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Testing Some Varieties of Peas in the Southern Area of Romania
Jeni Mădălina Cojocaru*,
Cristina Melucă,
Rodica Sturzu
Issue:
Volume 11, Issue 1, February 2025
Pages:
1-9
Received:
24 January 2025
Accepted:
24 January 2025
Published:
24 January 2025
Abstract: The pea, Pisum sativum L. Family Papilionaceae, is a leguminous, herbaceous plant native to Asia Minor and Central Asia. It was cultivated by the Greeks and Romans in antiquity and quickly spread throughout the world; it was brought to Romania in the 17th century. Pea has long been an important component of the human diet, providing an excellent source of protein, is characterized by high yielding ability, but at the same time significant variability of yield level. It also has a high protein content in seeds and the ability to bind atmospheric nitrogen, which is of both ecological and economic importance. Peas play also an important role in crop rotation and in the plant production systems being a good previous crop for cereals and chemicals are not used or only used to a limited extent and has recently received special attention for the improvement of new varieties. To establish the production potential and the ability to adapt to the climatic conditions of the area, in the period 2019, 2020, 2021, at Agricultural and Development Research Station Teleorman, was tested the behavior of 7 local and foreign pea varieties, by establishing a bifactorial experiment, in 3 repetitions, laid out according to the randomized block method, with plots having an area of 10 m2, because the capability of the variety to adapt to growing conditions plays an important role in increasing the quantity and quality of crops production.
Abstract: The pea, Pisum sativum L. Family Papilionaceae, is a leguminous, herbaceous plant native to Asia Minor and Central Asia. It was cultivated by the Greeks and Romans in antiquity and quickly spread throughout the world; it was brought to Romania in the 17th century. Pea has long been an important component of the human diet, providing an excellent so...
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Research Article
Contribution of Home Farming on Academic Performance and Career Preferences: Evidence from Senior High Agricultural Science Students in Sagnarigu, Ghana
Issue:
Volume 11, Issue 1, February 2025
Pages:
10-23
Received:
11 December 2024
Accepted:
13 January 2025
Published:
7 February 2025
DOI:
10.11648/j.ijaas.20251101.12
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Abstract: This research examines home farming experiences of Senior High School students and how that influences their academic achievements and career decisions. A cross-sectional survey was adopted for the study. A total of Two Hundred and Fifty-nine students were randomly sampled. A questionnaire and checklist were used for the data collection. The data was analysed using Chi-square tests and logistic regression to establish the significant relationship between home farming and students' decision to study agriculture, academic performance, and career preferences. Access to education was sex-dependent with males having more (66.8%) access. A majority (63.7%) of the respondents grew up in rural areas. A majority (87.2%) of respondents engaged in home farming. Students' Parents’ occupations significantly influenced their involvement in home farming. A greater proportion (90.3%) of the students deliberately chose to study Agriculture at the SHS level. Engagement in home farming significantly affected students' decision to study Agricultural Science, thus rejecting the null hypothesis (H01). This suggests that home farming has a strong, positive influence on the decision to study Agriculture. Students who did not engage in home farming are about 7.4 times more likely to be undecided about their future careers in Agriculture. Home farming did not significantly influence the actual academic performance of respondents. It was therefore concluded that students who engaged in home farming were more likely to choose Agricultural Science as a course of study. The study then recommends that early exposure to home farming should be encouraged at the basic education level.
Abstract: This research examines home farming experiences of Senior High School students and how that influences their academic achievements and career decisions. A cross-sectional survey was adopted for the study. A total of Two Hundred and Fifty-nine students were randomly sampled. A questionnaire and checklist were used for the data collection. The data w...
