Juniper Publishers Agricultural Research Journal

  Journal of Agriculture Research -  Juniper Publishers Increasing interest in Corema album L. is raising due to the appealing white colour and potential health benefits related to its bioactive composition. White fruits production culminates in late August on coastal dunes, but fruits of various colours are present almost till flowering (late February). We undertook a preliminary physical-chemical characterisation (biometric, CIELab colour, pH, soluble solids content and titrable acidity) of a late fruit collection to disentangle maturity progression and to reveal latent qualities for future utilisation. Irrespective of fruit perceived colouration (white, translucent, brown, brown with black spots and black), the characterized high acidity (1-3 g.100 mL-1) is suggestive that over-mature fruits can still be further explored as food additives. Moreover, using a multivariate exploratory technique, we found a clear fruit’s maturation progression from white/translucen...

  Journal of Agriculture Research -  Juniper Publishers The experiments were conducted in randomized blocks, arranged in subdivide parcels scheme, the main factor is the presence and absence of the surrounding sorghum band and in the sub parcels of the soil cover (spontaneous vegetation, millet, goosegrass and sorghum) and the conventional (without cover), with four repetitions. The evaluated variables were biomass production of cover crops, composition rate, weed elimination, pest population variants, natural enemies and lettuce production. The millet showed lower rate of decomposition and longer half-life. The sorghum indicated higher litterfall and greater efficiency in weed elimination during the cycles. The predominant pests in the area were whitefly and thripes, regardless of the management used. The presence of the sorghum-surrounding band provided an increase of the natural enemies, mainly in the lettuce second cycle. As well as the increase of lettuce pro...

  Journal of Agriculture Research -  Juniper Publishers  Foot disorders of dairy cattle are associated with low production rates and lead to losses that can reach up to 50% of the productive capacity. The objective of this work was to evaluate the feeding behavior and hematological profile of healthy and lameness dairy cows kept in the compost barn system. Eighteen multiparous Holstein cows, with daily milk production of 46.7 L were divided into two groups: nine animals that had a locomotion score (LS) 2 or more and sole hematoma and another group composed of nine healthy animals. The animals were followed for 10 days and was evaluated the food consumption, milk production and hematological profile. Lame cows presented hematocrit lower than healthy cows (p= 0.04), being 26.4% and 27.7% respectively, and lower concentration (p< 0.05) of total leukocytes (7.96 ± 0.63 x 10.21 ± 0.73). Healthy animals presented greater concentration (p <0.05) of lymphocytes...

  Journal of Agriculture Research -  Juniper Publishers  In Slovenia and in many European countries, food self-sufficiency is far from realization, even though there is more than enough agricultural land available. Unfortunately, it is not being used as it should be in order to attain this goal, and it is left to the uncultivated deterioration of the environment. There are several reasons for poor self-sufficiency. One is the fact that importing produce requires less effort compared to domestic food production. Typically, imported food is grown in distant regions using questionable methods and fortified with many types of chemical additives such as herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and similar. Most of these substances are harmful to people and can cause many serious illness. The agricultural system called ‘’bio-farming” was introduced in an effort to overcome this unhealthy practice. The system utilizes traditional methods, and thus requires more effort. ...

  Journal of Agriculture Research -  Juniper Publishers  Seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTF) constitute one of the most threatened terrestrial ecosystems in Peru. That is the important of carrying out studies on their spatio-temporal distribution patterns and floristic composition. The aim of this study is to highlight the effort made by many researchers in the knowledge of the SDTF. However, it is important to complement such studies with still few others about germplasm conservation, seed germination physiology, in vitro conservation protocols, chemistry of natural products and the biological activity of secondary metabolites, reforest devastated areas and carbon sequestration to mitigate the dramatic consequences of climate change. Keywords: Endemisms, Equatorial SDTF, Floristic composition, Germplasm bank, in vitro plant conservation Introduction The seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTF) of Peru con...