Beach bean (Canavalia maritima Thouars) is a wild legume distributed exclusively on coastal sand dunes, with potential of being domesticated for its nutritional attributes and utility in agriculture. A pot experiment was conducted to investigate its seedling performance under san...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/11555
The productivity of wetland rice is constrained by the reduced availability of sulfur (S) and micronutrients like boron (B), copper (Cu), and zinc (Zn) in acid alluvial soil of West Bengal, India. A greenhouse study was conducted for two seasons (wet and winter 2007) using acid a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/6660
Leaf area, plant pigments, leaf content of N, P, K, Mg, Ca, Zn, Fe and Mn, yield and berry quality of Thompson seedless grapevines in response to spraying green tea extract, ascorbic acid and citric acid each at 250 to 1000 ppm as well as salicylic acid at 50 to 200 ppm were inve...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8611
The commercial backing yeast of Saccharomyces cereivisae [Meyen ex E. C. Hansen] and/or chitosan was evaluated for their in vitro activity against the fungal growth of P. digitatium the causal agents of kumquats fruit decay. Baker yeast S. cerevisiae at 2% resulting a highly and...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/9021
Aims: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of silica nanoparticles and neem oil extract at different concentrations compared with recommended chemical insecticide (imidacloprid) against T. absoluta under field conditions. Study Design: Seven treatments plus control in random...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8435
The use of advanced, effective and less toxic antimicrobial agents are required for the treatment of plant pathogens. In this study, hexane and ethanol extracts of two plants (Sesbania sesban and Cymbopogon citratus) and two algae species (Spirulina platensis and Scendusmus sp.)...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8440
The objective of this study was to investigate the most suitable treatments for micropropagation of Rondeletia odorata Jacq. Rondeletia are of slow growth, and not many cultivator of plants care to give time and space to raise them. The explants were sterilized by immersion in a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8194
Cairo is now served by six large wastewater treatments works which produce significant quantities of sewage water. The preferred option is to use this in agriculture, particularly in reclaimed desert land which is inherently deficient in organic matter, nutrients and trace elemen...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8570
This study was carried out during two successive seasons 2011 & 2012 for improving pollination process of Samani date palm cultivar grown in sandy soil of private orchard located at Abo-Rawash region, El-Giza Governorate, Egypt. Uniform date palms 20 years old were treated fo...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8086
The objective of this work was to estimated crop yield production, water demand and prices for wheat (Triticum aestivum vulgar. L) and maize (zea maiz. L), under two climate change scenarios (A1 and B1) and compare this results to the current statues. Fluxes of production, water...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8134