The Research work was carried out with three main treatments; 100, 80, and 60% of V volume of water through drip and five sub-treatment with different color mulch i.e black, blue, red, white color plastic mulch and without mulch (control) with three replications. Variety Grand Na...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i104483
Over the past decade, agricultural development in India has evolved significantly due to a range of influencing factors. In Odisha, the agricultural sector is particularly susceptible to risks and uncertainties, making it crucial to assess growth and instability. This study provi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i94453
Field experiment was conducted at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Aurangabad and at farmer’s field during 2012 and 2013 to Effect of different type mulch on growth, yield attributes and yield of Brinjal (Solanum melogena). The experiment was conducted in randomized block design with three...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v37i630333
Ornamental horticulture is a technology-oriented aspect of high-value agriculture. However, in Bihar, its development is limited by low crop diversification, the use of poor-quality planting material, and deficiencies in production, post-harvest, and marketing infrastructure. Thi...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i104483
A field experiment was conducted at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Aurangabad and in farmers’ field during rainy seasons of 2013, 2014 and 2015, to Performance of drought tolerant rice varieties under various methods of stand establishment in rainfed drought-prone condition of Bihar. Expe...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v37i630334
Rajeev Singh, Ravi Ranjan Kumar, Praveen Kumar, A. K. Singh, R. K. Sohane, R. N. Singh, Anjani Kumar Singh, Nityanand ., Tej pratap & Sangita Mehta·Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology·2019
A field experiment was conducted at Aurangabad district of Bihar during 2014-15 and 2015-16. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with five replications and six treatments. The major weeds in experimental field were Chenopodium album, Phalaris minor, Anagalis ar...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i230059
Lentil is one of the most nutritious pulse crops known as masur and grown as a rainfed crop throughout the world in winter season. It is rich in protein, starch, micronutrients and dietary fiber. In the global scenario, India ranked first in the area and second in the production...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430793
Aim: To screen and characterize pigeonpea genotypes using morpho-physiological, biochemical and molecular traits. Study Design: The field trial was conducted using the Randomized Block Design (RBD) while Completely Randomized Design was used for laboratory and pot screening exper...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1230660
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is the second most important food legume crop after common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). It is one of the most important rabi pulse crop in India and contributes to 20% of the total pulse production in the world. India ranks first in chickpea product...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i930608
Polerovirus (Family-Luteoviridae) are one of the most destructive viruses causing detrimental diseases in vegetable crops in tropical regions of the world including India. Four species viz. potato leaf roll virus (PLRV), potato virus Y(PVY), potato virus X(PVX) and potato virus S...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i230054
Improving farmer’s income through technological intervention is the urgent need in rural areas for making self-dependence and economic sufficiency. In this direction, a number of scientist farmers interaction meets were organized in KVK, Aurangabad. Farmers farm women, rural yout...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i230064
The study of genetic diversity among Lathyrus sativus L. may give fundamental insights into extent of genetic variation and provide options to meet the climate change challenge. 20 SSR loci were employed to assess the genetic diversity of 32 grasspea genotypes. Eleven markers pro...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i330070
Linseed is locally known as Tissi, common Flax and Alsi. It belongs to family Linaceae. It is a rabi oil seed crop. It has medicinal and industrial importance. It is rich source of essential fatty acid (alfa-linolenic acid) known as Omega-3 fatty acid, antioxidants and fibre. The...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i330074
Aims: The study aims to highlight the simple optimisation, inexpensive and rapid procedure for DNA isolation from tough leaves (Palmyra palm) without compromising the yield and purity of DNA. Study Design: Leaf of palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer) was used to conduct the experi...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i230061
Aims: The present investigation was undertaken to study the nature and magnitude of genetic diversity among chickpea genotypes. Study Design: The experimental material comprised of forty genotypes of chickpea in Rabi 2016-17 at Pulse Research Farm, Bihar Agricultural University,...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45989
Rakesh Kumar, Shashi Ranjan Pratap Singh, Paramveer Singh, Jai Prakash Prasad, Ravi Ranjan Kumar, Anand Kumar Jain & J.N. Srivastava·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2026
The combined effects of plant growth regulators (PGRs) and varietal selection are important for improving ornamental crop productivity; however, variety-specific responses to PGRs have been less systematically examined in China aster. This study evaluated seven exogenous PGR trea...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i74079
Annona Squamosa L. (Custard apple) is a tropical fruit known for its sweet taste, distinct flavour, and pleasant, aromatic creamy pulp. The fruit has high nutritional value as it is rich in protein, carbohydrate, sugars, vitamins, phosphorus, potassium and high dietary fibre with...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i82792
India is a nation which has got huge scope for modernization. The pace of increasing modernization in India coupled with its ever increasing human population is posing a very serious impact on environment mainly due to global warming. Abrupt rainfall conditions coupled with droug...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i1130519
The present study was conducted to evaluate the seed quality of chickpea (cv. PG-186) and lentil (cv. HUL-57) seed samples collected from randomly selected districts of different agroclimatic zones of Bihar. The seed quality was assessed based on their physiological (seed moistur...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1030629
The present investigation was carried out on thirty-six lentil genotypes at the farm of Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur in 2018-19. The genetic divergences were examined using Mahalanobis D2 statistics for two dates of sowing i.e normal sown and late sown conditi...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i230498
The genetic diversity was estimated using seventy two genotypes of rice in a randomized block design with three replications at the rice research farm of Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour (Bhagalpur) during Kharif, 2019-20 to determine the contribution of fifteen quantitative...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4831228