Background: A member of the Poaceae family, rice is utilised both for grain consumption and as forage or biomass for energy. It is one of the world’s most important cereal crops, serving as a staple food for over half of the global population. Aims: Identify high-yielding, stress...
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2025/v26i5698
Efficient nitrogen (N) management is critical for optimizing rice productivity, especially in nutrient-deficient soils of sub-Saharan Africa. A split-plot design with three replications was used, with rice variety as the main plot and nitrogen rate as the subplot. This study eval...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i95692
Rice (Oryza sativa L.), is an important cereal crop grown within central, western and coast region of Kenya. Despite annual rice consumption being higher than maize (Kenya’s staple food), the country is unable to meet an annual demand of 0.55 million tons and depends on imports t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i130406
The study evaluated upland rice varietal agronomic characteristics and differences due to effects of fertilizer treatment and season at Taita Taveta University, Ngerenyi campus. The experiment was conducted during the short rains of 2018 and long rains of 2019. The experiment was...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i630441
This study was done at Mlughi Agricultural demonstration farm in Bura, Taita Taveta County-Kenya to test upland rice varietal performance and di-ammonium fertilizer effects on panicle characteristics and yield parameter. A randomized complete block design (RCBD) was used with sev...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2131249
This study investigated the effect of applying nitrogenous fertilizers on the morphological traits in six paddy rice varieties in Taveta, Kenya. The six paddy rice varieties, including local control, were tested during the 2018 and 2019 seasons. The experiments were laid out in a...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i1530510