Aims: Study investigates relation of sulfur compounds content in garlic and different type of manures that were used for rearing of this vegetable. Measured parameter was total sulfur which could be a valid parameter of content of aromatic and medicinal sulfur compounds in garlic...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/12145
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) production is limited by various insect pests that attack and damage the crops both in the field and during storage. Cowpea bruchids, Callosobruchus maculatus are the major insect pests of cowpea which infest the cowpea grains in the field, and then car...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/12151
A total of 12 soil samples from four different sites across the United Republic of Tanzania (URT) were collected and analysed for heavy metals (metalloids) (V, Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Hg and Pb) concentration. The technique used was Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF). R...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/11072
The cost of nitrogen (N) fertilizers continues to rise besides the fertilizer’s role as a potential pollutant. Amelioration and/or improvement in the fertility of poor soils using such inorganic fertilizers prove less feasible as such. The rhizobium-legume symbiosis is, therefore...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/11391
Soil quality protection under intensive land use and fast economic development has become a major challenge for sustainable resource use in the developing countries such as Nigeria. Conventional tillage practice is commonly practiced at land preparation and effect of this on soil...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/9402
Forest situated at the vicinity of communities hardly attained a fixed climax community over long period due to anthropogenic and natural factors. We investigated the density, population structure and regeneration status of six tree species (Annickia chlorantha, Baphia nitida, Ir...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/10367
A study was carried out during 2009 and 2010 growing seasons on olive cv. ‘Picual’, (12 years old), planted in a farm located at 50 kilometer from Cairo. The trees were planted at 6×6meters apart and grown in sandy soil and irrigated with drip irrigation from well (underground wa...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/10607
Three Musa cultivars (false horn, french, and cooking banana) and eight roots/tubers (Colocasia esculenta, C. esculenta var antiquorum, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, Dioscorea alata, D. dumentorum, D. rotundata, sweet cassava and bitter cassava) were assayed for their relative suscep...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/10739
This study was conducted to assess the morphological, chemical and genetical diversity among eight carob female strains through two successive seasons (2011 and 2012) in Bourg El-Arab region of Alexandria governorate. The analyzed strains were highly significant for characters of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/10519
Aims: to understand the effect of various polygenic traits on grain yield of traditional rice cultivars at four different fertilizer levels namely no fertilizer, x ½ recommended dose (x ½ RD), recommended dose (RD) andx2 recommended dose (x 2 RD). Study Design: Randomized complet...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/11329