D. G. da C. Macedo, G. Q. David, O. M. Yamashita, W. M. Peres, M. A. C. de Carvalho, M. E. de Sá, F. M. dos S. Lourenço, M. P. de B. Mateus, I. V. Karsburg, T. P. M. de Arruda & C. Rodrigues·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2020
Fungi are the main microorganisms present in seeds, constituting the main cause of deterioration and production losses. Among the health testing methodologies for detecting fungi in seeds, incubation tests under controlled conditions facilitate fungal growth and sporulation. Ther...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i430216
This study was conducted to assess the effect of fertilization and nitrogen fixing (N-fixing) bacterial inoculation on the available nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), and magnesium (Mg), present in the coal mine soil, by growing N-fixing plant species, al...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i430214
The low nutrient availability rainfall patterns regimes are the main constraints to agricultural production in Niger. This was a study of the decomposition and mineralization of nutrients of four types of composts (M1P, M2P, M1H and M2H) in a sandy soil. It was carried out at the...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i330213
The present study was conducted to know the effect of leaf nutrient status on fruit yield and quality of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) in YSR district of Andhra Pradesh, India. In this investigation fifty sweet orange orchards aged between 12 to 13 years were selecte...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i330212
Teff [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] is the main staple food of Ethiopia. It ranks the first among cereals in the country in area coverage and second in the production volume; however, its productivity is almost stagnant. The Quncho (Dz-Cr-387) teff variety was sown during the m...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i330211
Phosphorus deficiency is widespread in the soils in Nigeria which makes phosphorus fertilizer application at appropriate rates a component of the improved technologies needed for hot pepper (Capsicum annuum L) production. Atarodo (rodo) variety of hot pepper is cultivated in all...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i330210
Phosphorus is the second most important crop nutrient after Nitrogen. It is an essential macronutrient that plays important role in all crop biochemical processes such as photosynthesis, respiration, energy storage, transfer, cell division, cell enlargement and nitrogen fixation....
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i230208
Enhancing transpiration efficiency (TE), defined as biomass accumulation per unit water transpired, may be an effective approach to increasing sorghum yield in arid and semi-arid regions under drought conditions. Water use efficiency was compared among 12 sorghum cultivars collec...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i330207
Aims: To evaluate the effect of zeolite and mineral fertilizers on some soil properties, availability of soil nutrients and yield of Jew’s mallow (Corchorus olitorius) in clayey and sandy soils. Study Design: The experimental designed as split plot design with three replicates, t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v31i230206
Josué Luiz Marinho Junior, Marcileia Dias de Oliveira, João Lucas Aires Dias, Renisson Neponuceno de Araújo Filho, José de Oliveira Melo Neto, Saulo Boldrini Gonçalves, Moacyr Cunha Filho, Victor Casimiro Piscoya, Milton Marques Fernandes, Francisco Sandro Rodrigues Holanda, Alceu Pedrotti, Raimundo Rodrigues Gomes Filho & Priscila Bezerra de Souza·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2019
Eucalyptus planting represents 72.7% of the total area of planted trees in Brazil, and is constantly growing in the Cerrado biome. Thus, the present study aimed to evaluate the physical qualities of soil under Eucalyptus sp. and a fragment of cerrado sensu stricto. The study was...
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