Soil health is a fundamental pillar of sustainable agriculture, environmental resilience, and global food security. In recent decades, agronomic-engineered technologies such as conservation agriculture, precision nutrient management, organic amendments, biochar, microbial inocula...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i4580
The environmental behaviour of herbicides is largely determined by sorption–desorption and dissipation processes that regulate their persistence, bioavailability, and mobility in soil. Herbicides that are weakly adsorbed are more prone to leaching and runoff losses, leading to po...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i4581
Deficiency of macro and micronutrients is a major challenge to sustainable wheat production. Integrating biostimulants such as Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) and inorganic fertilisers has been shown to enhance wheat production by optimising their mutual benefits. However, int...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i4579
Integrated Nutrient Management not only ensures efficient nutrient utilisation but also enhances soil organic matter, microbial activity, and long-term ecological stability. Betel vine (Piper betle L.) is a perennial, dioecious, evergreen climber of the family Piperaceae, cultiva...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i4578
Aims: The degrading soil fertility and inefficient application of fertilizers limit the production of sustainable maize in sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of the study was to determine the effects of substituting organic and inorganic phosphorus sources (P) on nutrient uptake a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i4577
Soil degradation, climate instability, and unsustainable food production models have created a global crisis in agricultural sustainability. Natural farming offers a potential solution by restoring soil health, minimizing external chemical inputs, and enhancing ecosystem services...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i4576
Studies on the total and available forms of iron and zinc in some selected soils of Akwa Ibom State were conducted between 2014 and 2015. Twenty-five surface (0-20 cm) composite soil samples formed from alluvia deposits, beach ridge sands, coastal plain sands, sandstones and mang...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i3575
The available nitrogen status of soils in Eastern dry zone of Karnataka is low because of semi-arid climate having higher temperature that results in more volatilization loss of applied conventional nitrogenous fertilizers. In order to enhance the N use efficiency of applied conv...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i3574
This study investigated the effects of lime and Tithonia diversifolia leaf biomass on the reduction of empty pods in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) grown on acidic sandy soils in the grassland savanna of Kenge, Democratic Republic of Congo. A 2 × 3 factorial split-plot design wi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i3573
Quantitative trait loci sequencing (QTL-seq) is a novel technology that combines traditional QTL mapping with next-generation sequencing, making the identification of genomic loci associated with complex traits more efficient and accurate. This methodology employs bulk segregant...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i3572