The research work was conducted at two locations in 2012, 100 meters away from mining pits to determine the effects of lead, slope position and depth on the variation of soil chemical properties. Random sampling method was used to collect soil samples from the study area. Samples...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/5742
Phosphorus (P) fractions are important forms of P in the soil which determines P availability, an important ion in the soil for plant use. Incubation study was conducted in the laboratory for ten weeks to study the changes in selected P fractions in an Alfisol (Iwo soil series) i...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/5539
Trichoderma constitute filamentous fungi which are frequently used as biocontrol agents against plant pathogenic fungi. The tolerance of these fungi to chemical fungicides is a prerequisite for biocontrol agents for their application to suppress the growth of some soil-borne path...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/5589
Nucleic acid based technologies are useful tools in the investigation of microbial community composition. This study used three such methods – T-RFLP/PAT, clone library and metatranscriptome analyses – to probe changes in soil bacterial populations exposed to hydrogen gas. Total...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/6953
Effectiveness of selected immersion-based seed pre-sowing treatments (cold water, hot water and concentrated sulphuric acid) on the germination of three Acacia species (A. tortilis, A. erioloba, and A. nigrescens) was studied between December 2012 and January 2013. For each speci...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/5631
A field experiment was carried out to evaluate the responses of melon plants (Cucumis melo L.) under soil salinity (S1: 0.5 dS m-1, S2: 1.0 dS m-1 and S3: 2.5 dS m-1). The irrigation water was from a drainage water channel system following the traditional and sustainable irrigati...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/4776
This research was aimed at assessing the different tillage systems adopted in rural communities of Osun state with a view to estimating soil erodibility and to determine the prevalence of erosion in the sampled communities. Nine communities were selected and fifty questionnaires...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/5591
Hierakonpolis archaeological site was a Predynastic occupation (3800-3500 B.C.) where the early Egyptian civilization originated. The research aims to discover the cultivated crops in this remote time to recognize life activities of early Egyptians, reconstruct weeds assemblage g...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2013/4893
The main source of natural rubber is the Hevea brasiliensis, an important crop to the Cameroonian economy. In order to improve yields in a sustainable manner, nutrient norms must be derived for proper nutrient and sustainable soil fertility management. The aim of this study was t...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2013/5107
Pot experiments were used to examine the impact of root galls caused by Meloidogyne javanica on some growth and yield parameters of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) in Federal College of Agriculture Ishiagu, Ebonyi State, SE Nigeria in 2009 and 2010. The experiment was arranged in c...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2013/3510