Volume 2, Number 3, August 2011 (Special Issue on )

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Measuring and simulating maize (Zea mays L.) yield responses to reduced tillage and mulching under semi-arid conditions

Walter Mupangwa, John Dimes, Sue Walker, Stephen Twomlow

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23023  5,689 Downloads  11,573 Views   Citations

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Chemical properties during different development stages of fruit orchards in the mekong delta (Vietnam)

Pham Van Quang, Vo Thi Guong

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23049  3,961 Downloads  7,604 Views   Citations

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Effects of level soil bunds and stone bunds on soil properties and its implications for crop production: the case of Bokole watershed, Dawuro zone, Southern Ethiopia

Kebede Wolka, Awdenegest Moges, Fantaw Yimer

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23047  8,695 Downloads  17,832 Views   Citations

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Farmers’ perceptions of pollinators’ importance in coffee production in Uganda

Théodore Munyuli

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23043  5,639 Downloads  11,547 Views   Citations

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Uptake and distribution of ¹⁴C-labeled Fosthiazate in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.)

Santanu Mukherjee, Surendra Kumar, Anjana Srivastava, Prakash Chandra Srivastava

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23041  4,598 Downloads  7,704 Views   Citations

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Integrated pest management of potatoes

Yasar Alptekin

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23039  6,147 Downloads  13,293 Views   Citations

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Water use efficiency and yield of winter wheat under different irrigation regimes in a semi-arid region

Mohamed Hakim Kharrou, Salah Er-Raki, Ahmed Chehbouni, Benoit Duchemin, Vincent Simonneaux, Michel LePage, Lahcen Ouzine, Lionel Jarlan

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23036  8,736 Downloads  18,242 Views   Citations

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Effect of phenophase based irrigation schedules on growth, yield and quality of baby corn (Zea mays L.)

H. K. Shivakumar, B. K. Ramachandrappa, H. V. Nanjappa, Mudalagiriyappa

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23035  4,726 Downloads  9,463 Views   Citations

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Effect of water stress at different periods on seed yield and water use efficiency of guar under Shambat conditions

Mahmoud Fadl el Mula Ahmed, Deng Manasseh Mac, Awatif Abdel Gadir Bashir

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23034  5,590 Downloads  11,104 Views   Citations

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Soil fertility effect on water productivity of maize in the upper blue nile basin, Ethiopia

Teklu Erkossa, Seleshi Bekele Awulachew, Denekew Aster

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23032  6,546 Downloads  12,944 Views   Citations

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Effects of autoclaving on the physiological action of paclobutrazol

Dimas Mendes Ribeiro, Caroline Müller, Jackson Bedin, Glayton Botelho Rocha, Raimundo Santos Barros

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23026  5,440 Downloads  10,232 Views   Citations

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Land application of spent gypsum from ditch filters: phosphorus source or sink?

Karen L. Grubb, Joshua M McGrath, Chad J. Penn, Ray B. Bryant

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23048  4,525 Downloads  7,777 Views   Citations

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Variation of soil and plant characteristics among old world bluestem species

Ted M. Zobeck, Vivien G. Allen, Jenny Jo Cox, Dirk Philipp

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23046  4,629 Downloads  8,164 Views   Citations

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Paddy field soil conservation: Indian historical practices

Deepak Bhattacharya

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23045  4,428 Downloads  8,455 Views   Citations

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Influence of phosphorus on the performance of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp.) varieties in the Sudan savanna of Nigeria

A. Singh, A. L. Baoule, H. G Ahmed, A. U. Dikko, U. Aliyu, M. B. Sokoto, J. Alhassan, M. Musa, B. Haliru

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23042  8,497 Downloads  17,455 Views   Citations

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Fungicide tolerance of Trichoderma asperelloides and T. harzianum strains

Adriana Paola Chaparro, Lilliana Hoyos Carvajal, Sergio Orduz

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23040  7,011 Downloads  13,099 Views   Citations

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Mango malformation: II. mangiferin changes associated with fusarium pathogens

Wafaa M. Haggag, Mahmoud Hazza, Mohamed E. Abd El-Wahab

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23038  5,945 Downloads  10,785 Views   Citations

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Effects of different levels of compost application on amounts and distribution of organic nitrogen forms in soil particle size fractions subjected mainly to double cropping

Thu Ha Nguyen, Haruo Shindo

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23030  5,228 Downloads  9,862 Views   Citations

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Effect of different fertilization on spring cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata) production and fertilizer use efficiencies

Zhibin Guo, ChuanLong He, Youhua Ma, Hongbin Zhu, Feng Liu, Daozhong Wang, Li Sun

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23029  6,417 Downloads  12,188 Views   Citations

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QTL Mapping for chinese northern-style steamed bread specific volume

Peng Wu, Bin Liu, Tao Zhou, Zhuokun Li, Haiyun Du, Jiteng Wang, Jichun Tian

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23028  4,022 Downloads  8,100 Views   Citations

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The effect of nitrification inhibitor 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) on nitrifying organism populations under in vitro conditions

David Beltran-Rendon, Kenne Rico-Fragozo, Lina Farfan-Caceres, Hermann Restrepo-Diaz, Lilliana Hoyos-Carvajal

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23027  4,628 Downloads  8,492 Views   Citations

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Effect of split applications of urea on protein size distribution, physical dough properties, and baking performance of five experimental bread wheat lines

Alma Rosa Islas-Rubio, Karla Chávez-Quiroz, Francisco Vásquez-Lara, Brenda Silva-Espinoza, María del Carmen Granados-Nevárez, Humberto Gonzalez-Ríos, Miguel Camacho-Casas

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23025  5,110 Downloads  9,093 Views   Citations

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The making of an agricultural classic: farmers of forty centuries or permanent agriculture in China, Korea and Japan, 1911-2011

John Paull

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23024  10,199 Downloads  18,870 Views   Citations

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Effects of tillage, fallow and burning on selected properties and fertility status of Andosols in the Mounts Bambouto, West Cameroon

Paul Tematio, Ertine Isabelle Tsafack, Lucas Kengni

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23044  5,021 Downloads  8,607 Views   Citations

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Pollination dynamics, grain weight and grain cell number within the inflorescence and spikelet in oat and wheat

Ari Rajala, Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23037  4,909 Downloads  9,729 Views   Citations

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Virtual water: an effective mechanism for integrated water resources management

Alaa El-Sadek

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23033  7,584 Downloads  16,153 Views   Citations

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Cropping frequency and N fertilizer effects on soil water distribution from spring to fall in the semiarid Canadian prairies

R. de Jong, C. A. Campbell, R. P. Zentner, P. Basnyat, B. Grant, R. Desjardins

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23031  4,673 Downloads  8,284 Views   Citations

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Response of coleoptiles to water deficit: growth, turgor maintenance and osmotic adjustment in barley plants (Hordeum vulgare L.)

Águeda González, Luís Ayerbe

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.23022  6,476 Downloads  11,880 Views   Citations

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