A field experiment was conducted during the Rabi season of 2024–25 at the research farm of Ch. Chhotu Ram (PG) College, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, under the aegis of the Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding (Agricultural Botany). The primary objectives were to quantify ge...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2026/v41i102454
Assessment of variability and trait associations in a crop helps to enhance selection efficiency. With this objective, a study was conducted to estimate the genetic variability, character association and path coefficient analysis for grain yield and its component traits in 80 ric...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430799
Character association and path coefficients for sixteen different yield and yield-contributing traits were evaluated for 112 rice genotypes at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi during Kharif-2019. The experiment was conducted in alpha lattice design and observations were recorde...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4831275
Rice is a major energy source food crop and a staple food for more than half of the world’s population. The knowledge of mean performance and stability of high grain Zinc rice genotypes from a multi-location trial is a way to assess the genotypes so as to achieve food and nutrit...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i3431042
Aim: The knowledge of genetic diversity and relationship among the genotypes play a significant role for genetic enhancement in breeding programmes to increase production, improve quality, biotic and abiotic stresses, and also for the selection of superior parental lines in rice....
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2230847
Objective: India in its national health policy-2002 proposed to eliminate filaria from India by 2015. For this India started Maas Drug Administration in year 2004. Since then few states has already achieved zero micro filarial rate, but filaria is still endemic in many states and...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/21628
Knowledge of genetic variation and how yield-related characteristics are inherited forms the foundation for crop improvement programs in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.). This study was conducted to examine variability parameters, heritability estimates, and expected genetic g...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2026/v41i32382
The study was conducted to assess morphological variability among seventy-seven rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes using thirty-two qualitative traits in accordance with the Distinctness, Uniformity, and Stability (DUS) guideline. The study aimed to quantify phenotypic diversity th...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43795
Madhu Bai Meena, S. K. Singh, Sanjukta Chakraborty, Chetali Prakash Jawade, Sagar Saini, Juhi Aswani, Shalini Pilania & Mahendra Meena·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2025
Aims: The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of fungicides in controlling Papaya (Carica papaya L.) root rot caused by Fusarium solani. Background: The persistent challenge of root rot, exacerbated by inadequate control measures, underscores the necessity for innovative dis...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i52330
Aims: This study aims to isolate and identify rhizobacteria with antagonistic activities towards soil-borne fungi. Background: This research investigates the interactions between rhizospheric microorganisms and Fusarium solani, which causes root rot in papaya, within the agro-eco...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2025/v47i53442
Samir Pratap Singh, S. K. Singh, L. P. Awasthi, Pankaj Kumar Ray, Vinod Kumar Singh, Pavan Shukla, Ashutosh Singh & Lalbabu Kumar·Archives of Current Research International·2024
Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) belong to the Malvaceae family and an important vegetable crop widely cultivated in the Indian subcontinent. However, several factors influence okra crop as biotic and abiotic. Among the diseases affecting its cultivation, okra yellow vein mosaic...
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Research Article10.9734/acri/2024/v24i6792
An experiment was conducted to identify the diverse morphological breeding lines. A total of Fifty-two germplasm lines were characterized morphologically as per DUS guidelines, and Shannon’s diversity indices (mean value=0.612) were estimated using Microsoft Excel. The results re...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2024/v46i72574
Heavy metal contamination in agricultural field is a challenging aspect globally. Various methods are employed to address the issue; biochar among the most cost-effective and promising one. Our study encompasses biochar preparation from Parthenium, a noxious weed of agricultural...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i113629
This research was conducted to investigate the correlation and path coefficient analysis of thirty three genotypes for green fodder yield and its attributes of forage sorghum. The experimental material was planted in Completely Randomized Block Design (RBD)in three replication du...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i113576
This research was conducted in kharif during 2017 at research farm of SVPUA&T, Meerut, U.P. India. Total 30 genotypes were grown with recommended plant spacing and its collected from different agriculture universities of India. The studies of genotypic and phenotypic correlat...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203874
The experiment was carried out during rabi 2019-2020 at Crop Research Farm, Nawabganj of C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh (INDIA) for experiment. The experimental materials comprised of 100 treatments including 10 diverse parents, 45 F1s an...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203849
The pedological investigations were carried out on a soil toposequence of the semi-arid region on the basaltic landscape of western India and landform-soil relationship was established. In the study, seven soil profiles, representative of the summit, escarpment, lower pediment,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193622
A field experiment was conducted during kharif 2020 at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Krishi Vigyan Kendra farm, Fatehabad, (Haryana) to evaluate the effect of combined application of organic manures and fertilizers on the soil nutrients status under the...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121552
The field study was conducted at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Krishi Vigyan Kendra farm, Fatehabad, (Haryana) during Kharif 2020. The experiment was laid down with fourteen treatments, viz.T1 (Control), T2 (100% RDN (through urea)) + 50% RDN through FYM...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242659
