http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/62 2026-05-01T21:37:55Z http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/29576 Title: Agro-Morphological Characterization of Common Bean Accessions in Northern Region of Nigeria Authors: IKANI, Victor Onuche; FALUSI, Olamide Ahmed; DAUDU, Oladipupo Abdulazeez Yusuf; ABUBAKAR, Abdulhakeem Abstract: Despite the potentials of common bean and its production in other countries of the world, it is still poorly researched on for plant improvement when compared to cowpea and soybean, this is a huge setback as far as this research is concerned. Up till now, landraces are still being cultivated by the farmers with no definite existing seed system in Nigeria. Thirty-three common bean accessions obtained from farmers in growing regions of Northern Nigeria was used for this study. Seeds of common bean was sown In 297 bags laid out using a Complete Randomized Design to study agro-morphological traits. Qualitative (11) and quantitative (9) traits were recorded following International Board of Plant Genetic Resource common bean Descriptor list. Days to flowering (23.83 days) and days to maturity (53.83 days) was lowest in PL-01. KD-14 was the best performing accession in number of pods per plant (13.83) and KG-01 had the highest pod length (20.23 cm) and number of seeds per pod (12.50 cm). Weight of one hundred seeds (104.0 g) was highest in KD-11. Positive correlations were observed among the descriptors such as days to flowering with days to maturity (r = 0.73), pod beak length with pod length (r = 0.64) and pod length with number of seeds per pod (r = 0.79). The divergence between accessions was observed using hierarchical clustering dendrogram, at a genetic distance of 48; the accessions were grouped into 11 clusters depending on the similarity of traits considered. There is need for further studies to evaluate the characterized accessions over a period of two or more years in different locations across Nigeria to see if similar observations will be made. 2024-06-12T00:00:00Z http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/29527 Title: Nutritional Diversity of Two Phaseolus Accessions from Northern Nigeria Authors: IKANI, Victor Onuche; FALUSI, Olamide Ahmed; DAUDU, Oladipupo Abdulazeez Yusuf; ABUBAKAR, Abdulhakeem Abstract: Malnutrition is still prevalent in Nigeria as a result of the decline in protein intake owing to scarcity and un-affordable price of animal protein. Phaseolus species is an underutilised crop in Nigeria with potentials as a good source of protein, nutrients and minerals, and with high medicinal value. This study was aimed at investigating the nutritional diversity of twenty-nine accessions of Phaseolus vulgaris and four accessions of P. lunatus collected from growing regions in Northern Nigeria using the AOAC methods. The result of proximate composition showed that moisture content was lowest in KD-06 (3.79 %); KD-08 had the highest protein content (27.08 %); carbohydrate content was highest in KD-05 (70.03 %). Pl- 10 had the highest crude fat (8.37 %) while crude fibre was highest in KD-10 (10.15 %). PL-14 had the highest energy value (392.44 kcal/100 g). Mineral composition also varied across the accessions studied. Calcium was highest in KD-10 (570 mg/100 g); magnesium was highest in KD-08 (43 mg/100 g); potassium was highest in PL 05 (55.30 mg/100 g) while phosphorus was highest in PL-02 (532.00 mg/100 g). Phaseolus species present in Northern Nigeria possess a great diversity which can be harnessed by plant breeders to produce varieties of Phaseolus with better nutritional qualities in the future. 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/28436 Title: Phytochemical and anti-typhoid potential of Terminalia avicennioides. Book of proceedings of the 1st CAZE International Conference, Federal University Dutse Nigeria, 2024 523-527 Authors: Abdulsalami, H.; Agunu, A; Ilyas, N.; Bello, H.; Dangana, M.C Abstract: The phytochemical screening and the anti-typhoid potential of Terminalia avicennioides leaf extract was investigated in other to verify its ethnomedicinal claim in the treatment of typhoid fever.Thin layer chromatography (TLC), was used to determine the presence of the phytochemical constituent and the anti-typhoid activity of methanol leaf extract, Acetone leaf extract, Petroleum ether leaf extract and methanol solube fraction of Terminalia avicennioides was tested against Salmonella typhi collected from Ahmadu Bello University (ABUTH) Shika, Zaria, using the Agar well diffusion method. The phytochemical screening carried out on the methanol leaf extract using thin layer chromatography (TLC) revealed that phenolic compounds and terpenoids were present and alkaloid absent. The anti-typhoid activity of T. avicennioides leaf extracts against Salmonella typhi showed significant inhibitory activity against Salmonella typhi with the methanol soluble fraction showing the highest zone of inhibition (31±0.62) mm. The Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) value obtained was 6.25 mg/ml while Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC) was 12.5 mg/ml. It can be concluded that the leaves of Terminalia avicennioides possess anti- typhoid activity. 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/28435 Title: Physiological responses and tolerance efficiency of Spinacea oleracea L. under hydroponic Ni2+ stress condition. FUDMA Journal of Sciences, 5(4): 30-37 Authors: Abdulsalam, S; Dagari, M. S.; Lami, H. O.; Ugbenya, N. O.; Yahaya, M. K; Abdulsalami, H Abstract: An indoor EDTA and HNO3 enriched environment was created by an injection system with timing and varying concentration control. Spinacea oleracea was selected hydroponic plant exposed to various doses of Ni2+ (0, 1000, 2000 and 4000 mg/L) as Na2EDTA at (0, 500 and 3000 mg/L) and (0,500 and 3000 mg/L) HNO3 in different combinations for 6 days with 10-hour-treatment each day. This study used modified Hoagland nutrient culture in a screen house to provide an ideal environment for comparing the efficiency of chelate-assisted and unchelated phytoextraction of Ni2+ by S. oleracea. Changes in morphological characteristics including leaf damage rate to evaluate morphological resistance to Ni2+ uptake and proline contents was observed. Changes in fresh biomass were significant (p < 0.05) with respect to addition of EDTA and HNO3 at different concentration to different concentrations of Ni2+ compared to unchelated treatments of same concentrations of Ni2+. The Ni2+ induced proline accumulation in shoots increased significantly (P < 0.05) with increasing Ni2+ concentrations. 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z