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Keyword: Antioxidants

Original Article
Efect of abattoir waste water on metabolic and antioxidant profles of cowpea seedlings grown in crude oil contaminated soil

Purpose The pollution of agricultural land by crude oil is a wide spread phenomenon in petroleum producing countries of the world. Therefore, there is the need to fnd efective and eco-friendly means of mitigating the toxic efect of crude oil on crop plants. Methods Green house experiment was conducted with cowpea seeds planted in polybags […]

Original Article
Banana residue could be a viable rice straw alternative for Pleurotus mushroom production

Purpose Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) is becoming more popular as an efficient biotechnological procedure for upcycling agricultural by-products into valuable human food. This study looked into the possibility of employing banana residue (BR) and sorghum stalks (SS) as localized feasible rice straw (RS) substitutes for cultivating P. ostreatus. This has the potential to improve the […]

Banana residue could be a viable rice straw alternative for Pleurotus mushroom production