Knowledge of the soil minerals is an important index in understanding the soil fertility properties since mineral surfaces serve as both the source and sink of plant nutrients. Soils developed from contrasting parent materials viz: Coastal Plain Sand, Sandstone, Basalt and Shale...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/44764
Aims: To study Floristic diversity, life-form, chorology, edaphic factors affecting the species distribution of Wadi Qusai. Study Design: Several field trips were carried out to the study area – sites soil analysis. Place and Duration of Study: Wadi Qusai - Jazan - Saudi Arabia....
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/44508
A pot experiment was conducted to investigate the short-term influence of different levels of salinity on the growth, yield and phosphorus (P) uptake of Ipomoea aquatica during the period of 03rd September to 03rdOctober, 2015. Two non-saline soils with different textural classes...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/44822
The regular harvesting of tea (two leaves and a bud) implies that nutrients are continuously mined from the soil. On the other hand, integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) which involves the combined use of organic and inorganic fertiliser is good for improved soil health. T...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/44866
A study was conducted to assess growth and yield performances of maize under the influence of inorganic fertilizer, population density and variety. Treatments used were factorial combinations of two maize varieties (DMR-ESR-Y and Suwan-1-SR), 70 × 30 cm and 100 × 40 cm plant spa...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/14279
Contrary to available reports on the prevalence of microbial diseases of tomato in Nigeria, the emergence of mosaic viral disease on tomato farms is gradually becoming a very significant additional threat to the production of this economically important vegetable crop. In additio...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/44637
The major method of propagation of varieties and hybrids of Paulownia elongata is vegetative (asexual) method. Paulownia elongata can be propagated by macropropagation techniques (root cuttings, green cuttings and by micropropagation technique, tissue culture or in vitro. Today...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/43348
The investigation was carried out to study the response of cut stem to sucrose and chemicals in terms of quality and vase life. The Experiment was comprised of 14 holding solutions containing sucrose 3 percent, biocide citric acid (200 and 400 ppm), aluminium sulphate (50 and 100...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/43735
The research was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm of the Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources Management, Enugu State University of Science and Technology within latitude, 06° 171 58° 6” N and longitude 07°, 321, 58° 8”E on a total land area of 225m2 (15 m x 15...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/44292
To study the effect of sulphur and boron on post-harvest soil fertility status, a pot experiment was conducted at Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Institute of Agricultural sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi during the kharif season of 2017 taking...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/44529
Studies on antifungal effect of garlic (Allium sativum) essential oil and wood ash were determined on causative agents of post-harvest fruit rot of banana. Different concentrations of essential oil of garlic (0.15, 0.50, and 1.0%) and quantities of wood ash (0.1, 0.3 and 0.5g) we...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/29614
Though needed in very small quantities, micronutrients are as important as primary and/or secondary nutrients in yield-formation and in enhancing crop-quality. Twenty four field experiments (18 sulfur response; and six sulfur rate determination), therefore, were conducted to eval...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/44106
Trichoderma is an environment friendly soil borne fungus that speeds up decomposition of organic materials into compost. Currently, many farmers in Bangladesh are using Tricho-compost to increase soil fertility and to get higher crop yield. A study was conducted with the purpose...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/43590
The goal of the research was to determine the concentration of lead, copper, cadmium, zinc and iron in the soil of different pH, the degree of contamination in the intensive production of Elstar apples, as well as the impact of soil contamination on the concentration of heavy met...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/43373
Periploca angustifolia as an endangered plant species were grown at Balouza Research Station (North Sinai, Egypt) during the period from November, 2016 to April, 2018 including three months seedling stage, two months transplanting and establishment stage, and 12 months plant old...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/44540