This study was conducted to investigate the effects of four fertilization patterns on growth parameters, and yield of cucumber crop under greenhouse cultivation. A field experiment was carried out at the experimental farm of Palestine Technical University Kadoorie located at Tula...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/16249
No-till farming results in gradual buildup of soil organic matter (SOM) and re-introduction of tillage can often reverse it. However, tillage in low precipitation regions may be needed to manage weeds and disperse accumulation of immobile soil nutrients. The main objective of thi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/16234
Structural characterization of humic acids extracted from surface, below 15 cm depth and 30 cm depth tea garden soils have been studied here. Instrumental analysis of the organic substances were carried out using UV-Visible and IR spectroscopies. The results reveal low level of h...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/16032
The production of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), an important staple food in the world, is often restricted due to micronutrients status in soil. Micronutrient deficiency in soil including boron (B) and zinc (Zn) is quite widespread in Asian countries including India due to preval...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/15921
A study has been undertaken to determine the acidic, and metal complexing properties of humic acid extracted from tea garden soils of different depths. The dissociation constant of humic acid has been evaluated from the pH titration curves. The pKa values obtained in this study a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/16033
Ability of a fertilizer to contribute to crop performance beyond a cropping season is a positive consideration in soil fertility management. Thus, the residual fertilizer effects of OBD-plus (new commercial compost from market organic wastes and animal manure with composting acce...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/15742
A field experiment was conducted during the 2008 and 2009 rainy seasons to determine the effects of land preparation and weeding regime on the type of weed population in sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) farms. The experiments were laid out in a split plot design with land prepar...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/14843
Md. Ashraful Alam, Zahidul Islam Sarker, Md. Farhad, Md. Abdul Hakim, Naresh Chandra Dev Barma, Md. Israil Hossain, Md. Mokhlesur Rahman & Rabiul Islam·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2015
Varietal adaptability to environmental fluctuations is important for the stabilization of crop production on both region and season. In this context, one thousand six trials with four wheat varieties viz., BARI Gom 25, BARI Gom 26, BARI Gom 27 and BARI Gom 28 were conducted in fo...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/14824
Soil heavy metal contamination is becoming a matter of great global concern. The extent of Lead (Pb) concentration which causes toxicity in lower vascular plants, pteridophytes, remains unclear. So the present study was carried out to investigate the extent of Pb accumulation wit...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/16174
An experiment was carried out to assess the growth and development of quality protein maize (QPM) genotypes to various plant populations under different irrigated conditions in a semi arid ecology of Northern Nigeria. Field trials were conducted at the Irrigation Research Station...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/12631
The present study aims to evaluate the interaction between soil rhizobia and legume plant, by comparing two Acacia species (Acacia cyanophylla Lindl and Acacia pycnantha Benth) grown in four different Moroccan soils, by measuring plant dry matter yield, and nodule numbers and wei...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/15760
A field experiment was carried out during the period from November 2012 to May 2013 in Agroecological Zone 20 (Eastern Surma-Kushiyara Floodplain) in Bangladesh to observe the varietal performances of high yielding and local varieties of Boro rice. Four varieties viz. BRRI dhan28...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13371
Aims: To evaluate plant diversity and to show the structural variation of the vegetation in a cocoa agroforest of various ages. Study Design: Slash and burn agriculture is one of the processes of deforestation and degradation of forests. Cocoa agrosystems that consist to plant co...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/10347
Understanding the distribution and transport of organic carbon and nutrients under any management in a farming system is vital for predicting the sustainability of a farming system. This study was conducted to characterize the spatial distribution and transport of organic carbon...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13949
Aims: The study evaluated the contributions of cover crops and no-till to the expression of crop maize yield. Study Design: To test this, experiments were conducted for two consecutive years in a randomised complete block design arranged in a split plot with four replications Pl...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/14376