A field experiment was carried out at Salhia District, Sharkia Governorate, Egypt, to study the growth and productivity of wheat cultivars (Gemmeiza 9, Sakha 93, Giza 168 and Sakha 94) to three bioregulators i.e. stearic acid (StA), glutathione (Gl) and salicylic acid (SA) at 50...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8171
Current climatic data were collected to estimate ETo from 1998 to 2007 in the major Egyptian agro-climatic regions, i.e. Delta region, Middle Egypt and Upper Egypt, to generate future mean air temperature under climate change conditions using Magicc\Scengen model. FAO-56 Penman-M...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8172
The experiments were conducted throughout two successive winter seasons 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 at Belquas, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt. The aim of this work was to investigate the effect of foliar application with different micronutrients with excluding one element each treatmen...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8193
Allelopathic compounds are secreted into the environment by living plants or released from dead plant tissues. The basic release routes of allelopathic substances by donor plants are secretion from the roots, washing out of compounds by water, emission of volatile substances and...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8267
The interaction between cropping system and mineral nutrients (nitrogen) is an important factor affecting yield and its attributes of legumes. A two year-study was carried out at Ismailia Agricultural Experiments and Research Station, ARC, Ismailia governorate, Egypt, during 2010...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8437
Nowadays the limited water resources in Egypt lead to use the drainage water effluent in agriculture, particularly in reclaimed desert land which inherently deficient in organic matter, nutrient and trace elements. Therefore the aim of this study is maximizing benefits from drain...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8442
Aims: Orange trees infested with different scale insects, among them the California red scale (Aonidiella aurantii [Mask.]), is the most serious pest of orange. This study was conducted to demonstrate the number of generations of this pest on each variety and the effect of parasi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8565
Stem rust (Puccina graminis f. sp. tritici) samples were collected from different areas of Egypt during two season 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 growing seasons. The single pustule method of isolation was followed, and the type of infection was recorded as well for each rust samples. T...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8567
The study aimed to identify sunflower seed- borne fungi associated with sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.), and also to explain the effect of environmental factors on increasing or decreasing the levels of aflatoxins in sunflower seeds. Seeds were collected from two governorates fr...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8571
Heavy metals that exist in municipal wastewater can cause many problems for human hygiene and environment. Therefore, the metals need to be removed from wastewater before being used in irrigation. Materials of high surface reactivity; such as alginit, shale and iron oxide are use...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8023
The effect of different concentrations of growth retardant "Dextril" (C11 H18Cl2O7P) on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum c.v Huda F1) seedlings quality was studied, at the Agriculture Faculty of Alexandria - Egypt, on 2010. Tomato seedlings were sprayed when the second true leaf was...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8562
Aim: The current study investigated effect of soil amendments; lime (L), manure (FYM) and minjingu phosphate rock (PR) added to soils on soil microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen (SMB-C and SMB-N), available soil nitrogen (N), crop N uptake and grain yields of two maize hybrids...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/7817
This study was carried out to assess the variation in nitrification inhibition (NI) activity of neem leaves obtained from trees growing in same agroclimate. The study was accomplished in the year 2012, in Lucknow city of Uttar Pradesh State of India. Dried leaves of four neem tre...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8518
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of cropping sequence and Minjingu Phosphate Rock (MPR) on soil phosphorus (P) availability and yield of selected vegetable crops. The study involved a researcher managed on farm field experiment conducted in Mbeya, Tanzania usin...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/7780
Four Mango (Mangifera indica L.) cultivars: ‘Ewais’, ‘Sidik’, ‘Fajrikalan’ and ‘Zebda’ were investigated to study the electrical conductivity as a tool for determining damage index of mango cultivars and their relationship with the index of injury (Id), the Relative Water Content...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8200