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Types of fertilizers and their deficiency symptoms in maize

This method classifies fertilizers through the different methods it is applied in the farm. Under this there are foliar fertilizers that are applied by spraying the leaves. Modern foliar fertilizers ...
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Fertilizers: How to Calculate fertilizer amounts to use in maize

Maize is an integral component in the diet of a majority of Kenyans. This crop is usually under various threats like pests, currently fall armyworm and desert locusts, diseases and many diseases. To ...
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Diazotroph abundance and community composition in an acidic soil in response to aluminum-tolerant and aluminum-sensitive maize (Zea mays L.) cultivars under two nitrogen ...

Vol. 424, No. 1/2, Part I: Special Issue: Advances in Root Ecology (March 2018), pp. 463-478 (16 pages) Aims In acidic soil, plant aluminum (Al) tolerance and nitrogen (N) fertilizer form play the ...
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Farmers in Africa say their soil is dying and chemical fertilizers are in part to blame

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — When Benson Wanjala started farming in his western Kenya village two and a half decades ago, his 10-acre farm could produce a bountiful harvest of 200 bags of maize. That has ...