Tomatoes constitute an important fruit vegetable crop in Ghana. However, its diversity is low and may be associated with numerous biotic stresses that pose serious threat to production. Aim: To characterize 216 germplasm gathered from Korea (RDA), Taiwan (AVRDC), Burkina Faso and...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/6466
Aims: Poor management of P- and K-fertilizers can affect Nitrogen effect in rice grain yield and nutritional quality as the most limiting nutrient for rice production in second order lowland of Guinea savanna in West Africa. For the development of best management strategy of N, P...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/6532
Genetic variability among the fruits of 22 date palm cultivars was studied using 6 nutritional characters to enable us classify the available germplasm into distinct groups on the basis of their genetic diversity using their nutritional characteristics from proximate composition....
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/6973
Aims: To study the growth, yield and quality in two sugarcane varieties inoculated with Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus and phosphate solubilizing bacteria in normal, sodic and saline-sodic soils. Study Design: 6 x 2 x 2 factorial completely randomized design (FCRD). Place and D...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/6246
The objective of this study was to evaluate the coconut hybrid varieties based on Genotype by Traits (GT) biplot to examine its usefulness in visualizing coconut trait relationship and its application in genotypes comparison. The experimental design was a randomized complete bloc...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/7083
Three pot experiments were conducted to assess the capacity of asclite in reducing arsenic (As) contents in vegetable plants from arsenic contaminated soil. Asclite is an artificially made granular amorphous iron (Fe)-hydroxide material having high ability in adsorbing As(III) as...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/6766
A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of grasscutter manure (GM), chicken manure (CM), and NPK on soil physical properties, growth and yield of carrot. The treatments were; no fertilizer or manure (control), 300kgNPK/ha (15:15:15), 10tCM/ha, 3 levels of grasscut...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/6426
Aims: Agriculture is the main source of soil degradation processes in Bulgaria. Therefore the re-cultivation of soil is an important task. The possibilities for using composted municipal waste for soil re-cultivation in Bulgaria are discussed on the case of plant processing munic...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/6919
Aims: To investigate the phytoremediation potential of fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis) for some heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Pb, Cr and Co) in soil. Study Design: The experimental design was based on the assumption of homogeneity of points where the experimental soils were colle...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/5608
For evaluation of moringa growth and its minerals content response to irrigation with diluted seawater and spraying by potassium silicate solitary (Si) or in combination with salicylic acid (Si+SA), a pot experiment was conducted in the greenhouse of the National Research Center,...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/6105
The impact of sole poultry manure (6t PM ha-1), sole NPK (200kg NPK ha-1) and their combinations (3t PM + 100kg NPK ha-1 and 1.5t PM + 150kg NPK ha-1) on sweet potato yield parameters and soil nutrients was assessed at Adiembra and Fiaso in Ghana between June, 2011 to November, 2...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/4305
A three-year study to determine the initial and residual effects of inorganic and organic fertilizers on potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) and subsequent quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa, Willd) crop performance was conducted in four indigenous communities in the central Bolivian Andean Hi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/5764
Two experiments were conducted about the effect of the application of phosphorus (P) or silicon (Si) on the arsenic (As) contents of Japanese mustard spinach (JMS) (Brassica rapa var. perviridis) grown on As contaminated soil (30.6 mg As kg-1). The P was applied with four differe...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/7101
Two pot experiments were conducted to examine the effect of arsenic (As) concentration both in irrigation water and in soil on the As content in vegetables grown in a glass greenhouse. In the first experiment, spinach (Spinacia oleracea), green amaranth (Amaranthus viridis) and g...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/6652
The research work was conducted at two locations in 2012, 100 meters away from mining pits to determine the effects of lead, slope position and depth on the variation of soil chemical properties. Random sampling method was used to collect soil samples from the study area. Samples...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/5742