Volume 12, Issue 2 (2017) | American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Botany, Ecology and Diversity of Acacia Koa in the Hawaiian Islands

Kazue Lee Ishihara — 2017-06-21

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 21 June 2017; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2017.66.78

Acacia koa (koa) is a valuable leguminous timber-wood tree endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Over the past century, conversion of some native forests for agriculture and ranching, uncontrolled spread o...

Winter Forage Program Benefitted Small-Scale Goat Producers

Uma Karki — 2017-06-13

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 13 June 2017; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2017.79.84

Small and limited resource farmers are raising goats on pastures in the southeast USA. Nevertheless, many of these farms do not have productive and quality pastures to support the nutrient requirement...

Effect of Phosphorus Application and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Inoculation on the Growth of American Jointvetch and Greenleaf Desmodium

Manabu Tobisa — 2017-06-09

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 9 June 2017; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2017.85.94

This study examined the growth and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) colonization of two tropical forage legumes, namely, American jointvetch (Aj) and Greenleaf desmodium (Gd), at two phosphate application ...

Susceptibility of Mango Varieties to Anthracnose Fruit Rot in South West Nigeria

Charles Awa Onyeani — 2017-04-05

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 5 April 2017; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2017.95.99

Anthracnose fruit rot is the most devastating postharvest disease of mango fruits in Nigeria. This study, investigated the susceptibility of mango varieties commonly grown in South West Nigeria to fru...

Weed Management in Sesame Field (Sesamum indicum L) Using Wheat Straw and Tillage or no Tillage Systems

Srra'a Nsayef Muslim Al-Eqaili — 2017-04-12

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 12 April 2017; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2017.100.103

A field trial was achieved to test the response of weed and sesame crop to use wheat straw and tillage or no tillage systems. The experiment treatments were include; no tillage without straw, tillage ...

Global Status of Herbicide Resistance Development: Challenges and Management Approaches

Meisam Zargar — 2017-05-05

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 5 May 2017; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2017.104.112

Chemicals are widely recommended for the suppression of weed in crop land. This paper attempts to a greater integration of ideas into the development of herbicide resistance. This may lead researchers...