Quorum sensing is a cell-to-cell communication mechanism that was reported in Rhizobium mayense S11R1, Pantoea dispersa YBB19B, and Paenibacillus illionoisensis YBB20 by the presence of N-acyl homoserine lactones. This study explored possible mechanisms for expressing plant growt...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193641
An improvement in the present liquid formulation of biofertilizer is essential to expand its shelf life and enhance the bioefficacy potential of the inoculated crops. Here, we screened ten different water-soluble polymers for their feasibility as cell protectants in liquid biofer...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193605
Drought stress is the major limiting factor for crop production in most areas. To mitigate the adverse effects of drought in plants, we aimed to employ the Drought-tolerant endophytic bacteria in this present investigation. Thus, screening of drought tolerance and plant growth pr...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231386
Aim: Seed treatment with Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria (PGPB) is considered to be safe for seed and environment and ecologically sound. To ensure the benefits of the PGPB, studies were conducted in pearlmillet by treating with liquid microbial cultures for enhancing seed germin...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2020/v30i430212
Fall armyworm as a polyphagous voracious feeder reported causing yield losses in most agriculturally important crops. As this insect had developed resistance against most of the insecticides, there is a need for an alternate approach to management. Gut endosymbiotic bacteria play...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231389
Fungicide resistance is reducing the effectiveness of fungicides in controlling plant diseases, leading to increase crop losses and the need for alternative control strategies. Addressing this issue requires careful fungicide use and the development of new management approaches....
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203813
A survey was conducted at different rice growing regions of Tamil Nadu such as Erode, Tanjore and Coimbatore. Among the areas surveyed the maximum disease incidence was recorded at Tanjore in the rice variety ADT 54 with the percent disease incidence of 50.23%. Initially one bact...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193725
Aim: Though the effect of foliar application of micronutrients is well established, research on the performance of cauliflower with combined application of micronutrients is very meager. Keeping this in view, the research work was proposed to assess the effect of Micronutrient M...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i183437
Aims: The objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of different silicon sources with and without microbial inoculants on growth parameters, leaf yield and quality of Coriander. Study Design: Factorial Completely Randomized Block Design (FCRD) was used in the p...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231372
An experiment was conducted during month of February 2022 at Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore to identify the effect of different agroforestry systems on soil quality parameters. Soil samples were collected from...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2031157
The objective of the present study is to study the effect of various micronutrient mixtures on the growth and yield parameters of cabbage. Randomized Block Design (RBD) was used in the present study with twelve treatments and three replications. The field experiment was carried o...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i183505
An experiment was conducted with seven cropping systems T1 (Rice – Rice), T2 (Rice – (Green gram / Black gram), T3 (Rice - Cotton), T4 (Rice – Sesame), T5 (Rice – Maize), T6 (Rice – Dhaincha), T7 (Rice – Rice – Rice) during the rabi season (October to January), 2021-2022. At the...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2131327
Drought affects the rainfed groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) at different phases of development and it is the serious threats on groundnut productivity causing losses than any other abiotic factor under rainfed agriculture. In the world's semiarid regions, groundnut accounts for...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2330723