Browsing by Author "Rabiu, Safianu"
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Publication Foliar concentrations of some crops grown in Kano, Nigeria(Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2021-08-18) Rabiu, Safianu; Manga, Bala Zayyanu; Manga, Bala NuraThis research paper looked into the foliar concentrations of different crops at the developmental stages of the crops growth. This work was aimed to determine and compare plant foliar nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) concentrations. Total foliar nitrogen (N) was determined by Micro-Kjeldal digestion method, total foliar phosphorus (P) was determined colorimetrically by Vanado-Molybdate methodand total foliar potassium (K) was determined by Flame Photometery. Interaction between sites and foliar nutrients for Groundnut (F2, 0.05; P =0.000, F4, 0.05; P = 0.010) were significant, Cowpea significant between sites and foliar nutrients (F4, 0.05; P = 0.000), and significant (F4, 0.05; P= 0.015) for Sorghum as well, millet was insignificant between sites and foliar nutrients (F2, 0.05; P = 0.251, F4, 0.05; P = 0.193), . There were abundance of foliar nutrients across the sites and high correlation between foliar nutrients, growth phases and some soil properties.Publication Molecular characterization of the mycorrhizae and other root associated fungi abundance of some crop plants grown in Kano, Nigeria(Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2021-09-20) Manga, Bala Zayyanu; Rabiu, Safianu; Manga, Bala NuraThis work looked into the molecular characterization of crop plants grown in Kano, North-Western Nigeria. This was aimed at finding what class of mycorrhizal fungi is associated with these crops for better understanding of the plant ecosystem. This was done using DNA extraction and Polymerase chain reaction techniques. Sequence results were associated to the Ascomycota and Mucuromycota Division. Fungal isolates identities were above 85% and were recognized to be Rhizopus microsporus, Fusarium oxysporum and Sodaria spp.Item Mycorrhizal colonization rate of some crops grown in Kano, Nigeria(Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2020-10-06) Manga, Bala Zayyanu; Rabiu, SafianuThis research looked into the fungal richness of some crops grown in Kano, with objectives that included colonization level of the fungi and soil parameters. All data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS software. All the crops show significant levels of colonization with Groundnut having the highest colonization (37%) at the pre-flowering stage and the least colonization was observed at the flowering stage of Millet (12.6%) followed by the flowering stage of Groundnut (21.2%). Soil physicochemical properties were more favourable for Cowpea and foliar concentration higher for Groundnut plant. The correlation between root length colonization percentage and soil parameters was calculated by Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient r, and correlation was moderate with temperature and pH (-0.396 and 0.301 respectively), and low with other parameters.