Structural porosity is a dynamic soil property with high spatio-temporal variability affected by many factors. In order to develop a quantitative understanding of root driven changes in soil hydraulic properties adequate measurement setups are required. A modular soil column setu...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/20604
Aims: The objective of this study was to describe and photograph the initial symptoms and the development of nutritional deficiencies in cucumbers, and determine the concentration of the omitted macronutrient in leaves, on which symptoms of deficiency were observed. Study Design:...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/20243
The present storage experiment was conducted at Seed Testing Laboratory, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences (SHIATS), Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh during 2014 - 2015 with black gram cv. T-9 obtained from Dep...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/20369
Boron is directly or indirectly involved in the enhancement of quality and quantity of crops especially vegetables and fruits so this study was planned to assess the boron uptake, yield and quality of carrot in response to boron application at Institute of Soil Chemistry and Envi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/19667
This study employed the use of NH2OH.HCl in the pre-treatment of Aspilia africana for the phytoremediation of waste engine oil-contaminated soil for a period of three months. 8 kg of soil was obtained, weighed and polluted at 5% W/W of waste engine oil which was replicated in 18...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/19099
Eighteen explorative field experiments were conducted in 2012/2013 seasons in three representative areas in central highlands of Ethiopia, to evaluate the effects of sulfur (S) vis-à-vis nitrogen (N) and phosphorous (P) on wheat. Furthermore, an assessment was made on the status...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/20055
Twelve Egyptian Rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes have been used in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) experiment with three replicates to study their tolerance to lead at seedling stage Those genotypes were: Giza 177, Giza 178, Giza 179, Giza 181, Giza 182, Sakha 101, Sakha...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/20115
Leaf area is an important indicator of crop growth and productivity. There are different instruments besides mathematical empirical models to estimate leaf area of crops, vegetables and fruits. This study investigates an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model in prediction cotton...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/19686
Using high-analysis fertilizers lacking adventitious sulfur (S), coupled with traditional cropping-systems that mine S from native soil, leads to S deficiency. However, under field conditions, S deficiency symptoms are not easily identifiable in cereals, because they are mistaken...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/20513
The need for recycling organic wastes should be one of the priorities of urban as well as rural regions under the climate change impacts to minimize the consumption of natural sources. Two studies were conducted out during two successive winter seasons at the Central Laboratory f...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/20009