The cassava variety YTP2 (Me 681) has been developed through selection from Thondamuthur type at Tapioca and Castor Research Station, TNAU, Yethapur. The performance of YTP2 in the Adaptive Research Trial (ART) and On Farm Trial (OFT) in the farmer’s field inferred that this new...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230696
A study was carried out at the Department of Vegetable Science, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu,India during 2019-2020 to assess the anatomical and histological changes within the graft union of tomato and i...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2030639
Elephant foot yam is commonly propagated through seed corms and its cultivation is constrained by high seed corm requirements. There is limited information available on optimizing plant spacing and seed corm size on marketable corm yield. An experiment was conducted at the Depart...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2025/v31i103610
T. Sumathi, L. Pugalendhi, P. Irene Vethamoni, V. Sivakumar, R. Balakumbahan, M. Elavarasan, J. E. Adeline Vinila, B. Muralidharan & M. Kumar·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2023
The investigation was undertaken at Horticultural College ad Research Institute, Coimbatore to identify the graft compatibility of seven perennial moringa rootstocks for PKM 1 Moringa scion under drought condition. Among the seven rootstocks, moolanur moringa is identified as the...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i244306
Grafting in brinjal is an alternative technology for chemical treatments to control soilborne pathogens with minimum impact on product quality and environment. The present study was carried out to determine the graft compatibility of brinjal scions (Dhruva and CO 2) with five wil...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242668
Cluster bean is a multipurpose legume crop grown in arid and semiarid regions for feed, fodder, and vegetable purpose. In the present study, seven genotypes of cluster bean were evaluated to estimate vegetable pod yield and guar gum properties under Coimbatore conditions. The exp...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121436
Grafting technology in vegetable crops is becoming increasingly popular as an alternative tool to improve the biotic and abiotic resistance besides improvement in horticultural traits. By utilizing the right combination of resistant rootstock and scion, desired variability can be...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2330722
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
Aims: This research was carried out to standardize the suitable size and optimum stage for grafting of annual moringa scion cv. PKM 1 on perennial moringa rootstock based on the physical parameters of both rootstock and scion. Study Design: The study was carried out in Completely...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i1131154
The present investigation was undertaken at the College Orchard, Department of Vegetable Science, Horticultural College & Research Institute, TNAU, Coimbatore during the year 2021-2022 in a randomized block design with four replications. Six sweet potato accessions viz., Sree...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i1131135
Aim: The growing concern for environmental safety and the demand for pesticide residue –free food worldwide have evoked interest in pest management through the use of botanicals, which offers a good alternative to manage the insect pests in an eco-friendly manner. This research w...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i1131108
Across the globe, tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is a commonly used vegetable for culinary purposes. Despite its economic importance, its production is decreasing now a days due to the occurrence of various abiotic stresses like drought. Hence, it is important to understand the...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i1131072
The present investigation was conducted during 2021-2022 at the Department of Vegetable Science, Horticultural College and Research institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) to examine the performance of coccinia in different growing environments and training systems....
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2031146
The present investigation was carried out at Department of Vegetable Crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute (HC&RI), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Periyakulam during 2016 -2017 with twenty genotypes in order to study the genetic diversity for different Qual...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i123679
Aim: Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) is a vital crop of India which belongs to the family Solanaceae with a chromosome number of 2n=24.This study is aimed to evaluate brinjal genotypes and identify superior types with desirable qualities, high yield with fruit and shoot borer tole...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i1131077
The present investigation was carried out at the Department of Vegetable Crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute (HC&RI), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Periyakulam during 2016 -2017. Twenty genotypes used to study the genetic diversity for different yield at...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i930916
Experiments were carried out to study the effect of chemicals in breaking the dormancy of cucumber. The study was conducted at the Department of Vegetable Science, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Coimbatore during 2017-2018. The seeds of cucumber variety Poinsett we...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2130663
Aims: This research was carried out to study the nutrients removal by different parts of coconut. This palm takes up a lot of nutrients from the ground for growth and development. Removal of nutrients varies from different components of palm. Hence this was carried to study the n...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2131285
Aim: Arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea L) is an underutilized tuber crop belonging to the family marantaceae. This study mainly aims to evaluate different arrowroot accessions for quality starch and best yield. Study of Design: The field experiment was conducted in randomized block...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102823