AGROFOR International Journal PUBLISHER University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Agriculture Vuka Karadzica 30, 71123 East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Telephone/fax: +387 57 340 401; +387 57 342 701 Web: www.agrofor.rs.ba; Email: [email protected] EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Vesna MILIC (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA) MANAGING EDITORS Dusan KOVACEVIC (SERBIA); Sinisa BERJAN (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA); Noureddin DRIOUECH (ITALY) EDITORIAL BOARD Dieter TRAUTZ (GERMANY); Hamid El BILALI (ITALY); William H. 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AT VARIOUS SOWING DEPTHS IN A COARSE TEXTURED SOIL Suarau Odutola OSHUNSANYA, Ademidotun AYENI, John Adeniyi FAGBENRO . 5 THE MOST COMMON DISEASES OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS IN THE ENTITY OF REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA) Vojislav TRKULJA, Bojana ĆURKOVIĆ, Jelena VASIĆ, Bojana VUKOVIĆ, Gordana BABIĆ, Dragana KOVAČIĆ JOŠIĆ, Jelena MIHIĆ SALAPURA .............. 15 TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK TO MAP SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITIONS IN FOOD SYSTEMS Hamid EL BILALI, Lorenz PROBST .............................................................................. 24 STUDIES ON THE ADAPTATION OF QUINOA (CHENOPODIUM QUINOA WILLD.) TO EASTERN ANATOLIA REGION OF TURKEY Mustafa TAN, Süleyman TEMEL.................................................................................... 33 MICROMORPHOLOGY OF POLLEN GRAINS FROM BISEXUAL AND FUNCTIONAL MALE FLOWERS OF POMEGRANATE Hakan ENGIN, Zeliha GÖKBAYRAK ........................................................................... 40 DIFFERENCE IN CUTICLE COMPONENT AND IMMUNOCOMPETENCE IN NURSE AND FORAGER WORKER HONEYBEE (APIS MELLIFERA L) Messaouda BELAID, Fatma ACHEUK, Hakima OULBSIR-MOHAND KACI, Malika BENNOUR-ABBAD ........................................................................................... 47 THE IMPORTANCE OF WOODY PLANT INTRODUCTION FOR FOREST TREES IMPROVEMENT Vasilije ISAJEV, Milena STANKOVIC, Sasa ORLOVIC, Stefan BOJIC, Srdjan STOJNIC ............................................................................................................................ 56 BIOMONITORING OF ATHMOSPHERE AIR POLLUTION IN THE FOREST ECOSYSTEMS AND ECO-TONE ZONE Adam BEGU ...................................................................................................................... 65 IN VITRO SCREENING OF INSECTICIDAL EFFECT OF PLANT AQUEOUS EXTRACTS ON THE COWPEA APHID APHIS CRACCIVORA Salim LEBBAL,, Aissa LEBBAL, Azzeddine ZERAIB ................................................ 75 NEEDS OF TEA GROWERS FOR PARTICIPATING IN TEA PRODUCTION INSURANCE: A CASE STUDY IN PHU THO PROVINCE, VIETNAM Hai Ninh NGUYEN THI, Song NGUYEN VAN, Philippe LEBAILLY ..................... 82 IMPACT OF FOLIAR FERTILIZATION ON PRODUCTIVITY OF NEW INTRODUCED CULTIVARS OF PADDY RICE Ivanka TOROMANOVA, Tonya GEORGIEVA ........................................................... 92 3 SIMULTANEOUS SELECTION OF MOST STABLE AND HIGH YIELDING GENOTYPES IN BREEDING PROGRAMS BY NONPARAMETRIC METHODS Naser SABAGHNIA, Hamid HATAMI-MALEKI, Mohsen JANMOHAMMADI ... 99 COMPARISON OF WATERMARK SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT WITH SELYANINOV HYDROTHERMAL COEFFICIENT Laima TAPARAUSKIENE, Otilija MISECKAITE ..................................................... 106 QUALITY AND TECHNOLOGY OF INDIGENOUS TRADITIONAL ‘’BIENO’’ CHEESE IN THE REGION OF MARIOVO, MACEDONIA Gordana DIMITROVSKA, Sonja SRBINOVSKA, Elena JOSHEVSKA,Vangelica JOVANOVSKA .............................................................................................................. 116 REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF ROTATIONAL INTENSITY, CROP DIVERSITY INDEX, LAND UTILIZATION INDEX AND YIELD EFFICIENCY IN BIO-INTENSIVE AND CONVENTIONAL FARMING SYSTEMS IN NEPAL Binayak P. RAJBHANDARI .......................................................................................... 124 ASSESSMENT OF EXTENSION AGENTS’ KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REGARDING PEST MANAGEMENT IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA PROVINCE -PAKISTAN Muhammad Zafarullah KHAN ....................................................................................... 