Globally diversification of rice based cropping system buildups ecosystem resilience and food security. In the summer season, weed growth and water availability are a major problem for rice cultivation; it can be managed with the help of intercropping. A field experiment was carr...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i125198
Monocropping makes agriculture more susceptible to the adverse effects of climate change. Resilient agriculture systems that can buffer crops against various agricultural vulnerabilities is the need of the hour. In this context, a study was conducted to assess the impact of vario...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i113599
The impact of different cropping systems and nutrient levels on carbon dioxide emission, soil temperature and soil moisture were studied. The experiment was carried out at Integrated Farming System Research Station, Karamana, during kharif, rabi and summer seasons of 2020-2021 in...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i92268
A field experiment was conducted at the Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Kerala, to evaluate the field performance of four nitrogen-efficient rice varieties (two short duration varieties and two medium duration rice varieties) selected based on a previou...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i52360
Nitrogen fertilizers have significantly enhanced rice yields over the past decades, but they also have substantial negative impacts on the environment. Excessive application of nutrients, particularly nitrogen, beyond crop requirements is linked to environmental losses. High nitr...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2024/v10i4398
A study was undertaken at the College of Agriculture, Vellayani, during 2021-22 to assess the effect of growth media compositions on P. indica colonization and evaluating their effect on rice seedling performance. The experiment employed eight media combinations with and without...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2025/v47i103804
The experiment was conducted at the Integrated Farming System Research Station, Karamana, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Agricultural University, Kerala, India, during the Kharif Season 2022-2023 to study the influence of different zinc nutrition treatments on weed competitiveness in...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i1501
Rice-based cropping systems being the most practiced cropping system in India, it suffers zinc deficiency as majority of the Indian soils are deficient in the Zn micronutrient. Zn is considered the fourth most important yield limiting nutrient of Agricultural crops. Apart from pl...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2024/v46i52413
Plant diseases cause substantial crop loss globally, with fungal pathogens accounting for the majority of infections, leading to significant economic loss. The environmental concerns associated with chemical pesticides and other limitations have made it necessary to search for su...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i53921
Aswathy Peethambaran, Sajeena, A, Radhakrishnan N. V, Joy Michal Johnson, Jacob John, Sarada S, Berin Pathrose, Mary Sharmila A & Nimisha Haridasan·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2025
Collar rot and web blight caused by Rhizoctonia solani is a major soil borne disease adversely affecting the growth and pod yield of yard long bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis (L.) Verdcourt). The disease is very difficult to control due to the prolonged survival capa...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i92986