The use of advanced, effective and less toxic antimicrobial agents are required for the treatment of plant pathogens. In this study, hexane and ethanol extracts of two plants (Sesbania sesban and Cymbopogon citratus) and two algae species (Spirulina platensis and Scendusmus sp.)...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8440
The objective of this study was to investigate the most suitable treatments for micropropagation of Rondeletia odorata Jacq. Rondeletia are of slow growth, and not many cultivator of plants care to give time and space to raise them. The explants were sterilized by immersion in a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8194
Cairo is now served by six large wastewater treatments works which produce significant quantities of sewage water. The preferred option is to use this in agriculture, particularly in reclaimed desert land which is inherently deficient in organic matter, nutrients and trace elemen...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8570
This study was carried out during two successive seasons 2011 & 2012 for improving pollination process of Samani date palm cultivar grown in sandy soil of private orchard located at Abo-Rawash region, El-Giza Governorate, Egypt. Uniform date palms 20 years old were treated fo...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8086
The objective of this work was to estimated crop yield production, water demand and prices for wheat (Triticum aestivum vulgar. L) and maize (zea maiz. L), under two climate change scenarios (A1 and B1) and compare this results to the current statues. Fluxes of production, water...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8134
Aims: This study was performed to choose or select the best cultivars of longan fruit (Wuyuan, "Wu" and Kohala, "Ko"). Longan is an untraditional new crop fruits recently grown in new reclaimed areas. Besides, to investigate the possibility of preserving those aforementioned frui...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8724
The aim of this work was to develop a well defined protocol for in vitro propagation of Polyscias fruticosa plant. A factorial experiment in a complete randomized design was employed in all experiments. Analysis of variance as described to compare statistical differences between...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8225
Many areas of the Middle-east and North Africa (MENA) are experiencing land use change. The causes of this vary but include urbanisation, deforestation, and the greater issue of climate change. The implications of such land use change are broad but key problems include desertific...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8439
During 2012 and 2013 seasons, Thompson seedless grapevines were treated three times with turmeric, garlic and onion extracts each at 0.05 to 0.1% as well as Zn, Fe and Mn in chelated form at 0.05 % and Cu in sulphate form at 0.025 % and NPKMg each at 0.1% either applied singly or...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8610
Pot experiment laid out to study the effects of watering, nitrogen fertilization, and their interactions on the growth, dry matter production and water use efficiency of two cultivars(Egyptian Sakha94 cultivated in 2009/2010 season and Turkish Adana99 cultivated in 2010/2011 seas...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/9075
This study aimed to evaluation the effects of 5- aminolevulinic acid which is the precursor of chlorophyll, in addition to glutamine, asparagine, arginine, proline, tyrosine and tryptophan on the date palm plantlets (Phoenix dactylifera L.) which produced by tissue culture in the...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8436
Aims: To study effect of days to flowering on the plant height and yield of rice. Study Design: Experiment was carried out according to the complete randomized block design. Four replications were designed for the experiment and each replicate consisted of 3 lines and twenty plan...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/11421
Soil fertility and unreliable rainfall have become important in seed potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) production in Kenya. Knowledge on water and mineral nutrient use efficiencies will help predict the best application rates for optimal seed potato production. A study was conducted...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/10337
Aims: Common indigenous browse plants were identified in this work and their phytochemical, nutrient, anti-nutrient and mineral constituents were investigated. Recommendations have been made based on the findings. Study Design: A structured questionnaire was administered to goat...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/5997
Mycorrhizal fungi are found naturally in undisturbed soils around the world. They form symbiotic relationships with almost all plants ranging from ornamentals, fruits, vegetables, trees and shrubs. Most of the plants have a strong dependency on mycorrhizal fungi for optimal growt...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/11281