Fig 1: DROUGHT AND HEAT STRESS Water is a nessessity substance that all living things cannot do without. It is important for: Temperature regulation, aid digestion, nutrient absorption and waste removal…
Fig 1: SOIL NUTRIENT IMBALANCE A nutrient imbalance in soil occurs when the amount of essential nutrients for plants is either too low or too high or when it is…
Fig 1: NUTRIENTS AT SOIL EXCHANGE SITE Nutrient movement in soils and nutrient absorption by plants is a complex and essential process for the growth and development of all plant…
Fig 1 Sesame (Sesamum indicum), is a plant in the family Pedaliacea and genus Sesamum. It is also called several names like simsim, benne or gingelly. It is believed to have likely…
Fig 1: SHRIMPS Shrimps farming is becoming popular and also increasing all over the world. The highest shrimps and prawn producer lies in the Asian continent where millions of shrimps…
Fig 1: CUCUMBERS Cucumber (Cucumis sativus), is a creeping plant of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), belong to the order Cucurbitales and containing 98 genera and about 975 species. It is widely cultivated for its edible…
Fig 1: BIOCHAR Recycling of waste materials is now gaining a lot of ground globally. Lots of waste materials are now produced during human activities, animal wastes and crop residues…
Fig 1: PAPAYA Papayas a fruit crop originate from Central America where the indigenes ate papayas and used them for medicinal purposes. In the 1500s and 1600s, Spanish and Portuguese…
Fig 1: SOIL INFILTRATION When water comes down as precipitation, some of the water will seep down into the ground where it stay for some time until plants take it…
Fig 1: SOIL WATER HOLDING CAPACITY Soils vary in many different ways. They differ in texture, consistency, colour, infiltration rates, tilth, permeability, depth, organic matter content, and water holding capacity –…
