Aims: The objective of this study was to characterize cowpea genotypes based on grain yields and nitrogen fixing potentials. Study Design: The experimental design was a two-factor factorial experiment in a randomized complete block with two replications. Place and Duration of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/35813
The substitution of costly inorganic fertilizers with readily available organic inputs will be of great relief to subsistent farmers. The study evaluated the response of maize (Zea mays L.) Hybrid (F1) to varied fertilizer materials notably Tithonia diversifolia fresh residues, p...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/35573
Orientation of Caryedon serratus (Oliver) towards various colour lights and scents was evaluated at Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh in which it was found that the chronological order of orientation of C. serratus adults...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/35406
The study on the effect of rates of poultry dropping on the growth and yield of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm of the Federal College of Education (Technical) Omoku, Rivers State, Nigeria. The school is located at latitude 5°2’N and...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/34553
Studies on repellence effect of few botanicals on Caryedon serratus (Olivier) in stored groundnut were carried out at Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh during the year 2013-2014. The results revealed that out of seven tre...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32512
Quantitative information on the contribution of residuals of soil nutrient management on natural nutrient recovery capacity of soil through fallowing is scanty. To evaluate the contributions, soil samples were collected from soils amended with 50 tha-1 boiler ash (BA),10 tha-1 p...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/35763
Studying the dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC) is important for understanding the carbon stabilization into different pools. Thus, a 25-year old experiment was used to assess the impact of double rice cropping system with addition of organics and grades of fertilization on la...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/35554
Water logging induced salinity is a common problem in many command areas of irrigation projects. Controlled drainage is the next level of logical step towards improving water management in irrigated agriculture and reducing the environmental impact on subsurface drainage flow. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/35758
Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the nematicidal efficacy of aqueous extract of seeds of Azadirachta indica on Meloidogyne incognita, the most common and harmful gall causing nematodes in this region, with the broader objective of controlling various kind of root knot n...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/34574
Promoting the use of low phosphorus (P) and acidity tolerant bean genotypes in highly acidic and low P soils is a long term cost-effective strategy to increase bean production in sub-Saharan countries. Moreover, the performance of beans under the widespread soil related stresses...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/33390