Germination rate in contaminated soils cannot be used as the sole indicator to select suitable species for phytoremediation trials, since it does not predict the plant development after germination. As a result, most screening tests for selection of specie with phytoremediation potential to treat contaminated soils include germination rate and biomass production. These screenings take several m...

Ingestion of small amounts of condensed tannin (CT) by ruminants can produce valuable outcomes such as improved nitrogen use and reduced bloating, methane output, and gastrointestinal parasitism. However, many grasses and forbs contain little if any CT. The specific types of CT vary in plants and can have somewhat different effects on ruminants. Individual ruminants can respond differently to C...

Despite the potentials and contributions of guinea fowls to economic and social life in Ghana, accurate sex identification in these birds is still a major problem. Three hundred and sixty guinea fowls (180 birds per sex) were used in determining a more accurate and farmer friendly sexing technique. The sexing methods explored were vent, biometric, and molecular techniques. Vent sexing was accom...

Abstract We conducted sorption experiments with stable cesium ( 133 Cs) solution in different organic matter samples, aiming to understand the of radiocesium 134 Cs and 137 initial throughfall by fresh plant residues (e.g., needles, wood, bark from Japanese cedar trees) Oi horizon forests Fukushima. Among wattle tannin sorbed relatively large amounts Cs, whereas wood cellulose powder small amou...