It is important to explore varying supply of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) for sustainable production of maize in green house environment. This necessitated the study to determine the effect of these nutrients on growth and nutrient uptake in maize. In this study...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/34399
Irrigation water suitability assessment plays an imperative role for sustainable utilization of scarce physical land resources. The study was aimed at assessing the suitability of groundwater quality for irrigation purpose at the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi. Random...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/34777
This study was conducted in Katni district of Madhya Pradesh India to map the spatial variability of major soil properties using geospatial technique. Surface soil samples of 505 locations (0-15 cm) were collected by random sampling strategy using GPS. Soil physico-chemical prope...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/34219
Wheat, the world’s third important cereal, is cultivated in Pakistan both in irrigated and rainfed areas. One of the major constraints of wheat production in rainfed area is drought that needs to be addressed. Although many genotypes were released that were tolerant to drought st...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/33720
Aims: To assess the efficacy of propanil against weeds in direct seeded rice. Place and Duration: A field study was conducted during Kharif 2015 and summer 2016, at Agricultural Research Station, Dhadesugur, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka, India. Methodol...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/33555
Viruses infecting sorghum are widely distributed in Asia and Africa and are of economic importance. In recent years, apparent virus disease incidence has increased, probably due to changes in agricultural practices associated with the introduction of hybrids and new varieties tha...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/33722
Aims: The aim of the investigation was to see the long-term effect of integrated nutrient management (INM) on chemical and microbiological properties of soil after 17 cycles of a rice-wheat cropping system. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out in an on-going lo...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/34510
In vitro study was conducted Department of Plant Pathology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur (Rajasthan) and evaluated the seed transmission of R. solani from the seeds of eight popular cultivars of ajwain viz., Ajmer Ajwain-1, Ajmer Ajwain-2, Ajmer Ajwain-93, Pratap Ajw...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/35037
Heavy metals particularly Arsenic has been reported to alter the internal structures of plants in various ways due to higher levels of toxicity. The impacts of varying concentrations (0 mg/Kg, 30 mg/Kg, 90 mg/Kg and 150 mg/Kg) of Arsenic contamination on leaflet and stipe anatomy...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/26129
Anatomical relationship among Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai, Cucumeropsis mannii Naudin and Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl planted in controlled conditions in the Botanical garden of the University of Calabar were determined. Standards anatomical (transverse...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/33496