The intensive application of pesticides has multiple negative effects on soil health and plants quality and production. Many crops such as Cucumber, is an economically important crop which have many health benefits, is suffering from harmful infestation with variant phytophagous...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i2531
Regular flowering is the key event that determines the reproductive success and production of perennial fruit crops. Different elements, including environment, germplasm, rootstocks, and the cultural practises, might have an impact on successful bearing. In perennial fruit crops,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i2530
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is a globally important crop often affected by southern blight, caused by the soil-borne fungus Sclerotium rolfsii, leading to significant yield losses. Conventional management using chemical fungicides faces challenges including pathogen resistan...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i2528
Aims: Salinity is a major abiotic stress limiting crop productivity, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is highly sensitive to salinity, especially during the germination stage. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of gibberellic acid (GA₃) seed...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i2529
Wilt disease of sugarcane is a complex and serious disease known to cause significant loss. In India, Sugarcane wilt disease was recorded almost 100 years ago and is one of the major fungal diseases affecting sugarcane production and productivity. First reported from Bihar in 190...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i2527
Aims: Our understanding of how different fertilizer sources affect root air space formation and subsequent nitrogen transformation rates in rice soil remains limited. An experiment was conducted in rice fields using the VL Dhan158 cultivar to examine how different nitrogen-based...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i2525
Phosphorus and boron are essential nutrients that play a crucial role in improving nutrient enrichment, and seed quality in legumes, especially under low-productivity conditions. Therefore, to evaluate the effect of phosphorus and boron application on enrichment of seed and straw...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i2526
The study was conducted in Ukpom Abak River Catchment of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria to examine the impact of soil physical properties and organic matter on erodibility status of the soils. Data for the study were collected using the systematic belt transects and the random sampling...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i2524
An experiment was carried out at AAU- Citrus and Plantation Crops Research Station, Tinsukia during 2020-2024 to evaluate the efficiency of the use of green manures on Assam Lemon in comparison to Farm Yard Manure (FYM) and inorganic fertilizers. The experiment was conducted with...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i2523
The study used Randomized Block Design, which is a type of experimental design that helps investigate the effects of few factors simultaneously. The treatments comprising different mulches and fertigation viz. four types of mulching (black polythene, white polythene and 5 cm thi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i2522