In the fight against the global challenges of climate change, carbon storage in agroforestry systems is seen as a biological mitigation strategy. The floristic diversity of agroforestry systems acts as a driver of carbon sequestration by increasing total biomass, stabilising soil...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i115855
Kiran N More, Onkar R. Hirwe, Apeksha M Suryawanshi, Shital S. Patil, Shrikrishna B. Narale, Suraj N More, Harshraj Salunkhe & Anita Jaswal·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2025
The field experiment was conducted during the Kharif season of 2022-2023 at the Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab. To study the effect of brassinolide and humic acid on growth and yield of black gram. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Block Design (RBD)...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i115856
A line × tester mating design involving five CMS lines and nine restorer lines of pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] was used to generate 45 F₁ hybrids, which were evaluated along with their parents and a standard check hybrid (GHB 1129) for nine agronomic and yield-re...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i115853
Aims: To evaluate the effect of exogenous calcium (Ca²⁺) on salinity-induced stress in soybean (Glycine max) and to determine its role in improving growth, physiological, and biochemical parameters contributing to salt tolerance. Study Design: A factorial pot experiment arranged...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i115854
The current research aimed to investigate the impact of different maturity stages on the moisture content and storability of the combine-harvested rice variety CO (R) 50. Seeds were harvested at various stages of maturity - physiological maturity, two days after, four days after,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i115852
Aim: To assess phenotypic performance and to estimate genetic variability for salt tolerance in both seedling and reproductive stages of rice under coastal saline soils. Study Design: Field experiment was carried out to evaluate Recombinant Inbred lines (RILs) derived from the cr...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i115851
Black pod rot, caused by the oomycete Phytophthora spp., is one of the most important and widespread diseases of cocoa worldwide. In Côte d'Ivoire, production losses are estimated at 25 % to 60 %. The use of synthetic fungicides, which are still dangerous for producers and the en...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i115848
The experimental material comprised of sixty three genotypes consisting of six CMS lines and eight restorers as tester lines crossed in line × tester mating design. The resultant forty eight hybrids along with their fourteen parents and standard check (GHB 1129) were evaluated in...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i115849
Ingudam Bhupenchandra, L. Devarishi Sharma, H. Lembisana Devi, Soibam Sinyorita, S.K. Chongtham, E. Lamalakshmi Devi & Aanandi Lal Jat·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2025
The climate crisis necessitates urgent and multifaceted strategies for mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. While energy transition dominates discourse, the terrestrial biosphere, and agricultural soils in particular, represent a critical and underutilised sink for atmosphe...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i115850
A study was conducted at Agronomy research farm, Faculty of Agriculture, Wadura, Sher- e- Kashmir university of Agriculture sciences & Technology, Effect of Organic input sources on quality and quantity of Finger millet production under Natural farming practices. The field ex...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i115845