Rice is the third most important cereal in consumption after maize and wheat in Kenya. It has been grown as a commercial food crop under irrigated and rain fed ecologies. Low soil Nitrogen (N) fertility is a major constraint to upland rice production in smallholder farmers mostly...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i630226
The Patauá (Oenocarpus bataua Mart.) also known as Bataua or Patuá, is a palm native from the Amazon, consumed among the local populations as well as the wine obtained from its pulp with high energy value. It is a monocle palm tree reaching between 4-26 meters tall, distributed i...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i630228
The low and erratic precipitation of desert habitats and the resultant drought have been a huge environmental challenge to the desert flora. Because these organisms must harmonize their structures and functions to thrive in their environments, they have evolved a range of strateg...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i530224
Shayani Fernandes Mota, Marcelo Borges, Bruna Azevedo Barbosa, Thaís Alves da Silveira Lourenço Borges, Gilson Araújo de Freitas, Evandro Alves Ribeiro & Rubens Ribeiro da Silva·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2020
The extensive grazing system is predominant in Brazilian livestock. The lack of adequate management in these areas hinders the performance of the activity and can bring problems related to the environmental degradation of pastures. Therefore, our objective was to perform environm...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i530223
In Chad, rice is grown for its starchy seeds or caryopses, but is also for consumption in the form of seeds pasta with soup. However, little or no work has been conducted in Chad to assess the composition of endomycorrhiza community inhabiting the plant rice rhizospheres. Hence,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i530222
Phytoremediation is an emerging technology involved in heavy metal remediation processes. It is evident from the several researches that the bioamendments greatly influences various biochemical processes and thus enhance the bioavailability of metals in the contaminated soil. It...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i530221
The effects of Eleusine indica phytoremediation on the soil properties of Copper and Nickel contaminated soil samples were investigated using standard techniques. Soil sample and seeds of E. inidca were collected from a farmland in Obe, Nkanu West L.G.A of Enugu State. 0%, 1%, 2%...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i530220
Primus Azinwi Tamfuh, Pierre Wotchoko, Asafor Henry Chotangui, Alice Magha, Djibril Gus Kouankap Nono, Monique Njoya Mot Peghetmo, David Guimolaire Nkouathio & Dieudonné Bitom·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2020
Aims: To compare the effects of basalt dust, Tithonia diversifolia (T. diversifolia) powder and NPK 20-10-10 on the growth and production of Garlic (Allium sativum, softneck variety) in Bafut (Cameroon Volcanic Line). Study Design: A randomized complete block design (RCBD) with t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i430219
The objective of this study was to determine the effect of tillage and water management on the physical stability of irrigated lowland rice field, in Kwalkwalawa, Sokoto State. The experiment was carried out in a farmer`s field, near the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching and R...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i430218
The quality indicators are suitable tools to determine the state of the soil and the effects of different uses and management on it. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the quality of sub-tropical Argiudolls and Hapludolls subjected to different uses in Formosa, using a m...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i430217
D. G. da C. Macedo, G. Q. David, O. M. Yamashita, W. M. Peres, M. A. C. de Carvalho, M. E. de Sá, F. M. dos S. Lourenço, M. P. de B. Mateus, I. V. Karsburg, T. P. M. de Arruda & C. Rodrigues·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2020
Fungi are the main microorganisms present in seeds, constituting the main cause of deterioration and production losses. Among the health testing methodologies for detecting fungi in seeds, incubation tests under controlled conditions facilitate fungal growth and sporulation. Ther...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i430216
This study was conducted to assess the effect of fertilization and nitrogen fixing (N-fixing) bacterial inoculation on the available nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), and magnesium (Mg), present in the coal mine soil, by growing N-fixing plant species, al...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i430214
The low nutrient availability rainfall patterns regimes are the main constraints to agricultural production in Niger. This was a study of the decomposition and mineralization of nutrients of four types of composts (M1P, M2P, M1H and M2H) in a sandy soil. It was carried out at the...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i330213
The present study was conducted to know the effect of leaf nutrient status on fruit yield and quality of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) in YSR district of Andhra Pradesh, India. In this investigation fifty sweet orange orchards aged between 12 to 13 years were selecte...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i330212
Teff [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] is the main staple food of Ethiopia. It ranks the first among cereals in the country in area coverage and second in the production volume; however, its productivity is almost stagnant. The Quncho (Dz-Cr-387) teff variety was sown during the m...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i330211