IOSR-JAVS   Volume-9 ~ Issue-3 ~ MAR-2016

ABSTRACT: Sikkim is a small part in Indian Himalayas that infuses great diversity with a rich ecological hotspot zone. Sikkim has four districts, the climatic condition of which ranges from subtropical in the South to tundra in the North. Amongst the mammals of Sikkim are the rare Himalayan Black Bear, Blue Sheep, Red panda, Snow Leopard, Musk Deer and Yaks. The Yak is an important multipurpose mammal of the alpine Northern and Eastern Sikkim region....

Keywords: Dzomo, Ethnic community, Fermented food, Multipurpose, Sikkim, Yak..

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ABSTRACT:This study was conducted during two consecutive seasons of 2013 and 2014 on nine years old Fagri Kalan mango trees grown at private orchard at El Tall El Kbeer region, Ismailia Governorate Egypt. This work aimed to study the effect of foliar sprays with urea at 2, 2.5 and 3 %, GA3 at 50, 75 and 100 ppm and application dates i.e. October 25th and November 15th on blooming, fruiting and fruit quality. Results showed that urea treatment surpassed GA3 in delaying blooming date especially 3% urea treatment....

Keyword: Mango; Fagri Kalan cv.; urea; GA3; blooming; application dates; yield; fruit quality.

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ABSTRACT:The study was carried out at the Piggery Research Unit of the Delta State University Farm, Asaba Campus, Nigeria. It was conducted to evaluate the influence of genotype on reproductive traits of the female pigs. A total of 24 weaner pigs made up of 18 females and 6 males of Landrace (LR), Duroc (DU), and Large White (LW) constituted the experimental stock. Data were taken continually every two weeks for the period of the experiment. The data generated were subjected to variance, and significantly different means separated by Scheffe using the General Linear Model (GLM) procedure SPSS (2010) program.....

Keyword: Genotype, pigs, reproductive traits

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