Tomatoes constitute an important fruit vegetable crop in Ghana. However, its diversity is low and may be associated with numerous biotic stresses that pose serious threat to production. Aim: To characterize 216 germplasm gathered from Korea (RDA), Taiwan (AVRDC), Burkina Faso and...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/6466
Aims: Poor management of P- and K-fertilizers can affect Nitrogen effect in rice grain yield and nutritional quality as the most limiting nutrient for rice production in second order lowland of Guinea savanna in West Africa. For the development of best management strategy of N, P...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/6532
Genetic variability among the fruits of 22 date palm cultivars was studied using 6 nutritional characters to enable us classify the available germplasm into distinct groups on the basis of their genetic diversity using their nutritional characteristics from proximate composition....
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/6973
Aims: To study the growth, yield and quality in two sugarcane varieties inoculated with Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus and phosphate solubilizing bacteria in normal, sodic and saline-sodic soils. Study Design: 6 x 2 x 2 factorial completely randomized design (FCRD). Place and D...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/6246
The objective of this study was to evaluate the coconut hybrid varieties based on Genotype by Traits (GT) biplot to examine its usefulness in visualizing coconut trait relationship and its application in genotypes comparison. The experimental design was a randomized complete bloc...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/7083
Three pot experiments were conducted to assess the capacity of asclite in reducing arsenic (As) contents in vegetable plants from arsenic contaminated soil. Asclite is an artificially made granular amorphous iron (Fe)-hydroxide material having high ability in adsorbing As(III) as...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/6766
A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of grasscutter manure (GM), chicken manure (CM), and NPK on soil physical properties, growth and yield of carrot. The treatments were; no fertilizer or manure (control), 300kgNPK/ha (15:15:15), 10tCM/ha, 3 levels of grasscut...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/6426
Aims: Agriculture is the main source of soil degradation processes in Bulgaria. Therefore the re-cultivation of soil is an important task. The possibilities for using composted municipal waste for soil re-cultivation in Bulgaria are discussed on the case of plant processing munic...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/6919
Aims: To investigate the phytoremediation potential of fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis) for some heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Pb, Cr and Co) in soil. Study Design: The experimental design was based on the assumption of homogeneity of points where the experimental soils were colle...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/5608
For evaluation of moringa growth and its minerals content response to irrigation with diluted seawater and spraying by potassium silicate solitary (Si) or in combination with salicylic acid (Si+SA), a pot experiment was conducted in the greenhouse of the National Research Center,...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/6105