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Tashoroora O, Erechu RS, Higenyi J, Nanfuka ML, Ademun AR, Kimbugwe E, Lutaaya, Ndyanabo JM, Ayebazibwe C,Nizeyimana G and Magona JW*

DOI : 10.32474/CIACR.2021.09.000324

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Livestock significantly contributes to many agricultural-based economies and livelihood of rural poor communities, especially the smallholder farmers who form a large proportion of livestock keepers in developing countries (FAO, 2005). In sub-Saharan Africa, it contributes 30% to agricultural GDP with cattle contributing nearly 60% of the value of livestock products (AU-IBAR, 2010). In Uganda, the livestock sector is an important component of the agricultural sector, contributing 5 and18 percent to the National GDP and agricultural GDP, respectively. The sector is on steady growth of about 3 percent per annum. The livestock population comprises of cattle at 12.8 million, poultry 42 million, pigs 3.6 million; goats 4 million and sheep 3.8 million. It is estimated that 4.5 million households (70.8%) in the country rear at least one kind of ..... ReadMore

Kamal Prasad*, Agam Khare and Prateek Rawat

DOI : 10.32474/CIACR.2021.09.000323

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Turmeric (Curcuma longa Linn, family Zingiberaceae) is an herbaceous perennial plant, native to Tropical Southeast Asia particularly India. Turmeric is the historic and sacred spice of India referred to as ‘Indian saffron is an essential cash spice crop grown in India. It is utilized in diversified forms as a condiment, flavouring, and colouring agent and as a principal ingredient in Indian culinary as curry powder. It has anti-cancer and anti-viral activities and subsequently reveals used in the drug and cosmetic industry. The turmeric plant incorporates a yellowish colouring known as curcumin, an acrid volatile oil, starch, chlorides of calcium, woody fibre, and gum. The acrid oil is known as turmerol and has an aromatic odour. Alkaloids of oxalic acid also are present in yield crystals of potassium oxalate. Kumkum, famous with each h..... ReadMore

Murat Aslana M*, Aziz Kasapb

DOI : 10.32474/CIACR.2021.09.000322

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Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata Wied (Diptera: Tephritidae) is considered as one of the most deleterious fruit pests which may cause high pomegranate, Punica granatum L. yield losses in Turkey. Monitoring population density of herbivore insects is a significant element of integrated pest management strategies. Therefore, C. capitata population fluctuation was monitored via a SEDQ yellow trap + pheromone in a pomegranate orchard consisted of three cultivars, Acco, Hicaz, and Wonderful, in Seyhan, Adana in 2015. In addition, yield losses were calculated for all cultivars. There was a significant role of pomegranate cultivar on C. capitata catches by traps. Wonderful has the highest number of C. capitata following by Hicaz while traps in Acco caught the least number of fly adults. Peel thickness was 3.15, 3.05, and 2...... ReadMore

Kanogporn Khammona, Khin Kyawt Yin, Arweewut Yongsuwan, Naraporn Chaomueang, Jintana Unartgam and Vinit chan Ruanjaichon*

DOI : 10.32474/CIACR.2021.09.000321

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Sweetness is an economically important eating quality trait for sweet corn breeding. The various types of sweet corn are caused by single gene mutation [1]. The brittle2 and shrunken2 mutants accumulated 20% of starch found in the corn kernels [2, 3]. Due to mutation in ADP-glucose pyro phosphorylase reveals as a key regulatory enzyme to limit the rate of starch biosynthesis pathway [4-7]. The brittle2 (bt2) mutant is classified as class 1 super sweet corn [3,8,9], having 15-30% sugar of total carbohydrate content in the kernel, while normal corn contains about 3% sugar in the kernel [9,10]. Newly, the functional marker based on shrunken2 gene (sh2) was identified and developed [11]. This SNP marker designed within the coding region in exon 1 at position 154 of the coding sequence was clearly separated the sh2-based sweet corn from waxy c..... ReadMore

Dereje Dobocha Goda*

DOI : 10.32474/CIACR.2021.09.000320

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Managing N inputs in wheat production systems is a main issue to achieve maximum profitable production, and decreasing environmental impact. To this effect, the experiment was conducted on farmer’s field during the 2017 main cropping season at Lemu-Bilbilo district of Arsi zone, southeastern Ethiopia to determine the response of different rates of N fertilizer and its influence on yield and yield components of bread wheat varieties. Factorial combinations of two bread wheat varieties (Lemu and Wane) and five N- rates (0, 46, 92,138 and 184 kg N ha-1) were used in a Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. The variety Lemu had higher values for effective tillers per plant, spike length, plant height, and number of grains spike-1, grain and straw yields. On the other hand, Wane variety exhibited greater values for thousan..... ReadMore

Michael Langemeier*and Michael O’Donnell

DOI : 10.32474/CIACR.2021.09.000319

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This study compares the long-run net returns to land of a conventional corn/soybean rotation to that of an organic forage-based crop rotation that includes corn, soybeans, oats, and alfalfa. The average annual net returns to land for the organic crop rotation were found to be approximately $100 per acre higher than that of the conventional corn/soybean rotation. Average net return to land estimates are sensitive to crop price, crop yield, and cost assumptions. Holding crop yields and production costs constant, organic crop prices would need to be reduced 27 percent for the average net return to land to equal that of the average net return to land for the conventional corn/soybean crop rotation. A downside risk model was used to examine the tradeoff between expected net returns to land and risk. Converting even a small p..... ReadMore

Biswa Sankar Das*

DOI : 10.32474/CIACR.2021.09.000318

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A total of 111no.of Germplasm of Millets with code no’s have been assembled through formal process of Collaborative programme experimented from 2017 -2020 Cropping season. The Germplasm has been evaluated for various Agronomic traits (biotic, abiotic, grain quality, etc.). The organisation, Watershed Support service & Activities Network (Wassan) with Odisha Millet Mission Project holds 111no.of Millet Germplasm collection with 108 no. of indigenous and 3 no. of rare types having information on important trait specific characters from the communities, community managed seed bank. The Present Paper highlights the assessment of Millet diversity assembled and conserved under Odisha Millet Mission Project & thrust areas identified for future conservation and utilization...... ReadMore

Alemu Ayele Zerihun* and Getnet Muche Abebele

DOI : 10.32474/CIACR.2021.09.000317

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Wheat yellow rust caused by Puccinic Striiformis f. sp tritici is the most widespread and destructive disease of wheat, especially in the highlands of Ethiopia. Application of foliar fungicides are important mechanisms to control wheat yellow rust disease. The activity was conducted at two experimental sites Meraro and Bekoji in 2018 main cropping season, in order to determine net returns of wheat yields from the application of fungicides. The aim of the study was to know net reruns obtained from the application of propiconazole and Thiophanate-methyl 310g/l +Epoxiconazole 187g/l fungicides with twice application frequency in four bread wheat cultivars with different resistance level, being susceptible, moderately susceptible, moderately resistant and resistant including Kubsa, Danda’a, Lemu a..... ReadMore