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Effect Of Automobile Emission On The Concentration Of Pb And Cd In Soils And Cassava Plant (Manoic Esculenta Crantz) Along Enugu- Port Harcourt Expressway:- Ekwueme, Philip O.

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The effect of automobile emission on the concentration of Pb and Cd in soils and various cassava plant parts along Enugu - · Port Harcourt expressway in Nigeria, was studied. Surface soil...

68 pages (15898 words) · Theses · 1 year ago

Growth of Vetiver grass (vetiveria zizanioides l. Nash) and its effect on different degraded sites in Abia state, Nigeria:- Shomkegh, Alyegba S

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 A study involving pot and Held trials was carried out to detennine the ability of vetiver grass to grow and improve some degraded sites. Five sites; a nursery top soil (control),...

90 pages (17845 words) · Theses · 1 year ago

Plant Enumeration, Identification And Assessment Of Soil And Some Plants For Heavy Metals At Kaolin Mined And Unmined Sites At Ohiya, Abia State, Nigeria:- Igwe, Charles E

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Kaolin mining activities have been going on in Ohiya Community in Abia state since the 1990's. Undoubtedly, it has improved the economic wellbeing of the local people through employment....

107 pages (25028 words) · Theses · 1 year ago

Soil and Groundwater Contamination at Refuse Dumps in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria:- ; Chima, Jane N.

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 A study of the contamination of soil and groundwater at three refuse dumpsites was carried out in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria from September, 2012 to March 2013. In the process, the...

124 pages (21667 words) · Theses · 1 year ago

Comparative Study of Activities of two Sawmills on the Environment of Oke Baba 一 Lagos and Sapele in Southern Nigeria:- Ekpe, Sonigitu A.

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 This study presents the findings of a fieldwork conducted to determine the amount of wood waste generated from sawmills, and an appraisal of the wood waste management technique in...

90 pages (16806 words) · Theses · 1 year ago

Recruitment Of Indigenous Tree Species And Litterfall In Exotic Plantation And Fallow System In Umuahia, Abia State:- Ogbonna, Princewill C

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The assessment of recruitment of indigenous tree species and litterfall in three exotic plantations and a bush fallow system was carried out at Forestry Research Institute ofNigeria...

91 pages (20667 words) · Theses · 1 year ago

Effect Of Fruit Harvest At Maturity Stages On Seed Germination, Seedling Growth And Some Nutritional Characteristics Of Gambeya Albida (G. Don) Aubrev. & Pellegr Syn: Chrysophyllum Albidum G. Don:- Okolie, Joy N.

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The sweet ripe, sweet unripe, sour ripe and sour unripe seedling of Gambeya albida were sowed in four nursery buckets having five seeds each in a bucket. The buckets were kept under a...

85 pages (19107 words) · Theses · 1 year ago

Use Of P Sorption Characteristics For Determination Of P Requirement Of Mungbean (Vigna Radiata (L) Wilczek) In Some Soils Of Southeastern Nigeria.:- Essien, Florence T

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 This study was conducted to determine the phosphorus sorption characteristics and phosphorus requirement of mungbean in selected soils ofsoutheastern Nigeria. The soils for the study...

86 pages (19041 words) · Theses · 1 year ago

A Multiple Regression Analysis Of Contributions Of Various Sources Of Tax To The Total Tax Revenue In Nigeria:- Usoro, Anthony E.

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This work sought to carry out a multiple regression analysis, which involved a dependent and five independent variables. The data for the analysis were obtained from Federal Inland...

61 pages (8650 words) · Theses · 1 year ago

Studies on the bacterial soft rot disease of cucumber (cucumis sativum l.) Varieties and control using some botanicals in southeastern Nigeria:- Ogbonna, Mary J.

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A field survey experiment was conducted at Umuahia North, Umudike, Abia State and Okigwe, Imo State, South Eastern Nigeria to assess the occurrence of bacterial soft rot disease of...

128 pages (28583 words) · Theses · 1 year ago

Seed germination and early seedling growth rate of some Nigerian rainforest tree species at Umudike:- Onini, Smart G.

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Seed germination and early seedling growth rates of Buchholzia coriacea, Entandrophragma angolense, Khaya ivorensis, Lovoa trichilioides, Mansonia altissima, Milicia excelsa and Terminalia...

62 pages (14717 words) · Theses · 1 year ago

: Effect of Seed Sources on Germination and Early Seedling Growth of Selected Rain Forest Plant* Species of Nigeria: Iniobong Bruno

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 A study ofthe "Effect of Seed Sources on Germination and Early Seedling Growth of Selected Rain Forest Plant* Species of Nigeria” was conducted at Eastern Research Station, Forestry...

90 pages (19059 words) · Theses · 1 year ago

Effect Of Alley Cropping System On The Yields Of Arable Crops And Plantain Cultivars At Umudike, Nigeria:- Onyemaobi, Bato A.

