Research and Development in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 3

Authors

Dr. Marcello Iriti, (Editor)

Sciences, Milan State University, Italy. Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental

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Short Biosketch

Hamid Benyahia

Research Unit of Plant Breeding and Conservation of Phytogenetic Resources, National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Kenitra, Morocco.

Anas Fadli

Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Improvement, Citrus Research and Education Center, IFAS, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL 33850, USA.

Ouiam Chetto

Research Unit of Plant Breeding and Conservation of Phytogenetic Resources, National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Kenitra, Morocco.

Abdelhak Talha

Research Unit of Plant Breeding and Conservation of Phytogenetic Resources, National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Kenitra, Morocco.

Fatima Ezzahra Omari

Research Unit of Plant Breeding and Conservation of Phytogenetic Resources, National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Kenitra, Morocco.

Lhou Beniken

Research Unit of Plant Breeding and Conservation of Phytogenetic Resources, National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Kenitra, Morocco.

Najat Handaji

Research Unit of Plant Breeding and Conservation of Phytogenetic Resources, National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Kenitra, Morocco.

R. Mohanlall

Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Faculty of Applied Science, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4001, South Africa.

B. Odhav

Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Faculty of Applied Science, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4001, South Africa.

V. Mohanlall

Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Faculty of Applied Science, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4001, South Africa.

Dan David Quee

Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI)/Njala Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Njala, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Jenneh Fatima Bebeley

Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI)/Njala Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Njala, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Janatu Veronica Sesay

Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI)/Njala Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Njala, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

George Marechera

African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), Nairobi, Kenya.

Grace Muinga

African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), Nairobi, Kenya.

Patrick Irungu

University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.

Maxwell Darko Asante

Council for Scientific Industrial Research-Crops Research Institute, P.O.Box 3785, Kumasi, Ghana.

Daniel Dzorkpe Gamenyah

Council for Scientific Industrial Research-Crops Research Institute, P.O.Box 3785, Kumasi, Ghana.

Sober Ernest Boadu

Council for Scientific Industrial Research-Crops Research Institute, P.O.Box 3785, Kumasi, Ghana.

Priscilla Francisco Ribeiro

Council for Scientific Industrial Research-Crops Research Institute, P.O.Box 3785, Kumasi, Ghana.

Samuel Oppong Abebrese

Council for Scientific Industrial Research-Savanah Agricultural Research Institute, Box. TL 52, Tamale, Ghana.

Allen Oppong

Council for Scientific Industrial Research-Crops Research Institute, P.O.Box 3785, Kumasi, Ghana.

J. T. Amodu

National Animal Production Research Institute, Ahmadu Bello University, Shika, Zaria, Nigeria.

T. T. Akpensuen

Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ahmadu Bello University, Samaru, Zaria, Nigeria.

D. D. Dung

National Animal Production Research Institute, Ahmadu Bello University, Shika, Zaria, Nigeria.

R. J. Tanko

National Animal Production Research Institute, Ahmadu Bello University, Shika, Zaria, Nigeria.

A. Musa

International Livestock Research Institute, Kano, Nigeria.

S. A. Abubakar

National Animal Production Research Institute, Ahmadu Bello University, Shika, Zaria, Nigeria.

M. R. Hassan

Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ahmadu Bello University, Samaru, Zaria, Nigeria.

J. O. Jegede

National Animal Production Research Institute, Ahmadu Bello University, Shika, Zaria, Nigeria.

I. Sani

Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ahmadu Bello University, Samaru, Zaria, Nigeria.

Timothy Oluwafemi Ajiboye

National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB), Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, P.M.B. 5382, Moor Plantation, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Sunday E. Aladele

National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB), Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, P.M.B. 5382, Moor Plantation, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Julián Pérez-Flores

Graduate College in Agricultural Sciences, Campus Tabasco, Tabasco, México.

Tito del Carmen Ovando-Tejeda

Technological Institute of the Olmec Zone, Villa Ocuiltzapotlán, Centro, Tabasco, México.

Asunción López-Quiroga

Graduate College in Agricultural Sciences, Campus Tabasco, Tabasco, México.

Vinicio Calderon-Bolaina

Graduate College in Agricultural Sciences, Campus Tabasco, Tabasco, México.

Ibrahim Djibo

Faculté d’Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni, laboratoire d’insémination artificielle et de production d’azote liquide, BP n° 10960 Niamey, Niger and École Inter-États des Sciences et Médecines Vétérinaires, Université Cheick Anta Diop, laboratoire de physiologie et de pharmacodynamie, BP n° 5 077 Dakar – Fann, Sénégal.

Mani Mamman

Département productions animales, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger, BP n° 429 Niamey, Niger.

Chaibou Issa

Université Dan Dicko Dankoulodo de Maradi, BP no 465 Maradi, Niger.

