Understanding of spatial distribution of available soil nutrients is important for sustainable land management. An attempt has been made to assess the spatial distribution of available soil nutrients under different soil orders and land uses of RiBhoi, Meghalaya, India using geo-...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i330260
Aim: To investigate the early growth response of Morinda citrifolia to varying levels of Aleshinloye compost and N:P:K 15:15:15 in a degraded Alfisol in a tropical Nigerian environmental condition. Study Design: The study was laid out in a completely randomized design (CRD) with...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i330258
Aims: Selection of suitable soil amendment is a very crucial attempt for improving seedling production and growth of Massularia acuminata as a forest nursery plants on a sustainable basis can be enhanced over a given period of time. Study Design: Comparative effects of different...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i330257
The productivity of upland rice is highly determined by the available soil moisture and nutrients. Droughts highly influence yields especially in the second 30 days growth period. A field experiment was conducted at the Uganda National Agricultural Research Institute, Ikulwe stat...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i330256
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is one of the most important and essential constituents of soil. It is the largest reservoir of terrestrial carbon. Here, an investigation was carried for the assessment of Soil Organic Carbon in three different density classes of Oak forest of Chakrata...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i330255
Francisco de Oliveira Mesquita, Rafael Oliveira Batista, Daniela Costa Leite Coelho, Ketson Bruno da Silva, Antonio Gustavo de Luna Souto, Emanoel Lima Martins, André Japiassú & Adriana Araújo Diniz·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2020
The landfill percolate (LP) has appreciable amounts of nutrients that can be used in the production of biomass for energy purposes and serves as parameters to study the performance of irrigation systems. The objective of this work is to analyze the drip performance indicators app...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i230252
The aim of this study was to evaluate the associations of vegetative and reproductive parameters of Irish potato from different organic and inorganic nutrient sources The study was done in the west region of Cameroon, specifically in Bougham, a village in the western highlands. T...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i330253
The experiment was conducted at the experimental farm, Department of Horticulture, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur to evaluate the Performance of Selected Okra Genotypes for Growth and Yield Parameter. The study was laid out in Randomized Comple...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i330254
Nutrients are being removed through pod harvest without replacement in the form of fertilizer application leaving the soil impoverished and the nutrients grossly inadequate for optimum cocoa yield. To address this issue, a randomised complete block designed study was carried out...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i230250
Management of soil organic matter (SOM) in arable lands has become increasingly important in many areas of the world to combat land degradation, increase food security, reduce carbon emissions and/or mitigate climate change. Soil carbon cycling and composition are essential compo...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i230251
Soil fertility management is important for sustainable crop production. In the bid to boost the agricultural development in Ghana, Krachi Farm Ltd, identified Gyerentor in Kete Krachi within the West District of the Oti Region, formally Volta Region as a potential area for cashew...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i230247
A multi-locational field trial was conducted at two locations (Orchard of the Bayero University Gezawa village in Gezawa Local Government area) in the Sudan savanna zone of Nigeria to investigate the effect of applications of paraquat and atrazine herbicides on soil physico-chemi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i230245
Legumes such as soybean establish symbiotic relation with nitrogen fixing bacteria such as Rhizobia. Nitrogen fixation via legume-rhizobium symbiosis is the most important source of Nitrogen in agro-ecosystems. But environmental stresses are important limiting factors for this pr...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i230244
An experiment was conducted to study the “Effect of decomposed crushed seeds, oil cakes and deoiled cakes of neem on maize (Zea mays)” under the greenhouse condition. The three forms of neem cakes were subjected to decomposition for a period of 30, 60 and 90 days in a plastic con...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i230243
Aims: This study was undertaken to investigate the antifungal activities of Securidaca longepedunculata and Acacia gourmaensis bark hydro-ethanolic extract against Fusarium solani, Fusarium moniliforme and Curvularia lunata and to evaluate the percentages of germination and infec...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i230242