Aims: This study was aimed at determining the ecological health of two roadside streams across the Tiko-Douala highway, Cameroon, and investigating the phytoremediation potentials of dominant aquatic macrophytes within these streams. Study Design: Water, sediments, and aquatic pl...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i12683
An agricultural watershed falling in the catchment of Godavri basin was selected for the study. Paddy, Maize, Cotton, Red gram, and Vegetables are the major crops grown in the watershed. Severe soil erosion consequent degradation of land and lack of water resources for supplement...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242864
A field experiment was carried out during kharif seasons in 2020 and 2021 at Agronomy Main Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar to study effect of crop establishment method and organic nutrient...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i243126
A power tiller operated groundnut digger was designed and developed in the Dept. of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, CAET, OUAT, Bhubaneswar during 2021–22. The objective of this project was to optimize the operational parameters of the digger's conveying unit using the RSM...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i243150
Soil fertility is an important factor for plant growth and has a global impact on both developed and developing countries. The present investigation was carried out on soil fertility status of farm in ADAC&RI, Trichy which comes under the Cauvery Delta Zone of Tamil Nadu. The...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242647
Aims: The purpose of this study was to optimize the machine parameters of a commercially available tuber peeler for the peeling of mother corms. Study Design: CCRD (Central composite rotatable design) method of the response surface methodology (RSM) technique. Place and Duration...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i243210
Micronutrient deficiency is quite prevalent in the mid hills of Tamil Nadu and it greatly influences the yield of numerous horticultural crops like chow chow. Therefore, the present investigation was carried out to study the effect of foliar application of bio stimulants viz. pan...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242704
The sheath blight of rice is a devastating fungal disease, which is caused by Rhizoctonia solani AG1 IA. Twenty-one sheath blight isolates of rice were collected from different locations in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India, to study the variation in cultural, pathogenic, and molecula...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242705
Introduction: Carbon emission cause climate change by trapping heat and they also contribute to respiratory disease from smog and air pollution. Therefore, reducing carbon emission is important because it mitigates the effects of global climate change, improves public health and...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242706
Aims: A trial was conducted to investigate the influence of plant growth regulators on the growth and quality attributes of pineapple fruits. Study Design: The experiment was arranged in a randomized completed block design (RBCD) with three replications using 25 plants per replic...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242707
Field study on the Effect of Plant Growth Regulator on Growth and Yield of Summer Squash (Cucurbita pepo L. Var. Pattypan) was conducted during 2017 (summer season). Ten treatments of plant growth regulator consist of T1 Control; T2 Ethrel 150 ppm; T3 Ethrel 200 ppm; T4 Ethrel...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242708
The study was undertaken to determine the available micro-nutrient status of the Bhandara tehsil of Maharashtra with the help of GPS-based one hundred-and-five soil samples during the period of 2021-2022 from paddy growing fields. Samples were analyzed at the Soil Science and Agr...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242710
The present investigation was carried out with ten Indian mustard genotypes in biochemistry laboratory of ICAR-DRMR, Bharatpur, during 2021-22. Analysis of oil, fatty acid profiling and estimation of glucosinolate was done to study the inter-relationship and path coefficient anal...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242712
Krishi Vigyan Kendra Satna laid out Front Line Demonstration in the year Kharif 2020 and 2021 direct seeded rice technology on farmer’s field. Direct-seeded rice (DSR) has outperformed farmer’s practices. DSR performance was higher at 43.03 q/ha and 44.14 q/ha in 2020 and 2021, r...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242713
This paper examines the effect of sulphur on yield and quality of oilseed Brassica spp. Sulphur is a crucial nutrient for rapeseed since it is linked to productivity and a number of quality characteristics. It is necessary for the production of protein along with nitrogen and con...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242714