A simulation study was carried out using APSIM model to assess the maize yield and soil nutrients to changes in temperatures and rainfall in Kabete and Kiserian areas of central Kenya. To obtain data for model calibration and validation, on-station (Kabete) and on-farm experiment...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/16201
Grain amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus L) has high potential to substitute expensive animal protein because of its high nutritional value and is potential to reduce protein malnutrition in Kenya. However, its production and consumption are low. Nitrogen fertilisation is amon...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/43110
Aims: Quality protein maize (QPM) is one of the major food crops in Ethiopia. However, agronomic management practices were not properly developed for QPM production in the highland areas of Ambo, central Ethiopia. Methodology: A field experiment was conducted at Ambo Crop Protect...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/43160
Purpose: To evaluate the vermicomposting potential of Eudrilus eugeniae and Eisenia fetida earthworms on decomposition of various organic wastes through worm growth and production of nutrient rich vermicompost. Methods: Two local Eudrilus eugeniae earthworms (Debrezeit and Keshma...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/42986
Intensive farming practised in the agro-ecological zones of Makonde plateau (C2) and Inland plain (E5) of south-eastern Tanzania without proper soil management has led to nutrient depletion. The objective of the study was to assess the fertility status of soils in Bambara groundn...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/41970
The effects of time of sowing cowpea into pineapple-pepper intercrop on growth and yields of cowpea and pepper in a pineapple-pepper intercropping system was investigated during the rainy and late seasons of 2011 and 2012 in Akure, a humid rainforest zone of Nigeria. The additive...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/36824
Increasing agricultural land area has proven beyond every reasonable doubt that it is not the solution to low yield in agricultural produce. Soil management strategies could improve the productivity and also enhance sustainability. Today’s soil management strategies depend solely...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/43220
Ultraviolet radiation considered one of the environmental stresses that widely disturb most of the physio-biochemical processes in the plant. However, previous studies referred that irradiation of plant tissues with a low dose of UV-B radiation stimulates adaptive mechanisms and...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/43479
A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of multinutrient (NPKZn) briquettes on the availability and movement of Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P), Potassium (K) and Zinc (Zn) in soils. The experiment was laid out in a Randomised Block Design with five treatments and four...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/43252
Fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis) is an important indigenous leaf and seed vegetable of West Africa. It is among the neglected and underutilized crops with high nutritional, medicinal and industrial potentials. Twenty five genotypes of fluted pumpkin collected from eleven s...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/16119