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 Studies on the effect of alley cropping system on the productivity of arable crops (60-day cowpea and 1TA 331 upland rice cultivar) and plantain cultivars (Agbagba, PITA 14 and PITA...

93 pages (24063 words) · Theses · 1 year ago

Studies On Effect Of Point And Non-Point Sources Discharge On The Water Quality And Riparian Vegetation Of Aba River:- Kalu, Monday

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 The effect of point and non-point sources discharge/ on the water quality and riparian vegetation of Aba River was investigated. The studies on water quality were carried out at six...

113 pages (22867 words) · Theses · 1 year ago

The Use of Post-Harvest Management Practices in Preservation of Tomato in Benue State, Nigeria:- Aboh, Joseph A.

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The study analysed the use of post-harvest management practices in preservation of tomatoes in Benue state, Nigeria and specifically described the socio-economic characteristics of tomato...

91 pages (18150 words) · Theses · 1 year ago

Modeling of Nigeria Inflation Rate Using the Times Domain Approach:- Dike, Kelechi G

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The shock an economy can witness due to the fluctuations ofprices of goods and services over time and the need to have knowledge of inflationary trends prompted this study. As noted, some...

46 pages (9703 words) · Theses · 1 year ago

Mutagenic Effects Of X - Irradiation On The Growth And Genes Of Capsicum Frutescens Var. Cayenne. L. (Lanagalanga), Capsicum Annum Var, Abbreviatum L. (Ose Ofe) And Capsicumfrutescens Var. Guan-Bonees L. (Ose Nkiri):- Nwokocha, Rita A.

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Effects of radiation on Human, Animals and Plants genomes can never be over emphasized. This study was done to evaluate the mutagenic and growth implications of different doses (6 MGy, 7...

71 pages (14608 words) · Theses · 1 year ago

Yield, Heavy Metal And Nutritional Evaluation Of Pleurotus Ostreatus (Jacq.) P. Kumm. And Pleurotuspulntonarius (Fries) Quel. Fruit Bodies Cultivated On Three Log Substrates In Umudike, Abia State:- Nwoko, Magnus C

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 Yield, heavy metal and nutritional evaluation oiPleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P. kumm and Pleurotus pulmonarius (Fries). Quel, cultivated successfully conducted. Living trees ofD....

93 pages (20155 words) · Theses · 1 year ago

Mycoremediation Of Engine Oil-Polluted Soil Using The White Rot Fungus, Pleurotus Florida (Mont.) Singer, an edible Fungus:- Igbojionu, Vincent O.

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The ability of a while rot macro-fungus, Pleurotusflorida, to degrade engine oil in contaminated soil was invest igated with a view to ascertaining its efficacy in reducing the toxicity of...

65 pages (10374 words) · Theses · 1 year ago

Influence of Promotional Tools on the Performance of Hotels and Fast Food Operations in Port Harcourt Rivers State:-Nnadi, Gladys C.

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 The importance of promotional tools on performance of businesses cannot be over emphasized, reason being that promotion is the vehicle through which information about existing and...

112 pages (25998 words) · Theses · 1 year ago

A Study Of The Levels Of Heavy Metals In Soil And Plants At Waste Dump Sites In Akwa Ibom State:- Dokwo Ufi A.

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 The study of the levels of heavy metals Pb, Cd, Cu, Zn and Fe in soils and plant nutrients uptake at waste dump sites in Akwa Ibom State was carried out. Two Local Government Areas...

118 pages (26073 words) · Theses · 1 year ago

Study Of Dispersal And Regeneration Of Some Plant Species In Umudike, Nigeria:- Obiajunwa, Udoka P.

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 The study of dispersal and regeneration of some plant species were carried out in Umudike Nigeria. Fifteen (15) plant families comprising of 17 individual plants were monitored and...

60 pages (10527 words) · Theses · 1 year ago

Evaluation of the microbial contamination and critical control points of fresh meat processed and sold in Uyo, Nigeria.:- Essien, Teddy E.

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The incidence and sources ofmicrobial contamination of fresh meat processed and sold in Uyo were investigated. The samples studied for processing, 90 swabs samples from abattoir floor,...

Theses · 1 year ago

Response of growing rabbits to varying linage combinations supplemented with maize offal/palm kernel cake based diet:- Ozuo, Uchechukwut K.

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 Twenty-four growing rabbits were used to determine the response of growing rabbits to varying forage combinations supplemented with maize offal/pahn kernel cake based diet. The...

Theses · 1 year ago

Removal of CI, NO,, PO?' and SO from brewery effluents using ripe and unripe Plantain (musa paradisiaca) peels as an adsorbent :- Adeyinka, Taiwo O.

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 This study was designed to ascertain the bio-sorbent potential of plantain peels on some selected inorganic anion pollutants in brewery effluent. Four different concentrations...

132 pages (30437 words) · Theses · 1 year ago
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