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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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

The study tested the hypotheses that students' attitudes toward careers in agricultural production were related to (i) attitudes toward agricultural science as a school subject; (ii) curricular inclusion of agricultural science; (iii) urban / rural environmental location of schools; (iv)...

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...

A trial was conducted at two sites, Lilayi Farm using no-tillage system and Ellensdale Farm using conventional tillage. The objective was to assess the efficacy of new herbicides under Zambian conditions so as to' provide recommendations for effective herbicides. Ten treatments were used at both...

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...