Maximization of agricultural crop production could require continuous cultivation likewise soil protection. Thus, an experiment was carried out in local farmers’ farm lands in Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Nigeria to investigate the effect of different cultivation practices...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/27306
Field experiment was conducted to study the influence of plant spacings on the seed cotton yield and yield components in cotton during winter 2016–2017 at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. The experiment was laid out in a split-plot design and rep...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/38591
This is the first comparative study of the rhizosphere and rhizoplane mycoflora of Phoenix dactylifera (date palm) from three different regions of Saudi Arabia. Samples of roots and rhizosphere soil from the date palm were collected from Jeddah, Jizan and Riyadh. A total number...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/38315
Nitrogen fixation by legume-rhizobium symbiosis is important to agricultural productivity and is therefore of great economic interest. The effect of mono and co-inoculation with Rhizobium and PGPR was investigated in two consecutive years during 2010-11 and 2011-12 in Vertisols o...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36997
Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is an important crop grown mainly for its pods which are used either fresh, canned or dried and ground as powder. It is a good source of vitamins A, B, C and also rich in protein, minerals and iodine. However, conservation of okra seed for long term...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/38518
The collar rot caused by Sclerotium rolfsii is most destructive soil borne disease of tomato. The soil edaphic components i.e., available soil Nitrogen (N), Phosphorous (P), Potassium (K), soil organic carbon, soil pH, soil moisture, soil texture and resting structures of plant p...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/37614
The main objective of present investigation was to evaluate the impact of different concentrations of hexavalent chromium on germination and seedling growth responses of Amaranthus (Amaranthus tricolor L.) and Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.). Every treatment was replicated thrice in...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/38228
This research investigated variability among soil properties in soils overlying shale, sandstones and limestone parent materials. The result showed variability in percent sand, silt and clay content in both surface and subsurface soil. The texture ranged from clay, loam, sandy cl...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/38317
In order to study the morphophysiological characteristics of lambsquarters in competition with corn, an experiment was conducted in Varamin, Iran in 2012. The experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design with 3 replications and factorial arrangement. The experim...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/38380
In order to investigate the effects of drought stress on the effect of herbicides of Clodinafop-Propargyl (Topic) and Mesosulfuron-methyl (Chevalier) in greenhouse conditions, a split factorial experiment was conducted in 4 replications in a completely randomized design. The main...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/38451