Aims: Recently freshwater lake sapropels have attracted increasing attention due to their use in agriculture and environmental engineering. To study the effect of unprocessed sapropel on soil properties and tomato (Licopersicon esculentum Mill.) yield we conducted a microplot o...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/35760
An experiment was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm of Kebbi State University of Science and Technology at Jega to evaluate tomato fruit yield and nutrient availability as influenced by mulching and irrigation schedule on salt treated soil. The experiment consists of fr...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/35268
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum, Mill.) is the most popular vegetable with great nutritive value and good source of Potassium and Vitamin A & C. No horticultural crop has received more attention and detailed study than tomato. Water deficit decreases tomato growth, yield and...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/35267
Aims: A field experiment was carried out to study the relationship between the plant content of iron (Fe) and/or silicon (Si) and the macronutrients under the sandy soil conditions in presence of soil additives different in their effect on the nutrient’ availability. Place and Du...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/35215
A field experiment was conducted during the two successive seasons of 2014 and 2015 on pomegranate trees cv. Wonderful (Punica granatum L.). The trees were grown in newly reclaimed sandy soil located at the 64 km on the Cairo-Alexandria desert road, El-Behira Governorate, Egypt....
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/35060
The climate is changing and communities all over the world are affected. Changing climate cause severe negative impacts on the natural resources and consequently on food and livelihood security. As such societies need to learn to cope with the changes predicted, warmer temperatur...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/35141
Aims: The aim of the experiment was to evaluate the effects of time and rate of application of poultry manure (PM) on the performance of an early maturity okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) variety ‘Clemson spineless VGTH-014K. Study Design: The experimental design was th...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/35184
Effects of topsoil removal and amendments on soil bulk density and maize production in the Southern Guinea Savanna of Nigeria were studied during 2012 and 2013 cropping seasons. A split-split plot experiment in a Randomized Complete Block Design, with three replications was condu...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/33153
Soil aggregate stability is a key indicator of soil quality. Changes in aggregate stability may serve as early indicators of recovery or degradation of soils. We have applied laboratory based aggregate fractions method where fine and coarse soil aggregates fixed by set of sieves...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/34829
The present study investigates the effect of foliar fertilization on the yield and biomass of maize seedlings. Maize seedlings were grown in a nutrient solution containing macro- and micro-nutrients and thereafter, fertilizer solutions were applied on leaf surface under high yiel...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/33573