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CHAPTER ONE  1.1      BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Amaranth is an old cultivated crop originating from Latin America. is a vegetable crop and belongs to the genus Amaranthus. It is broad-leafed non-grass plant that produces significant amounts of edible cereal-Iike grains. Amaranth (family Amaranthaceae) is an underexploited plant with exceptional nutritive value (Downton, 1973). Many species of the genus Amaranthus are best known as opportunistic weeds which have a Iong history ...

ABSTRACT A field experiment was carried out at the Teaching and Research Farm of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Benin, Benin City to investigate the effect of different levels of poultry manure on the growth and yield of two varieties of tomatoes. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. The treatment composed of four levels of poultry manure (0, 5, 10 ...