Aim: To measure the chlorophyll contents of wild type and ‘variant’ Telfairia occidentalis and determine the soil properties of their locations on a farm at Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Study Design: Soil and leaves were randomly sampled at three locations; IKI, IKII an...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36693
Aims: To isolate and identify arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) from forest soils in Indonesia and to clarify their influence on the growth of four leguminous tree species. Study Design: Isolation of AMF from five forest soils in Indonesia and inoculation of five AMF to four leg...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/37433
The effects of deficit irrigation and mulch on seed yield, water use and water productivity of onion was studied through a field experiment during 2012 - 2013 and 2013 - 2014 winter season at the experimental field of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur, Banglade...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36575
A field experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Farm, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi to find out the effect of mulch, cumulative pan evaporation ratio and nutrient levels on Linseed in alluvial soil of eastern Uttar Pradesh. The...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/37404
Field experiment was conducted to study the effect of sulphur nutrition and mulching on Indian mustard (Brassica napes L.) at Rajeev Gandhi South Campus (Banaras Hindu University), Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh during rainy season of 2013. Three levels of sulphur 20 kg ha-1 S (S1), 40...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/37211
Declining soil fertility along with soil acidity are major soil degradation problems affecting crop production in Ethiopian highlands. However, little effort has been done to investigate different soil amendment measures on soil chemical properties and nutrient status of common b...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/37006
A field experiment was conducted during kharif 2016 at College of Agriculture, Hassan, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru to evaluate different pre and post emergent herbicides on nutrient removal by weeds and uptake by Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) the soil of experi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/37764
This study was conducted to determine the effect of biostimulants on growth, flowering and quality of China aster cv. Kamini with thirteen treatments such as two concentrations of biostimulants sprayed at four frequencies (first, second, third and fourth spray at 45, 60, 75, 90 d...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/38005
In the present investigation freshly harvested seeds of four genotype of coriander viz., DH-228, DH-246, DH-5 and DH-36 were subjected to study the effect of foliage cuttings and growth regulators on seed yield and seed quality of coriander. Correlation coefficient analysis was e...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/37222
Laboratory experiment was conducted with the objective to standardize the seed coating polymer in Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.). The experiment consisted of five different dosages of polymer (P) along with a control viz., P1: Control, P2: polymer @ 2 ml per kg of seed, P3: polymer...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/37332
Background and Objective: Pollen grains shape, size, aperture and wall ornamentation have been useful in taxonomic studies of plants especially in resolving relationship or determining variation in a taxa. The Loranthaceae (Mistletoes) are parasitic family with known taxonomic pr...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/37478
Conservation tillage systems present a challenge for integrating an efficient fertilizer program in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production. A 2-year (2011–2013) field experiment was conducted to evaluate wheat response to three tillage systems (conventional, reduced and no tilla...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/37457
Soil characterization of Advance Research Centre for Rainfed Agricultural Farm, Rakh-Dhiansar, SKUAST-Jammu was undertaken to monitor the status of various soil physico-chemical and biological properties such as pH, organic carbon (OC), N, P2O5, K2O, Zn, Cu, Mn, Fe, bacterial and...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36858
Md. Shefat-Al-Maruf, Montasir Ahmed, Md. Monir Hossain, Md. Ehsanul Haq, Sujan Majumder Majumder, Md. Abdul Matin & Parimal Kanti Biswas·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2017
A field experiment was conducted at the Agronomy field, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka. The experiment consisted of two factors; Factor A: Planting method viz. Rice transplanter (P1) and Conventional method (P2) and Factor B: Weeding viz. No Weeding (W0), Weeding at...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36979
Aims: To determine the effect of time of exposure on the antimicrobial effectiveness of some tropical plants in the control of black pod disease of cocoa caused by Phytophthora megakarya in Nigeria. Study Design: Completely Randomized Design (CRD). Place and Duration of Study: Pl...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/37039