University of Science and Technology of Benin

Beyond broad-spectrum fertilization: genotype-specific responses of cowpea to integrated bio-inorganic amendments in Edo State, Nigeria

This study evaluated the in vitro plant growth-promoting traits of isolated rhizobacteria and their in vivo synergistic effects when co-applied with inorganic fertilizers on the yield of three cowpea varieties (IT90K-82-2, IT89KD-391, and IT99K-593-1-1). Molecular characterizatio...

SafeSight: A Scaled Prototype for Semi-Supervised Activity Recognition, PPE Vision Detection, and Retrieval-Grounded Safety Reporting

This report presents a small-scale prototype exploring three components relevant to sensor- and vision-based occupational safety monitoring: (1) semi-supervised activity classification under simulated label scarcity, (2) image-based personal protective equipment (PPE) compliance...

DETERMINATION OF HEAVY METALS IN VEGETABLES PROCURED FROM OPEN MARKETS IN BENIN CITY

Heavy metals are metallic elements whose density exceeds that of water, worldwide food chain's role in heavy metal ingestion has been widely investigated. This work aims to determine the heavy metal content of vegetables obtained from Uselu, Santana and Oba market in order to eva...