The production of pepper is low due to decrease in fertility of soil and inadequate storage structures. The study was aimed at evaluating the growth, yield and storage qualities of selected pepper varieties as influenced by poultry manure and storage structures in Ibadan, Nigeria...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i1330360
Application of manure for soil amendment plays important roles in reclaiming and improving soil properties of degraded soils. This study assessed the effects of composted and non-composted manures on a degraded soil under continuous maize production. The treatments applied consis...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i1330358
Aims: To assess the field establishment of two tea cultivars under Cocoa Pod Husk (CPH) and Poultry Manure (PM). Study Design: Randomized complete block design arranged in Split-plots (cultivars as main plots and organic amendments as sub-plots) with four replications. Place and...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i1330356
Remote Sensing is an excellent tool in monitoring, mapping and interpreting areas, associated with hydrocarbon micro-seepage. An important technique in remote sensing known as the Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI), adopted in many studies is often used to minimize the effect...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i1330355
Aims: To examine the changes in pH and Eh values of terrace soils during anaerobic incubation when amended with different organic materials, and to study N, P and S release from different manure and bio-slurry in terrace soil under anaerobic condition. Study Design: The experimen...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i1330354
Study was aimed to determine the effect of mono-ammonium phosphate (MAP, NH4H2PO4) and K-Humate application on grain yield and grain phosphorus uptake efficiency which applied on Central Anatolian calcareous and basic reaction soil. The research was conducted at Bahri Dağdaş Agri...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i1230353
Soil analysis is integral part of present agricultural farming, where soil samples are particularly determines with 2 mm sieved soil. It is highly related that finer particles pass through 80 mesh (0.2 mm) size had better interaction with concentrated chemical solution or extract...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i1230352
Aims: This study was done to evaluate the effects of T. harzianum AAUT14 and B.subtilis AAUB95 on chocolate spot (B. fabae) and growth promotion of faba bean. Study Design: A completely randomized block design was utilized. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted at...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i1230351
The present study was conducted in research plots of Central Horticultural Research station (CHES) during Rabi season 2018-2019 on Integrated Nitrogen management in chilli under lateritic soils of Odisha. The field experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design comprising of...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i1230349
Hugo Rebonato Pelegrine, Jeniffer Ribeiro de Oliveira, Mayara Nascimento Santos, Jalille Amim Altoé, Mariana Alexandre Alves Amourim, Vinicius de Souza Oliveira & Bruna Alves Salomão·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2020
Plant phenology is determined by phases that mark the appearance or disappearance of vegetative and reproductive organs, such as the appearance of plants, the appearance of buds, flowers and fruits. Thus, the present study aimed to evaluate the phenological behavior of Physalis p...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i1230350
A field experiment was conducted on Pot culture house of Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry at Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur during the rabi season 2016-17, In the present experiment 8 treatments T1 (Control), T2 (100% R...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i1230348
Md. Abdul Kader, Kader, Md. Abdul, Tamal Lata Aditya, Ratna Rani Majumder, Tapas Kumer Hore, Hore, Tapas Kumer, Md. Ehsanul Haq & Haq, Md. Ehsanul·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2020
Drought is the second most treacherous climate-related risk for rice production in rainfed lowland areas. To counter this climate vulnerability, a new rice variety with enhanced drought tolerance was developed. The promising line IR82589-B-B-84-3 was subjected to advanced yield t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i1230347
Soil physical properties influence soil water infiltration rate, plant rooting depth, amount of available water, air and nutrients which are of utmost importance in agricultural production and, hence there is need to describe in-situ spatial organization and physical properties o...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i1130346
Grain (soya beans, sorghum and maize) samples from Shani and Kwayakusar Local Government Areas, Borno State, Nigeria were collected in agricultural locations for the determination of heavy metals. The levels of heavy metals were determined using Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AA...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i1130344
Heat stress around flowering has negative effect on greengram (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) grain yield. The pot culture experiments were conducted to study the response of antioxidant system, photosystem II and micronutrient concentration to above-optimum temperature at flowering...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i1130345