Since bio-control agents target specific pests without affecting the usefulness insects or/and damaging the soil and water resources, it plays a role in conservation of ecological balance in the environment. A variety of insect and non-insect pests, as well as hosts of parasites...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i94416
Landslides are rapid movements of rock and soil on the Earth's surface, currently ranked among the most catastrophic environmental disasters worldwide. Bududa district, located on the steep slopes of Mount Elgon in eastern Uganda, has experienced a rising incidence of severe land...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i94406
Climate change, driven predominantly by human activities such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation, is causing significant alterations to global weather patterns. This phenomenon results in more frequent and severe weather events, including prolonged droughts, intense rainfa...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i94407
Aim: To assess the effect of varieties, planting densities and phosphorus levels on yield and physico-chemical properties of post -harvest soil in rice fallow redgram. Study Design: The experiment was laid out in strip-split plot design with three varieties as vertical factor viz...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i94408
Biodiversity is an essential support system consisting of humans, organisms, animals, etc., interacting with each other to maintain a balanced life on Earth. It is important for all the living organisms on the Earth to sustain a natural world. It consists of diverse forms of anim...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i94409
The experiment was conducted at farmer’s field, Deoria, Uttar Pradesh during 2021-22 and 2022-23.The experiment consisted of 11 treatments which were replicated thrice in Randomized complete blocks design (RCBD). The result showed significant effect on plant height (66.40 cm), g...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i94405
A field experiment was carried out to study the economics of cocoon production as influenced by hydrogels under sensor-based irrigation. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with nine treatment combinations and three replications by using two dif...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i94401
Maize, the third most important cereal crop in the world following wheat and rice, is particularly affected by climate change. Maize is particularly sensitive to heat stress during the anthesis (flowering) and grain filling phase, which may result in decreased yields. Intergovern...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i94402
Aims: This study explores the efficacy of sand filtration in treating greywater (GW) collected from a hostel. Methodology: An experimental setup was designed using five connected polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes filled with sand sourced from the Cauvery River. The GW was filtered t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i94403
Heavy metals are added to the soil as a result of industrialization. Removing this heavy metal from the soil is a difficult procedure, and phytoremediation is an essential and effective method for remediation. Heavy metals present in the study area included are Cd and Cr. Two pla...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i94404