Magnetic water is considered one of several physical factors affects plant growth and development. Magnetic water fields are known to induce biochemical changes and could be used as a stimulator for growth related reactions. The seeds of broad bean (Vicia faba, L. cv. Giza 3) wer...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/7468
Potato is the world's fourth important food crop after wheat, rice and maize because of its great yield potential and high nutritive value. In Kenya, potato is constrained by low seed tuber production in the informal sector. This is partly due to improper fertilizer regimes and i...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/6738
Aims: Studies were conducted on the production and quality evaluation of glucose syrup from three different types of biomass: Eucalyptus sawdust (soft wood), Mahogany sawdust (hard wood), and Rice husk. Study Design: A 3x1x1x3 Factorial design was used. Place and Duration of Stud...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6820
Amel Mguidiche, Boutheina Douh, Sami Bhouri Khila, Gharbi Sami, Mansour Mohsen & Abdelhamid Boujelben·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2013
Field experiment was conducted at the Higher Institute of Agronomy of Chott Meriem (Tunisia) during the growing season 2011-2012 to investigate the effects of water quality on agronomic parameters and water use efficiency (WUE) to produce potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). Irrigation...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/4798
Sami Bhouri Khila, Boutheina Douh, Amel Mguidiche, Françoise Ruget, Mansour Mohsen & Abdelhamid Boujelben·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2013
The progress in computer technology has enabled the development of crop models reproducing the behavior of a crop in a wide range of pedoclimatic conditions and technical itineraries. This work aims to study the impact of total available soil water in the root zone (TAW) on durum...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5053
Aims: To evaluate the effects of water hyacinth compost prepared with various cultures on growth and yield parameters of maize. Study Design: Randomized Complete Block Design. Place and Duration of Study: Field experiments were carried out at Otonglo Division in Kisumu County and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5776
Aims: Studies were conducted to determine sesame tolerance to herbicides applied postemergence-directed (PDIR) to the lower 5 and 15 cm of the stem. Study Design: Randomized complete block design with a 14 (herbicide) x 2 (spray height) factorial arrangement with 3 replicates. P...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/6644
Aims: Plentiful mulberry varieties available in nature, they lack one or the other important economic trait required for silkworm Bombyx mori L. as food. Efforts have been made to induce phytomorphological variability in mulberry variety S54 using gamma rays. Experimental Design:...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/5517
Aims: This study was conducted to study the effects of sowing date and plant density on yield and yield components of lentil cv. Sistan. Study Design: Experimental design was factorial based on randomized complete block with three replications. Place and Duration of Study: The ex...
Aims: This study was done to investigate the effects of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles application on foxtail millet in water stress conditions. Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was conducted at the Agricultural Research Center of Islamic Azad University, Birjand branc...
The experiments were conducted during 2010 and 2011 rainy seasons at the research and teaching farm of the college of agriculture, Lafia, Nasarawa state, Nigeria. To determine the effect of urea fertilizer and poultry manure on the performances of fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occide...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2013/3863
Aims: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of irrigation intervals, potassium and zinc fertilizers treatments on fenugreek, Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was conducted in Agriculture and Natural Resources Research Center of Khorasan-e-Razavi, Mashhad, Ira...
The main aim of this review is to provide an overview of the foliar fertilization studies in Bulgaria, comparing them with current research trends and to indicate future benefits of foliar nutrient spray investigations and their importance for agronomic science and practice. The...
Weed management in lowland rice production is a major constraint leading to low yields. Studies were conducted during the wet cropping seasons of 2009 and 2010 at Rokupr Agricultural Research Centre (RARC) in the lowland ecology to assess the competitiveness of different rice var...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/2791
This work was aimed at determining the effects of planting date on the yield and proximate composition of pumpkin fruits. The experiment was a randomized complete block design. In the study was used four planting dates (1- 1st of April; 2- 15th of April; 3- 1st of May; 4- 15th of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/2201