Pedological characterization and classification of soils is key for land resource planning and development of soil management interventions for improving agricultural productivity. A study was conducted in Bubi area of Lupane District, Zimbabwe, to examine soil morphological, phy...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/39609
Soil testing is employed for quick characterisation of the inherent fertility status of soils and predicting the nutrient requirements of crops. Soil testing is guiding the farmers regarding the balanced and judicious use of the fertilisers, which ultimately reduces the overall c...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/39962
The experiment was conducted at the Research Field of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207 during November, 2015 to July, 2016. XXL (Soil enhancer) is a complex substance which consists of organic humic acid, fulvic acid, 40 different trace elements and other plant h...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/40495
Aims: To determine the effect of organic soil amendments on rhizome rot of ginger. Study Design: The study was laid out in a randomised complete block design with three replications. Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was conducted at the Plant Pathology Research Field o...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/40355
Mia. M. Howard, Alena A. Plotkin, Amelia R. McClure, Vanja Klepac-Ceraj, Alden B. Griffith, Daniel J. Brabander & Kristina N. Jones·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2018
Comfrey (Symphytum spp.) is thought to accumulate plant nutrients such as potassium (K) in its leaves and is consequently used widely as a green mulch. We sought to investigate the efficacy of comfrey as a soil amendment by measuring its nutritional composition and the effects o...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/40403
A well-established limiting factor for the survival of plant under normal growth and developmental stages is water stress. Several living (Biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) factors unfavorably affect rice growth and as well yield, and this is connected with the adverse and intense...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/40397
The study characterized and monitored changes in soil nutrients under different ages (1.5, 3, 6, 12, 20 and 40 years) of Eucalyptus grandis tree plantations and its tissues (litter and fresh leaves) before and during intercropping. Soil sampling for characterizing tree plantation...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/38388
The experiment was conducted between April and July 2017 to evaluate the effect of spacing and weeding regimes on cucumber production. The study site was the Teaching and Research Farm of the University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Rivers State, Nigeria, in a humid forest agro-ecolog...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/39638
Phosphorous is a major limiting factor for plant growth, and its behaviour varies significantly under different soil drainage conditions. Understanding the chemistry of phosphorus availability of wetlands remain imperative for sustainable management of paddies under intensive agr...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/38687
The present experiment was conducted with the objectives: (i) To evaluate the performance of onion varieties (ii) To study the effect of N levels (iii) To find out the interactive effect of varieties and N levels on chlorophyll content, dry matter accumulation, marketable bulb yi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/39257
In the rhizosphere of sodic soil, aluminium (Al) and silicon (Si) are present in soluble forms. Hence, plants growing in sodic soils suffer Al toxicity, which can be ameliorated by Si. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Al and Si on the growth of Puccinellia c...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/39559
Okra production in Nigeria is particularly under smallholder and resource-poor farmers. This study therefore investigated the influence of aerobically composted cowdung (CWD), singly and in combination with Ogun rock phosphate (ORP) applications on the yield of okra and soil orga...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/38716
Land is a major factor to fulfill human needs by serving as the backbone of agricultural, industry, mining, public housing, and other human activities. Land use change is necessary and essential for economic development. Degraded land in Indonesia was 24.3 million ha in 2013, cau...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/39460
Field experiments were conducted to study the effects of Phosphates on growth components of Lucerne during the long and short rain seasons of 2016-2017 at Kenyatta University farm in Kiambu County in Kenya. The experiments were laid out in split-plot arrangement in a Randomized C...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/39789
In conventional furrow irrigated agriculture, excess water often causes leaching of nitrate-nitrogen. This experiment was aimed at quantifying nitrate leaching under farmers’ fertilizer and irrigation water use practices. It involved factorial combination of four rates of nitroge...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/39076