Two experiments were carried out to investigate the effect of varying levels of black seed (Nigella sativa) powder supplementation on performance, thermoregulatory performance, blood profile and histopathology of broiler chickens during hot season. The first experiment had a total of 180 one week old broiler chicks which were randomly assigned to f... Continue Reading
The study investigated the effect of beekeeping on poverty status of women in Ogun and Kaduna States, Nigeria. Ogun State Beekeepers Network group (OBNG) and Beekeeping Extension Society (BES) in Kaduna State were purposively chosen for the study. OBNG has a population of 214 women beekeepers while BES has 256. A sample of 107 and 128 which represe... Continue Reading
Two experiments were carried out to determine the nutritive value of sorghum, millet, cassava and sweet potato with or without enzyme supplementation in broiler chickens production. The growth performance, nutrient digestibility, heamatological parameters and characteristics of broiler chickens were evaluated. In the experiment 1, diets were not s... Continue Reading
The study was carried out to examine the effect of agricultural transformation on the beneficiary‟s productivity and poverty in Kano state Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling method was employed to select 571 respondents for the study. The first stage involves the random selection of two rice growing local government areas out of the three local ... Continue Reading
The study investigated the effect of beekeeping on poverty status of women in Ogun and Kaduna States, Nigeria. Ogun State Beekeepers Network group (OBNG) and Beekeeping Extension Society (BES) in Kaduna State were purposively chosen for the study. Continue Reading
Two experiments were carried out to investigate the effect of varying levels of black seed (Nigella sativa) powder supplementation on performance, thermoregulatory performance, blood profile and histopathology of broiler chickens during hot season. The first experiment had a total of 180 one week old broiler chicks which were randomly assigned to f... Continue Reading
The effects of alkali chemical treatment using urea, lime and urea-lime on the nutritive value of groundnut shell (GNS) were examined based on chemical composition, degradation characteristics, voluntary intake, nutrient digestibility, and nitrogen balance. Continue Reading
This study was conducted to evaluate egg production curves of ShikabrownÂÂ� parents, using mathematical models. A total of 200 birds: 100from each of the two strains of ShikabrownÂÂ� parents (sire and dam) lines at the Breeding Unit of Poultry Research Programme, National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI) were used for the study. The b... Continue Reading
Groundnut production is largely constrained by biotic stresses with groundnut rosette virus disease seriously contributing to losses in yield in Nigeria and sub Saharan Africa and thus the need to study the mode of inheritance of aphid and rosette resistance in groundnut with these objectives; to investigate the gene action controlling the inherita... Continue Reading
This study was conducted to evaluate growth performance of Red Sokoto bucks fed Digitaria smutsii hay-based diet with varying levels of sun-dried broiler litter (SBL). A total of 20 Red Sokoto bucks aged 12-14 months and weighing on average 11.5ÂÂ�0.5kg were randomly assigned to four dietary treatments with 5 replicates each in a complete randomiz... Continue Reading
Two feeding trials were carried out to evaluate the growth performance, nutrient digestibility, carcass characteristics, haematological parameters, blood biochemical parameters and the economic advantage of broiler chickens fed graded levels of Roselle Seed Cake (RSC) asreplacement of two conventional protein sources. Continue Reading
This study was carried out to determine the inheritance of oil content using eight (three male and five females)parents, that were mated in a North Carolina Design II (NC II) mating design that generated 15 progenies,to determine mode of gene action, estimate heritability and the association of the measured traits. Continue Reading
Field experiments were conducted at the Institute for Agricultural Research (I. A. R.), Samaru, Zaria (Latitude 11Ëš11' N and Longitude 7Ëš38' E), Nigeria for two years period (2009 and 2012) to study the population dynamics of Agonoscelis versicolor F. on sunflower. Continue Reading
Heat stress causes significant fruit yield loss in tomato (Lycopersicon lycopersicum Mill.). Breeding of tomato hybrids tolerant to high temperature will reduce fruit yield losses caused by heat stress in Nigeria. The genetics of heat tolerance in tomato was studied using half diallel mating design of six parents comprising two heat tolerant and fo... Continue Reading
Farmers are faced with a lot of problem in monitoring insect pests of stored cowpea. The standard probe trap is used to monitor C. maculatus infestations in stored cowpea but it is not efficient in trapping the insect due to variation in atmospheric conditions leading to inappropriate management decisions regarding the action threshold. Its perfora... Continue Reading