African oil bean (Pentaclethra macrophylla) is an important multi-purpose tree crop. However, bottleneck in seedling production to fully domesticate this crop has not been resolved. This study was carried out to compare the effect of three different soilless media on the producti...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/12739
Aim: To study the effect of sowing dates on growth and yield of three pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br) cultivars. Study Design: The treatments were arranged in split plot design with four replicates. Place and Duration of Study: Field experiments were conducted for tw...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/14068
Screening and introducing landrace varieties (as useful cultigens) is important for cultivation under abiotic stresses in temperate regions with low precipitations. To evaluate the response of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) landraces to post-heading drought stress, two types of cul...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/14960
The study was conducted during the 2011/2012 dry season at two locations simultaneously, to evaluate the effect of cow dung rates on some selected soil chemical properties and performance of sweet potato. The trials were conducted at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto vegetable...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/14471
Smallholder farmers in western Kenya who plant maize (Zea mays L.) intercropped with beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) face many challenges associated with nutrient-poor soils and weather-related crop failures. In regions where temperatures are favorable, crops are grown twice per ye...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/14476
In recent years thematic mapping has undergone a drastic change due to advances in technology, as the result of this different aspects of field of study begin to emerge while others has been transformed. Soil mapping is an example of these aspects. Soil information is one of the...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/14789
Lúcio Fábio Lourençato, Nerilde Favaretto, Fabrício Augusto Hansel, Agnes de Paula Scheer, Luiz Fernando de Lima Luz Junior, Luiz Cláudio de Paula Souza, Jeferson Dieckow & Andressa Cristhy Buch·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2014
Poor soil management and intensive use of pesticides causes serious damage to soil and water quality in Brazil. To confirm this, two studies were conducted in an area with intensive farming in Southern Brazil with objectives to evaluate the level of pesticides in the river adjace...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/14419
A field trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of composted rice husks plus poultry manure rates on the soil chemical properties, morphological growth and yield of three varieties of cucumber (Cucumis sativus). The experiment was a 3 × 4 factorial laid out in a randomized co...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13603
The use of vegetation cover to protect the soil and increase the soil organic matter content available to plants is a good practice to minimize loss of soil quality. The effect of soil management practices on the objective of this study was to evaluate the soil quality under diff...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13728
The knowledge on soil iron oxides morphology and crystallization is important for the management of nutrients especially phosphorus. The objectives of the study were to determine the iron oxides minerals in Pothwar uplands. In the study one soil from each parent material (loess,...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/14384