Soil physical properties have been subjected to a growing number of studies in recent decades. Although, these parameters can be measured directly, their measurement is difficult and expensive, especially in terms of time, sampling date, storage and cost of measurement. Overcomin...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/12316
Using different agricultural waste composts as organic amendments or substrates for seedlings has increased in recent years. From remote times, organic waste has been associated with disease and agriculture fertility. However, determining the load of phytopathogenic microorganism...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/18469
Introduction: Volcanism is an important natural origin of Arsenic (As) contamination. Aims: Oxidative stress parameters, antioxidant defense system, the expression of transcripts involved in defense responses and the As genotoxicity were analyzed. Study Design: The plants were se...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/18979
Aims: Seed dormancy has been an impeding factor in seedling recruitment. In this study we examined the performance of Faidherbia albida (Delile) A. Chev. seeds when exposed to the hot water + nicking pre-sowing treatment by evaluating the Cumulative Germination Percentage (CGP),...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/19266
A field experiment was carried out during the two successive autumn seasons of 2013 and 2014 under open field conditions in protected cultivation site, Agriculture Research Centre, Giza governorate, Egypt. The study was investigating the effects of different irrigation levels (50...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/17590
Low soil fertility is identified as a major factor militating against crop production in many tropical cropping systems where fertilizer used is low and agricultural residues are not returned to the soil for its rejuvenation. The present study was therefore conducted to determine...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/18878
A field experiment was conducted to investigate the impact of mulching on water productivity, soil properties and maize yield (Zea mays L.) in bed and flat sowing methods at Research Area of Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Whea...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/18352
The objective of the present investigation was to study the effect of salt affected soils in different locations in Egypt on performance, variability, correlations, heritability, and genetic advance from selection of 117 bread wheat doubled haploids and 4 checks. The experiments...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/18900
High yielding and stress tolerant crops are vital for food security needs of a growing population. New approaches are being devised to develop genetically modified (GM) plants suitable for changing climate, resistance to pests and herbicides and enhanced nutrition. Despite having...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/18828
Low solubility of phosphate rock (PR) limits its direct application to leafy vegetables. However the low solubility and slow P releasing characteristics contribute to higher residual effect than water soluble P fertilizers. A pot experiment was conducted over three crop cycles at...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/18484
This study was conducted to evaluate the planting density on growth and yield of tomato fruit to determine the optimum planting density. Plant height, number of leaves per plant, fruit set, number of fruit per plant, fruit weight and fruit yield were recorded. Results indicated t...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/18573
In order to assess the distribution of heavy metals in the urban environment; concentrations of Cd, Cu, Pb, Mn, Ni and Zn were measured on 21 topsoil samples collected from roadside soils of Chittagong city. The heavy metal concentrations were determined by flame atomic absorptio...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/18424
Aims: The use of growth retardants may be an alternative to improve yield and fruit quality of jalapeño pepper (Capsicum annum L.) growing in greenhouse; particularly when a high antioxidants fruit content is the main goal. Prohexadione calcium (P-Ca) is a bioregulator which redu...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/18488
Temporal changes in soil organic matter and other chemical properties influence the availability of nutrients to plants with or without the application of fertilizers. For proper soil management, these changes must be accounted for. Pot experiment was conducted to assess changes...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/18355
Raspberry (Rubus ideaus) is a perennial crop that reaches commercial production after 4 to 5 years since planting. To improve of Raspberry crop production, fertilizers and manures are applied to the soil. Many farms in the Andean-Patagonian region produce organic crops, and apply...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/18425