Fermented water hyacinth by Aspergillus niger can be used as alternative ingredient replacing soymeal for feed in striped catfish. The experimental designed consist of five treatment substitution fermented and three repliacate: T0 (feed without FWH); T1 (25% P2 ( 50% P3 (75% P4 (100% FWH. ). A total 375 Striped catfish weight 4.21 ± 0.42 g were stocked with a density 25 fish m-3 fixed net cages...

Effects of four tropical plant (Aframomum melegueta, Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides, Piper guineense and Eugenia aromatica) were investigated under tropical laboratory storage conditions for the protection of cowpea seeds against insect infestation. The plant materials were pulverised into fine powder after air drying and admixed with 20 g of cowpea seeds at the ...

OBJECTIVES Various antibacterial and antiplaque agents are used in chemical plaque control but none are without their shortcomings. Chlorhexidine considered a gold standard, also has an array of side effects. To overcome these, numerous herbal extracts have been tried and tested and one among them is holy basil. The present study evaluated the antibacterial efficacy of holy basil in vitro again...

The interactions of seven isolates of peanut stunt cucumovirus (PSV) originating from North America, Europe and Africa, and two variants of PSV satellite RNA (sat RNA) were analysed. Electrophoretic and immunoblot analyses of the coat protein (CP) and Northern blot hybridization analyses of the viral RNAs showed that isolates PSV F352, 1339 and 1507 belonged to subgroup I, and isolates PSV W, S...

The study developed an acceptable formula for the production of cassava strips (a deep fried product) using composite flour of cassava/cowpea at four different levels of cowpea substitutions (100:0, 90:10, 80:20, and 70:30). Sensory properties, proximate composition, and shelf life at ambient temperature were determined. Proximate composition, shelf life, and microbial analysis were further don...

The transferability of genome specific sequence tagged microsatellite sites (STMS) primers from V. unguiculata (cowpea), V. radiata (mung bean) and V. angularis (adzuki bean) to all major pulse yielding taxa belonging to tribe Phaseolae was examined. The adzuki bean derived primers amplified microsatellites from majority of accessions analyzed in this study; whereas mung bean and cowpea derived...

introduction weeds are main factors reducing crops yield, especially under organic farming conditions (). it has been reported that weed populations are more in organic farming compared to conventional cropping systems, resulting in more reduction of growth and yield. although the chemical control is a fast and effective way for controlling weed populations, some negative impacts of the recent ...

A laboratory study was conducted to investigate the effects of natural products on the reproduction and damage of Callosobruchus maculatus, the cowpea weevil, on cowpea seeds at Botswana College of Agriculture in Gaborone, Botswana. The cowpea variety Blackeye was used in the study. Fifty grams of each plant product (garlic, peppermint and chilies) was added to 500 g of the cowpea seeds. Findin...

Penelitian bertujuan mengkaji karakteristik fisiko-kimia briket bioarang campuran arang kotoran kambing dan mayang lontar. Materi yang digunakan adalah kambing, lontar, tapioka. menggunakan Rancangan Acak Lengkap dengan 4 perlakuan ulangan. Perlakuan tersebut P1 = 25% + lontar 75%, P2 50% 50%, P3 75% 25%, P4 100% tanpa Variabel diteliti rendemen briket, densitas, kadar air, abu, nilai kalor. Ha...

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...