Aims: To calibrate and evaluate a rain simulator, with automatic operation, as well as determine the average size, the effect of the height of the equipment (2.12; 2.42 and 2.72 m) and of the oscillations of the spray nozzle of the rain simulator (21, 29 and 40 oscillations min-1...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v27i530088
Strawberry is a crop of high added value, which was extended to new producing zones such as the State of Mato Grosso in Brazil. Therefore, the need to test the adaptability of varieties to soil and climatic conditions arises. The study objective was to evaluate agromorphological...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/38027
The use of irrigation and wood ash are technologies that have been interfering positively in the experimental conduction of some crops in Brazil. The objective of this study was to evaluate the production characteristics and water use in cultivated potted gerbera plants under wat...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/42049
Edna Maria Bonfim-Silva, Thiago Henrique Castañon, Ronaldo Aparecido de Oliveira, Helon Hébano de Freitas Sousa, Tonny José Araújo da Silva & Willian Fenner·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2017
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) constitutes one of the principal protein sources for the economically constrained low-income sector. The composition of the wood ash reveals macro and micronutrients, which form an alternative source of high-added value fertilizers, very suit...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/34135
Edna Maria Bonfim-Silva, Eduardo Souto de Oliveira, Maria Débora Loiola Bezerra, Thiago Henrique Ferreira Matos Castañon, William Fenner & Tonny José Araújo da Silva·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2017
The objective of this study was evaluating the production of arugula fertilized with wood ash, organomineral fertilizer (wood ash + mineral fertilizer) and mineral fertilizer in function of the base saturation levels in Oxisol. The experiment was performed in a greenhouse using t...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/35486
Edna Maria Bonfim-Silva, Carina Sthefanie Lemes e Lima Bär, Ellen Souza do Espirito Santo, Marinho Rocho da Silva, Alessana Franciele Schlichting, Helon Hébano de Freitas Sousa & Tonny José Araújo da Silva·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
The aim of this study was to assess the yield of the Piatã and Paiaguás cultivars of the Urochloa brizanthagrass, grown in the in Entisol utilizing wood ash as the fertilizer. Performed under greenhouse conditions, the randomized complete block design was adopted for the experime...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/40079
Edna Maria Bonfim-Silva, Hamilton Abraham Weimar Castro, Pablo Franco de Rezende, Henrique Guimarães Favare, Luana Glaup Araújo D ourado, Helon Hébano de Freitas Sousa & Tonny José Araújo da Silva·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
The aim of this work was to estimate the yields of Panicum maximum cv. Mombaça and Panicum maximumcv. Massai in response to the plant ash doses in Oxisol. The experiment, following a completely randomized design, was conducted in a greenhouse and arranged in a 5x2 factorial desig...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/40069