Fortified rice analogues can be manufactured using broken rice flour to suit the nutrient needs of target malnourished populations whose staple food is rice. The purpose of the study was to investigate the feasibility of fortifying rice analogues with iron and zinc. The fortifica...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2019/44342
A field experiment was conducted during kharif-2017 at Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai in a factorial randomized block design. The present research was designed by nine treatment combinations considering three dates of sowing D1: II fortnight of June, D2 : I...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2130668
Dryland agriculture is entirely reliant on the monsoonal rainfall for its crop sensation. Pearl millet crop cultivation in a rainfed region like Madurai district Tamil Nadu became remunerative task, where the major rainfall contribution is from North-East monsoon. The influence o...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i2931538
This study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of different processing methods on extraction of millet milk viz., germinated millet milk extraction, germinated and roasted millet milk extraction; enzyme assisted millet milk extraction and ultrasonicated millet milk extraction....
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2020/v29i430184
Millets are nutritionally rich and occupy an important place in the diet of people in many regions of the world. Although millets are nutritionally superior to cereals, their utilization as a food is mostly confined to the traditional consumers. So, the present study...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i130181
Anthurium is an excellent cut flower crop commercially cultivated throughout the world. Anthracnose or spadix rot disease leads to massive flower loss to anthurium growing farmers. Survey was conducted for anthurium anthracnose disease during the year 2017-2018 in anthurium growi...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i230353
Pulses are one of the cheapest sources for the extraction of protein concentrates which can be gainfully utilized for meeting protein needs of specific groups. Techniques for maximum extraction of Pulse protein concentrates were developed for red gram and Bengal gram by standardi...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2019/v9i430079
Rice (Oryza sativa L.), a vital cereal and staple food crop in South East Asia. It faces significant challenges in cultivation worldwide, due to soil salinity. Seed enhancement techniques like priming have shown resilience against salt stress. In this study, the potential of nano...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102877
A. Thanga Hemavathy, S. Chitra, P. Anatharaju, M. Sakila, V. Dhanushkodi, S. Kavitha, V. Vijaya Geetha, P. Jeyaprakash & C. Vanniarajan·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2023
Sesbania aculeate is a quick growing, succulent, easily decomposable and produces maximum amount of organic matter and nitrogen in the soil. Sesbania green manure after decomposition, increases humus, available nitrogen and lower down the C:N ratio of soil, aeration, permeability...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203833