African Journals Online
Discovery and Innovation

Volume 9, Number 3/4, December 1997

EDITORIAL

Mushroom cultivation in Africa: Prospects: K E Mshigeni and S T Chang. Page 127.

NEWS AND REPORTS

Carnegie Corporation's Program, 1983-1997 Highlights and Achievements: Carnegie Corporation of New York. Page 131.

Wildlife-Logging Interactions in Tropical Forests Summary Statement of a Workshop hosted by WCS and BOLFOR in Santa Cruz, Bolivia 13-15 November 1996: R A Fimbel. Page 133.

Advancing the Social Agenda: Two Years from Copenhagen Highlights of a Public Meeting Sponsored by UNRISD, 9-10 July Geneva: R Max. Page 135.

REVIEWS

Conversion of Yield Data from experimental Plot to Hectrage Units A Odulaja and S Nokoe. Page 137.

Population Characteristics, Distribution and Conservation Status of the Oil Bean Tree, Pentaclethra macrophylla in Nigeria: L C Emebiri, J C Nwufo and C Anyim. Page 143.

Efficient Poultry Waste Retrieval and Conversion to Feed: C F I Onwuka. Page 151.

SHORT COMMUNICATION

A Selective Medium for Studying in Vivo Interactions of Armillaria mellea with Trichoderma spp.: Washington Otieno. Page 157.

RESEARCH

Application of the Box-Cox Transformation Technique to Models with Patterned Covariance Matrices: R M Sukia and H Thoeni. Page 161.

A Comparison of Gmelina arborea Yields in the Derived and Guinea Savanna Zones of Nigeria: F O C Nwonwu. Page 167.

Trichomes and Resistance to Major Insect Pests in Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp: A Review: Sunday Oghiakhe. Page 173.

Soil Physical Properties Influencing the Fitting Parameters in Philip and Kostiakov Infiltration Models: J S C Mbagwu. Page 179.

Some Mechanical Properties of Sisal Fibre Reinforced Concrete: J M Mutua, L O Gumbe, and S M Mutuli. Page 189.

Sulphate Adsorption and Desorption Characteristics of Three Ultisols and an Alfisol Developed on Basalts in the Nigerian Savanna: T Kparmwang, I E Esu and V O Chude. Page 197

Slope, Antecedent Moisture and Rill Influences on Soil Erosion in South-Eastern Nigeria: A Y Sangodoyin and E O Nwosu. Page 205

X-ray Diffraction of Cd_0.9Zn_0.1Te at Room Temperature: R K Nkum. Page 213

High Temperature Interfacial Decohesion in Ferritic/Martensitic Steels: G J Adetunji. Page 217

A Linear Programming Model of the Forest Sector of the Nigeria Economy: Rex Oforitse Aruofor. Page 227

Botanical and Chemical Composition of Livestocks Diets on a Semi-Arid Rangeland: W N Ekaya, C N Karue, and T Tadingar. Page 235.

PL Investigations on a Range of Differently Grown GaAs/Al₈Ga_1.8As MQW Systems: J S A Adelabu. Page 243.

Management by Projects: Factors which affect the Performance of Project Managers in a developing Country: I M Mbeche and D Mwadali. Page 249.

ANNOUNCEMENTS Page 259.