Aims: A short term field study was conducted to investigate the yield performance of selected African rice genotypes inoculated with biofertilizers. Study Design: A randomized complete block design laid out in a split-plot arrangement was used to evaluate response of yield comp...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v27i430080
Onion and garlic are the major bulbous vegetable crops grown throughout the world. They are commercially used in the form of spice, vegetable or medicine. India ranks second in world production of both onion and garlic. These are mostly grown in states of Maharastra, Uttar Prades...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v27i430081
This study investigated carbon stock in above-ground biomass across different physiognomies in Obafemi Awolowo University tropical rainforest ecosystem. This was with a view of increasing the understanding of carbon cycle in tropical rainforest in Nigeria. Two 20 m x 20 m plots w...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v27i330075
The research experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of various nitrogen sources combination on biochemical indices in Swietenia macrophylla and Swietenia mahogany at Forest College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Mettupalayam. The study con...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v27i330077
Striga possesses an ominous obstacle to the African continent that is struggling with food security as it affects the livelihood of more than 300 million people. The control of Striga has proved exceptionally difficult. Two fallows, namely natural fallow (NF) and A. histrix fallo...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v27i330076
Aim: A study was conducted to evaluate supplementary effects of oil palm bunch ash (OPBA) and poultry manure (PM) on the growth and yield performance of mungbeans. Study Design: The study used a 3 x 3 factorial experiment laid out in randomized complete block design with three r...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v27i330078
This study evaluated the response of okra to NPK fertilizer with humic acid and lime at the University of Calabar, Teaching and Research Farm between October 2015 and January 2016 cropping season. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with four...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v27i330079
Aim/Objectives: In order to assess the fallow contribution on the carbon cycle and soil organic matter restoration, a study of the carbon dynamics was undertaken in fallow systems of 1, 2, 5 and 20 years old in the Ngaoundere savannahs of Cameroon. Methodology: Carbon stock was e...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v27i230074
The experiment was conducted at Central Cotton Research Farm, Sreepur, Gazipur during cotton growing season of 2009-2011. Cotton variety cv. CB-10 was used under experiment. Eight levels of boron (0.0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.0, 1.25, 1.50 and 1.75, g L-1 water) were sprayed at repro...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v27i230073
Maize is one of the most commonly cultivated arable crops in the rain forest zone of South Eastern Nigeria. Globally soil fertility and weed pressure are the most important constraints limiting increase productivity of Maize especially in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). Unavailability...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v27i230071