Virupax C. Baligar, Marshall Elson, Zhenli L. He, Yuncong Li, Arlicelio de Q. Paiva, Dario Ahnert, Alex-Alan F. Almeida & Nand K. Fageria·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2017
Adaptability and optimum growth of cover crops in plantation crops is affected by the inherent nature of the cover crop species and the light intensity at canopy levels. Globally concentrations of atmospheric CO2 are increasing and this creates higher photosynthesis and nutrient...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32790
Aims: To assess the effect of water stress periods and rhizobial inoculation in five (5) P. vulgaris (L.) cultivars. Study Design: The experiment was designed in split-split plot and replicated 3 (three) times. Place and Duration of Study: The field experiment was carried out for...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32306
Humera is the well-known area in producing quality sesame seed. Both commercial and smallholder farmers involved but it can divide to individual farmer, Investors and farmer associations. About 30 percent of the country's total sesame seed production comes from Humera, Tigray. Se...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/31928
Indigenous vegetables form an integral part of the Kenyan diets, most commonly consumed being the African nightshade. These vegetables contain important phenolics and antioxidants that have medicinal and good health attributes. Their production has strongly been associated with e...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32424
As the world’s population increases, water resources for agriculture become more restrictive and efficient water use takes on greater importance. In 2012-2013 experiment, Irrigation treatments were (I1): Irrigation before sowing (60 Liter), (I2): Irrigation before sowing (30 Lite...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32778
Per capita land holding has been reducing day by day due to fragmentation of land and farmers concentrate mainly on cropping systems approach rather than farming system approach. Integrated farming system (IFS) is considered as one of the best option towards farming system appro...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/31994
Aims: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of root exudates from cowpea, groundnut, maize, sorghum and pearl millet genotypes on the germination and attachment of Alectra vogelii. It also aimed to identify functional groups in the powdered root samples that stimulate A...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/29694
The soils of the University of Agriculture Makurdi Teaching and Research Farm were surveyed, with the view to evaluating their morphological, physical and chemical properties for cowpea production. Makurdi is in a strategic position in the agricultural map of Nigeria, producing a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32009
The aim of this study was to present new information on the main plant species occurring in the Serra da Tiririca State Park capable of potentially acting as phytormediators. This was based on a floristic inventory as well as field research. The floristic inventory resulted in th...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32075
The objective of this research was to analyze the use of pigmented products in the management of heat stress on creeping bentgrass [Agrostis stolonifera L. var palustris (Huds.)] and low temperature stress on bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. × C. transvaalensis Burtt-Dav...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32337