There is an increasing importance to eco-friendly alternatives in weed management in the current context of the shift towards sustainable forms of agriculture like organic and natural farming. The unscrupulous use of chemicals in agricultural practices has led to many adverse eff...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i23647
Herbicide resistance is an increasing constraint to sustainable weed management and crop production. Repeated and continuous use of herbicides with the same mode or site of action has intensified selection pressure, favouring resistant weed populations and reducing the efficacy o...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i64053
The study evaluated the allelopathic potential of aqueous plant extracts of Hultholia mimosoides, which is an emerging troublesome weed in the plantations of Kerala. The allelopathic effect of the plant was evaluated in laboratory and pot experiments using aqueous leaf extracts....
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i113266
A pot culture study was conducted from February to May 2020 at the Agronomy Farm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Vellanikkara, Kerala to study the effects of short-term flooding on the growth, physiology, and yield of four high-yielding cultivars of hybrid napier...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i213989
The vast morphological diversity of Kerala’s indigenous Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. genotypes makes suitable for waterscaping, floral arrangements, and sacred offerings. Despite these significant ornamental and functional attributes, the commercial, medicinal, and landscaping potent...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i53907