Theses

Giardiasis And Its Associated Risk Factors Among School Children In Selected Communities In Afikpo North, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

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The study was conducted to determine the prevalence of giardiasis among school children in Afikpo, Afikpo North Local Government Area. Ebonyi State, Nigeria. The study was carried out from...

86 pages (14802 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

Analysis Of Students' Ratings On Study Habit Of Senior Secondary Schools In Imo State, Nigeria

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This study investigates the influence of study habits on senior secondary school students in Imo state but was delimited to Owerri Education Zone. In carrying out this research, four...

77 pages (17334 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

Relationship Between Weed Flora, Seed Bank To Soil Properties In Fields Dominated By Mimosa In Visa In Edo State

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 Mimosa invisa Mart, a semi-perennial leguminous weed is a threat to forest ecosystems, agricultural lands and pastures. Research to reduce the problems caused by this weed is a...

72 pages (15576 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

Influence Of Soil Nutrients And Cropping Systems On Weed Seedbank And Emergence Pattern In South-Eastern Nigeria

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 Shifting cultivation is a very important strategy for weed management as it leads to weed reduction. Knowledge of the relationship between weed density, weed seedbank and soil...

96 pages (21934 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

Nutritional Evaluation Of Raw Anthonotha Macrophylla Seed Meal As Replacement Soybean Meal In The Diet Of Broiler Chickens

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Feeding trials was conducted using 120 day-old marshal broiler chicks to assess the quantitative replacement of soybean meal with raw Anihonotha inacrophvlla seed meal in broiler diets....

75 pages (14668 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

Production And Evaluation Of A Complementary Food Using Acha (Digiteria Exile Stapf), Soybean (Glycine Max) And Coconut (Cocos Nueifera)

 

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Different flours of acha soybean and coconut were blended in the ratios of 70:20: 10(acha. roasted soybean and coconut) sample I - 70:20: 10(acha. boiled soy bean and coconut) sample...

69 pages (15898 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

Evaluation Of The Fungitoxic Activity Of Some Phytochemicals On The Causal Agent Of Anthracnose Of Cowpea, Colletotrichum Destructivumo'gara

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Three plant materials Carica papaya roots and seed and Piper gilincelise seeds were assayed for phytochemicals. Tests revealed the presence of Alkaloids, Havonoids, Tannins, Saponins,...

81 pages (16180 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

Evaluation Of Weed Control Methods For Sweetpotato Production On An Ultisol Infested With Panicum Maximum And Mimosa Species

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Field experiments were conducted at the eastern farm of the Michael University of Agriculture, Umudike and in a farm at Uyo central in 2007 rainy evaluate the effect of sweetpotatO...

71 pages (14656 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

Effects Of Cassava Varieties And Weed Control Methods On Weed Population And Seedling Emergence At Umudike, Southeastern Nigeria

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Weeds are plants growing spontaneously in naturally disturbed human habitat, which interfere with the activities of man and his environment (Akobundu, 1987),In other words, weeds are...

72 pages (14708 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

Capital Mobilization And Investment Behaviour Of Selected Agribusiness Firms In South Eastern Nigeria

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Capital accumulation and its structure are major pre-requisites for agribusiness investment and its subsequent development. Also, capital decisions of a firm will affect the capital...

163 pages (47512 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

Effects Of The Root-Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne Inconginita) On The Growth And Yield Of Hausa Potato (Solenosiemon Rotundfolius) Poir And Its Control

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A study was conducted to determine the susceptibility of Hausa potato to the rootknot nematode, M incognita and possible control of the disease organism using plant extracts. in the green...

56 pages (9645 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

Production Of Cellulases By Aspergillus Niger And Fusarium Culmorurn Propagated On Different Lignocellulosic Substrates

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Two fungi, Aspergillus niger and Fusarium cuimorum, isolated from soil showed strong cellulase activity on carboxymethyl cellulose agar. Both fungi were subsequently studied for cellulase...

