http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/113 Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:55:41 GMT 2026-09-12T11:55:41Z http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/31702 Title: Evaluation of Different Varieties of Sorghum on Grain Yield Authors: Shuaibu, A.M, Salisu, I Sun, 08 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/31702 2019-09-08T00:00:00Z http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/31701 Title: Effect of Seed Dressing Chemicals on Improved and Local Variety of Peral Millet Infected with Sclerospora graminicola. Authors: Shuaibu, A.M, Ahmad F.S, Zakari, S.M, Abdullahi, S, Tijjani, A and Mohammed, U.A Abstract: Pearl millet is an important staple food the world over. One of the constraints of its production is the downy mildew disease caused by Sclerospora graminicola which is a very destructive disease of pearl millet. The disease is common in places where pearl millet is cultivated for food and fodder and these includes some Asian and African countries. A field experiment was conducted at Minjibir, International Crop Research Institute of Semi-Arid Tropic (ICRISAT) station, Kano state situated within the Sudan savanna of North West Nigeria between longitude 08.66485oN and latitude 12.1459oE at an altitude of 440m to test the effect of seed dressing chemicals on yield and growth of pearl millet infected with Sclerospora graminicola on improved and local variety. The experiment include ten treatment (Apron star, Agrolyser, Apama plus, Boost extra, Dress force, MOP, SSP, All-star, Apron star + Boost extra, and control) and replicated three times in a split plot design. The improved variety is super sosat while the local variety is Jirani. The experiment was investigated during the 2017 rainy season. The result obtained showed that seeds dressed with SSP, Apron star + Boost extra lower the incidence of downy mildew disease caused by Sclerospora graminicola on both Jirani and Super sosat variety. The super sosat variety is more tolerant to disease downy mildew than the Jirani variety. Seed dressing chemicals increased the yield and growth of improved pearl millet variety while there is no significant difference with the local variety compared to the control. Sun, 09 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/31701 2018-12-09T00:00:00Z http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/31700 Title: Effect of Seed Dressing Chemicals on Improved and Local Variety of Peral Millet Infected with Sclerospora graminicola. Authors: 1. Shuaibu, A.M, Ahmad F.S, Zakari, S.M, Abdullahi, S, Tijjani, A and Mohammed, U.A Abstract: Pearl millet is an important staple food the world over. One of the constraints of its production is the downy mildew disease caused by Sclerospora graminicola which is a very destructive disease of pearl millet. The disease is common in places where pearl millet is cultivated for food and fodder and these includes some Asian and African countries. A field experiment was conducted at Minjibir, International Crop Research Institute of Semi-Arid Tropic (ICRISAT) station, Kano state situated within the Sudan savanna of North West Nigeria between longitude 08.66485oN and latitude 12.1459oE at an altitude of 440m to test the effect of seed dressing chemicals on yield and growth of pearl millet infected with Sclerospora graminicola on improved and local variety. The experiment include ten treatment (Apron star, Agrolyser, Apama plus, Boost extra, Dress force, MOP, SSP, All-star, Apron star + Boost extra, and control) and replicated three times in a split plot design. The improved variety is super sosat while the local variety is Jirani. The experiment was investigated during the 2017 rainy season. The result obtained showed that seeds dressed with SSP, Apron star + Boost extra lower the incidence of downy mildew disease caused by Sclerospora graminicola on both Jirani and Super sosat variety. The super sosat variety is more tolerant to disease downy mildew than the Jirani variety. Seed dressing chemicals increased the yield and growth of improved pearl millet variety while there is no significant difference with the local variety compared to the control. Sun, 09 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/31700 2018-12-09T00:00:00Z http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/30798 Title: Effect of preservative methods on proximate composition of marketed tomatoes (Solanum lycoperiscum Linn.) varieties in Minna Authors: Dangana, M.C; Bello, I.M; Daudu, O. A. Y.,; Gado, A.A.; Abdulsalami, H.; Musa, M.L Abstract: Tomatoes are one of the important vegetable fruits consumed throughout the world. Lack of storage facilities to reduce postharvest loss remains a greater problem. Drying is still a method to remove the moisture from this vegetable fruit. The reasons for drying are to reduce the effect of microorganisms and to increase shelf life without affecting the nutritional composition of the fruit. This study was designed to find a suitable method of drying that enhances the maximum retention of the nutritional contents. Two tomato variety fruits (Cherry and Plum) were sourced from Minna main market in Niger state Nigeria; the two varieties were Cherry divided into three. Fresh (FT1 and FT2), which are the controls for each of the two tomato varieties respectively; and the remaining two were Sun dried and Air dried (SDT1 & ADT1 for cherry and SDT2 & ADT2 for plum). All three samples were analyzed for nutritional composition using the standard protocols. The result pooled for analyses revealed that moisture contents, protein and fat showed no significant difference in the two varieties in both fresh and air-dry samples. The results for protein (28.17 %) and moisture (26.12 %) for the air-dry samples for cherry and 28.10 % and 22.07 % protein contents for plum are suitable due to their low moisture contents. The values obtained are germane to the preservation of these fruits and the conservation of nutrients. Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/30798 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z