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Research Article
Growth Performance of Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) Enhanced by Watering Intervals and Application of Organic Manure
Saikou Ebrima Sanyang*
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Samuel Demba,
Ebrima Njie
Issue:
Volume 11, Issue 1, February 2025
Pages:
24-28
Received:
1 January 2025
Accepted:
21 January 2025
Published:
21 February 2025
DOI:
10.11648/j.ijaas.20251101.13
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Abstract: Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is one of the high-value vegetable crops grown in the world because of its yield, and nutritional benefits to the consumers. Eggplant grows on different soils of sandy loams and clay loams. In agronomy water is an essential element for plant growth and maintenance of tissues and organs. Eggplant requires less water and the importance of water management is to enhance water stress of plant growth and to maintain turgidity and flaccidity of tissues while organic application improves on yield and self-life of produce. The field experiment was Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) of 4 replicates. Treatment/replicates has twenty-four 24 beds with a total number of ninety-six (96) beds. The research objective was to determine the levels watering intervals on plant height, fruit number, stem diameter, fruit weight and yield. Statistical Analysis One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) used to determine the significant differences among treatments. The result in Table 1 shows plant height of 18.3, 21.0, 31.6, and 23.4 cm respectively. The data analysis shows that, number of fruit diameter registered was in T4 of 35 cm followed by T3 of 25 cm while in T1 the fruit diameter was 20.0 cm. The results in Table 2 indicates that, water application at intervals of 3 days obtained the highest mean values of 6.0a and fruit diameter of 2.5b. In conclusion, the study reveals that, watering at intervals of 3 days was the best agronomic practices in obtaining maximum crop physiology and better yields. Thus, recommending more research work on watering intervals of eggplants varieties.
Abstract: Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is one of the high-value vegetable crops grown in the world because of its yield, and nutritional benefits to the consumers. Eggplant grows on different soils of sandy loams and clay loams. In agronomy water is an essential element for plant growth and maintenance of tissues and organs. Eggplant requires less water a...
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Research Article
Climate Change Adaptation Practices for Sustainable Sorghum Production in Drylands of Ethiopia
Olika Dessalegn*,
Eshetu Zewdu
Issue:
Volume 11, Issue 1, February 2025
Pages:
48-57
Received:
19 December 2024
Accepted:
9 January 2025
Published:
22 February 2025
DOI:
10.11648/j.ajasr.20251101.15
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Abstract: Climate variability and extreme events are major threats of food production that exacerbates the existing food security challenges in developing countries where agriculture is climate sensitive while adaptive capacity is low to remain productive under undoubtedly changing climate. On the other hand, the dynamically increasing human population increase the demands for more food than ever in the past while the worst climate change scenarios indicate as it would get even harder in fifty to hundred years in the future. Understanding the climate, crop and cropping system have significant importance in effective management of climate risks and designing suitable adaptation strategies for sustainable food production. Therefore, the main objecive of the study was to evaluate and identify climate change adaptation practices for sorghum production over Kobo, Melkassa and Miesso as representative growing agroecologies of Ethiopia. The study was conducted using DSSAT-CSM approach depending on EMI’s historical climate data and climate change data from Global Climate Models (GCMs) for mid (2040-2069) and end-term (2070-2099) periods using delta method downscaling while soil profile data was used from secondary sources. Three planting windows (16th June to 30th June, 1st July to 15th July and 16th July to 30th July) were used to evaluate planting date response of ESH-1, ESH-2 and Melkam Sorghum varieties to be tested in early, normal (intermidate) and late planting, respectively. The result indicated that the rainfall is expected to be increased by 3.1% at Melkassa, 4.5% at Kobo and to 7.9% at Miesso by 2050s whrereas 9.2%, 12.5% and 20.4% increment change is expected by 2080s, respectivley. The projected temperature indicated an increament of close to 2.3°C to 3.8°C. The sorghum yield response of future climate over Kobo and Miesso in both mid-term and end-term is riskier as compared to Melkassa, the one in intermediate agroecology. In the case of end-term, the yield reduction ranges from 38 percent for Melkam Varity over Kobo to 25 percent over Melkassa. On the other hand, combination of early planting and increasing the fertilizer rate by 50% would increase sorghum productivity in all cases. In general, the results indicated that climate change would aggravate the ongoing food production challenges unless appropriate adaptation plans be designed and implemented. Indeed, the findings of this study would have a potential impact for policy makers, researchers, and agricultural experts by looking for appropriate adaptation options that enable sustainable production under future climate changes scenarios.
Abstract: Climate variability and extreme events are major threats of food production that exacerbates the existing food security challenges in developing countries where agriculture is climate sensitive while adaptive capacity is low to remain productive under undoubtedly changing climate. On the other hand, the dynamically increasing human population incre...
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