Southwestern Niger, a densely settled corridor of the West African Sahel centred on the Niamey region, has become one of the most intensively studied landscapes for understanding dryland soil erosion. Four decades of hydrological monitoring, wind-tunnel and field experimentation,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i86200
Integrated nutrient management may improve the productivity and soil performance of fruit-tree-based agroforestry, but crop responses depend on resource availability beneath the tree canopy. A field experiment was conducted during the winter 2021–2022 season at Diyar, Kullu, Hima...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i86201
Arid and semi-arid soils are typically characterised by low fertility, limited nutrient availability, and weak structural stability, posing major challenges for sustainable land management. Native plant species that naturally improve soil quality may provide environmentally susta...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i86202
Background: Bitter melon (Momordica charantia L.) is an economically and medicinally important cucurbit. Improving its seed establishment, vegetative development, and yield through non-chemical pre-sowing treatments may support more efficient crop production. Aims: This study eva...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i86203
The study was conducted in the Horticulture Experiment Field, Department of Horticulture, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, during the year 2026. The primary objective was to evaluate the influence of diverse...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i86204
Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) is an important fruit vegetable in tropical Africa, but its productivity may be constrained by inadequate soil fertility and inappropriate fertiliser rates. This study evaluated the effects of four NPK 15:15:15 rates on the growth and yie...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i86205
The present investigation evaluated biogenically synthesised nanosulphur as a foliar nutrient source for improving soybean growth and yield during the Kharif season of 2023–24 at Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra. Sulphur nanoparticles were synthesised u...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i86206
Rice-fallow finger millet is gaining importance as a resilient and nutritious crop for improving productivity and profitability in residual moisture ecosystems. Optimising seed rate and nitrogen nutrition is essential for achieving higher growth and yield under rice-fallow condit...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i86207
Aims: To determine the physiological and agronomic responses of sweet potato plants to the application of liquid organic fertiliser (LOF) prepared from moringa leaves and seaweed, and to identify the best moringa leaf-seaweed LOF combination for sweet potato growth and yield in c...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i86208
Developing dual-purpose cowpea varieties that combine high grain and biomass yields is important for food and nutritional security in drought-prone environments. This study evaluated combining ability, heterosis, and heritability among six cowpea parental lines and 10 F₁ hybrids...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i86209
Pouteria caimito (Ruiz & Pav.) Radlk., known variously as abiu, caimito or yellow star apple, is a Sapotaceae tree native to the western Amazon basin that has begun to attract international research and horticultural interest as a candidate for orchard diversification, functi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i86195
Cobalt (Co) is a transition metal of increasing environmental and biological significance because of its essential and toxic roles across soil-plant-animal-human systems. This review aims to synthesise the literature on cobalt across the soil-plant-animal-human continuum. Natural...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i86196
Background: Termitomyces species are ecologically important termite-associated macrofungi that contribute to lignocellulose degradation and nutrient cycling. However, their diversity and taxonomic characteristics remain inadequately documented in the Marathwada region of Maharash...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i86197
Aims: The present investigation was undertaken to estimate the general combining ability (GCA), specific combining ability (SCA), and nature of gene action governing seed yield, oil content, and associated quantitative traits in linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.), and to identify s...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i86198
The present investigation was conducted during 2025–2026 at the Horticulture Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. The experiment was laid ou...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i86199