Crop plants that are tolerant to soil salinity are needed for a sustainable food production in areas where there is salt build-up caused by irrigation practices. Ten groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) genotypes (ICGY-6M-5236, ICG-IS-11687, ICGY-5M-4746, ICG-IS-6646, ICG-IS- 3584, IC...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/11495
Aims: To understand the relationship between individual trait and yield of one hundred rice cultivars according to Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Study Design: Completely randomized block design with four replicates. Twenty plants were evaluated in each replicate and eighty p...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/12050
Leaf area, plant pigments, leaf content of N, P, K, Mg, Ca, Zn, Fe and Mn, yield and berry quality of Thompson seedless grapevines in response to spraying green tea extract, ascorbic acid and citric acid each at 250 to 1000 ppm as well as salicylic acid at 50 to 200 ppm were inve...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8611
In order to examine the effect of macro and micronutrient fertilizers on the growth and yield of rice (Oryza sativa L.) under calcareous soils, the experiment carried out as split- split plot design in randomized complete block with three replications. Macro, sulfur powder and mi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajea/2014/3536
This study was carried out during two successive seasons 2011 & 2012 for improving pollination process of Samani date palm cultivar grown in sandy soil of private orchard located at Abo-Rawash region, El-Giza Governorate, Egypt. Uniform date palms 20 years old were treated fo...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8086
Aims: To study effect of days to flowering on the plant height and yield of rice. Study Design: Experiment was carried out according to the complete randomized block design. Four replications were designed for the experiment and each replicate consisted of 3 lines and twenty plan...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/11421
Aims: Increasing yield is the most important aim in any breeding program. Since yield is a complex trait with low inheritance and involves several quantitative components, its direct study is not usually sufficient and therefore it is suggested that its components be investigated...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/7565
Field study was conducted to evaluate the effect of speargrass shoot regrowth from previously planted rhizomes on the growth and yield of subsequent maize crop. This study was evaluated in a Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. The study was conducted at the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajea/2014/9028
Aims: Decreasing vegetable transplant costs involves decreasing the plug cell volume, which is known to have negative effects during post-transplant growth. The objective of this work was to evaluate the impact of different plug cell volume and hormonal regulators on both lettuce...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/10096
The oil palm industry in Ghana is dominated by small scale farmers who normally intercrop oil palm with food crops (maize, cassava and plantain). A trial was conducted on a four year old oil palm field which had been intercropped with food crops for three years (1994-1997). Obser...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/9038
C. R. Juárez-Rosete, A. Olivo-Rivas, J. A. Aguilar-Castillo, R. Bugarín-Montoya & B. G. Arrieta-Ramos·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2014
Aims: The objective of this study was to determine the nutrient removal of N, P and K in the biomass production of mint plants at the harvest time. Study Design: A randomized complete block experimental design with five replicates and a time series arrangement was used. Data were...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/9379
Aims: This study was conducted to study effect of irrigation deficit and N fertilization on yield and water use efficiency (WUE) of forage millet cv. Nutrifeed. Study Design: Experimental design was split-plot based on randomized complete block with three replications. Place and...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/9261
Aims: The goal of this study was performed in order to test the effect of the source of crop fertilization and harvest days in the production of biomass and measure the qualitative and quantitative properties of the principal components of the essential oil of thyme. Study Design...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/9169
Aims: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of irrigation regimes and different planting dates on yield and water use efficiency of ajowan. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out during 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 seasons in Birjand, Iran. Methodology: Exper...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5928
Aims: Investigation of responses of different maturity type wheat’s cultivar to planting date. Study Design: A split-plot arrangement within a randomized complete block design with 4 replication. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out from 2007-2008 in Neyshabur...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5956