Volume 10, Issue 2 (2015) | American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Spatial Pattern of Natural Spread of Rice False Smut (Ustilaginoidea virens) Disease in Fields

Bodrun Nessa — 2015-06-02

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 2 June 2015; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2015.63.73

Pattern of disease spread provides improved knowledge on how the pathogen introduces itself and interacts with environment in fields and expresses as a disease. It is especially significant when epide...

Evaluating the Potential for Development of Vegetable Nursery Industry: Analysis in an Important Vegetable Region in Italy

Giuseppe Timpanaro — 2015-06-17

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 17 June 2015; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2015.74.82

Nursery industry has a considerable importance in the value chain’ building of vegetable companies. Its importance increases in a country like Italy, where vegetable productions in open field and in...

Factor Affecting Technical Efficiency of Smallholder Rubber Farming in Northeast Thailand

S. Poungchompu — 2015-06-24

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 24 June 2015; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2015.83.90

With the increase of rubber production, Para rubber farmers in Northeastern Thailand have faced the limited physical and socio-economic conditions that have given rise to the improvement of technical ...

Estimated Acrylamide Intake from Coffee Consumption in Latin America

Ana Carolina Vieira Porto — 2015-07-10

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 10 July 2015; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2015.91.98

The presence of acrylamide in foods such as coffee can pose risks to human health. Coffee consumption and production in Latin America have increased in recent years. According to the FAO, world coffee...

Effect of Endophytic Treatments on Plant Growth Performance and Disease Incidences in Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merril) Cultivar JS-335 against Challenge Inoculation with R. solani

Jitendra Dalal — 2015-07-13

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 13 July 2015; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2015.99.110

Endophytes could be efficient biological control agent in sustainable crop production and offer unique opportunity for crop protection and biological control. Present study was carried out to investig...