Field experiments were conducted to study the influence of fodder maize (Zea mays L.) by adopting different bulky organic manures and fertilizer levels on the soil fertility status and fodder yield of maize. The study was conducted during rabi season of 2019 and 2020 at the Depar...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i54511
Paddy is one of the most important staple foods in the world. The area under paddy cultivation is 43.79 million hectares and the production is 116.43 million tons in 2018-19. It is an important staple food consumed by 65 percent of the country's population. However, paddy cultiva...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i54512
Daniel M Menge, Ruth N Musila, Sammy Kagito, Lourine Bii, James Gichuki, Emily Gichuhi, Caroline A. Kundu, Rosemary Murori, Abdelbagi Ismail & Ajay Panchbhai·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2024
Sub-Saharan Africa faces significant challenges as a net importer of rice, with self-sufficiency rates plummeting to as low as 14% in countries like Kenya. The Mwea irrigation scheme shoulders the bulk of rice cultivation, contributing over 80% of the country’s production. Howeve...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i54508
Assessing genetic variability makes it easier to identify stronger genotypes, allowing to produce high-yielding crops that are climatically resilient and promote efficient crop improvement. The present study aimed to assesses the genetic variability, association study & path...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i54509
Nitrogen is the key element among the major nutrients in crop production. The mineralizable soil organic nitrogen is the main contributors of soil N supply. A better understanding of soil organic nitrogen dynamics in agro-ecosystems is needed to improve N management. The present...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i54502
Salinity affects rice growth and development. Mostly all growth stages from germination to maturity are affected by the salinity. Among all the stages, seedling and reproductive stages are the most sensitive stages to salinity, which results in considerable yield losses. Developm...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i54503
A population panel of 90 aromatic short grain rice accessions were evaluated for 26 agro-morphological and quality traits using principal component analysis (PCA) and cluster analysis for the determination of genetic variation pattern, and identification of the major traits contr...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i54504
Lalit Birla, S. B. Lal, K K Chaturvedi, Mohammad Samir Farooqi, Anu Sharma, Anshu Bharadwaj, Banoth Jagdish Naik & Lal Dhari Patel·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2024
Agriculture is the most important occupation for most Indian families in India. A relatively larger Indian population lives in rural areas. The majority of rural people depend on agriculture for their livelihood. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the government and informati...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i54505
Chicken manure plays an important role in soil amendment by improving soil properties for plant growth. However, the high levels of pathogens can have an adverse effect on humans when used for sports turf. This study was conducted to 1) determine the pathogenic bacteria in chicke...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i54501
The present investigation was conducted in the Agricultural and Horticultural Research Station, Kathalagere. The experiment comprised sixty-seven advanced breeding lines of paddy. The experiment was conducted in three replications with 4mx3m of plot size. The observations are rec...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i54498