Global warming, also known as climate change, is a phenomenon that has been impacting the planet for several decades now. It is the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature caused by human activities such as burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and other industrial activities. The consequences of global warming are already being felt worldwide, and its effects are expected to worsen in the coming years.
Mungbean is economically important crop as protein source substitute locally known as “Monggo”. This experimental investigation assessed the response of Mungbean, Vigna radiata and the soil characteristics applied with four (4) treatment with four replication such as T1-Control, T2– 45-45-45kg NPK ha-1, T3-20 t ha-1 chicken manure + 45kg P ha-1, and T4 20 t ha-1 guano + 45kg P ha-1 in RCB design. Comparison of means revealed that all treatments do not give significant differences in plant height, number of leaves, weight of pods, weight of grains, weight of oven dried roots and shoots but only no of pods and nodulation were significant provided by ANOVA .
This study aimed to assess the effects of different gamma radiation doses from Cobalt -60 isotopic source on seed germination and early growth parameters of Jatropha curcas L. Healthy and dry seeds were subjected to three doses of gamma rays (100, 200 and 300 Gy). The experiment was conducted using randomized complete block design, with three replicates. The significantly maximum germination percentage (89.85 %), seedling survival (92.3 %), seedling collar diameter (0.892 cm), plant height (17.30 cm), number of leaves (7) were observed at 30 days after germination. The results revealed that seed germination percentages and seedling shoot length decreased with increasing dose of gamma-rays. Higher gamma-ray dose (300 Gy) in particular had a pronounced effect on these germination parameters than others, probably because high-dose inhibited cell division due to free radicals and DNA system damage. The LD50 for seeds germination rates was obtained at 254 Gy. These results implied that germination traits of Jatropha curcas seeds were sensitive to increase in gamma-ray.