Maize production falls short of demands in the world because of continuous cropping of a land area, which result into loss of natural soil fertility and decline in yield. This study was undertaken to investigate the performance of maize to organic and inorganic fertilizer and to...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2019/v4i330073
The objective of the present study was to verify the effect of two doses of the biofertilizer ‘Supermagro’ applied in cover, in the presence and absence of cured bovine urine in the maize crop, and in the soil penetration resistance, as well as the effect in the application of bi...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2019/v39i630349
A study was conducted to determine the influence of mulches of rice (R), maize (Mz), mucuna (Mc) and cymbopogon (C) on weed growth and rice yield. Twelve mulch treatments included MzRC, RMcC, MzMC, MzRMc, MzRC + one hand rogueing of weeds (hr), RMcC + hr, MzMcC + hr, MzRMc + hr,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i130133
Twenty diverse okra genotypes were evaluated to assess the genetic diversity based on quantitative morphological and qualitative biochemical traits in a randomized block design during 2015-16. On the basis of D2 analysis, the 20 genotypes were clustered into five groups. Cluster...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v36i430248
Gleyce Lacerda da Silva, Roberto Cleiton Fernandes Queiroga, Francisco Hevilásio Freire Pereira, Francimalba Francilda de Sousa, Zaqueu Lopes da Silva, Rayana Pereira Ferreira & Odair Honorato de Oliveira·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2019
Objective: This study aimed to assess the productivity and quality of a melon crop treated with fruit thinning and main stem pruning under field conditions. Experimental Design: The treatments comprised the amount of fruit thinning in the plant (one, two and without thinning) and...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2019/v39i330333
The experiment was conducted at Horticulture Farm at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh during the period December, 2014 to March 2015 to evaluate the effect of different levels of nitrogen and phosphorous on the growth and yield of bush bean. The two factor exper...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2019/v4i230071
Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of different levels of nitrogen and filter mud cake applications on vegetative growth and yield on tomato cultivar "Castle Rock". Place and Duration of Study: Field experiments were conducted during two successive winter seasons 201...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2019/v4i230013
Productivity of crops under various abiotic stress conditions can be increased through the application of suitable fertilizer levels along with biofertilizers. Nitrogen is one of the most important mineral nutrients for plants, influencing growth but the application of increased...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v36i330233
Aim: Cereal-legume cropping system has been proved to be one of the best alternatives for a productive as well as profitable farming in West Bengal. Maize is an important cereal crop which is widely grown during rainy (kharif) season throughout the State. While garden pea, a shor...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v36i230227
Organic farming is gaining attention and increasing globally because of its eco-friendly, safety and its health benefits to humans. A field experiment was conducted at Federal College of Forestry Jos, to determine the influence of organic manure and inorganic fertilizer on the gr...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2019/v4i130012
Ocimum gratissimum commonly called Basil plant or scent leaf is one of the less known, neglected vegetable with high economic value as food, medicinal and industrial uses. Studies were therefore conducted to determine the effects of poultry manure on the growth and yield of Oci...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2019/v38i330300
Introduction: Soy is an agricultural crop that has great economic importance. The analysis considering the cultivated area, the production and the yield of grains contributes to research and transfer of technology to the producers. Aims: To adjust the mathematical model using sim...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2019/v37i630284
The experiment was conducted in Federal College of Forestry demonstration farm Jos, Plateau State to determine the growth and yield components groundnut as affected by phosphorous fertilizer application on the Jos plateau. The experimental design used was a randomized complete bl...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2019/v3i330039
The field experiment was conducted at Horticulture Farm, S.K.N. College of Agriculture, Jobner (Jaipur) during Rabi seasons of 2016-17 and 2017-18. The experiment consisted of thirty five treatment combinations including seven INM (100 per cent RDF through inorganic fertilizer, 7...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v35i530203
Robson Prucoli Posse, Élio José dos Santos, Francielly Valani, Vinicius de Souza Oliveira, Sheila Cristina Prucoli Posse, Raphael Magalhães Gomes Moreira & Geilson Silva Costa·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2019
Brazil is one of the main producers of watermelon crops (Citrullus lanatus), which present great water requirement and offer in their irrigated cultivation, when well managed, the possibility of productive gains and fruit quality. The objective of this study was to evaluate the p...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2019/v36i430241