Volume 12, Issue 4 (2017) | American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences

The Toxic Spectrum of Ricinus Communisand Zingiber Officinalis Essential Oils against Musca Domestica L.

Hanan Abo El-Kassem Bosly — 2017-12-02

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 2 December 2017; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2017.161.166

The housefly, Musca domestica L., is a cosmopolitan insect, associated with various diseases and is one of the species with the greatest ability to develop resistance to insecticides. The study design...

New Spring Wheat Mutation Resources with Improved Grain Quality, Metals Bioavailability and Yield Components

Saule Kenzhebayeva — 2018-01-02

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 2 January 2018; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2017.167.181

Genetic variability in micronutrients is limited in wheat varieties. To broaden variation, seeds of cv. Eritrospermum-35 were irradiated with 100 and 200 Gy using 60Co, the treated seeds were grown to...

Nodulation and Biomass Yield Response of Cowpea to Row Spacing and Phosphorus Fertilizer Application in the Guinea Savanna Agro-Ecological Zone of Ghana

Alhassan Bawa — 2018-01-23

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 23 January 2018; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2017.182.188

Phosphorus fertilizer application and planting distance play a major role in the production of shoot, root and nodule dry biomass of cowpea. However, phosphorus is a major limiting nutrient in soils i...