Onion (Allium cepa L.) varieties grown in Uganda are anticipated to have different yield and storage potential. To determine the yield and storage performance of onion varieties, a field experiment was conducted at Namulonge in Uganda. The experiment constituted six onion varieti...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v30i430182
Aims: To evaluate the influence of nitrogen amendments on soil enzyme dynamics in a long term incubation experiment. Study Design: An in vitro simulated wetland ecosystem designed with rhizosphere soil was enriched with different N sources. Place and Duration of Study: The study...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v30i430181
Soybeans are the leguminous vegetable of the pea family that grows in a tropical, subtropical and temperate climate. Protein and oil are soybeans seed components of great economic value. This work was carried out at the Seed Science Laboratory in the Federal University of Agricul...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v30i330180
The effect of inorganic fertilizer (NPK 15-15-15), mulching materials (plant residue), poultry manure (droppings) and lime (CaCO3) on soil physicochemical properties, growth and edible leaf yield of fluted pumpkin it was studied in 2019 in farming seasons at the Teaching and Rese...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v30i330179
Aim: To assess the pleiotropic role of a plant growth regulator, commercially identified as brassinolide (BR) in mitigating waterlogging stress imposed on maize. Study Design: A factorial combination of two maize varieties [Ikom White (IKW) and Oba-98], two BR levels (0 and 250 m...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v30i330178
Present research work conducted at the experimental field of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period from November 2011 to April 2012 to study the feasibility of replacing chemical fertilizer by organic fertilizer in maize p...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v30i330177
Oil extract of three plant insecticides, Acalypha godseffiana, Annona muricata and Petiveria alliaceae were evaluated as protectant against field pest of three major Solanum species cultivated in Nigeria. The experimental design was laid out in a completely randomized block desig...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v30i330176
Eighteen field pea genotypes were evaluated to know their reaction to pod borer complex (Helicoverpa armigera, Etiella zinckenella and Polyommatus boeticus). Sixteen genotypes (HFP-1140, HFP-914, HFP-1120 and HFP-530B, HFP-1129, HFP-1010, HFP-1125, HFP-715, HFP-4, HFP-9907B, HFP-...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v30i230174
Ádila Pereira de Sousa, Maria Cristina Silva Martins, Susana Cristine Siebeneichler, Eduarda Veríssimo dos Santos, Raffael Batista Marques, Márcia Fernanda Rocha Santos, Michelli Medeiros Cabral Ribeiro, Maria Aparecida Alves Sugai & Magno De Oliveira·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2019
In Brazil, vegetable consumption grows every year, as it has many advantages, from the supply of food to the medicinal value, which makes it necessary to optimize the use of land by producers, and an alternative used is the intercropping. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze th...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v30i230173
André Japiassú, Josimar Gomes Dantas, Francisco de Oliveira Mesquita, Adriana Araújo Diniz, Anailson de Sousa Alevs, Francisco Roberto de Azevedo & Alysson Gomes de Lima·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2019
The genus Eugenia presents one of the most important in Myrtaceae family, expressing a potential nutritional high and in drugs obtaining. The plants are resist and resist disease, their hardwood has been used to produce posts, stakes, poles, firewood and charcoal. The objective o...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v30i230172