The soil resource of a nation is finite and its natural quality cannot be exchanged. However, maintenance of the good quality soil resource at a high level to support agricultural production is a key to poverty eradication and environmental sustainability. The study assesses the...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/35687
Aims: Evaluate the effect in growth and defense activation of a peptide extract from hydrolyzed globulin of Amaranth in tomato and maize plants. Study Design: Using different concentration of peptides we evaluated the physiological effect of peptide extract from amaranth in two d...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/37089
A half diallel study was conducted using seven genotypes of soybean to identify superior parents suitable for developing high yielding new cultivars and hybrids in soybean. The mean squares due to GCA was significant for four characters out of five characters studied. The signifi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/34174
A field experiment was conducted on a sandy loam soil at college of Agriculture V. C. Farm Mandya, UAS Bengaluru in kharif 2016 to study the effect of irrigation levels on productivity of pulses in southern dry zone of Karnataka for achieving optimum irrigation schedule, higher y...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36452
The study was performed to evaluate the effect of bagging time on fruit yield and quality of red pitaya H14 cultivar from May to August 2017 at Nguyen Binh District, Cao Bang Province, Vietnam. The experiment design was in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replicates, i...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36621
Aims: To identify the nematodes profile (species) and determine their population density ravaging elite plantain cultivars in southern Nigeria. Study Design: The study was a survey of 318 plantain accessions planted in-situ and maintained in farmers’ fields within the study area....
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/25889
Plant roots serve a multitude of functions including anchorage, provision of nutrients and water, as well as production of exudates with growth regulatory properties. Some root exudate components may act as allelochemicals and mediate interactions between plants and other organis...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36918
An experiment was conducted to study the effects of NPK foliar application and three different Mediums including (Sand, Compost and Peat moss) on the growth of pre-sowing Melia azedarach L. seeds. NPK application (20-20-20) at 500 ppm concentration significantly increased of shoo...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/37033
Aims: There is an acute decrease in soil productivity in the soudano-sahelian areas of West Africa. This has called for research to develop mitigation measures in order to restore soil fertility. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of the manure of shea tree caterp...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36371
An experiment was conducted at the Agronomy Field Laboratory of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh to study the effect of water management practice and spacing on yield performance of BRRI dhan29. The experiment was laid out in a split-plot design with three replicati...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36358
Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni), an herbaceous perennial plant belong to Asteraceae family, is one of the important source of natural sweetening agents with non-calorie that can be used as an alternative to artificial sweeteners. Plant originating in Paraguay and the south-west of Br...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36999
Although there is a great amount of information about the production of bedding plants, little is documented on their post-production performance. In order to determine how the crop management affects the post-production performance, two growing media with significant differences...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36877
Salt stress is one of the major abiotic stress factors that limit crop productivity, especially affecting the growth of plants in arid and semi-arid regions. These adverse effects of salt stress, which affects growth and development due to osmotic and ion stress in plants depend...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/37062
Aims: To determine the antifungal activity of Moringa oleifera leaf, seed, and bark extracts in suppressing Rhizoctonia solani disease in field grown cabbage (Brassica oleracea). Study Design: The experimental design was a 3 x 3 factorial laid out in a split plot in two blocks wi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/29837
Yellow vein mosaic is a devastating disease of okra, caused by monopartite and bipartite begomovirus and associate satellites. Yield loss due to this virus is quite high, up to 80-94 percent is reported under heavy infection. To control this disease very limited success has been...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/35387