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Volume 8, Issue 3, September 2020

  • Ectopic Expression of WUSCHEL (AtWUS) Gene Alters Plant Growth and Development in Rice

    Thiveyarajan Victorathisayam, Ganapathi Sridevi

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 3, September 2020
    Pages: 43-53
    Received: 4 July 2020
    Accepted: 25 July 2020
    Published: 25 August 2020
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    Abstract: Developmental genes (DG)/ morphogenic genes are involved in enhancing the transformation and regeneration of plants. One such DG is the WUSCHEL (WUS) gene, a homeodomain transcription factor, and is involved in the stem cell maintenance of shoot apical meristem (SAM). In dicots, ectopic expression of WUS induced the embryogenic calli formation and ... Show More
  • Drivers of Sex-specific Trade-offs in the Macroalga Ascophyllum nodosum

    Martyn Kurr, Andrew John Davies

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 3, September 2020
    Pages: 54-63
    Received: 17 July 2020
    Accepted: 17 August 2020
    Published: 3 September 2020
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    Abstract: Little is known about reproductive trade-offs in seaweeds, but sex-specific differences in mortality, production of metabolites, threshold size for reproduction, and susceptibility to herbivory have been reported. The macroalga Ascophyllum nodosum exhibits sex-specific trade-offs at sites where wave-action and herbivory are stronger, because female... Show More
  • Intercropping of Coffee with Enset (Enset ventricosum Welw. Cheesman) at Teppi, Southwestern Ethiopia

    Behailu Mekonnen, Essubalew Getachew, Shiferaw Temteme, Tesfaye Shimber, Anteneh Netsere

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 3, September 2020
    Pages: 64-71
    Received: 12 August 2020
    Accepted: 31 August 2020
    Published: 23 November 2020
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    Abstract: Intercropping is an excellent system of cropping which achieves a diversified and intensified crop production through better utilization of growth resources and inputs. An experiment was conducted at Teppi Agricultural Research Center from 2011 to 2015 cropping calendar to determine optimum intercropping ratios of coffee and enset that enhances yie... Show More
  • Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Performance of Wheat Crop Through Application of Urea Stable and Conventional Urea in Vertisols of Ambo District

    Tolcha Tufa, Tolera Abera, Tesfaye Midega, Adane Adugna, Hirpa Legesse, Bezuayehu Tola

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 3, September 2020
    Pages: 72-79
    Received: 25 September 2020
    Accepted: 13 October 2020
    Published: 23 November 2020
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    Abstract: Nitrogen is the most yield liming nutrient that can be highly soluble and lost through leaching, volatilization and denitrification. In this view an experiment was conducted to determine the effects of urea stable and convectional urea on nitrogen use efficiency and crop performance of wheat in Vertisols of Ambo District, west Shewa Zone. The exper... Show More
  • Review on Factors Affecting Youth Participation in Agribusiness in Ethiopia

    Taddesse Moreda

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 3, September 2020
    Pages: 80-86
    Received: 1 September 2020
    Accepted: 11 November 2020
    Published: 23 November 2020
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    Abstract: Ethiopian agriculture is the largest sector which is approximately employing 85% of the country’s population. Out of labor forces working in agriculture in Ethiopia, young people share about 50 percent. This review has addressed three specific objectives (assessing contributions of agribusiness in creating employment opportunity for youth, identify... Show More