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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52352#.VJJGMsnQrzE Author(s)   Reginald S. Fletcher 1 , James R. Smith 2 , Alemu Mengistu 3 , Jeffery D. Ray 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Crop Production Systems Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Stoneville, USA . 2 Crop Genetics Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Stoneville, USA . 3 Crop Genetics Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Jackson, USA . ABSTRACT Alternative methods are needed to assess the severity of charcoal rot disease [Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid] in soybean...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50597#.VEX6RlfHRK0 Author(s) Ifeanyichukwu O. Onor 1 , Gabriel I. Onor 2 , Murty S. Kambhampati 3 Affiliation(s) 1 College of Pharmacy, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, USA . 2 Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA . 3 Department of Natural Sciences, Southern University at New Orleans, New Orleans, USA . ABSTRACT Soybean [ Glycine max (L.) Merr.] is a leguminous plant with high nutritional and medicinal value. The goal of this research was to determine the optimal concentration of nitrogen, using Hoagland nutrient solution, which will enhance the productivity of soybeans...