Plant species are experiencing increasing challenges from climate change. Climate change is a serious threat to plant genetic diversity and the survival of many plant species which may substantially alter biodiversity. Crop wild relatives contribute many valuable genes for improv...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/14094
Fernando Rodrigo Bortolozo, Nerilde Favaretto, Jeferson Dieckow, Anibal de Moraes, Fabiane Machado Vezzani & Éder David Borges da Silva·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2014
Vegetative filter strips (VFS) are areas adjacent to watercourses with the purpose of reducing sediment and nutrients contained within runoff water from cropland. The aim of this study was to evaluate the retention of water, sediment and nutrients in VFSs with 5, 10, 20 and 30 m...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13788
Phyto-sociological studies were conducted in Bajrabarahi and Pashupati Sacred Groves of Kathmandu, Nepal for the comparative analysis of tree species diversity in the year 2012-2013. Concentric circular plots with radius of 20m were used to collect necessary information along fou...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13350
The quantity and quality of organic amendments play vital role in changing or amending the soil physical properties and crop yield. The improvement in soil physical properties and crop growth is well correlated with the organic carbon status of soil. The behavior of carbon suppli...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13475
Aims: The main aim of this study was to find out the optimum plant density of onion for intercropping with coriander for higher productivity and economic return. Study Design: The experiment was arranged following randomized complete block design with three replications. Place an...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/12600
Aims: To determine the effect of trellising methods of determinate tomato varieties on fruit diameter, number of fruits per plant, marketable and total yields. Study Design: A 3 x 4 factorial experiment in Randomized Complete Block Design with 3 replications was used Place and Du...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13070
Objectives: This study aimed at bioremediation potentials of organic pollutants, in particular, used lubricating oil contaminated soils, using commercial microbial nutrient. Other objectives were the evaluation of kinetic model to determine the rate of biodegradation of petroleum...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/11742
Investigations on characterization of various sunflower genotypes regarding their morphological, physiological, chemical parameters, seed oil and its quality through studying fatty acid composition under different salinity levels was carried out at Saline Agriculture Research Cen...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/12086
Joel L. Meliyo, Boniface H. J. Massawe, Leon Brabers, Balthazar M. Msanya, Didas N. Kimaro, Loth S. Mulungu, Nganga I. Kihupi, Jozef A. Deckersbel, Hubert Gulinck & Herwig Leirs·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2014
A study was carried out in Western Usambara, Tanzania to assess the status of soil micronutrients across three geomorphic units viz., plain, escarpment and plateau in order to provide essential information for on-going studies on plague epidemiology. Nineteen soil profiles were o...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13717
Conservation Agriculture (CA) is an important technique for enhancing soil organic carbon (SOC) content in the surface layer and improving structural stability. CA is not widely practiced in dryland soils of developing countries where marginal farming practices are extensively us...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/14328