A 13 year old long term fertilizer experiment conducted on an acid soil with rice-rice system was used to study the impact of continuous application of fertilizer nutrients and amendments on changes in soil phosphorus fractions and their relative contribution to P nutrition. Ther...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1831047
The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is an invasive insect pest of India native to the Western Hemisphere. The pest damages more than 350 plant species. FAW is genetically divided into two strains viz. corn (C) strain which feeds m...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1831049
Fifty genotypes of Soybean, including two checks (JS 20-98 and JS 20-34), were evaluated to assess the effect of various growth parameters on the seed yield of soybean cultivars and to determine their variability in protein and oil content as well as the correlation between both...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1831050
The subject test changed into performed all through the Kharif season (2021) at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, SHUATS, Prayagraj (U.P). The dirt of the trial plot changed into sandy loamy in surface, practically unbiased in soil response (pH 7.1), low in regular carb...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1731039
Aims: The study aimed to evaluate the influence of different weed management approaches on weed density and weed control efficiency in apple nurseries. Study Design: The experimental method used in this study was a Randomized Complete Block Design with seven treatments, each repl...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1731040
A field experiment was conducted at the Crops Research Institute (CRI) at Fumesua – Kumasi from August to December, 2017. The research was to investigate the growth and yield characteristics of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L) to the application of organic manure (poultry manure...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1731041
In the current study a total of 191 maize inbred lines were set up in an augmented randomized complete block design to study the genetic variation and interrelationship of different yield contributing parameters. Observations were recorded on a total of nine phenological and ear...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1731042
Annual Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum coronarium L.) is one of the most widely cultivated garden flowers and is highly suitable for loose flower, pot culture and bedding purposes. The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of different mycorrhizal strains and vermico...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1731043
The present trial was undertaken at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, SHUATS, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh during the 2021 summer season (Zaid). The test was a Randomized Block Design having three replicates. A total of nine treatments were designed with different levels of...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1731044
A field experiment was conducted during kharif, 2021 at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, SHUATS, Prayagraj (U. P). The soil of given experimental plot was sandy loam in texture, neutral in soil reaction (pH 7.1), low in organic carbon (0.36 %), available N (171.48 kg/h...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1831046
Bottle gourd is a commonly grown cucurbitaceous vegetable crop in India. It is affected by various pathogens but gummosis, a soil borne fungal disease is a serious disease of bottle gourd. The symptoms are color change to reddish brown at the collar region. The oozing of brownish...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1831056
Rice is a reliable dietary source in most of the underdeveloped nations, where the majority of people are deficient in minerals and vitamins. Hence, it is necessary to focus on the development of nutrient rich rice for value addition in order to alleviate malnutrition. Dietary fi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1731034
Belvida Loko, Koffi David Hambada Montcho, Fernandine Agbossékpé, Armel Clément Goudjo Mensah, Françoise Assogba Komlan, Stanley Lutts & Christophe Bernard Gandonou·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2022
Aims: This research aims at evaluating the effect of salt stress on plant growth, Na+, K+, proline and soluble sugars contents in leaves and roots of local cultivar of African basil in Republic of Benin. Study Design: The experiment was laid out in a Completely Randomized Design...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1731035
Yadav, Deen Dayal, Pratistha Yadav, Deen Dayal Yadav, Pandey, Hanuman Prasad, Hanuman Prasad Pandey, Ankit Yadav, Ravindra Sachan, Yadav, Ankit & Smriti Yadav·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2022
The present field experiment was conducted during Rabi season of 2017–18 at the Student's Instructional Farm of Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh to evaluate the effect of different fertility levels and biofertilizers on growth p...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1731036
The present investigation was performed in Horticultural Research Station, Mondouri, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, West Bengal during 2017 to 2018 to assess the best dose of humic acid and vermicompost combination for African marigold. The experiment was designed i...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1731037