ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LEAD-TOLERANT BACTERIA OBTAINED FROM LEAD-POLLUTED SOIL IN ANKA, ZAMFARA STATE, NIGERIA  

2021-06-06
Lead is one of the most toxic heavy metals and has no biological role. In this research, the soil lead levels from different contaminated soils in Zamfara state were determined ...

ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON RICE PRODUCTION IN KEBBI STATE, NIGERIA  

2021-06-06
Climate variability is believed to have deteriorating effects towards crop production in Nigeria. The study aimed at analyzing the effect of climate variability on rice production, and farmers perception on ...

POTENTIAL OF ULTRASONIC PRETREATMENT ON BIOGAS PRODUCTION FROM ORGANIC WASTES  

2021-06-06
Biogas is produced through anaerobic digestion of organic wastes. Hydrolysis, the first step of anaerobic digestion, is rate limiting due to the presence of complex polymers in biomass which results ...

TOXICOLOGICAL STUDIES OF Piliostigma reticulatum (Kalgo) METHANOLIC LEAF EXTRACT IN RATS  

2021-07-07
Plants have been used for several decades for the treatment of various diseases, but their harmful effects are common clinical occurrence. This study was designed to investigate the effects of ...

On Some Pursuit Differential Game Problem in a Closed Convex Set with Geometric Constraints  

2021-07-07
This research work is concerned with the study of two pursuit differential game problems of many pursuers and evaders on a nonempty closed convex subset of R n . Throughout ...

THE EFFECT OF THE FLAVONOIDS RICH FRACTION OF IRVINGIA GABONESIS SEED ON CARBON TETRACHLORIDE INDUCED LIVER DAMAGE AND ACETAMINOPHEN INDUCED KIDNEY DAMAGE IN MICE  

2021-07-07
Several researchers have exploited the phytochemical compounds present in the plants as well as the medicinal and nutritional effect of various plant parts; however, there has never been any scientific ...

Evaluation of Botanicals on the Control of Alectra vogelii on Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Varieties in Sudan Savannah of Nigeria  

2021-07-07
A field experiment was conducted during 2018 rainy season at Bayero University Research Farm(110 57’N, 80 24’E) and Garko, in Garko local Government area, Kano state(220 11’N, 680 008’E). The ...

VALUATION OF MARKER ASSISTED DERIVED COWPEA [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] GENOTYPES FOR DROUGHT STRESS IN THE SAHELIAN ENVIRONMENTS OF NIGER REPUBLIC  

2021-07-07
Two sets of experiments were conducted with aim to assess drought tolerance of 250 cowpea genotypes. The first experiment was carried out in the screenhouse of IITA Kano Station for ...

FISH-DIVERSITY-DECLINE AND ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN HADEJIA-NGURU WETLANDS JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA  

2021-07-07
The survey was carried out to examine the adaptive management strategies employedby artisanal fishermen in order to address fish diversity-decline in Hadejia-Nguru Wetland Kirikasamma local government area, Jigawa state, Nigeria. ...

RESPONSE OF GROUNDNUT (Arachis hypogaea L.) VARIETIES TO RATE AND METHOD OF GYPSUM APPLICATION IN SUDAN SAVANNA OF NIGERIA.  

2021-07-07
A field trial was conducted during the 2020 rainy season at the Teaching Research Farm of the Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA), Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria (Latitude 11o 58´N and ...