Per capita land holding has been reducing day by day due to fragmentation of land and farmers concentrate mainly on cropping systems approach rather than farming system approach. Integrated farming system (IFS) is considered as one of the best option towards farming system appro...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/31994
Aims: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of root exudates from cowpea, groundnut, maize, sorghum and pearl millet genotypes on the germination and attachment of Alectra vogelii. It also aimed to identify functional groups in the powdered root samples that stimulate A...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/29694
The soils of the University of Agriculture Makurdi Teaching and Research Farm were surveyed, with the view to evaluating their morphological, physical and chemical properties for cowpea production. Makurdi is in a strategic position in the agricultural map of Nigeria, producing a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32009
The aim of this study was to present new information on the main plant species occurring in the Serra da Tiririca State Park capable of potentially acting as phytormediators. This was based on a floristic inventory as well as field research. The floristic inventory resulted in th...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32075
The objective of this research was to analyze the use of pigmented products in the management of heat stress on creeping bentgrass [Agrostis stolonifera L. var palustris (Huds.)] and low temperature stress on bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. × C. transvaalensis Burtt-Dav...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32337
Aim: To evaluate soil water storage under 30 maize varieties differing in maturity for rain-fed conditions in Zambia. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted at the University of Zambia Agricultural Demonstration Center during the 2014-2015 rainy season in a randomized co...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32139
In order to evaluate physiological indices of forage sorghum in different plant densities and nitrogen levels, an experiment was conducted at Research Farm, Faculty of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran. The main plots were plant densi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32460
Two field experiments were undertaken to evaluate the effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on vegetative growth, yield components and yield of watermelon. The treatments were five levels of nitrogen (0, 50, 100, 150 and 200 kg/ha) and four levels of phosphorus (0, 25, 50 and 75 kg/...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32462
Multivariate analysis was used to group and study the pattern of genetic variability and relationship among ten papaya genotypes in Benin City, Nigeria. The experiment was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Benin, Benin City,...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/30111
Surface sealing, and their role in runoff and erosion, especially, in agricultural fields have been recognized as major set-backs to irrigation operations. Though the process is restricted to only the topmost soil layer of some few millimetres in depth, surface sealing can substa...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/27701
An investigation was conducted at research farm of SKUAST–Jammu. The experiment was laid out in factorial randomized block design with 18 treatments and three replications. The treatments consisted of three dates of sowing (25th October, 5th November and 15th November), two varie...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32239
In India, the uncertainty of rainfed agriculture is high due to low and erratic rainfall, steep land slope and short cropping period. Objective of the study was to assess the effect of mango based agroforestry on productivity of cereal, oilseed crop and trees in highly degraded a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32283
Epidermal assessment of five accessions of Colocasia esculenta and three accessions of Xanthosoma maffafa exposed to different concentrations of sodium azide and potassium chromate treatments was carried out. Each accession was planted in four different concentrations (2.5, 5, 7....
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/31298
Lysimeter experiment was performed during winter season of 2015/2016 in Sakha Agricultural Research Station farm, Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, to study the effect of irrigation water salinity, nitrogen fertilizer rates and foliar application of ascorbic acid on yield and its compo...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/31895
Nine sweet cherry accessions were used for the analysis of morphological variability and genetic diversity by means of multivariate statistical analysis. Days from full bloom to harvest was significantly lowest (66.33 days) in accession-6. Significantly highest fruit set (37.10%)...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32071