Turmeric is an important spice crop cultivated in various states of India and Tamil Nadu is one of the leading producers of Turmeric. The productivity of Turmeric in Tamil Nadu was 3.80 MT/ha (cured rhizome yield) which is lower than the national productivity. Though there are va...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i224141
The tomato fruit borer, Helicoverpa armigera Hubner (Lepidoptera; Noctuidae), is responsible for significant yield losses in tomatoes and employing chemical pesticides leads to unwarranted environmental issues. The use of entomopathogens in tomato Integrated Pest Management reduc...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i92507
The polyphagous tomato fruit borer Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) causes yield loss of 40 – 60 per cent under favourable conditions in Tomato. The farmers rely upon chemical insecticides for its management and its injudicious use leads to unwarranted problems. The use of bio pesti...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231425
Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) is the major invasive pest of maize and spread to all agro climatic zones in Tamil Nadu. The ability of fall armyworm to adapt to varied climatic conditions may be due to their ability to modify biochemical characters. Among the di...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231345
Dharmapuri is a versatile district with a wide variety of crop diversity from millets to vegetables under protected cultivation. Tuberose and melons are livelihood crops for small and marginal farmers with limited irrigation water source. About 80% of the cost of cultivation is s...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i830390
Rice productivity is impaired by sucking, leaf feeding and borer insect pests. Among the leaf feeders, rice leaf folder Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenee) cause significant yield loss. The non-chemical insect pest management is gaining momentum among farmers, and biocontrol manage...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102669
Field study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of biorationals and chemical insecticides against black thrips, Thrips parvispinus (Karny) on chrysanthemum. Thrips population ranged from 15.33 to 13.89/flower before spraying. The efficacy of seven biorationals and seven chemic...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193540
An on farm trial was conducted to study the performance of improved blackgram varieties under rainfed condition of Dharmapuri district. The trial was conducted in five farmers’ holdings spread over in palacode and morappur blocks. The varieties included in the study were VBN 8, T...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2022/v41i464020
A field experiment was conducted in research farm at Department of Pulses, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University during kharif season of 2018 to 2020 to assess the effect of foliar nutrition to enhance the productivity of pigeonpea under rainfed condition. The experiment was laid ou...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i232599
Chickpea is an important pulse crop grown during rabi season in black soil areas of Dharmapuri District. Among the various biotic and abiotic factors, the drought stress and fusarium wilt disease incidence are the major problems that reduces the chickpea yield to a greater extent...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1430703