This study was conducted to evaluate the chemical quality and fertilizing value of naturally occurring compost in the City of Daloa landfills. The treatments consist of i) lettuce culture on unfertilized soil or control, ii) lettuce culture on soil supplied with 250 kg/ha of NPK...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/42042
Field experiments were conducted in grape orchard (cv Dilkush) of three year old during 2015-16 and 2016-17 to assess the effect of different sources of zinc on quality and nutrients content of grape by using randomised block design with twenty treatments and three replications....
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/42326
Efficacy of six plant extracts viz., NSKE (Neem Seed Kernel Extract), Mentha arvensis, Allium sativum, Zingiber officinalis, Neem oil, Allium cepa were tested against the pathogen by dual culture technique in the laboratory of College of agriculture, Latur. The extract of each pl...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/43130
Mangroves are salt-tolerant evergreen dense forests that grow in intertidal zones in tropical and subtropical estuarine regions and mud-flats. Additionally, mangrove forests provide many economical, ecological and environmental values to the people. The total mangrove forest area...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/42151
This study was carried out to assess the suitability of gypsite as a soil amendment in the release of Ca and S. Besides the high potential of gypsite in improving crop yields in some countries, its use in Tanzanian agricultural soils is limited. This is attributed largely due to...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/42205
A laboratory experiment was conducted to characterize the enriched phosphatic sludge (EPS) and to determine the nutrients release pattern from different levels of enriched phosphatic sludge under flooded condition. Soil sample were collected at the depth of 0-15 cm from “B” block...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/38713
Julien Koffi Kpinkoun, Séraphin Ahissou Zanklan, David Montcho, Eliane Kinsou, Françoise Assogba Komlan, Armel C. G. Mensah, Agapit Dossou Wouyou & Christophe Bernard Gandonou·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2018
Aims: In this study, salt resistance level of six chili (Capsicum spp.) cultivars including five local cultivars (Adologbo, Gbatakin, Pili-pili, Gbatakin d’Agbédranfo, TPS0251) and one imported variety (Démon) grown in Benin was evaluated at the germination stage. Study Design: T...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/42118
Aims: A study was conducted to assess the rice straw-derived (Rsd) biochar in relation to temperature and residence time. Study Design: Rsd biochar was pyrolyzed at different temperatures (300ºC, 400ºC, 500ºC and 600ºC) in a combination of different residence times (45 min, 60 mi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/42197
Onion (Allium cepa L.) is an important commercial vegetable crop grown by small-holder farmers in Kenya for both local and export markets. The national average production is low and quality is highly compromised due to use of low yielding varieties and poor agronomic practices. F...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/42135
A field experiment was performed with BRRI Dhan 29 at Field Laboratory of Soil Science, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh. The effects of organic (cowdung) and inorganic (urea) amended N fertilizers were evaluated for NPKS contents and...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/42295