The paper presents the results of field studies on methods of increasing the fertility of soils in permafrost conditions of Cryolithozone. It was established the effectiveness of the use of gypsum, green manure, as well as resource-saving tillage technology in the conditions of t...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/15630
For increasing nutrient use efficiency and cane yield on application of ammonium sulfate (AS) fertilizer substitution was performed through addition of soil amendment. A pot experiment was conducted for seven month of sugarcane growth. The experiment used factorial randomized com...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/17074
Crop evapotranspiration (ET) is an important parameter for agricultural water management. This parameter can be estimated by multiplying of reference crop evapotranspiration (ETO) and crop coefficient. Usually ETO is calculated based on (daily) weather data at the weather station...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/15711
Forest mortality has an upward trend worldwide but has regional aspects as well. Preventive and suppressive measures are based on regional approaches, which address areas of high, medium and low risk mortality. As far as the existence of montane forest ecosystem is concerned, it...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13255
Tillage, choice of crops in a rotation, and fertilizer management affect crop yields. Limited information exist on long-term interaction effects of tillage and nitrogen (N) fertilizer management on grain yield and precipitation use efficiency (PUE) in intensified cereal-based cro...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/17295
The aim of the study was to evaluate the morphology and physicochemical properties of soils and their suitability to potatoes, maize and beans, in order to contribute to stop rural migration, prevent conflicts between farmers and breeders and contribute to the increase of agricul...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/17147
Remediation of heavy metals contaminated soils is necessary to reduce heavy metals availabilities and their uptake by crops. Development of cost-effective amendments is still a very important task in the soil environmental system for decreasing hazardous of heavy metals, and impr...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/17061
A greenhouse trial was carried out at Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan in 2013 to evaluate the effect of cocoa pod husk (CPH) biochar fortified with NPK fertilizer formulations on kola seedling nutrient uptake and soil properties. The treatments consisted of a control,...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/16111
14C-Glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine) mineralization was studied in three upper soils, two Entic Haplustoll and one Typic Ustifluvent, with different physical and chemical characteristics but with similar climatic conditions, soil use and management. The evolved 14C-CO2 an...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/16646
Nitrogen remained in soil and distributed along the soil profile of virgin sandy soil after sesame, maize and wheat were examined using 15N isotope dilution concept. A field experiment was conducted on virgin sandy soil at the farm station of Soil and Water Research Department, N...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/15387
Aims: The study assessed the effects of different levels of cow manure application on above ground growth characteristics and herbage production of Brachiaria ruziziensis (Congo signal grass) in tropical sub-humid environment on arable land. The rationale behind being contribute...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/14709
Aim: The objective of this study was to describe the spatial patterns of selected soil properties and biomass yield at fine and coarse scale in a switchgrass field to determine the appropriate sampling approach to enable the calculation of means with minimum variance. Methodology...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/16727
The overall aim of this paper is to evaluate potential new modifications to methods for re-creating heathland habitats. Heathlands need acidic soils so the specific objectives are to evaluate the effectiveness of a new method for heathland re-creation by soil acidification using...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/14519
Objective: The low phosphorus content and fixation by oxides in acidic soils is an important yield-limiting factor to common bean production in Brazil. The study was conducted to evaluate the common bean yield rate, leaf area development, level of phosphorus in the leaf, variatio...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/16532
Aims: First study of the lowermost locality the Neot HaKikar with charophytes in the Dead Sea region of Israel has been implemented showing the algal diversity and ecological assessment of the water object environment. Study Design: We implemented diverse bio-indication methods....
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/16063