The need for preservation of crop species is being widely recognized. This requires that seeds posses good initial quality and potential to be stored for long periods. Time of harvest of soyabean seed has been identified as the main factor affecting quality and potential for long term storage....
Download PDF ↓(Optimum spacing and nitrogen fertilizer application rates for maximum yield and quality of edible fresh leaves of corchorus olitorius were studied at the University of Zambia Field Station during January to May 1992.Ihe nitroqen levels were O, 4O, 8O, 120,160kg ha-1. Intra-row spacings were 2O...
Download PDF ↓The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of planting date and plant population density on grain yield of two varieties of mungbean (Vigna radiata (L) Wilczek). It was carried out at the Natural Resources Development College Farm(Lusaka) during the 1995/96 rainy season.A...
Download PDF ↓A study was conducted to investigate the potential of African Sausage Tree Fruit Pulp (ASTFP) in modulating the effects of E.coli endotoxin in grower pigs. Twenty weanling pigs from five litters/dams were randomly assigned to two dietary treatments consisting of a basic diet with 0 or 2% ASTFP....
Download PDF ↓Experiments were conducted from 1976 to 1978 at the Arlington Experimental Farm, Arlington, Wisconsin, to study the effect of planting dates, row widths and herbicide treatments on 'Hodgson1 and 'Wells' soybeans. Additional studies were conducted at Janesville, Wisconsin, in 1976 and 1978 "but...
Download PDF ↓Tomato (Lycopersicon lycopersicum L) production among the subsistance farmers in Zambia virtually stops during the rainy season and in low during the dry season. Field trials were carried out during the rainy and dry seasons at Zamseed farm, Lusaka, Zambia to detrmine the effects of different...
Download PDF ↓The study conducted to access the insecticidal activity of selected plant extracts:Eucalyptus Eucalyptus globules., Guava, Psidium guajava l., Neem, Azadirachta indica A. Juss., Tephrosia, Tephrosia vogelii F (Hook) and water Hyacinth Erchhornia crassipes (Martius) Solms-Laubach, against the...
Download PDF ↓An experiment was conducted at UNZA and ZAMSEED farms in Lusaka Zambia, during the 1994/95 season to study the effects of spacing, row arrangement and genotype on the grain yield of Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp) intercropped with Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). A split-split plot design was...
Download PDF ↓A study was conducted in the glasshouse to investigate the effects of soil type, watering interval, planting depth, and crust formation on emergence and seedling establishment of sorghum. Three separate pot experiments were conducted using three soil types and sorghum as a test crop. Various...
Download PDF ↓A study was conducted at Lilayi farm in a no-tillage crop production system. The objective of the study was to assess the efficacy of new herbicides in a no-tillage soybean cultivation system in Zambia. Eleven treatments were used in this study. These include four preemergence, five postemergence...
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