Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important crop globally with a consumption rate that supports more than one half of the population worldwide. Nonetheless, efficient management of nutrients and fertilization (FUE) for rice continues to be a challenge. Low nutrient use efficiency (NUE...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i3561
The significant rise in demand for flowers in recent years due to population growth, improved living standards, and tourism, stimulate the demand for fresh floral arrangements. Conversely, to increase the yield and quality of flowers, the application of synthetic chemicals result...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i3560
The unscientific disposal of waste is a main source of soil pollution. In order to mitigate heavy metal exposure strategies, the main purpose of the present study was to provide background data to understand the effect of municipal solid waste dumping on topsoil and the health ri...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i3559
Field trials were laid out in the north-western part of Tanzania to find out the effluence of land cultivation methods, farmyard manure (FYM) and potassium (K) rates on the growth and biomass yield of cassava using Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) and the treatments arrang...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i3556
Conserving soil and water in agriculture is becoming more and more important for the sustainability of agriculture and the environment. By employing innovative and sustainable techniques such as contour farming, no-till or reduced tillage, mulching, cover crops, crop rotation, re...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i3557
Aims: To evaluate the effect of pelletized biofertilizer formulations on quantitative traits and economic feasibility of mulberry (Morus indica L. cv. V1) cuttings under pot culture conditions. Study Design: Factorial randomized complete block design (RCBD) with ten treatment com...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i3558
With growing population exponentially, food demand also grows rapidly, leading to excessive dependence on chemical fertilizers to ensure food and nutritional security. But presently, serious issues related to long-term soil health, environmental sustainability, and fertilizer-use...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i3555
Pot experiment was carried out in a hoop-house at the Teaching and Research Farm of Rivers State University from August 2020 -February 2021 cropping season to evaluate the agronomic performance of three Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L) varieties (Jos, Beef and RVF) to the exogenou...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i3554
A field experiment was conducted during the rabi season of 2024–25 at the Regional Agricultural Research Station, Nandyal, to study the effect of different potassium levels and sources on the growth, yield, nutrient uptake and soil fertility in chickpea grown on Vertisols under r...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i3553
Boron plays an important role in new cell development in meristemetic tissues, proper pollination and fruit or seed formation and nodule formation in legumes. Sulphur also helps in the formation of plant proteins, and it is essential for the formation of chlorophyll and improves...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i3552