Centella asiatica is an important ethnomedicinal plant. Effect of integrated manuring on growth of Centella asiatica was investigated using vegetative clones from Kirtipur, Kathmandu. The plantlets were grown in earthen pots containing soil, with integrated manuring [Urea(%):FYM(%), 75:25; 50:50;...

The common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris is an important crop for food security and nitrogen fixation through Rhizobium symbiosis. Commercial Rhizobium inoculants are being promoted to fix nitrogen and enhance bean production in the Lake Victoria basin. Rhizobium symbiosis depends on nutrients,...

The average productivity of cowpea in arid and semi-arid regions of Kenya is low due to a complex of biotic and abiotic stresses. Among the major biotic factors is the parasitic weed Alectra vogelii. Six cowpea varieties were evaluated in 2010 to determine the effect of farm yard manure on A....

The aim of this work was to find out the effect of soil solarization on microbial population and its effect on growth of two species of tropical forest trees. For this purpose, solar heating of nursery seedbeds (1×5 m) was done during April- May 2009 for one month, by application of a thin clear...

The combination of FYM and inorganic fertilizer was studied to determine the optimum germination and survival percentage of raising seedlings of gamhar (Gmelina arborea) as well as to determine their best expression in terms of growth, biomass production and quality parameters. The experiment was...

A field experiment was conducted at the Fodder Farm of Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, Bihar, India, during monsoon season of 1998 to 2000 to determine the performance of annual grass and legume in intercropping system for higher forage yield. The treatments were sole thin-napier grass (...

The effects of certain agriculture practices, i.e. plant spacing, nitrogen fertilization levels, first irrigation and farmyard manure, on the infestation of 6 broad bean cultivars with Aphis craccivora were studied at El-Kawsar region, Sohag Governorate, Egypt throughout the 2003/04 and 2004/05...

Limited information exists on approaches to effectively revegetate severely disturbed, barren, subgrade (unconsolidated parent material) serpentine substrates. In addition, little is known about the invasion potential of exotic grasses from highly invaded non-serpentine environments into adjacent,...

The efficacies of Pseudomonas fluorescens, Azotobacter chroococcum, streptocycline and neem cake were investigated for the management of black-rot disease of cauliflower caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris. Field trials were conducted for three consecutive rabi seasons 2001-02, 2002-03...

A study was conducted to determine the influence of nutrients, pH and temperature on the growth and sclerotium formation in Sclerotium rolfsii [Corticium rolfsii] and amendments on collar rot incidence in soyabean. The growth of S. rolfsii in the medium containing sulfur, zinc, copper, iron,...