Daily rainfall data of 10 years (2004-2013) of Bastar were used for weekly analysis to study the rainfall distribution and the probability of occurrence. The CV was less than 20 per cent from 10th to 22nd standard week, indicated that the rainfall is consistent during this period...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/42241
Aims: The characterisation of the spatial variability of plants attributes associated with productivity is important for the refinement of agricultural management practices and the evaluation of the effects of agriculture on environmental quality. The objective of this research w...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/41819
Emmanuel Damilano Dutra, Bárbara Ribeiro Alves Alencar, Janis Joplim Galdino, Jose Nildo Tabosa, Rômulo Simões Cezar Menezes, Renisson Neponuceno de Araújo Filho, Dário Costa Primo, Victor Casimiro Piscoya & Jadson Emanuel Lopes Antunes·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
This study we aimed to identify how the harvest period of the stems from 5 sweet sorghum cultivars influences the production of sugar and ethanol under rainfed conditions in the municipality of Itambé, state of Pernambuco. Subsequently we evaluated the ethanol production from jui...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/42742
Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of economic and quarantine significance are responsible for both quantitative and qualitative losses in horticulture. Most producers in Brazil use insecticides as a cover spray for the control of fruit flies. Here new insecticide molecules were...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/43066
Claudinei Martins Guimarães, Felipe Bernardes Silva, Warlles Domingos Xavier, Carlos Alexandre Gomes Costa, Raimundo Rodrigues Gomes Filho & Igor Leonardo Nascimento Santos·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
The technique of temporal stability is used by several researchers to adequately represent the water content in the soil with reduced sampling effort from the identification of points on the field that reflects the average behavior of soil moisture. Therefore, the aim of this wor...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/42726
Gérsia Gonçalves de Melo, Djayran Sobral Costa, Islan Diego Espíndula de Carvalho, Yrlânia de Lira Guerra, Demerson Arruda Sanglard & Péricles de Albuquerque Melo Filho·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
This work aims to identify promising safflower genotypes for cultivation in Pernambuco state forest middle zone. The methodology employed evaluated the performance of six genotypes of the specie, growing at an experimental area of Agronomy Department of Federal Rural University o...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/42610
Helio Gondim Filho, Petterson Costa Conceição Silva, Mairton Gomes da Silva, Monikuelly Mourato Pereira, Tales Miler Soares, André Dias de Azevedo Neto, Rafael Souza Vasconcelos & Hans Raj Gheyi·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
Aims: Salinity is one of the abiotic factors that most limit the yield of crops. However, the responses may vary according to the genotypic characteristics of each species. This study aimed to evaluate the growth, production and essential oil content of three basil genotypes subj...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/43023
Marília Mércia Lima Carvalho Carneiro, Márcio Espinosa de Farias, Camila Ferreira de Pinho, Sheila Bigolin Teixeira, Gabriele Espinel Ávila, Cristiane Deuner, Junior Borella & Sidnei Deuner·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
The sunflower has a fundamental role in the global economy, being one of the most important crops for oil production. The plants have a short growing season and it adapts well to different soil conditions and unfavorable weather. The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/42488
An experiment was conducted at C. P. College of Agriculture, Sardarkrushinagar on loamy sand soil using a randomised block design with three replications during 2013-14. Results revealed that sole castor, castor + lucerne and castor + fenugreek (1:2) found equally effective with...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/42766
Aims: This research was developed to quantify the dynamics of the stocks of organic carbon, phosphorus and nitrogen in sediments, as well as the retention or release of nutrients in the water column of a reservoir in the tropical semi-arid region. Place and Duration of Study: To...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/42944