206 pages (41942 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

Fasting Properties Of Lafun And Tarci Obtained From Some Of The CMD Cassava Varieties

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 Lafun and starch derived from twenty eight CMD cassava varieties were evaluated for pasting, some functional and sensory properties. Result showed that: starch had higher peak...

48 pages (8088 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

Effect Of Cow Dung And Npk Fertilizer On Soil Properties, Nutrient Uptake And Tuber Yield Of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea Batatas) In South Eastern Nigeria

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 Investigations were carried out at two different locations (Uturu and Umudike) during the 2004-planting season, to evaluate the effect of cow dung and NPK fertilizer (15:15:15) on...

67 pages (11169 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

Effect Of Aqueous Extracts Of Piper Guineense Schum And Thonn On Some Key Insect Pests Of Cowpea Tn Southeastern Nigeria.

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The Study was conducted in the humid rain forest zone of south-eastern Nigeria in two locations viz., Umudike in Abia State, it the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture and Umuagwo in...

96 pages (13746 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

Influence Of Some Local Liming Materials And Organic Manures On Some Soil Properties And Growth Of Maize (Zea Mays L.)

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Some investigations, which comprised one laboratory experiment, one nursery-site plot experiment and two simultaneous field plot trials, were carried out to determine the effects of...

65 pages (12745 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

Sulphur Status And Its Effects On Growth And Yield Of Soyabean In Some Soils Of Abia State

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This study was designed to determine the sulphur (S) status of some soils of Abia State, establish the relationship between forms of sulphur and some soil properties. It was also to...

88 pages (18090 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

Comparative Evaluation Of The Nutritive Value Of Fishmeal, Shrimp Waste Meal And Grasshopper Meal In Broiler Diet

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A comparative evaluation of the effect of four animal protein sources in broiler ration was carried out using 150- day-old broiler chicks in a completely randomized design experiment. The...

110 pages (21124 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

Studies On The Black Pod Disease Of Cocoa Caused By Phythophthora Palmivora In Ikwuano Area Of Aria State

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Field surveys were carried out during the 2003/2004 cocoa fruiting seasons in four cocoa producing communities in ikwuano local Government area of Abia Stat to evaluate the incidence and...

61 pages (10004 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

Relationships Of Lumber And Wood Waste Yields From Logs With Three Process Variables In A Horizontal Bandsawing Headrig Sawmill Type

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The relationship of lumber and wood waste yields from logs processed in a horizontal headrig sawmill type with three processing variables - log diameter size at level of 0.385± 0.550±...

145 pages (33519 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

Adoption Of Two Improved Cassava Varieties (Tms 30572, Nr 8082) By Farmers In Ohafia Agricultural Zone, Abia State, Nigeria.

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 This study assessed the adoption of two improved cassava varieties (1M530572 and NR 6085) by farmers In Ohafia Agricultural Zones of Aa State, Nigeria. Data were randomly collected...

85 pages (17431 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

Adoption Of Cocoyam Production And Processing Technologies In Ikwuano L.G.A. Abia State

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The study investigated the level of adoption of coco am production and processing technologies in lkwuano LGA of Abia State. Twenty-five cocoyam farmers were randomly selected from each of...

95 pages (20099 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

A Study Of Cassava Production And Utilization In Abib South Agricultural Zone Of Abia State, Nigeria.

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The National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) Umudike and International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (lITA) Ibadan along with several Universities in the country have over the...

116 pages (22737 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

Impact Of Quarry-Dust And Rock Excavation On Vegetation And Slope In Isuikwuato Local Government Area, Abia State, Nigeria

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The reason for this staggering increase in world population  is simply that the number of people born is regularly higher than the number that (lies. due, to better sanitation,...

140 pages (31584 words) · Theses · 4 years ago

Formulation Of Improved Breakfast Gruel From Germinated And Fermented Sorghum

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Brown Sorghum was used to formulate an improved breakfast gruel. Fermentation and germination, two widely used traditional Technologies in Africa were employed to improve the nutritional...

114 pages (24184 words) · Theses · 4 years ago
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