Soil chemical properties are important for growth of plants as they determine the nutrient availability for their uptake. Farming practices are treatments applied to farms in efforts to maximize crop productivity. Experiments were set up in Kangaita, Kirinyaga County, and Weru, T...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i230137
The present study was initiated with testing of fifteen previously isolated indigenous plant growth promoting rhizobacteria for drought tolerance. Among all, two best isolates Pseudomonas aeruginosa (JHA6) and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (ROH14) were selected for in-vivo studies....
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i230136
The research was carried out to study the distribution of some macro nutrients and chemical Properties in some semi–arid soils of Borno state. Three composite soil samples were collected at different locations at depth of 0-20 cm which were analysed for some macro nutrients and c...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i130135
A four year rice-wheat cropping (2012-15) was developed on Nursery Jhilli area of Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa, Bihar, where zinc applied in four different doses (2.5, 5.0, 7.5 and 10.0 kg ha-1) and 3 modes of application under rice – wheat cropping system, to investiga...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i130134
A study was conducted to determine the influence of mulches of rice (R), maize (Mz), mucuna (Mc) and cymbopogon (C) on weed growth and rice yield. Twelve mulch treatments included MzRC, RMcC, MzMC, MzRMc, MzRC + one hand rogueing of weeds (hr), RMcC + hr, MzMcC + hr, MzRMc + hr,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i130133
A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of organic and chemical fertilizers on yield and plant vegetative growth of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) between 22.05.2018 and 12.09. 2018 under field conditions in Bandırma, Turkey. Treatments were control with no fert...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i130132
Combine use of dry cocoa bean testa ash (DCBTA) and wood ash (WA) for the improvement of soil fertility and yield of maize (Zea mays, L.) was studied on an Alfisol South Western Nigeria, located at Joseph Ayo Babalola University Ikeji-Arakeji, Ilesa Osun State, Nigeria Teaching a...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i130131
Pest profile of Amaranthus hybridus was recorded in a single organic agro-ecosystem in Southwestern Nigeria between November-December in 2016 and January-February 2017, during the dry season. Activities of different pests were monitored to identify those responsible for the most...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i630130
Aims: This study was conducted to enhance germplasm conservation of some indigenous plantain landraces through tissue culture techniques in Cameroon. Study Design: The experiment was laid out in a completely randomized design (CRD) with three treatments in four replications. Plac...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i630128
Omar Schmildt, Enilton Nascimento de Santana, Vinicius de Souza Oliveira, Rafael Ruy Gouvea, Lucas Corrêa Souza, Alba Nise Merícia Rocha Santos, Sirlane Machado Silva, Karina Tiemi Hassuda dos Santos, Gleyce Pereira Santos, Cesar Jose Fanton, Sara Dousseau Arantes & Edilson Romais Schmildt·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2019
The objective of this research was to select the equation that best estimates the leaf area of the coffee tree Coffea dewevrei, from the linear dimensions of the leaves. For this purpose, 140 leaves of adult plants were collected from the Capixaba Institute for Research, Technica...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i630129