Aim: A pot experiment was carried out to determine the effect of sawdust ash and lime (Ca(OH)2) on soil characteristics and yield of sunflower in acidic soil of southeastern Nigeria. Study Design: The experiment was laid out in split-plot design, using sawdust ash (0, 1, 2, 3, 4...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i530121
Lucas Aparecido Manzani Lisboa, Reginaldo Sciarra Leonezi, Andresa Toledo Chagas, João Paulo Basaglia Freschi, Paulo Alexandre Monteiro de Figueiredo & Edson Lazarini·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2019
The hormones are closely related to the emergence of gemstones contained seedlings of sugarcane, at the time of planting of the stems. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of the ethephon associated to the position of gemstones in the cane of sugar cane in the i...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i530120
There is a shortage of herbaceous peony cut flowers in the world market in late winter/early spring. The quality of these prestige flowers, when cultivated in warm climate regions and stored in cooling chambers during dormancy, is influenced by pre-dormancy, dormancy, and post do...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i530119
Déborah Hoffmam Crause, Edney Leandro da Vitória, Carla da Penha Simon, Élcio das Graça Lacerda, Tatiana Fiorotti Rodrigues, Yago Soares Avancini, Juliana Menegassi Valle & Joyce Lopes dos Santos·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2019
Inadequate soil management is one of the primary causes of pasture degradation, aggravated by the replacement of natural forest environments with cultivated pastures. Thus, the objective of the present study was to quantify the flux of CO2 and organic carbon of the soil in grassl...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i430118
Joana D’arc P. Matos, Rossana Maria F. Figueirêdo, Luis Paulo F. R. Silva, Maria Suiane de Moraes, Semirames do N. Silva, Zanelli Russeley T. da Costa, José Alexandre de M. Queiroz, Larissa Monique de S. Rodrigues & Agdylannah F. Vieira·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2019
Aims: Coconut catole is the fruit of the Syagrus cearenses palm tree, whose pulp is usually eaten in its natural form. The formulation of blends is intended to improve the acceptance of fruit with potential to be exploited. The objective of this work was to evaluate the physico-c...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i430117
Marcio Paulo Czepak, Marcio Kliemann, Omar Schmildt, Rubens Neres Araujo, Vinicius de Souza Oliveira, Lucas Moreira Borges Junior, Ana Gabriela Berger Zanala, Karina Tiemi Hassuda dos Santos, Jéssica Sayuri Hassuda Santos, Gleyce Pereira Santos & Edilson Romais Schmildt·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2019
The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of artificial detasseling and defoliation on the production of Pioneer 30F90 simple hybrid corn (Zea mays L.) seeds. The experiment was set up in a randomized complete block design, consisting of seven treatments (Control; det...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i430114
Phytoremediation procedure can be defined as the use of selected plants in order to eliminate some heavy metals from the soil, or wastewater in a cost-effective method. This study aimed to investigate the concentrations of heavy metals such as Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn and Cr in soils and v...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i430113
Aims: A field study was carried out to evaluate the content and distribution of available sulfur in soils underlain by the Chad Formation under the South Chad Irrigation Project area, Borno State. Study Design: Purposive sampling technique was employed based on homogeneity in gen...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i330111
The effect of varied calcium sources, applied at different times and rates, on the yield and calcium concentration of mango fruit were investigated. “Van Dyke” mango cultivar tree of 10 years old was sprayed with calcium chloride, calcium nitrate, easy gro and water (control). T...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i430112
Declining productivity of rice-wheat system in Indo–Gangetic Plains poses risk to conventional practices because of high production cost and low input use efficiency. Four crop establishment methods (CEM) and four weed management practices (WMP) were compared in a 2–year study to...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i330109