Production and productivity of green gram is governed by environmental, genotypic trait of the crop and crop management. The more specific reason for low production and productivity of pulses is the cultivation of local old varieties under marginally fertile lands and low input m...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i630161
The study was aimed at assessing the fertility status of soils with special emphasis on cation “concepts” and related physico-chemical variables as decision-support tools in making fertilizer recommendations. Thirty six soil samples collected from three representative locations,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i630160
Surface sterilization is most important step in plant tissue culture protocol. In the present investigation, an attempt was made to eliminate microbial and fungal contaminants from the surface and interior of plant material, thus obtaining axenic culture with highest survival rat...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i630157
Aims: The objectives of this study were to evaluate maize genotypes of different maturity groups for seedling and grain filling water use efficiency and determine relationship that exist between the water use efficiency traits and yield of different maize maturity groups. Study D...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i530154
Introduction: The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas Lam.), is one of the root and tuber crops grown from low land to high land region of Ethiopia. However, its productivity depends on adaptability and tolerance to different environmental stresses and the capacity of the crop to enhan...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i530155
Aims: This study was carried out to evaluate the influence of organic and inorganic soil amendments on soil moisture content and micronutrients in semi and arid areas. Methodology: The study was laid out as randomized complete block design (RCBD) in split plot arrangement for t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i530156
Aims: The objective of the study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of using different fertilizer combinations to improve Napier grass production within the smallholder farms. Study Design: The experimental design was a Randomised Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three repli...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i530153
The delta region of the river Ganges spreads over India (West Bengal) and Bangladesh is popularly known as Sundarbans. Crop productivity of the region is very poor. Agricultural lands of the region are mostly saline and low-lying with drainage congestion due to presence of bracki...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i530152
The application of dry cocoa bean shell ash (DCBSA) and NPK 15:15:15 for the improvement of soil fertility and yield of maize (Zea mays L.) was studied on an Alfisol South Western Nigeria, located at Joseph Ayo Babalola University Ikeji-Arakeji, Ilesa Osun State, Nigeria Teaching...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i430151
Field experiment was carried out in Moddhochar Jabbar of Noakhali, Bangladesh during Boro season (December-April) 2018 to investigate the ameliorative effect of application of gypsum and transplanting method on the yield of BRRI dhan28 (V1) and BINAdhan-10 (V2)under salinity stre...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i430150
A field experiments were conducted at Horticulture Research Station, El-Kanater El-Khiria, Horticulture Research Institute, Agriculture Research Centre, Egypt during 2016 and 2017 seasons to investigate the effect of different irrigation water levels i.e.,100, 75 and 50% of the c...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i430149
In any plantation establishment programme there should be adequate number of healthy seedlings and this depends on the nutrition and care given to them at the nursery stage. Pot experiment was conducted to assess the response of Moringa oleifera (Lam) seedlings to different soil...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i430148
Background: Lowering the nitrogen demand is the most cost effective and sustainable option to increase grain yield of maize in poor fertility soil. Aim: This study was conducted to estimate the variability and inter-traits’ association of white and yellow hybrid maize in soil nit...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i430147
Potatoes are one of the most common and important vegetable crops in the world and carrying different health benefits that make them all the more essential as a staple dietary item for much of the world’s population. The high nutrient content, ability to adapt to marginal environ...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i330146
Conservation agriculture is claimed to be one of the solutions for the problems of poor agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan countries. The impact of conservation agriculture depends on environmental factors such as slope, vegetation, soil type, rain fall pattern and intended...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i330143