Data. We propose BASIL, a cloud platform that supports sharing and reusing SPARQL queries. In BASIL, loaded queries generate Web APIs that can ...

One of the medicinal plants that are rarely cultivated in Indonesia is okra. This plant has a business opportunity can bring benefits to farmers. research aimed elucidate effect compost mixture coffee grounds and milled eggshell on nitrogen calcium contents regosol soil growth yield okra plants. Fertilizer treatments tested were: P0 (control), P1 (100% inorganic), P2 (25% + 75% P3 (50% 50% inor...

In many parts of the developed world, the sale and use of phosphide is under strict regulations with adequate training of workers being a major perquisite before its use. In Nigeria this chemical is commonly available and in most cases users are largely untrained, therefore contamination of cowpea with residual phosphide post-fumigation does occur. The aim of this study is to determine the impa...

Cowpea is an important tropical crop. It provides a large proportion of the food resource for the African human population and their livestock. The yield and quality of cowpea have been dramatically improved through traditional breeding strategies for the past few decades. However, reports of heritability estimates for early growth of cowpea are rare. We designed a simple experiment to estimate...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of nano silver and silver nitrate on yield of seed in basil plant. The study was carried out in a randomized block design with three replications. RESULTS Four levels of either silver nitrate (0, 100, 200 and 300 ppm) or nano silver (0, 20, 40, and 60 ppm) were sprayed on basil plant at seed growth stage. The results showed that ther...

in order to study radiation use efficiency and radiation interception in intercropping of herb sweet basil and common bean, an experiment was conducted at the agricultural research station, ferdowsi university of mashhad, iran for the growing season of 2008. treatments were 1) sole crop of bean , 2) sole crop of sweet basil, 3) strip intercropping of bean and sweet basil (four rows bean and two...