The soil resource of a nation is finite and its natural quality cannot be exchanged. However, maintenance of the good quality soil resource at a high level to support agricultural production is a key to poverty eradication and environmental sustainability. The study assesses the...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/35687
Aims: Evaluate the effect in growth and defense activation of a peptide extract from hydrolyzed globulin of Amaranth in tomato and maize plants. Study Design: Using different concentration of peptides we evaluated the physiological effect of peptide extract from amaranth in two d...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/37089
A half diallel study was conducted using seven genotypes of soybean to identify superior parents suitable for developing high yielding new cultivars and hybrids in soybean. The mean squares due to GCA was significant for four characters out of five characters studied. The signifi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/34174
A field experiment was conducted on a sandy loam soil at college of Agriculture V. C. Farm Mandya, UAS Bengaluru in kharif 2016 to study the effect of irrigation levels on productivity of pulses in southern dry zone of Karnataka for achieving optimum irrigation schedule, higher y...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36452
The study was performed to evaluate the effect of bagging time on fruit yield and quality of red pitaya H14 cultivar from May to August 2017 at Nguyen Binh District, Cao Bang Province, Vietnam. The experiment design was in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replicates, i...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36621
Aims: To identify the nematodes profile (species) and determine their population density ravaging elite plantain cultivars in southern Nigeria. Study Design: The study was a survey of 318 plantain accessions planted in-situ and maintained in farmers’ fields within the study area....
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/25889
Plant roots serve a multitude of functions including anchorage, provision of nutrients and water, as well as production of exudates with growth regulatory properties. Some root exudate components may act as allelochemicals and mediate interactions between plants and other organis...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36918
An experiment was conducted to study the effects of NPK foliar application and three different Mediums including (Sand, Compost and Peat moss) on the growth of pre-sowing Melia azedarach L. seeds. NPK application (20-20-20) at 500 ppm concentration significantly increased of shoo...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/37033
Aims: There is an acute decrease in soil productivity in the soudano-sahelian areas of West Africa. This has called for research to develop mitigation measures in order to restore soil fertility. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of the manure of shea tree caterp...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36371
An experiment was conducted at the Agronomy Field Laboratory of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh to study the effect of water management practice and spacing on yield performance of BRRI dhan29. The experiment was laid out in a split-plot design with three replicati...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36358