Aims: This study aimed to standardise agronomic management practices for spinach beet (Beta vulgaris L. var. bengalensis) under protected conditions. Study Design: The experiment was laid out in a 2 × 2 × 3 factorial randomised block design with three replications during the Rabi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2026/v12i3731
The promotion of safe and sustainable organic farming necessitates production and availability of quality organic inputs in adequate quantities. A field experiment was conducted in Kuttanad, Kerala during 2023-2024 in RCBD with seven treatments and replicated thrice to evaluate t...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2026/v12i1655
The present study was conducted at Instructional Farm, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, from December 2021 – February 2022, to assess the effectiveness of the treatments [cow dung, Trichoderma, Pink Pigmented Facultative Methylotrophs (PPFM) isolate,...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i82742
A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of red gram intercropping and nutrient management practices in cassava on weed control and yields at the College of Agriculture, Vellayani during May 2022 to May 2023. The experiment was laid out in randomised block design w...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i45408
Cassava-legume intercropping is widely promoted by virtue of the ecological, nutritional and productive benefits and the choice of the intercrop is crucial in realizing the potentials envisaged. The performance of red gram (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) as an intercrop in cassava w...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2024/v10i4414
As part of the study, a survey was conducted to identify the soil fertility constraints of cassava growing tracts of AEU 8, Thiruvananthapuram, which is one of the major cassava growing regions of the State of Kerala in peninsular India. The method of sampling of the survey was r...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i113509
A laboratory incubation study was carried out in the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, for 90 days to assess the dynamics of micronutrient release from Thermochemical Organic Fertilizer (TOF) prepared using different reagent combinations. Two kg air dried 2 m...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i105803