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Alhassan I

Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agrculture, Federal University Gashua, Yobe State, Nigeria

3 Publications

Publications 3

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Research Article Vol. 2, Issue 2

EFFECT OF NITROGEN FERTILIZER (UREA) ON SOIL ACIDITY INDICES UNDERLOWLAND RICE CULTIVATION IN YOLA, NIGERIA

Alhassan I*, Saddiq A M, Singh L, Timon F

The experiment was conducted for two years to determine the effect of N fertilizer application rates (0, 50, 100 and 150 kg/ha on grain yield, pH, calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), base and acidity saturation of the soil in FARO 44 lowland rice cultivation. Grain yield was significantly (P= 0.05) affected by the N fertilizer rates; it increased line...

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Research Article Vol. 2, Issue 2

EFFECT OF HYDRAULIC HEADS ON WATER APPLICATION RATE, VARIATION AND UNIFORMITY COEFFICIENT ON DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM

Musa A A*, Alhassan I, Bashir A Y

The study evaluated the performance of drip irrigation system under different hydraulic heads using drip giving set as emitter. A plot was equally divided into three sub-plots and three lateral each with 2.4m length were laid on the ground. A plastic tank reservoir was provided to each plot with metal stands which suspended the tank from the gro...

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Research Article Vol. 2, Issue 2

EVALUATION OF IRRIGATION WATER REQUIREMENTS OF SOME CROPS IN DADINKOWA DAM IRRIGATION SCHEME OF NIGERIA

Evapotranspiration is important in evaluation of the irrigation potentialities of various agricultural zones and helps improve the practices of water management and crop production. In this study, meteorological data were collected from Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority, Area office Dadinkowa, Gombe state, Nigeria for the last 15 yea...

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