Extensive fortnightly surveys were undertaken in major rice growing districts of Jammu division to study cultural and morphological variability amongst the isolates of brown leaf spot disease causing fungus (Bipolaris oryzae). Based on disease severity 24 isolates (BO1 to BO24) w...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i111388
Amrutlal R. Khaire, S. K. Singh, M. Jayasudha, Akanksha Singh, D. K. Singh, Korada Mounika, Sonali Vijay Habde, Prasanta Kumar Manzhi, Arsode Pandurang Bhagvan & Saurav Singla·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2022
Aim: To study the divergence of forty rice genotypes for consumer-preferred eleven quality traits. Design, Place and Duration of the Study: The rice seeds were harvested from randomly selected plants grown in alpha lattice design with three replications during Kharif season (star...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2022/v44i112061
Amrutlal R. Khaire, S. K. Singh, Habde Sonali Vijay, K. Mounika, D. K. Singh, . Jayasudha, Akanksha Singh, Prasanta Kumar Majhi & Kartik Sahadeo Madankar·Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology·2022
This experiment was conducted to study the variability parameters of forty rice genotypes to evaluate genetic parameters i.e., Genotypic variability coefficient (GVC), Phenotypic variability coefficient (PVC), Heritability (H) and mean percent of Genetic advance (MGA) for nine di...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2022/v41i333950
Bananas are the earliest fruit crop cultivated by humans from ancient times in India and have great social-economic importance, merged with the country's cultural heritage. Different bio-agents were isolated from the rhizosphere of wilt affected banana plants cultivar Grand naine...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2021/v43i1230780
A survey of Panama wilt of banana was conducted in different districts of Bihar i.e. Muzaffarpur, Vaishali, Samastipur, Darbhanga, Katihar, Purnea, Bhagalpur, Kishanganj and Saharsa. This disease was present in all the districts with different levels of percent wilt index. In the...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2021/v43i1230777
In India, onion is grown during Kharif, late Kharif and Rabi season, though Rabi is the main crop. India is the second largest producer of onion in the world after China. The onion is grown as bulb crop, some inflorescence stalks are produced before formation of normal bulbs know...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i730584
In Kharif 2023, the current study was conducted at JNKVV, Jabalpur, to evaluate genetic variability, heritability, and the association between yield-attributing and grain quality variables in 72 biofortified rice genotypes and 5 checks using a randomized block design. Significant...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2025/v47i83664
An on-farm trial was conducted during the Rabi seasons of 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 at farmers’ field on pre-selected ten locations of Muzaffarpur district in North Bihar, considering farmers as replication, in order to assess the fertilizer application based on soil testing for th...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i32119
Bananas are one of the most important fruit crops grown in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. It contributes to the livelihood of many growers and constitutes a larger proportion of fruit orchards in India. Panama wilt of banana is a major fungal disease affecting ba...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i13872
Panama wilt of banana caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense TR4 is considered as most devastating disease of bananas. In Bihar, this disease became a menace to banana growers of Bihar due to introduction of new highly virulent strains i.e.TR 4 strain B2. The objectives of th...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i14349
As per the estimate by the United Nations, the world population will increase to 11 billion, by 2050. This rapid increase in the population is of global concern, creating responsibilities on the shoulders of the scientists to fetch the rapidly increasing population along with t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i113333
A field experiment on ‘Growth and yield of finger millet as influenced by tillage and organic nutrient management under finger millet-french bean cropping system’ was conducted at Agronomical Research Farm, Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand during 2020-21 an...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121473
Maize is the leading cereal crop worldwide with wide adaptability and high productivity potential. Foliar diseases are arguably the major biotic constraints for maize yield. Turcicum Leaf Blight (TLB) is considered to be the most persistent and destructive maize disease among var...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i4231609
The global epidemic of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) called SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2) has infected millions and killed millions. The prevalence of the virus is of paramount importance in identifying future infections and preparing healthcare...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i51A33496
Water stress is a major factor limiting rice production and cause a severe threat to rice production. Study of relationships of morphological traits and analysis of relationships between grain yield is a useful way to finding out genetic basis of drought tolerance. Six rice varie...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45881
Pea (Pisum sativum) is a nutritious legume grown worldwide, used as vegetable (garden pea) and pulse (field pea). It is rich in protein and vitamins, and originated from the Fertile Crescent region. Present experiment was conducted on forty genotypes of field pea were procured fr...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i44155
Soil constitutes a fundamental resource for the production of food and fiber, thereby meeting diverse human needs and sustaining global ecosystems. Soil compaction and electrical conductivity are key soil properties that can significantly impact soil health and contribute to envi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i92465
A field experiment was conducted during 2018-20 to evaluate the effect of different organic amendments on yield and quality of sugarcane ratoon in calcareous soil at Crop Research Centre, farm at Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Bihar. The experiment was...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i230355
A field experiment was carried out at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Katihar, Bihar in jurisdiction of Bihar Agricultural University Sabour, Bhagalpur during 2014 to 2018 with the objective to find out suitable crop residue management option under rice- wheat cropping system in Inceptisol...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v37i630324
The field experiment was conducted at Birsa Agricultural University during winter (Rabi) season of 2017-18 with the objective to evaluate the growth parameter, yield attributes, yield and economics of wheat variety HD2967 under precision nitrogen management guided by Greenseeker....
