Vegetation cover is a crucial factor in the evolution of soil erosion, as its presence can slow it down or its absence can exacerbate it. Combating erosion risk requires knowledge of land cover types in a given region to best target erosion control measures. With this in mind, th...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i125886
A study was conducted to investigate the growth and yield parameters of tea after application of Nano DAP on tea plants during the time frame of February, 2024 to December, 2024. The experiment was done on TV 23 clone of mature tea plants in experimental garden for plantation cro...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i125884
The present study was undertaken to evaluate eleven green gram (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) accessions to identify superior genotypes based on yield and key yield-associated traits. The experiment was conducted in the Experimental Field of Department of Plant Breeding and Genet...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i125885
Background: Food self-sufficiency is a real challenge for Côte d'Ivoire today, with national decreasing of rice production for population's needs. This production deficit is attributed not only to the use of unsuitable and unproductive varieties, but also and above all to the inf...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i125882
India is the largest consumer and second largest producer of sugar in the world and sugar is an important commercial commodity in the world. Colletotrichum falcatumis one the most known pathogen of sugarcane crop causing red rot disease. Red rot disease is considered as the main...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i125883
This study employed a line × tester mating design to evaluate bacterial wilt resistance in brinjal at the seedling stage. Four lines viz., L1 (SM 10), L2 (IC111010), L3 (IC89989), and L4 (IC427008) and three testers viz., T1 (IC253967), T2 (IC255756), and T3 (IC256708) were cross...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i125879
A field experiment was conducted during the rainy (kharif) season of 2024 at Crop Research Centre-1 (CRC-1) of ITM University Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, to evaluate the effect of boron and zinc on Growth and Yield of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) in Gwalior region of Madhya Pradesh...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i125880
A two-year field experiment (2022-2024), conducted under an RBD with nine treatments, evaluated eco-friendly weed management practices at PJTAU Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. The study assessed their effects on soil properties, apart from weed suppression, and crop yield. The soil pH...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i125881
Funchious Paul Mensah, Monic Semanu, Maama Silina, Stephen Dadzie, Sarpong Theophilus Okyere, Akwasi Agyapong Oppong-Agyemang, Ayitey Bless Kodzo, Benjamin Norku & Justice K. AGORNUGAH·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2025
Background: Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a critical staple crop supporting global food security, yet production is severely constrained by pests and diseases causing yield losses up to 80%. Conventional chemical control strategies have led to resistance development, environmental co...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i125878
Rehabilitation through coppicing and chupon regeneration has been reported to improve cocoa yield. However, appropriate month for this operation is grossly scarce in literature. Therefore, investigation was carried out between 2017 and 2019 to evaluate effect of coppicing at diff...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i125877