A field experiment was conducted for two consecutive years (2011-2012 and 2012-2013) on fine texture soils of Agricultural college farm, Bapatla. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design in kharif season with four treatments. The treatments consisted of M1 (RDF (R...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v30i230170
The study included 30 autochthonous pears with analysis of the following parameters: blooming time, fruit ripening time, fruit weight, fruit height, fruit width, fruit index, fruit juice length, pH value of juice, total acidity mmol / 100 g, total acidity (%), pectin substances %...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v30i130167
Declining rainfall distribution and variability lead to low soil moisture amounts and high evapotranspiration rates reducing water use efficiency that negatively affects crop productivity. Various soil fertility management techniques have been put in place to improve soil fertili...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v30i130168
Aims: To evaluate the effects of phosphate rock and organic inputs on soil organic carbon and acid phosphatase activity. Study Design: The experiment was laid in Randomized Complete Block Design with seven treatments replicated thrice. Place and Duration of Study: The study was c...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v30i230169
Low adoption of soil water conservation technologies has been one of the main causes for decreased agricultural productivity in the Upper Tana Catchment of Kenya. Proper identification of locations to scale-out the individual technologies necessary to improve water conservation i...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v30i130166
Aims: To identify the most appropriate drought indices for the identification and monitoring of historical meteorological and agricultural drought incidences and to explore the spatial characteristics of these droughts. Study design: GIS-based empirical research design. Place and...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v30i130164
Kassya Silveira Barbosa, Luiz Felipe Soares Aguiar, Susana Cristine Siebeneichler, Aurélio Vaz de Melo, Adriano Silveira Barbosa, Álida Filomena Andrade, Laina Pires Rosa & Magno De Oliveira·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2019
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the response of germination and vigor in maize seeds in laboratory conditions, exposure to high temperatures, in order to highlight the most adaptable genotypes at these temperatures. Were supplied three cultivars of the PIONEIRA LTDA. (P...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v30i130165
The present study deals with the difference of chemical properties between sewage and tube well water irrigated soils. Samples were collected from sewage and tube well water irrigated soil of various site like Kaithal, Narwana and Jind district of Haryana state where these waters...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i630163
Low soil fertility is the most significant agricultural production constraint also mentioned by resource-poor Farmers participating in the Annual Review and Planning Sessions organized under the auspices of the Research, Extension and Farmer Linkage Committees across Ghana. It is...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i630162
Production and productivity of green gram is governed by environmental, genotypic trait of the crop and crop management. The more specific reason for low production and productivity of pulses is the cultivation of local old varieties under marginally fertile lands and low input m...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i630161