Aims: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of silica nanoparticles and neem oil extract at different concentrations compared with recommended chemical insecticide (imidacloprid) against T. absoluta under field conditions. Study Design: Seven treatments plus control in random...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8435
The use of advanced, effective and less toxic antimicrobial agents are required for the treatment of plant pathogens. In this study, hexane and ethanol extracts of two plants (Sesbania sesban and Cymbopogon citratus) and two algae species (Spirulina platensis and Scendusmus sp.)...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8440
The objective of this study was to investigate the most suitable treatments for micropropagation of Rondeletia odorata Jacq. Rondeletia are of slow growth, and not many cultivator of plants care to give time and space to raise them. The explants were sterilized by immersion in a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8194
Cairo is now served by six large wastewater treatments works which produce significant quantities of sewage water. The preferred option is to use this in agriculture, particularly in reclaimed desert land which is inherently deficient in organic matter, nutrients and trace elemen...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8570
This study was carried out during two successive seasons 2011 & 2012 for improving pollination process of Samani date palm cultivar grown in sandy soil of private orchard located at Abo-Rawash region, El-Giza Governorate, Egypt. Uniform date palms 20 years old were treated fo...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8086
The objective of this work was to estimated crop yield production, water demand and prices for wheat (Triticum aestivum vulgar. L) and maize (zea maiz. L), under two climate change scenarios (A1 and B1) and compare this results to the current statues. Fluxes of production, water...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8134
Aims: This study was performed to choose or select the best cultivars of longan fruit (Wuyuan, "Wu" and Kohala, "Ko"). Longan is an untraditional new crop fruits recently grown in new reclaimed areas. Besides, to investigate the possibility of preserving those aforementioned frui...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8724
The aim of this work was to develop a well defined protocol for in vitro propagation of Polyscias fruticosa plant. A factorial experiment in a complete randomized design was employed in all experiments. Analysis of variance as described to compare statistical differences between...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8225
Many areas of the Middle-east and North Africa (MENA) are experiencing land use change. The causes of this vary but include urbanisation, deforestation, and the greater issue of climate change. The implications of such land use change are broad but key problems include desertific...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8439
During 2012 and 2013 seasons, Thompson seedless grapevines were treated three times with turmeric, garlic and onion extracts each at 0.05 to 0.1% as well as Zn, Fe and Mn in chelated form at 0.05 % and Cu in sulphate form at 0.025 % and NPKMg each at 0.1% either applied singly or...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8610