Microbial transformation of soil unavailable zinc (Zn) into available form is an important agronomical approach not only to alleviate the Zn deficiency of stable food crops but also to improve the nutritional quality of human diet. Zinc solubilizing bacteria (ZSB) as an inoculant...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/25790
Trial on plant density which started in 1990 has revealed that in clonal tea, yield significantly increased with decrease in plant population density (ppd), with the highest ppd showing significantly lower yield than all the other ppd. However, this effect was opposite when the t...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/24680
The years of intensive tillage in many countries, including Cambodia have caused significant decline in agriculture’s natural resources that could threaten the future of agricultural production and sustainability worldwide. Long-term tillage system and site-specific crop manageme...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/25339
The effect of eco-physiological differences in two sites on growth and development of Leucaena was assessed. A 2-factor (provenance-site) experiment in a completely randomized design with three (3) replications was set up. Pot and field experiments were used to assess growth and...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/24307
Over the past few decades, research in agricultural microbiology has highlighted the efficacy of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) in inducing seedling emergence, promoting the increase in plant height, weight and overall crop yield. A number of microbial isolates have...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/24573
Two field experiments were carried out during two successive seasons of 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 in a sandy soil at a private Sector Farm in El-Khatatba region, Minofia Governorate, Egypt to study the effect of some fertilization treatments (organic and biofertilizers) in presence...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/25514
Plant growth regulators play important roles in plant growth and development, but little is known about the roles of plant growth regulators in yield components and seed qualities of soybean. In this study, salicylic acid, gibberellic acid (GA3), kinetin and distilled water (cont...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/25981
Lead (Pb) is ubiquitous pollutant in environment which causes many toxic effects, at high and low dose, Lead makes disruptions at all plants by reduction its growth and development of aerial parts and roots, however in Coriandrum the mechanism it not well known. In this study, as...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/18589
Anatomical, proximate, vitamin and mineral studies were carried out on the leaf, petiole, stem and root of Piper guineense using standard techniques. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was employed for data analysis. Anatomical result revealed similar features in their epidermis and co...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/25385
Evapotranspiration is a critical component in the hydrological cycle, water resources management and climate studies especially in arid and semi-arid regions. This paper aimed at producing a simplified and applicable procedure for estimating spatial distributed daily actual evapo...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/24674