Oumar Sarr

Faculté des sciences et Techniques, Université Cheick Anta Diop, laboratoire d’Écologie et d’Ecohydrologie, BP n° 5 005 Dakar – Fann, Sénégal.

Amy Bakhoum

Faculté des sciences et Techniques, Université Cheick Anta Diop, laboratoire d’Écologie et d’Ecohydrologie, BP n° 5 005 Dakar – Fann, Sénégal.

Hamani Marichatou

Faculté d’Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni, laboratoire d’insémination artificielle et de production d’azote liquide, BP n° 10960 Niamey, Niger.

E. Léonard Akpo

Faculté des sciences et Techniques, Université Cheick Anta Diop, laboratoire d’Écologie et d’Ecohydrologie, BP n° 5 005 Dakar – Fann, Sénégal.

Moussa Assane

École Inter-États des Sciences et Médecines Vétérinaires, Université Cheick Anta Diop, laboratoire de physiologie et de pharmacodynamie, BP n° 5 077 Dakar – Fann, Sénégal.

Ana María Peña-Gutiérrez

Department of Agriculture, Campus Tabasco – Graduate College, Cardenas Tabasco, Zip Code 86500, Mexico.

Nydia del Rivero-Bautista

Department of Agriculture, Campus Tabasco – Graduate College, Cardenas Tabasco, Zip Code 86500, Mexico.

Aida Olivera-de Los Santos

Experimental Field Rosario Izapa (INIFAP), Tuxtla Chico, Chiapas, Zip Code 30870, Mexico.

Kiran M. Kandir

ICAR - Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dumka, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, 834006, Jharkhand, India.

Seema Singh

ICAR - Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dumka, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, 834006, Jharkhand, India.

Srikant Singh

ICAR - Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dumka, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, 834006, Jharkhand, India.

S. S. Munda

ICAR - Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dumka, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, 834006, Jharkhand, India.

R. P. Singh

ICAR - Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dumka, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, 834006, Jharkhand, India.

Habib Kato

Department of Agriculture, Kyambogo University, Kyambogo, Uganda.

Robert Mulebeke

Department of Agriculture, Kyambogo University, Kyambogo, Uganda.

Felix Budara Bareeba

Department of Agricultural Production, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

Elly Nyambobo Sabiiti

Department of Agricultural Production, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

I. F. Ayanda

Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension Services, Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria.

Mithun Kumar Ghosh

Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, EXIM Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh, Bangladesh.

Mehedi Hashan Sohel

Department of Soil Science, EXIM Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh, Bangladesh.

Nazmin Ara

Faculty of Agriculture, EXIM Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh, Bangladesh.

Fatima Tuj Zahara

Faculty of Agriculture, EXIM Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh, Bangladesh.

Sajid Bin Nur

Faculty of Agriculture, EXIM Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh, Bangladesh.

Md. Mahamudul Hasan

Faculty of Agriculture, EXIM Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh, Bangladesh.

Tamer G. I. Mansour

Department of Agricultural Economy, Agricultural and Biological Research Division, National Research Centre, 33 El Buhouth St., (Former El Tahrir St.) 12622 Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

Haitham B. A. Hassan

Department of Agricultural Economy, Agricultural and Biological Research Division, National Research Centre, 33 El Buhouth St., (Former El Tahrir St.) 12622 Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

Salah S. Abd El-Ghani

Department of Agricultural Economy, Agricultural and Biological Research Division, National Research Centre, 33 El Buhouth St., (Former El Tahrir St.) 12622 Dokki, Giza, Egypt and Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University- Saudi Arabia.

Shaaban E. M. Khalil

Department of Agricultural Economy, Agricultural and Biological Research Division, National Research Centre, 33 El Buhouth St., (Former El Tahrir St.) 12622 Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

L. Musundire

Seed Co. International Ltd., Potchefstroom, South Africa.

J. Derera

Seed Co. International Ltd., Potchefstroom, South Africa.

S. Dari

Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.

P. Tongoona

West African Centre for Crop Improvement, University of Ghana, Ghana.

Kheiry Hassan M. Ishag

Dhofar Cattle Feed Company, P.O. Box 1220, PC 211, Sultanate of Oman.

Synopsis

This book covers all areas of agricultural sciences. The contributions by the authors include citrus; rootstock; valencia late; growth; yield; production; fruit quality; mycotoxins; Fusarium verticillioides; maize-based food products; cassava; herbicide residues; weed control; African seed-system; climate-smart maize hybrids; seed regulatory-framework; potential seed-demand; WEMA public-private-partnership; DroughtTEGOTM; physicochemical and molecular characterization, imported rice; developing product targets; breeding new varieties; maize; forage; silage; nutrient; NACGRAB; decree 33; root and tuber crops; cereals; vegetables; oil crops; Zingiberaceae; cut tropical flowers; red ginger; pink ginger; ginger-tree intercropping; herbaceous; woody; carrying capacity; dendrometric parameters; Gadoudhé course; Niger; Alpinia purpurata; tropical flowers; plant nutrient content; red ginger production; watermelon varieties; land condition; summer; farmers; aggregation; silage; Calliandra; Gliricidia; Leucaena; organic farming; correlation; cosmopoliteness; extension; attitudes; farmers; marketing; genetic variability; heritability; correlation; grain yield; grain yield components; crop rotation; risk-efficient alternative; SERF analysis; simulation model; risk and uncertainty; economic and environment sustainability etc. This book contains various materials suitable for students, researchers and academicians in the field of agricultural sciences.