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45894
A field experiment was conducted during rabi season 2017-18 at Research Farm of Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, Jharkhand to evaluate the nutrient uptake and nitrogen use efficiency of wheat variety HD2967 under precision nitrogen management guided by Greenseeker. The crop...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45895
In this paper, an efficient atlas based approach for multiple abdominal organ segmentation is presented. This automatic segmentation of different organs such as spine, kidneys, liver, aorta, spleen of abdominal image is based on allocation of spine as landmark. In current years s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/20812
Wheat productivity depends strongly on adequate nitrogen nutrition; however, conventional prilled urea is often associated with low nitrogen-use efficiency and substantial nutrient losses. Foliar nano-urea has emerged as a potential complementary nitrogen source that may improve...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i94493
The present study was conducted in Village Bhitaha, Block Khaijani, Tehsil Bansgaon, District Gorakhpur. The Data Collection based on Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) exercise, a meeting of the villagers along with the Sarpanch, Niab Sarpanch and Lamardar was conducted in the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2023/v41i122323
The climatic data of 107 meteorological stations of Central India were collected and maps of various climatic parameters were generated by using ArcGIS 10.5 software. Potential evapotranspiration (PET), rainfall, water deficit and moisture index trends were analyzed for 30 years...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i1030793
In view to overcome the major problem of ‘hidden hunger’ mainly caused by micronutrient deficiency, breeding for micronutrient enriched staple food crops is important. In developing countries, iron and zinc deficiencies are reported to be major health risk factor causing a high m...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1830794
Twenty eight crosses generated using eight aromatic rice varieties crossed in half diallel fashion were evaluated and analyzed along with parents to investigate combining ability and gene action for grain yield and various grain quality traits. The general combining ability and s...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1130651
In the present investigation, 10 parents and their 45 crosses (half diallel) along with 2 standard checks (Rajendra Nilam and Rajendra Mahsuri-1) were evaluated during Kharif, 2018 in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with 3 replications at Rice Farm Section, Dr. Rajendra P...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i630419
The study on Cauliflower cv. ‘Pusa Dipali’ was carried out to find out the correlation and multiple regression coefficients studies of yield and yield contributing characters. Yield was found to be highly and significantly positively correlated with all the ancillary characters v...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i330068
A field experiment was conducted during Kharif season 2016 at Research Farm of Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, Jharkhand to study productivity and profitability of transplanted rice (Oryza sativa L.) as influenced by the split application of neem coated urea. The experimen...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45877
Aims: To know the fertility status of soils of the Elamdesam block. Place and Duration of Study: Soil samples were brought from Elamdesam block, Idukki district, Kerala, India in the year 2016 and laboratory characterization was done in National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/40099
Evaluation of geostatistical tools was used for assessing top soil variability in Gopalapur micro-watershed, Gundlupet taluk, Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka, India to explore a scientific basis for predicting soil properties from unknown locations and to derive site-specific...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/38787
Aim: Integration of land resource inventory with land suitability to derive optimal land use at farm level. Study Design: Land resource inventory for farm level planning using transect approach for soil profile studies and then classified soils as per USDA soil taxonomy. The soil...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2017/37455
The present experiment was carried out in cauliflower to study the effect of boron and zinc on growth and yield in the early cauliflower having combinations of four levels 0, 1, 2, 3 kg ha-1 of boron and four levels 0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5 kg ha-1 of zinc in a factorial randomized block...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i62844
Biofortification of food crops using conventional breeding or biotechnological approach is gaining momentum to alleviate micronutrient malnutrition. Rice is a nice choice for biofortification of grain iron and zinc content as this is a cheap and chief staple food for millions of...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2130822
Aims: To assess the suitability of the rubber in Elamdesam block, Idukki district, Kerala. Place and Duration of Study: Soil survey done and soil samples were brought from Elamdesam block, Idukki district, Kerala, India in the year 2016 and laboratory characterization and suitabi...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v35i530199
Aims: Is to detailed Land Resource Inventory at block level. The objective of the study was the characterization and classification of soils of the Elamdesam block, Idukki district Kerala. Place and Duration of Study: Soil survey done and soil samples were brought from Elamdesam...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2019/44649
The comparative approach aims to establish differences and similarities between local knowledge and scientific information only to focus on the management of soil and land resources. The aim of the study at Garkahalli micro watershed in a part of Ramanagar district, Karnataka was...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/34710
Saundar Lal, Amit Nagar, R. K. Gupta, Ashvani Panwar, Anurag Tripathi, Akankhya Guru, Ranjeet Kumar & S. K. Singh·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2026
Understanding genetic diversity within rapeseed–mustard is crucial for strengthening breeding programs aimed at improving yield, stress tolerance, and seed quality. The present investigation was conducted to assess genetic variability and inter-relationships among yield and its c...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2026/v41i62406
A study was conducted at Organic Farming Research Centre of SKUAST -Jammu during 2016 to 2017 to find out the impact of organic manures on soil organic carbon, physical and crop growth parameters Okra-Dhaincha-Broccoli cropping sequence. The Soil Organic Carbon was analyzed by Ch...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i2130289