Land is a major factor to fulfill human needs by serving as the backbone of agricultural, industry, mining, public housing, and other human activities. Land use change is necessary and essential for economic development. Degraded land in Indonesia was 24.3 million ha in 2013, cau...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/39460
Field experiments were conducted to study the effects of Phosphates on growth components of Lucerne during the long and short rain seasons of 2016-2017 at Kenyatta University farm in Kiambu County in Kenya. The experiments were laid out in split-plot arrangement in a Randomized C...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/39789
In conventional furrow irrigated agriculture, excess water often causes leaching of nitrate-nitrogen. This experiment was aimed at quantifying nitrate leaching under farmers’ fertilizer and irrigation water use practices. It involved factorial combination of four rates of nitroge...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/39076
This paper presents the study of the influence of 3 types of organic fertiliser of industrial origin (Chap liquid, Biofert and Guano) on the most important quality parameters of immortelle seedlings. The study was performed under protected conditions through 3 repetitions, with 1...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/39592
Variety- and location-specific plant density recommendation is one of the agronomic practices used to increase the production and productivity of chickpea. However, there is a blanket recommendation across locations and varieties of chickpea in Ethiopia. Hence, field experiment w...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/19120
The effect of carboxylic acid on the growth and yield of two varieties of pepper grown in Mubi, Adamawa State was investigated in this study was investigated after treatment with carboxylic acid. Two different cultivars of pepper Capsicum annum (sweet and hot) were obtained from...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/35135
Experiment was conducted to study the effect of different doses of plant nutrients on growth, yield and economics of Maize (Zea mays L.), at Regional Research Station, Karnal during Kharif 2015 consisting of 12 treatments combination viz., T1 - Control (no fertilizer), T2 - N (15...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/39441
This research aimed to evaluate the impact of treated wastewater (TWW) irrigation on soil properties and production of cucumber. The field experiment was set up in the North zone of the Gaza Strip in the season period from April to July 2015. The Cucumber was planted in a design...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/39386
This study investigated the effect of wind direction on spatial distribution of soil chemical and biochemical properties surrounding the indigenous shrub Guiera senegalensis in cropped fields of the semi-arid Sahel. Changes in some soil properties were measured at the center, ben...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/39484
A storage experiment was conducted at the seed testing laboratory of the National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB), Ibadan, Nigeria to examine the effect of packaging materials and storage periods on seed germination of cowpea. Seeds of two improved variet...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/39516