An experiment was conducted to study the effect of different concentrations of gibberellic acid, spacing and nutrient sprays on vegetative and floral parameters of snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus cv. Rocket Pink) at Urban Technological Park, Habak, Srinagar, J&K, India during t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i130098
Application of undecomposed green manure has been reported to cause poor emergence and establishment of common beans in the field. Therefore, to understand the mechanisms’ contributing to the poor crop establishment, the effect of extracts from fresh and decomposed legume green m...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i130097
Intra-seasonal drought episodes during the life cycle of plant growth of sesame affect physiological quality of seeds harvested. For this purpose, in this study, we explored the following water treatments: W1 (Irrigation throughout the cycle, non-stress treatment), W2 (water stre...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v28i130096
Water scarcity of fresh water in Sub-Saharan has led to utilization of the wastewater in home gardening and also in commercial production of vegetables. Wastewater is associated with various substances including nutrients and heavy metals hence it is pertinent to evaluate its eff...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v27i630095
A field experiment was conducted at regional research station, Bawal, CCS HAU, Hisar during Rabi 2015-16 to study the response of late sown Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.) to different dose of fertilizer and crop geometry. The experiment was conducted in split-plot design wit...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v27i630093
Two factorial pot experiments arranged in a Completely Randomised Design (CRD) with three replications were carried out to assess the impact of different levels of soil compaction and fertilizer amendments on root growth and biomass yield of maize (Zea mays L.) and soybean (Glyci...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v27i630094
Marcio Paulo Czepak, Valmor Sornberger, Weslley do Rosário Santana, Luã Víthor Chíxaro Almeida Falcão Rosa, Vinicius de Souza Oliveira, Karina Tiemi Hassuda dos Santos, Omar Schmildt & Edilson Romais Schmildt·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2019
Wheat has great economic importance, especially in the Southern states of Brazil, is a good option for winter cultivation period. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of mechanical damages in the induction of tillering, development and productivity of wheat. Treatment...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v27i630092
Plant propagators must take two technological critical decisions: the plug-cell size and the growing medium, both of which have been mentioned as abiotic stress sources for bedding pot plants. However, only a few recent reports on bedding pot plants have simultaneously included l...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v27i630091
Hot pepper is an important vegetable and spice crop in Ethiopia. However, the productivity of hot pepper is limited by poor soil fertility and lack of proper soil and water conservation measures under irrigated condition. Therefore, hot pepper crop response to nitrogen (N) fertil...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v27i530089
Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) is propagated mostly by vegetative method. Although vegetative propagation conserves plant germplasm; it poses challenges in crop breeding. This field study assessed the breeding potential of twelve industrial sugarcane accessions in a humid t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v27i530087