Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni), an herbaceous perennial plant belong to Asteraceae family, is one of the important source of natural sweetening agents with non-calorie that can be used as an alternative to artificial sweeteners. Plant originating in Paraguay and the south-west of Br...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36999
Although there is a great amount of information about the production of bedding plants, little is documented on their post-production performance. In order to determine how the crop management affects the post-production performance, two growing media with significant differences...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36877
Salt stress is one of the major abiotic stress factors that limit crop productivity, especially affecting the growth of plants in arid and semi-arid regions. These adverse effects of salt stress, which affects growth and development due to osmotic and ion stress in plants depend...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/37062
Aims: To determine the antifungal activity of Moringa oleifera leaf, seed, and bark extracts in suppressing Rhizoctonia solani disease in field grown cabbage (Brassica oleracea). Study Design: The experimental design was a 3 x 3 factorial laid out in a split plot in two blocks wi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/29837
Yellow vein mosaic is a devastating disease of okra, caused by monopartite and bipartite begomovirus and associate satellites. Yield loss due to this virus is quite high, up to 80-94 percent is reported under heavy infection. To control this disease very limited success has been...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/35387
Aims: Recent reports have shown that hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is an important signaling molecule and that interacts with abscisic acid (ABA) signalling for some of its physiological effects. Study Design: This work was conducted to study H2O2 regulation of seed germination, grow...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36224
Information about the phosphorus (P) forms in soils of Terai agro-ecological region of Cooch Behar (where P fertilizers have been applied for a long time), and their influence on the availability of P in soils is meagre. A study was undertaken to evaluate the status of different...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36408
Greenhouse is an important structure to minimize biotic and abiotic stress on crops, which could be grown round the year, during off-season and also under extreme conditions and high rainfall areas. It provides a controlled environment inherently free from pests and disease probl...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36437
Phylogenetics, a useful tool for evolutionary ecology used to interpret species properties and recently, biological interactions based on historical rigorous hypotheses. Some of the most important ecological and evolutionary components in the plant-herbivore interface are the pla...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/35891
Utilization of rice straw through composting are used primarily to increase nutrient availability to plants as well as increased soil microbial biomass and functional diversity. A study was conducted at Bacteriology Lab., Sakha Agricultural Research Station, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36518