As the world’s population increases, water resources for agriculture become more restrictive and efficient water use takes on greater importance. In 2012-2013 experiment, Irrigation treatments were (I1): Irrigation before sowing (60 Liter), (I2): Irrigation before sowing (30 Lite...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32778
Per capita land holding has been reducing day by day due to fragmentation of land and farmers concentrate mainly on cropping systems approach rather than farming system approach. Integrated farming system (IFS) is considered as one of the best option towards farming system appro...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/31994
Aims: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of root exudates from cowpea, groundnut, maize, sorghum and pearl millet genotypes on the germination and attachment of Alectra vogelii. It also aimed to identify functional groups in the powdered root samples that stimulate A...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/29694
The soils of the University of Agriculture Makurdi Teaching and Research Farm were surveyed, with the view to evaluating their morphological, physical and chemical properties for cowpea production. Makurdi is in a strategic position in the agricultural map of Nigeria, producing a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32009
The aim of this study was to present new information on the main plant species occurring in the Serra da Tiririca State Park capable of potentially acting as phytormediators. This was based on a floristic inventory as well as field research. The floristic inventory resulted in th...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32075
The objective of this research was to analyze the use of pigmented products in the management of heat stress on creeping bentgrass [Agrostis stolonifera L. var palustris (Huds.)] and low temperature stress on bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. × C. transvaalensis Burtt-Dav...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32337
Aim: To evaluate soil water storage under 30 maize varieties differing in maturity for rain-fed conditions in Zambia. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted at the University of Zambia Agricultural Demonstration Center during the 2014-2015 rainy season in a randomized co...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32139
In order to evaluate physiological indices of forage sorghum in different plant densities and nitrogen levels, an experiment was conducted at Research Farm, Faculty of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran. The main plots were plant densi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32460
Two field experiments were undertaken to evaluate the effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on vegetative growth, yield components and yield of watermelon. The treatments were five levels of nitrogen (0, 50, 100, 150 and 200 kg/ha) and four levels of phosphorus (0, 25, 50 and 75 kg/...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32462
Multivariate analysis was used to group and study the pattern of genetic variability and relationship among ten papaya genotypes in Benin City, Nigeria. The experiment was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Benin, Benin City,...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/30111