Soil fertility loss due to soil acidity is a major constraint for crop production in western Ethiopia. A study was conducted in the acidic soil of Assosa for two main growing seasons (2014 and 2015) to assess the effect of integrated application of compost, lime and phosphorus on...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/36976
Sorghum has the largest share of cultivated land for cereal crops in Rwanda, but the productivity is low due to many constraints, including drought stress and the unavailability of adaptable cultivars with high yields. However, direct selection of genotypes for yield might not be...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2024/v46i113047
Groundnut is an important food and cash crop for smallholder farmers in Eswatini. However, its yield is very low partly due to poor soil fertility particularly calcium and phosphorus deficiencies associated with soil acidity. Thus, a field experiment was conducted to determine th...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2021/v7i430161
Mung bean has become an important cash and food crop in dry land areas of Ethiopia. However, there is no sufficient research information on the nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) fertilizers rates for the crop in the study area. Thus, field experiment was conducted to determine the...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2020/v6i330129
Soil fertility is one of the factors limiting the production of common bean in Ethiopia. Thus, field experiment was conducted to assess the effect of Rhizobium and NP fertilizers combination on nodulation, growth, yield components and yield of common bean cultivars and economical...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/30864
Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] is usually infested and its yield is adversely affected by a number of weed species that compete with the crop from germination to harvest, affecting the crop yield adversely. Therefore, an experiment was conducted at Sirinka and Jari, northe...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14513