The toxicity of Carica papaya plant parts powder (leaf, stem bark, root and flower) at different dosages (0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 g) against Sitophilus zeamais infesting stored maize grains were assessed at the Biology Laboratory of the Federal College of Agriculture, Ibadan. Treatments were admixed with 30 g of maize grains, infested with 10 teneral adults of... Continue here
A set of 21 rice genotypes including both elite varieties and landraces were characterised based on their population structure using genomic simple sequence repeat (gSSR) markers. A model-based method was used to delineate clusters of individuals based on their genotypes at multiple loci using a Bayesian approach. The population structure analysis separated the 21... Continue here