Vol. 11 No. 4 (2024): October-December

Original Peer Reviewed Articles

  • IMPACT OF ORGANIC AND MINERAL FERTILIZATION ON SOYBEAN CROP PRODUCTION COMPONENTS
    Carlos Mendoza, Maria Mendoza, Alejandro Vargas, Laura Torres
    https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310231

    Climbing large productions/productivity is the result of assertive management, primarily associated with plant nutrition through soil fertilization. Another bottleneck in agricultural production, not yet fully elucidated in the literature, is the most appropriate method of fertilizer

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310231
  • ENHANCING FERTILIZER FORMULATION USING MINING WASTE: SUBSTITUTION OF PHOSPHORIC ACID WITH SLIMES AND CHARACTERIZATION OF RESULTING FERTILIZERS
    Ahmed Osman, Mustafa Ibrahim, Youssef Hassan, Khaled Mahmoud
    https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310232

    This study aims to valorize the slimes (<40 µm and rich in P2O5) generated during the processing of phosphate ore from Taiba by formulating complex compound fertilizers using these wastes as a source of P2O5 through the progressive substitution of phosphoric acid. Following a complete

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310232
  • COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF KINETIC PARAMETER OF SOME DETOXIFICATION ENZYMES ISOLATED FROM HIND GUT OF Zonocerus variegatus Linnaeus, 1758
    Agunbiade Oluwadare Joel, Adefila Adenike Oluwaseun, Odekanyin Oludele Olayemi
    https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310233

    AIMS: Grasshopper (Zonocerus variegatus) is a polyphagous insect that feeds on wild and cultivated and uncultivated crops thus causing extensive damage in their feeding process. Understanding the presence and expressions of various detoxification enzymes (chemical defense) in the gut of

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13310233
  • FUEL SUBSIDY REMOVAL AND ITS INFLUENCE ON FOOD SECURITY STATUS AMONG RURAL FARMERS IN GWER-WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE STATE, NIGERIA.
    Adikwu O, Ochimana G.A. , Ikegh G.T.
    https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14516077

    This study was carried out to analyze the influence of fuel subsidy removal on food security among rural farmers in Gwer-West Local Government Area of Benue State. Public opinion survey design was adopted for the study; multi-stage technique was used to select 100 respondents. Data for the study

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14516077