Phytoremediation procedure can be defined as the use of selected plants in order to eliminate some heavy metals from the soil, or wastewater in a cost-effective method. This study aimed to investigate the concentrations of heavy metals such as Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn and Cr in soils and v...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i430113
The effect of varied calcium sources, applied at different times and rates, on the yield and calcium concentration of mango fruit were investigated. “Van Dyke” mango cultivar tree of 10 years old was sprayed with calcium chloride, calcium nitrate, easy gro and water (control). T...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i430112
Aims: A field study was carried out to evaluate the content and distribution of available sulfur in soils underlain by the Chad Formation under the South Chad Irrigation Project area, Borno State. Study Design: Purposive sampling technique was employed based on homogeneity in gen...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i330111
Declining productivity of rice-wheat system in Indo–Gangetic Plains poses risk to conventional practices because of high production cost and low input use efficiency. Four crop establishment methods (CEM) and four weed management practices (WMP) were compared in a 2–year study to...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i330109
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of different irrigation depth on initial development of Coffea canephora seedlings. The study was carried out at the farm Perobas, in the municipality of Rio Bananal, Espírito Santo, Brazil. The experimental design was comple...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i330108
Vinicius de Souza Oliveira, Jean Karlos Barros Galote, Ivani Vieira Damaceno, Natália de Souza Furtado, Karina Tiemi Hassuda dos Santos, Jéssica Sayuri Hassuda Santos, Gleyce Pereira Santos, Hérica Chisté, Omar Schmildt, Marcio Paulo Czepak, Sara Dousseau Arantes, Edney Leandro da Vitória & Edilson Romais Schmildt·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2019
The objective of this study was to determine the best equation for estimating the leaf area of Acacia mangium Willd. from the linear dimensions of the leaflets of non-destructive form. For this, 476 leaflets of plants belonging to Lajeado farm were collected in the municipality...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i330107
Faba bean production is a common practice in Lemu Bilbilo areas. However, faba bean productivity is affected and limited by poor soil fertility and lack of alternative technologies such as application of optimum phosphorus fertilizer for different faba bean varieties. In view of...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i330106
The mycoparasitic potentials of Trichoderma harzianum, and growth inhibitory effects of Vernonia amygdalina (bitterleaf) and Zingiber officinale (ginger) on rot fungi in Ipomoea batata were examined. Rotting tubers were collected from Agbowo, Ojoo and Bodija markets in Ibadan. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i230105
Aims: Availability of nutrients-rich topsoil for nursing cocoa seedlings is becoming limited and poor growth of cocoa seedlings in the nurseries has been ascribed to the use of unsuitable potting media. Experiments were conducted to investigate the suitability of compost in impro...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i230103
Vinicius de Souza Oliveira, Lucas Caetano Gonçalves, Amanda Costa, Karina Tiemi Hassuda dos Santos, Jéssica Sayuri Hassuda Santos, Gleyce Pereira Santos, Hérica Chisté, Omar Schmildt, Marcio Paulo Czepak, Edney Leandro da Vitória & Edilson Romais Schmildt·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2019
The objective of this work was to obtain regression equations and to indicate the most appropriate from different mathematical models for the estimation of the leaf area of Allspice (Pimenta dioica) by non - destructive method. 500 leaves of plants located in the municipality...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i230104