132 DETERMINATION OF PINUS SYLVESTRIS L. TRUNK DIAMETER BASED ON STUMP DIAMETER IN DIFFERENT BOREAL CONIFEROUS FOREST CONDITIONS OF PERMSKII KRAI (RUSSIA) Aleksandr ROMANOV, Victoria BUTORINA ............................................................ 142 EFFECTS OF TILLAGE SYSTEMS AND FERTILIZATION LEVEL ON THE WEEDINESS OF WINTER WHEAT Dušan KOVAČEVIĆ, Snežana OLJAČA, Željko DOLIJANOVIĆ, Vesna MILIĆ, Nemanja GRŠIĆ, Aleksandar KOVAČEVIĆ ............................................................... 147 EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CYTOPLASM ON THE KERNEL ROW NUMBER OF MAIZE INBRED LINES Snežana V. JOVANOVIĆ, Goran TODOROVIĆ, Nikola GRČIĆ, Ratibor ŠTRBANOVIĆ, Rade STANISAVLJEVIĆ, Josip BRKIĆ, Goran KRIZMANIĆ ... 155 AUTOMATED MAPPING WITH LiDAR AND SPECTRAL CHARACTERIZATION IN MEDITERRANEAN FOREST AGROECOSYSTEMS Ricardo MARTÍNEZ,, César VICENTE, Nuria SÁNCHEZ-LÓPEZ,, Javier MONTALVO ................................................................................................................... 162 INDEX OF AUTHORS ................................................................................................ 171 INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS ........................................................................... 172 4 AGROFOR International Journal, Vol. 2, Issue No. 2, 2017 Original scientific paper 10.7251/AGRENG1702005O UDC: 582.683.4 BIOMASS PRODUCTION OF MORINGA (Moringa oleifera L.) AT VARIOUS SOWING DEPTHS IN A COARSE TEXTURED SOIL Suarau Odutola OSHUNSANYA1*, Ademidotun AYENI1, John Adeniyi FAGBENRO2 1Department of Agronomy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria 2Department of Crop Production, Soil and Environmental Management, Bowen University, Iwo, Nigeria *Corresponding author:[email protected] ABSTRACT Different parts of Moringa (Moringa oleifera L.) plant, especially leaves, pods and flowers, are usually processed for human and animal consumption as these parts have been reported to be rich in nutrient elements that are essential for human and animal health. Consequently, a 19-month field experiment was conducted to determine effect of seed sowing depth on biomass production by moringa plant at the Teaching and Research Farm of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Moringa seeds were sown at five sowing depths of 1.5, 3.0, 5.0, 7.0 and 9.0 cm. The results showed that sowing depth significantly (P ≤ 0.05) affected emergence of seeds 14 days after sowing in the following order: 1.5 > 3.0 > 5.0 > 7.0 > 9.0 cm sowing depths. Also, number of branches, height, canopy cover and dry biomass of the resulting seedlings were significantly influenced by seed sowing depths. Number of branches, heights and dry biomass of seedlings from seeds sown at 1.5 and 3.0 cm depths were at par but were significantly superior to those seedlings from seeds sown at 5.0, 7.0 and 9.0 cm depths. However, canopy cover was not in a definite order. Data obtained in this study seemed to indicate that sowing moringa seeds beyond 3.0 cm depth in the field may not be beneficial to moringa plant for organic biomass production. Keywords: Moringa, sowing depth, seed emergence, organic biomass. INTRODUCTION Moringa oleifera L. is one of the most widely cultivated tropical tree species of the monogeneric family Moringaceae (Order Brassicales) which consists of 13 species distributed in sub-Himalayan ranges of India, Sri Lanka, Africa, Madagascar and Arabia (Fahey, 2005), Central America and the Caribbean (Foidl et al., 1999). Moringa oleifera tree is a fast growing and drought resistant plant with a tuberous taproot. In the wild, moringa plant ranges in height from 5 to 12 m with a straight trunk (10 - 30 cm thick) with corky whitish bark and umbrella shaped canopy (Fuglie, 2005). It is a perennial tree well known for its multi-purpose attributes, 5 AGROFOR International Journal, Vol. 2, Issue No. 2, 2017 wide adaptability and ease of establishment. Nutritionally, its leaves, pods and flowers which are rich in nutrients, minerals and vitamins are commonly consumed by both humans and animals (Fuglie, 2000). Moringa plant tolerates a wide range of soil type and responds well to mulch, water and fertilizer application (Manh et al., 2005). It thrives in a well-drained sandy or loamy soil with a slightly acid pH of 6.2 to neutral 7.0 (Aregheore, 2005). Moringa could either be propagated by stem cuttings or seedlings obtained by sowing dry matured seeds (Fuglie, 2000). Seed germination takes up to two weeks. However, sowing depth of Moringa seeds has been reported