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
This study was aimed at assessing the microbial population and chemical components of paraquat treated soils. The soil samples were treated with the low (0.3 ml/L), recommended (0.6 ml/L) and high (0.9 ml/L) doses of paraquat respectively. Microbial and chemical assessments were...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/35624
Aim: To evaluate the heavy metal content of soil samples from Njere river bank. Study Design: Soil samples were sourced from three different locations, upstream, midstream and downstream of the river bank. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Chemistry, Michael Okpara Unive...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/34803
Field experiments were conducted for two seasons during 2012-2013 at Hi-Tech-Horticulture unit, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad,Karnataka, India to evaluate the effect of drip irrigation and fertigation levels on tomato hybrid STH-801 under polyhouse condition. Three...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/36061
Cotton production in Nigeria has been severely limited by low or blanket nutrient (especially nitrogen, N) input and poor crop management, involving use of low yielding varieties and sub-optimal plant spacing. Field experiment was conducted during the wet season (June-October) of...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/35329