The aim of this work was to conduct laboratory and pot experiments to study the ability of plant roots on solubilizing various sources of rock phosphate and factors that may facilitate or inhibit their activity. The effect of adding organic matter or sulphur in solubilizing rock...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/28526
Different rates of corn cob biochar were applied to a strongly weathered acid soil as an amendment. The impact of the amendment on levels and forms of phosphorus (P) was determined. The biochar was applied to the soil at a rate of 0, 26, 52, 78 and 150 t ha-1. The amended soil wa...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/30888
Soil fertility is one of the factors limiting the production of common bean in Ethiopia. Thus, field experiment was conducted to assess the effect of Rhizobium and NP fertilizers combination on nodulation, growth, yield components and yield of common bean cultivars and economical...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/30864
Radionuclide contamination through the food chain is a major pathway for radiotoxicity to man. The radionuclides of natural origin are absorbed from the soil just like every other nutrient the plants needs for their survival. A study on the effects of some soil physicochemical pa...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/30913
Tropical soils are generally fragile and hence highly degraded due to such factors as low organic matter content, dominance of low activity clay, high susceptibility to erosion etc. Coupled with this, there is population pressure on the limited land and this has become a great ch...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/22136
Aims: The study was conducted to assess the effects of Rhizobia inoculation, supplemented with phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) under intercropping system on soybean chlorophyll content. Study Design: The design of the experiment was split-split plot with three factors factorial...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/30710
NPK and compost of Centrosema pubescens were studied at the University of Port Harcourt Botanic garden for their effect on the growth components of Manihot esculenta, Crantz (NR 8082) in a crude oil polluted soil. The soil samples were polluted at four different levels (0%, 2%, 4...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/27058
The need to find alternative to inorganic fertilizer which is costly and not easily affordable to local farmers necessitates research in rare areas. Thus, this experiment was carried out at the Plant and Screen house to study effect of urine sources on some soil health indicators...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/29016
Aim: The overall objective of this study was to establish the rates and how much of the transformed or fixed Phosphorus can be available to plants over time, having determined the extent of Phosphorus fixation by both Rustenburg and Loskop soils. Methodology: Therefore, the impac...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/27884
Soil compaction due to land management systems has profound implications on soil Physical properties with consequent effects on soil productivity. The paper at hand assesses soil compaction under three different land use systems (cultivated land, grassland and adjacent forest lan...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/25495