In the seed /grain samples collected from six months old stock, the highest mean number (32.33) of rice weevils were recorded in Venkatesh Poultry Feed, Karimnagar and Sanjeev Reddy poultry feed, Nizamabad with per cent damage 14.50 and 13.63 per cent respectively. The significan...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193614
Introduction: Telangana is considered as seed bowl of India. About 65% of rice produced will be used either for consumption or seed purpose. Hence, farmers save their produce till next season. But in storage it is infested with many insect pests. Due to lack of awareness about s...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i81938
Among the storage insect pests the Pulse beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis is predominant storage pest of green gram which infests during pre and post-harvest stages. The ovipositional potential, adult emergence, seed damage decreased at above 35ºC. After exposing to solar heat,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121463
A lab experiment was carried out at Entomology laboratory, Seed Research and Technology Centre and ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Telangana to study effect of plant essential oils viz, Gaultheria procumbens oil @ 5 ml kg-1 seed, Cedrus deodara @...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2024/v46i82719
The experiment was conducted at the Seed Research and Technology Centre, PJTSAU, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, to investigate the impact of Sitophilus oryzae on the seed quality parameters of maize. Samples weighing 500g of maize variety DHM-117 were placed in plastic jars in three r...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2024/v46i62507
Three soybean varieties AISb-50, Basara and JS-335 were used in the current study in Adilabad. They were seeded on December 15 and January 15, respectively during the Rabi (2021–2022) season. During the off-season, the varieties were sowed on three replications. To make sure that...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i34081
The work was carried out to assess the effect of varieties and dates of sowing on seed quality parameters of soybean seed produced during off-season i.e., Rabi at Rajendranagar. The seeds of varieties AISb-50, Basara and JS-335 were used for estimation of seed quality parameters...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2024/v46i32321