Jeniffer Ribeiro de Oliveira, Mayara Nascimento Santos, Joabe Martins de Souza, Vinicius de Souza Oliveira & Mariana Alexandre Alves Amourim·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2020
The substrate is one of the most important factors in the formation of the seedling and must present conditions suitable for germination and development of the seedling root system. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of different substrates on the initial growt...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i830310
Aims: To study the impact of Urea, K2SO4, ZnSO4, FeSO4 and boric acid on leaf nutrient status of Kinnow mandarin. Study Design: The experiment was performed in randomized block design with three replications per treatment on Kinnow mandarin. Place and Duration of Study: The curre...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i830311
Aim: A study was conducted at the Research and Experimental Farm (REF) of the University of Dschang between March 2015 and December 2016, and then at the Animal Nutrition Laboratory of the Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences. The objective of this study was to evaluate...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i730309
Forest serves as source of timber, fodder, fuel and forest produce to human along with conservation of soil and water, provision of food and shelter to wildlife and also adding to the aesthetic value and recreational need of human. A major injury to nursery seedlings is caused by...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i730307
Aim: Among other absorption pathways, heavy metals affect human health via their introduction into the diet through the soil-food chain. This study was carried out to determine the concentration of heavy metals in soils and plant’s part of Amaranthus hybridus from five farmlands...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i730308
Jose Franco Da Cunha Leme Filho, Wade E. Thomason, Gregory K. Evanylo, Xunzhong Zhang, Michael S. Strickland, Bee K. Chim & Andre A. Diatta·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2020
Agroecosystem and ecological cycling loops are open when considering the reutilization of inputs applied in farming areas. Non-renewable resources have been transformed or relocated from the air, water and land into the system and are flowing out as wastes rather than reusable, r...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i730306
Soil analysis is required for efficient use of inputs viz. seeds, fertilizers, irrigation water and other agricultural planning. However, there are several disadvantages of soil analysis such as they are time consuming, expensive and labour intensive. Many approaches are develope...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i730301
The temporary ponds at Ferlo constitute wetlands whose pastoral activity is of paramount importance in the economy of Senegal. These zones are characterized by a fairly specific microclimate (soft and humid), a shallow depth of the water table, alternating phases of submersion an...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i730302
The productivity of rice is in decreasing trend due to non-availability of irrigation water. Hence, rice cultivation with minimum water which paves way for the research on aerobic rice (i.e., growing in the non-flooded and non-puddled situation). Field experiments were conducted...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i730303
The purpose of this study was to evaluate effect of different fertilizer packages on the yield performance of cauliflower and tomato in the upland and hill valley. Influences of different fertilizer packages on yields and fruit quality of cauliflower and tomato were compared duri...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i730305
In crop breeding, the selection for yield is made complex because of the quantitative and polygenic nature of the character. This study was undertaken to assess character association and show the contribution of various yield contributing characters in some maize varieties throug...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i730300
An experiment was carried out during two consecutive years of 2012-13 and 2013-14 at the experimental site of AICRP on MAP and Betelvine, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design (RBD) replicated...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i630296
A field experiment was conducted in farmer’s field during Kharif season at Badmaspahar village of South Andaman under National Innovation on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) to find out the influence of planting methods, seedling age on growth, productivity, profitability, n...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i630298
Plant growth and productivity of rice is adversely affected by various biotic and abiotic stress factors. Water deficit is one of the major abiotic stresses, which affects crop growth and yield. Majority of rice cultivated areas in south Asia is under rainfed, where water stress...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i730299
Problem: Half-sib progenies were developed in a maize breeding program of the Department of Crop Production and Protection of Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria but have not been evaluated for further improvements. Aims: Therefore, this study was undertaken to evaluate t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i630292