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Research Article DOI: 10.67390/gjids.2016.iau05j8o

EVALUATION OF IRRIGATION WATER REQUIREMENTS OF SOME CROPS IN DADINKOWA DAM IRRIGATION SCHEME OF NIGERIA

Alhassan I*, Saddiq A M, Gashua, A. G, Dantata I J, Gwio-Kura K K

Evapotranspiration is important in evaluation of the irrigation potentialities of various agricultural zones and helps improve the practices of water management and crop production. In this study, meteorological data were collected from Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority, Area office Dadinkowa, Gombe state, Nigeria for the last 15 years (2001-2015). Cabbage, sweet pepper, sweet melon, t...

Nov, 2016 pp. 97-107
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Research Article DOI: 10.67390/gjids.2015.vsai1yvw

CONTROL OF GROWTH AND SPORULATION FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH ONION BULBROT USING FUNGICIDES

Usman M*, Usman A, Bugaje S M, Yahaya A I, Muhammad S M

Onion is a crop that is consumed in almost every household in Nigeria for a wide variety of dishes. The crop has a fairly constant demand and uses not limited to any climate or associated with any nationality. Like any other crop, onion is subject to attack by a number of pathogens especially fungi. Onion bulbrot causes serious yield loss up to 10-50%. This has to be controlled for profitable prod...

Jul, 2015 pp. 98-102
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Research Article DOI: 10.67390/gjids.2016.tk92nni6

ANALYSIS OF FOOD-GRAIN STORAGE COST AS A FACTOR FOR SEASONAL PRICE VARIATION IN TWO STATES OF NORTH-WEST NIGERIA

YUSUF O*, ABUBAKAR A A, YUSUF A M

The study analyzed grain storage cost as a factor in explaining seasonal price variation in two states (Kaduna and Katsina) of North-West Nigeria. The food grain markets considered were maize, rice, cowpea and soybeans. The study used both primary and secondary data. The primary data were collected by means of structured questionnaire and focus group discussion to elicit information on grain stora...

May, 2016 pp. 100-108
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Research Article DOI: 10.67390/gjids.2015.bixe7k2v

RESPONSE OF SELECTED RICE CULTIVARS TO NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY

Mohammed U A*, Habibu I

Majority of rice farmers cannot afford fertilizers to replace nutrients removed from the soils through harvested crops and leaching. It is a global challenge of sustainable rice cultivation to find or develop rice varieties that can grow even with limited nutrients while at the same time maintaining or improving grain yields. This study tried to identify rice cultivars that can perform with half o...

Jul, 2015 pp. 103-109
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Research Article DOI: 10.67390/gjids.2025.dcgxvt85

Profitability Analysis of Millet Production in Katagum LocalGovernment of Bauchi State

Abba, K.Z.*, Umar, S.M., Auwalu, Umar

The study examined the profitability analysis of millet production in Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State. Data were obtained with the aid of structured questionnaires administered to eighty millet farmers in the study area and analyzed using descriptive statistics, farm budgeting technique and multiple regression models. The result of farm budgeting showed that the total revenue (TR), G...

Nov, 2025 pp. 104-109
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Research Article DOI: 10.67390/gjids.2026.q5xe5ylq

PERFORMANCE OF CAULIFLOWERS (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) VARIETIES AS AFFECTED BY MOISTURE STRESS AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF GROWTH

Ibrahim Iro Ibrahim*, Abdallah Yusuf, Umar Lawan Alhaji, Hamidu Sule Toure, Maina Mam Ago, Muhammad Aisha Dagash

This experiment was conducted at the Research Farm of the Federal College of Forestry, Jos, to determine the response of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) varieties to moisture stress at different growth stages. The treatments consist of moisture stress at different growth and development stages (control, juvenile stage, curd formation stage, and head development stage) and two caulifl...

Oct, 2026 pp. 106-117
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Research Article DOI: 10.67390/gjids.2016.n7ckz354

YIELD RESPONSE OF GROUNDNUT (ARACHIS HYPOGAEA L.) VARIETIES TO GYPSUM AND RHIZOBIA INOCULATION IN THE NIGERIAN SAVANNA

Dauda H*, Babaji B A, Olufajo O O, Mukhtar A A

Yield and yield parameters of two groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) varieties under varying rates of gypsum and rhizobia inoculation levels were studied under field condition in 2012 wet seasons and 2012/13 dry season at the Institute for Agricultural Research Farm, Ahmadu Bello University, Samaru and Irrigation Research Station of the Institute for Agricultural Research, Kadawa respectively. The tr...

Nov, 2016 pp. 108-116
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Research Article DOI: 10.67390/gjids.2016.mya9k4ge

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SWEET POTATO AS INFLUENCED BY NPK FERTILIZER RATES INTRA-ROW SPACING AND SEED BED TYPES IN THE NORTHERN GUINEA SAVANNA

Mu’azu A*

Farm of Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Samaru (11011’ N070 38Eand 686m above sea level) in the northern Guinea savanna agro-ecological zone of Nigeria to determine the growth and development of sweet potato as influenced by NPK fertilizer rates, intra-row spacings and seed bed types in the northern Guinea savanna. The treatment consisted of three NPK fertilizer rates...

May, 2016 pp. 109-115
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Research Article DOI: 10.67390/gjids.2025.trbia8v0

Hydrolysate Yield, Surface Hydrophobicity and Amino acid Properties of Desert Date (B.aegyptiaca Del) Protein Hydrolysates

Ogori Akama Friday*, Vala Jackson, Girgih, T. A.

Desert date, called B.aegyptiaca Del commonly wild in desert regions of the world. The seed was processed into Aduwa Protein Concentrate (APC) and afterward hydrolyzed using two combined endogenous Pepsin-Pancreatin (PP) proteases and two different exogenous proteases (Alcalase and flavourzyme) to respective hydrolysates and analyzed using standard methods. The result of the analysis revealed that...

Nov, 2025 pp. 110-122
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Research Article DOI: 10.67390/gjids.2015.aqseo679

GENETIC VARIABILITY, HERITABILITY AND GENETIC ADVANCE IN F8 ADVANCED BREEDING LINES OF GROUNDNUT (Arachis hypogeaea L.)

Usman A*, Ahmed H, Sami R A, Usman M, Yahaya A I

Genetic variability is a basic requirement for crop improvement as this provides wider scope for selection. The effectiveness of selection is dependent upon the nature, extent and magnitude of genetic variability present in the material and the extent to which it is heritable. The pesent experiment was conducted to study the variability in F8 advanced breeding lines of groundnut across four enviro...

Jul, 2015 pp. 110-122