Four levels of aluminium activity (0, 5, 50 and 300 μMAl3+) were used to screen soybean seedlings in hydroponics for 3 days (3D) and 13 days (13D). The objective of the research was to determine genetic variation for aluminium stress tolerance in seedlings (primary root length, r...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/25902
Soil quality is defined as the soil’s capacity to function within natural or managed ecosystem boundaries and to sustain plant productivity while reducing soil degradation. It can be assessed by selecting different indicators upon which the functions of soil depend. Researchers a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/24091
An experiment was conducted at the Wadi Soba farm, Khartoum- Sudan. The aim of this study is to estimate the Exchangeable Sodium Percentage (ESP) function to Sodium Adsorption Ratio. In this study, linear regression model (ESP-SAR model) for predicting soil ESP from SAR was sugge...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/25389
This research work is a field experiment carried out to evaluate the phytoremediation potential of Ricinus communis L (castor oil plant) in Zaria town of northern Nigeria. The sandy loam field (pH 6.78) used in the experiment was contaminated with Cd, Co, Ni and Pb from a metal d...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/21680
Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term effect of tillage systems on the quantity and quality of organic carbon fractions at different soil layers. Study Design: The experimental design was a split plot with three blocks. The long-term effects (25 years) of conv...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/25205
Two sugar cane varieties were evaluated in a split plot design experiment at Badeggi (lat.9°045'N; long 6o07'E at an altitude of 70.57 m.a.s.l) with four whip smut (Sporisorium scitamineum) inoculum concentrations 0 x 106, 2 x 106, 4 x 106 and 6 x 106 teliospores/ml in four repli...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/24566
A study was conducted to determine the soil fertility status and the suitability of land for the smallholder farmers’ sustainable production of groundnut and maize in Chisamba District of Zambia. Composite soil samples (0 – 30 cm) were collected from the fields of 18 randomly sel...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/25161
A postharvest handling farm survey was conducted on sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) grains as an alternative staple crop adapted in arid and semi-arid lands. The objective of the study was to determine postharvest handling of sorghum grains. Eighty eight farmers were sampled...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/24686
Climate change is affecting precipitation patterns and intensity; increasing regional drought conditions and increasing runoff, respectively. The use of soil surfactants presents an opportunity to improve soil water content and infiltration in soils. As aridity and drought vulner...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/24304
This study clarifies the morphology, genesis, physico-chemical properties and classification of soils developed from volcanic parent materials of Mbeya Region, Tanzania. Six typical pedons (MWK 01, IFIG 02, MKY 03, MWZ 04, KYE 01 and NDE 01), were identified, described and 33 soi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/24855
The effect of the use of Tithonia diversifolia as soil amendments on the growth and yield of Amarantus cruentus was investigated under field conditions at the Teaching and Research Farm of Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji, Nigeria. Tithonia diversifolia, Pig slurry a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/25044
Plant pathogens cause serious losses in quantity and quality of agricultural products. Use of fungicides is gradually becoming unpopular due to their negative effects on ecosystems, human and animal health, and due to resistance by pathogens to the fungicides. In vitro studies we...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/24488
This study investigated two low molecular weight organic acids (LMWOA), oxalic and citric acid, ability to mineralize fixed P in soils and the effects on production of eggplant when compared to conventional triple superphosphate fertilizer (TSP). Two calcareous soils were used: A...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/24271
Tillage is one of the most important practices in agricultural production due to its influence on the physical, chemical, and biological properties of the soil environment. Field experiments were conducted to find out the effects of tillage practice and cropping system on the gro...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/23965
Precision agriculture is a farming management approach for a whole field with a potentiality to solve some of management problems based on observing and measuring field crops variability using more accurate and timely information of agricultural resources. Site-specific managemen...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/20539