Nanocellulose is a renewable nanomaterial that has received a lot of attention due to its use in a variety of applications from the biomedical field to food packaging. In this study, Nano cellulose (NC) was extracted from Maize cob, using the Acid hydrolysis process. The extracte...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2131318
Aims: The purpose of the present paper was to study the toxicity of aqueous and methanol Red macro algal extracts against the cosmopolitan pest, Tobacco cutworm: Spodoptera litura Fabricius. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Agricultural Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultur...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1831061
Aim: The study was conducted to design pectin beads for achieving slow release of agrochemicals in wetlands via ion gelation method. Place and Duration of the Study: The laboratory experiment was carried out at the Department of Nano Science & Technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultu...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230691
The study was conducted to understand the influence of herbicide on the changes in physiology and biochemical properties of purple nutsedge weed (Cyperus rotundus L.). Laboratory and pot culture study were conducted at the Department of Agronomy, Tamil Nadu Agricultural Universit...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i930757
A field experiment was conducted during spring 2020-21 at Wetland farms of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore to study the effect of foliar Nanonutrients (N, Zn and Cu) application on the yield and nutrient uptake by rice at harvest. Twelve treatments with three repli...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430778
Drought tends to be a creeping phenomenon occurs gradually with the deficiency in rainfall further extending its impact on sectors which are dependent on water. The drought characteristics were analysed in Parambikulam Aliyar Project (PAP) basin based on the European Centre for M...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i930246
Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis), being a potential carbon sequestering perennial crop by biological means, has helped in mitigating global warming and climatic fluctuations. In our study, we selected Tenera hybrids in three oil palm plantations of major oil palm growing regions of T...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1130220
Elaeis guineensis is one of the potential carbon sequestering perennial crop by biological means. It has helped in the mitigating global warming and climatic fluctuations. The main objective of our study is to evacuate the hidden potential treasure of oil palm in carbon sequestra...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i630562
Controlled release nitrogen fertilizers could be an excellent management approach for improving nitrogen fertilizer efficiency. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of coated urea fertilizers to increase nitrogen uptake and utilization of maize. The nitrogen use effi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430781
Aims: The study's objective is to develop lignosulfonate-based nanocarriers as a UV protectant for agrochemical delivery Place and Duration of Study: Department of Nano Science & Technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. The research was carried out between...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1531007