Grape is one of the important fruit crops grown for its refreshing and nutritious berries. Adequate nutrition is very important for grape cultivation as it directly reflects in the yield and quality of the crop. A field experiment was conducted in the College orchard, TNAU, Coimb...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i214103
Papaya is an important tropical fruit crop mainly cultivated for fresh fruit as well as papain production. Papaya ring spot virus (PRSV) is a major threat to papaya cultivation which results in severe yield loss. A field experiment was carried out to study the efficacy of a nutri...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193629
Aims: An experiment was conducted to examine the effect of various concentrations of melatonin on post harvest weight loss and shelf life of three traditional banana varieties viz. Ney Poovan, Nendran and Red Banana. Study Design: Completely Randomized Design. Place and Duration...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102746
Banana is parthenocarpic and vegetatively propagated crop due to which in vitro mutagenesis approaches have substantial scope to create variations for crop improvement. Bhimkol cultivar is a wild seeded type and it set seeds naturally. The immature seeds can be used for the in vi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i1131236
Bhimkol (Musa balbisiana, BB) is a wild diploid seeded cultivar, belonging to the family Musaceae. It is tolerance to pest and diseases, since it has high demand for commercialization for its high nutritive values. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to standardize the pr...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2022/v44i1030898
Banana is one of the most important fruit crops cultivated worldwide and its cultivation is hampered by infestation by nematode and Fusarium wilt complex. A pot culture experiment was conducted to study the change in biochemical constituents due to the inoculation of nematodes fo...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i1731435
C. K. Rajesh, K. K. Kumar, C. Kavitha, G. Karthikeyan & K. Soorianathasundaram·Advances in Research·2020
The study involved two auxins viz., 2,4-D (2,4-Diclorophenoxyacetic acid) and picloram at three different concentrations (1,2, 3 mg/L) in full strength MS media to study their comparative influence on induction of somatic embryogenesis from immature zygotic embryos of two gynodio...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2020/v21i430196
Aims: To evaluate the effect of various sources, levels and methods of calcium application on the growth, yield and SPAD index of carrots grown on acid soils Study Design: Factorial randomized block design (FRBD) with three replications. Place and Duration of Study: A field exper...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193656
Micronutrient deficiencies play a significant role in impacting the yield and quality of grapes in vineyards. To address the deficiencies, a field study was conducted during the summer, of 2022 by using foliar micronutrient mixtures in three different concentrations (0.5%, 1.0%,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102766
Rapid and precise identification of three sex types (male, hermaphrodite and female flowers) is the key in achieving good returns in papaya (Carica papaya L.) cultivation. This study presents a simple, reliable, fast and cost-efficient DNA isolation protocol and a rapid and preci...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102661
Aims: To evaluate the effect of various sources and levels of calcium fertilisation in improving the growth and SPAD index of hybrid tomato at different growth stages. Study Design: Factorial randomized block design (FRBD) with three replications. Place and Duration of Study: A f...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2130662
An efficient indirect somatic embryogenesis protocol for Carica papaya var TNAU Papaya CO.8 was developed using immature zygotic embryos as an explant. Two growth regulators namely 2,4-D and picloram each at 1, 2, 3 mg/L were tested for callus induction and the highest callus ind...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i330510