Laboratory experiment was conducted with the objective to standardize the seed coating polymer in Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.). The experiment consisted of five different dosages of polymer (P) along with a control viz., P1: Control, P2: polymer @ 2 ml per kg of seed, P3: polymer...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/37332
Background and Objective: Pollen grains shape, size, aperture and wall ornamentation have been useful in taxonomic studies of plants especially in resolving relationship or determining variation in a taxa. The Loranthaceae (Mistletoes) are parasitic family with known taxonomic pr...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/37478
Conservation tillage systems present a challenge for integrating an efficient fertilizer program in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production. A 2-year (2011–2013) field experiment was conducted to evaluate wheat response to three tillage systems (conventional, reduced and no tilla...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/37457
Soil characterization of Advance Research Centre for Rainfed Agricultural Farm, Rakh-Dhiansar, SKUAST-Jammu was undertaken to monitor the status of various soil physico-chemical and biological properties such as pH, organic carbon (OC), N, P2O5, K2O, Zn, Cu, Mn, Fe, bacterial and...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36858
Md. Shefat-Al-Maruf, Montasir Ahmed, Md. Monir Hossain, Md. Ehsanul Haq, Sujan Majumder Majumder, Md. Abdul Matin & Parimal Kanti Biswas·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2017
A field experiment was conducted at the Agronomy field, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka. The experiment consisted of two factors; Factor A: Planting method viz. Rice transplanter (P1) and Conventional method (P2) and Factor B: Weeding viz. No Weeding (W0), Weeding at...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36979
Aims: To determine the effect of time of exposure on the antimicrobial effectiveness of some tropical plants in the control of black pod disease of cocoa caused by Phytophthora megakarya in Nigeria. Study Design: Completely Randomized Design (CRD). Place and Duration of Study: Pl...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/37039
The soil resource of a nation is finite and its natural quality cannot be exchanged. However, maintenance of the good quality soil resource at a high level to support agricultural production is a key to poverty eradication and environmental sustainability. The study assesses the...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/35687
Aims: Evaluate the effect in growth and defense activation of a peptide extract from hydrolyzed globulin of Amaranth in tomato and maize plants. Study Design: Using different concentration of peptides we evaluated the physiological effect of peptide extract from amaranth in two d...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/37089
A half diallel study was conducted using seven genotypes of soybean to identify superior parents suitable for developing high yielding new cultivars and hybrids in soybean. The mean squares due to GCA was significant for four characters out of five characters studied. The signifi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/34174
A field experiment was conducted on a sandy loam soil at college of Agriculture V. C. Farm Mandya, UAS Bengaluru in kharif 2016 to study the effect of irrigation levels on productivity of pulses in southern dry zone of Karnataka for achieving optimum irrigation schedule, higher y...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36452