Chapters

Chapter 1
Influence of the Rootstock on the Performance of ‘Valencia Late’ Sweet Orange in the Gharb Region (Northwestern Morocco)

Hamid Benyahia, Anas Fadli, Ouiam Chetto, Abdelhak Talha, Fatima Ezzahra Omari, Lhou Beniken, Najat Handaji
Chapter 2
Thermal Stability of Fumonisin B1 (FB1) in Maize-based Food Commodities

R. Mohanlall, B. Odhav, V. Mohanlall
Chapter 3
Economic Evaluation of Weed Control and Herbicide Residues on Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in Ghana: Advanced Study

Dan David Quee, Jenneh Fatima Bebeley, Janatu Veronica Sesay
Chapter 4
Assessment of Seed Maize Systems and Potential Demand for Climate-Smart Hybrid Maize Seed in Africa: A Current Review

George Marechera, Grace Muinga, Patrick Irungu
Chapter 5
An Analytical Approach on Physicochemical and Molecular Characterization of Imported Rice in Ghana: Implications for Developing Product Targets for Breeding New Varieties

Maxwell Darko Asante, Daniel Dzorkpe Gamenyah, Sober Ernest Boadu, Priscilla Francisco Ribeiro, Samuel Oppong Abebrese, Allen Oppong
Chapter 6
Evaluation of Maize Accessions for Nutrients Composition, Forage and Silage Yields: Critical Overview

J. T. Amodu, T. T. Akpensuen, D. D. Dung, R. J. Tanko, A. Musa, S. A. Abubakar, M. R. Hassan, J. O. Jegede, I. Sani
Chapter 7
The Details of the Analysis of Seed Released and / or Registered in Nigeria from 1937-2013: The Success and the Gaps

Timothy Oluwafemi Ajiboye, Sunday E. Aladele
Chapter 8
Production, Yield and Quality of Alpinia purpurata (Vieillard) K. Schumann in Tabasco, Mexico

Julián Pérez-Flores, Tito del Carmen Ovando-Tejeda, Asunción López-Quiroga, Vinicio Calderon-Bolaina
Chapter 9
Critical Study on Characteristics of the Gadoudhé Course Vegetation in the Rural Area of Fabidji (Niger)

Ibrahim Djibo, Mani Mamman, Chaibou Issa, Oumar Sarr, Amy Bakhoum, Hamani Marichatou, E. Léonard Akpo, Moussa Assane
Chapter 10
NPK Fertilization on Red Ginger Alpinia purpurata (Vieillard) K. Schumann: Effect on Yield and Nutrimental Content of Plants

Julián Pérez-Flores, Ana María Peña-Gutiérrez, Nydia del Rivero-Bautista, Aida Olivera-de Los Santos
Chapter 11
Watermelon Production in Jharkhand: Farmers Multipling Income

Kiran M. Kandir, Seema Singh, Srikant Singh, S. S. Munda, R. P. Singh
Chapter 12
Research on Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Decomposition in Fecal Manure of Cattle Fed Browse/Maize Silages

Habib Kato, Robert Mulebeke, Felix Budara Bareeba, Elly Nyambobo Sabiiti
Chapter 13
Assessment of the Capability of Poultry Association of Nigeria for Extension Services Delivery to Poultry Farmers in Kwara State, Nigeria

I. F. Ayanda
Chapter 14
Organic Farming from Farmers Point of View: A Case Study in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh

Mithun Kumar Ghosh, Mehedi Hashan Sohel, Nazmin Ara, Fatima Tuj Zahara, Sajid Bin Nur, Md. Mahamudul Hasan
Chapter 15
Emphasizing the Tunisian Experience in Olive Production and Marketing and How to benefit from it in the Egyptian Case

Tamer G. I. Mansour, Haitham B. A. Hassan, Salah S. Abd El-Ghani, Shaaban E. M. Khalil
Chapter 16
Experiment on the Genetic Variation and Path Coefficient Analysis of Introgressed Maize Inbred Lines for Economic Traits

L. Musundire, J. Derera, S. Dari, P. Tongoona
Chapter 17
Research on the Resources Management and Risk Efficiency for Crop Rotation Systems in Sudan Gezira Scheme

Kheiry Hassan M. Ishag