A pot experiment was conducted at the experimental net house of the Department of Soil Science, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh to observe the effect of variety and fertilizer on yield and yield contributing character of local aromatic rice varieties during the...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/42071
Diversity at molecular level among 10 genotypes was evaluated using Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) markers. The primer RM510 is for the trait salt tolerant, RM351 for drought tolerant and RM215 for short duration. The 10 rice genotypes showed clear diversification for the primers R...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/43342
Field experiments were done to determine the effect of oil palm bunch ash on vegetative growth and control of leaf blight disease of cocoyam [Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott.] caused by Phytophthora colocasiae in a degraded ultisol of humid forest/derived Savanna zone of Southeas...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/35662
Aims: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of a 370 m3 ha-1 application of swine wastewater on the vegetative growth of the physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) and the leaching of salts from an oxisol in southern Brazil. Study Design: The experiment had a randomized...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/43098
Aims: To investigate the presence of various phytochemicals and to evaluate DPPH scavenging activity, total flavonoid content, antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of the different extracts of Enhydra fluctuans lour. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out betwee...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/42796
An investigation was carried out to assess nutrient content and uptake of sweet potato under application of nitrogen and potassium. Sweet potato is an important tuber crop which requires an efficient cropping management to ensure adequate nutrient content and uptake for growth an...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/42408
Rainfall season changes in Nigeria affect soil chemical properties in tropical rain forest, the effect of rainfall variation on soil chemical properties depend on its intensity, duration and time. However, the report on the seasonal variation/changes in rainfall remained sketchy...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/17122
An experiment was conducted to evaluate the influence of different concentrations of Alar (Diaminozide) and Ethephon (Ethrel) as spray applications on two cultivars of pot grown Alstroemeria to study their effect on different vegetative parameters under shaded conditions during t...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/42651
The aim of this research was to characterize the effect of a pre-transplant calcium cyanamide fertilization on weed control in the potted bedding ornamental plant Impatiens wallerana and to describe the physiological mechanisms involved. The positive effect of a calcium cyanamide...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/42425
The purpose of this two years research (2016-2017) conducted in Karaj is to investigate quantitative and qualitative traits of bulb in Red Rey Iranian improved onion ((Allium cepa L.) population Red Azarshahr as check in terms of increasing yield of bulb and qualitative traits es...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/42000
This study was conducted to evaluate the chemical quality and fertilizing value of naturally occurring compost in the City of Daloa landfills. The treatments consist of i) lettuce culture on unfertilized soil or control, ii) lettuce culture on soil supplied with 250 kg/ha of NPK...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/42042
Field experiments were conducted in grape orchard (cv Dilkush) of three year old during 2015-16 and 2016-17 to assess the effect of different sources of zinc on quality and nutrients content of grape by using randomised block design with twenty treatments and three replications....
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/42326
Efficacy of six plant extracts viz., NSKE (Neem Seed Kernel Extract), Mentha arvensis, Allium sativum, Zingiber officinalis, Neem oil, Allium cepa were tested against the pathogen by dual culture technique in the laboratory of College of agriculture, Latur. The extract of each pl...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/43130
Mangroves are salt-tolerant evergreen dense forests that grow in intertidal zones in tropical and subtropical estuarine regions and mud-flats. Additionally, mangrove forests provide many economical, ecological and environmental values to the people. The total mangrove forest area...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/42151
This study was carried out to assess the suitability of gypsite as a soil amendment in the release of Ca and S. Besides the high potential of gypsite in improving crop yields in some countries, its use in Tanzanian agricultural soils is limited. This is attributed largely due to...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/42205