Soil fertility management is important for sustainable crop production. In the bid to boost the agricultural development in Ghana, Krachi Farm Ltd, identified Gyerentor in Kete Krachi within the West District of the Oti Region, formally Volta Region as a potential area for cashew...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i230247
A multi-locational field trial was conducted at two locations (Orchard of the Bayero University Gezawa village in Gezawa Local Government area) in the Sudan savanna zone of Nigeria to investigate the effect of applications of paraquat and atrazine herbicides on soil physico-chemi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i230245
Legumes such as soybean establish symbiotic relation with nitrogen fixing bacteria such as Rhizobia. Nitrogen fixation via legume-rhizobium symbiosis is the most important source of Nitrogen in agro-ecosystems. But environmental stresses are important limiting factors for this pr...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i230244
An experiment was conducted to study the “Effect of decomposed crushed seeds, oil cakes and deoiled cakes of neem on maize (Zea mays)” under the greenhouse condition. The three forms of neem cakes were subjected to decomposition for a period of 30, 60 and 90 days in a plastic con...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i230243
Aims: This study was undertaken to investigate the antifungal activities of Securidaca longepedunculata and Acacia gourmaensis bark hydro-ethanolic extract against Fusarium solani, Fusarium moniliforme and Curvularia lunata and to evaluate the percentages of germination and infec...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i230242
Aim: To find out the optimum harvesting stage of high yielding rapeseed-mustard varieties to fit in rice based cropping pattern. Study Design: The field study was arranged following RCB (factorial) design with three replications. Place and Duration of the Study: Agronomy field of...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i230240
Aims: To clarify chemical characteristic of gold mine tailings and its effect to the growth of two leguminous trees of Falcataria molucana and Albizia saman under greenhouse conditions. Study Design: Field samples collection, analyze their samples of forest soil and tailings from...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i230241
Jessiane da Silva Carvalho, Bruno Henrique Di Napoli Nunes, João Henrique Silva da Luz, Evandro Alves Ribeiro, Hanrara Pires de Oliveira, Gilson Araújo de Freitas, Lara Couto Marques, Gilson do Carmo Alexandrino & Rubens Ribeiro da Silva·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2020
The availability of P in Cerrado soils is a limiting factor for the satisfactory development of crops. It is known that the efficiency of phosphate fertilization is low and depends on several factors, such as solubility of fertilizers, soil texture, and soil acidity. Thus, the ob...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i130239
To develop an osmotolerant microbe, as a bioinoculant to mitigate drought it is vital to understand the impact of osmotic stress on their growth and plant growth promoting functional traits. The present study was aimed to evaluate the physiological adaptations and plant growth-pr...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i130238
The present study entitled "Effect of mulches on soil properties, leaf nutrient status and weed growth of pomegranate under rainfed conditions" at the experimental farm of HR&TS and KVK Kandaghat at Jadari, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, H...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i130237