Aims: To study the effects of natural alternative NPK and bio fertilizer on vegetative growth and nutritional status of Wonderful pomegranate trees. Experimental Design: The complete randomized block design (RCBD) with three replications was used for arranging the fertilization t...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/39325
The present work contributes to the study of soils in the Northern part of Cameroon, precisely in Boboyo region soils. This work aims to study morphology and physicochemical characteristics of those soils and to assess their vulnerability to erosion. Methodology: Ten wells were d...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/38102
Understanding topography or slopes, identifying physical and chemical properties of soils improves greatly informed management decisions for agricultural productivity. The study on variation of some physical and chemical properties of soils as affected by slope positions was aime...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/39047
Aims: The objective of this work was to evaluate the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the substrates formulated from carbonized rice husk, industrial sludge, vermiculite, soil and commercial substrate, as well as the development of arugula seedlings cultured i...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/38822
Organic manure plays an important role in improving the fertility of Ultisols. A pot experiment to investigate the effect of dried algae and N fertilizer on the chemical properties and the yield of Amaranthus on Ultisol was conducted from March to June, 2017 in the Green House of...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/37538
Field experiments were conducted to determine the effects of micronutrients application on soil properties of sapota (Achras sapota L.) cv. Kalipatti at Kittur Rani Chennamma College of Horticulture, Arabhavi, India, during the year 2015-2016. Zinc and iron sulphates were used fo...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/36882
Sulfur (S) deficiency is becoming one of the soil health challenges in the Ethiopian crop production systems. However, visual identification of its deficiency, especially in cereals is difficult, because the symptoms are nearly identical with those of nitrogen. Hence, deficiency...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/37480
Due to good water shortage, accumulation of heavy metals in soil under irrigation with wastewater can cause serious hygienic and environmental problems. However, the availability of metal ions in contaminated soils can be reduced by addition of organic and inorganic amendments. I...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/37488
This study determined the heavy metal concentrations of contaminated stream water and assessed the heavy metal contents of pre- and post-cropped sterilized soil. It also determined the the heavy metal uptake of the S. lycopersicum plant. This was with a view to assessing the pote...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/36868
Heavy metals and phytochemicals were investigated in some selected vegetables grown at Kalambaina area of Sokoto. The levels of heavy metals and phytochemicals were analyzed using Atomic Absorption Spectrometric (AAS) and standard analytical procedures respectively. The concentra...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/37688
Rootstocks in fruit growing affect the performances of the cultivated varieties which have been overgrown, such as tree growth, yield, earliness, fruit quality, flowering, fruit setting, the content of nutrients in leaves and fruits. In this study, in summer very high temperature...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/37769
Increasing level of cassava effluent discharge on agricultural soils has become a source of concern for environmentalists including soil scientists. Therefore, this study assessed the impact of such activities on soil pH and microbial characteristics. The result obtained showed t...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/36917
A field experiment was conducted on loam soil to study the effect of drought stress on fruit quality and osmotic adjustment in four tomato cultivars in Bangladesh. The water stress treatments were imposed at 82-100% (T0), 69-85% (T1), 53-67% (T2), and 40-50% (T3) of the field cap...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/36861
Accumulation of trace metals and their bio-availability in soils is likely to have for reacting consequences on soil health as well as growth, yield and quality of crops. To assess the soil properties samples were collected from farmers fields around industries of Patratu, Bokaro...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/36674
Rice is the second most cultivated food and commercial crop in Tanzania after maize, with a cultivated area of about 365000 ha, which represents 18 percent of the cultivated land. Rice is used almost solely for human consumption, and is second only to maize in terms of calorie su...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/36165