The experiments were conducted during 2011 and 2012 rainy season at the research and teaching farm of the college of agriculture, Lafia, Nasarawa state, Nigeria; to evaluate the effect of biochar amended soil on soil properties and yield of sesame varieties. The treatments consis...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/19637
Present research evaluated seventeen genotypes of wheat along with three check varieties (PS-05, Siran and Atta-Habib) under the field conditions of Agriculture Research Station (ARS) Baffa, Mansehra to identify the most suitable and high yielding variety based on morpho-physiolo...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/16689
Potassium is exported in large amounts through grain harvest and this, together with the low availability of potassium in Brazilian soils, leads to an evident need for restoration of this nutrient. When the application rates of potassium are greater than 50 kg.ha-1, the most effe...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/19435
Aims: The objective of this paper is to present the soil and weather conditions, applied production technology and to demonstrate the economic viability of irrigated and organically grown Mint (Mentha piperita). Methodology: The obtained yield results are in reference to the open...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/17970
This study was conducted to evaluate the planting density on growth and yield of tomato fruit to determine the optimum planting density. Plant height, number of leaves per plant, fruit set, number of fruit per plant, fruit weight and fruit yield were recorded. Results indicated t...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/18573
The present investigation was carried out during 2012 and 2013 on 'Canino' apricot trees budded on seedling rootstock at two private orchards located at El-Khatatba district (as sand soil ) and El – Neanaaia village, (as clay soil) Menoufia Governorate, Egypt. Trees were sprayed...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/18831
Aims: Despite spider plant’s (Cleome gynandra L.) high nutritional value, it has received minimal research attention compared to exotic vegetables and other indigenous vegetables such as amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) and cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata). This has led to a lack of scienti...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/17271
A field experiment was conducted to study the combined effect of legume growth (in terms of agronomic P use efficiency from Phosphate rock (PR) and sources of nitrogen (N) from legumes and subsequent organic matter additions (green manure incorporation) on the growth and yield of...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/18454
Bioslurry can be used as soil amendment to improve soil fertility in sustainable ways. The experiments to investigate the effect of bioslurry and inorganic fertilizers on nutrient uptake and yield of carrot and okra were conducted from 2011 to 2012 at Institute of Soil Chemistry...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/17084
The effect of plant population density and varying levels of NPK 15:15:15 fertilizer on the growth, yield and proximate composition of onion (Allium cepa L.) was investigated in a 2-year study, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012. The experiment was a factorial combination of three plant den...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/16666
Thirteen durum wheat genotypes were evaluated in a randomized complete block design with three replications across four locations of north western Ethiopia for two consecutive years (2010 and 2011). The objective of this experiment was to investigate the association of different...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/15568
This experiment was carried out during 2012 and 2013 seasons on seven years old "Anna" apple trees (Malus domestica L.). Trees were planted at 5Χ5 meters on sandy loam soil under drip irrigation system in a private orchard at El-Nubaria, Behera Governorate, Egypt. The experiment...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/16716
A study was conducted at the Experimental Farm of the Cross River Basin Development Authority, Oku-Iboku, Itu in Akwa Ibom State in 2012 and 2013 cropping seasons. The aim was to evaluate seven genotypes of guinea white yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.) accessions at the last stage...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/16496
A field study was conducted during rainy (kharif) season of 2013 to find out the effect of bioinorganic nutrient combinations on yield, quality and economics of mungbean [Vigna radiate (L.) Wilczek]. The twelve treatments comprised one control, three levels of inorganic sources (...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/17065
Said Zantar, Driss El Garrouj, Rafael Pagán, Mohammed Chabi, Amin Laglaoui, Mohammed Bakkali & Mounir Hassani Zerrouk·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2015
Aims: This work aims to study the effect of the harvest time (pre-flowering and full-flowering) on the yield, chemical composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of Thymus vulgaris and Mentha pulegium essential oils (EOs). Study Design: Leaves and flowers from each per...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/17513