Salinity is a serious problem for soil and water in Bangladesh. It limits normal year round crop production. To reduce this problem, this experiment was conducted in farmers’ field of two sites at south coastal region of Bangladesh for two consecutive years. Six treatments viz.,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2024/v10i1209
Tin mining environments have constituted a degrading challenge to smallholder farmers whose lands have been overtaken. Attempts by smallholder farmers to restore the lands to farming are faced with soil productivity constraints. Yet, these farmers struggle to cultivate farms in-b...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2024/v10i1208
Oilseeds, particularly rapeseed-mustard, play a vital role in India's agricultural landscape, contributing significantly to the economy. Toria, a winter oilseed crop, is of particular importance, cultivated in both irrigated and rainfed conditions. Fertilizers, especially nitroge...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2024/v10i1207
Soil condition as influenced by land use systems and depths is relevant in the efforts to optimize crop production. This research examines the effect of land-use systems and depths on organic carbon storage and texture-related properties of soil. It was a 2-factor factorial exper...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2024/v10i1206
This work aims to evaluate two methods of chitosan and potassium silicate application in 10, 15, and 20 days water irrigation on soil fertility and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) productivit. A field experiment was conducted in saline soil located in Sahl El-Hossinia at El-Sharkia Go...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2024/v10i1205
Background: Swidden cultivation, slash and burn cultivation, and bush-fallow agriculture are other names for shifting cultivation. Around the world, its name is different. Crop type and farming methods have an impact on the physico-chemical properties of the soil. Soil health is...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2023/v9i4204
The rubber tree, a species of Amazonian forest tree, is cultivated for its latex, which is rich in natural rubber. Its cultivation is of economic, social, climatic and environmental importance. However, it is often accused of destroying the soil. To clear up this misunderstanding...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2023/v9i4203
Aims: To evaluate the efficacy of poultry droppings amended cocoa pod husk and rice mill wastes, as a substitute for costly inorganic fertilizers on some soil properties and yield of maize. Study Design: Experiment was laid in randomized complete block design. Place and Duration...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2023/v9i4202
Aims: Potassium (K) is one of the nutrient elements taken up in large amounts by potatoes, yet there is little research output on K fertilization of the crop in Kenya, due to the assumption that its natural soil reserves are sufficient for the production of most crops. The study...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2023/v9i4201
Shadrack Kinyua Inoti, Alice Adongo Onyango, Peter Murithi Angaine, Jesse Omondi Owino, Inoti, Shadrack Kinyua, Owino , Jesse Omondi & Angaine, Peter Murithi·Asian Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition·2023
Soil amendment is vital especially in tree nurseries that are located away from the forest areas. Grevillea robusta seedlings are high nutrient demanders. An experiment was set up for a period of 8 months in 2021 at Egerton University, Njoro, Kenya to determine the effect of soil...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2023/v9i4200
The use of chemical fertilizers, which in the long term constitutes a source of environmental degradation, has led farmers to use organic sources as alternative soil amendments. However, use of organic fertilizers alone may not restore the fertility of highly degraded soils, henc...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2023/v9i4199
Responses of Cola nitida and Cola acuminata to NPK and Super-gro fertilizers on seedling development, field establishment, and canopy characteristics were investigated in 2019-2020. Seedlings of the two Cola species were transplanted as a randomized complete block design with thr...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2023/v9i4198
Dry matter accumulation data for juvenile Indian Olive saplings was modelled using linear and non- linear regression models. The data was gathered bimonthly and for two years i.e., twelve readings. Linear, Quadratic, Power, Sigmoid, and Exponential models performed quite well for...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2023/v9i4197
Syafrul Affendi, Affendi , Syafrul, Utama , Zulman Harja, Jamilah, Isril Berd, Sunadi, Widodo Haryoko, Zulman Harja Utama, Prima Novia & Novia , Prima·Asian Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition·2023
The research objective was to determine the role of zeolite in increasing the efficiency of NPK fertilizer on the growth and yield of maize in Inceptisol Southern Solok. This research was conducted in July - November 2022, in Sangir District, Southern Solok Regency, West Sumatra...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2023/v9i4195
Olive (Olea europaea L.) is an oil fruit crop with the physiological potential to survive and produce in rain-fed areas. In Pakistan, it is grown in upper Punjab and Baluchistan due to their climate suitability for better production. Due to the increasing trend of olive oil, peop...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2023/v9i4196