India is the world’s most populous country and produces nearly 207 million tonnes of vegetables annually, ranking second only to China. It is paradoxical that a country with such high vegetable production potential experiences considerable post-harvest losses, which reduce per ca...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i64306
A field experiment was conducted in the Department of Horticulture, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture and Research Institute, Karaikal, U.T. of Puducherry, during the summer season of 2023 in aggregatum onion [Allium cepa var. aggregatum] cv ‘Perambalur Local’ with t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i84880
In recent decades, the global demand for vegetables has surged alongside population growth. However, biotic and abiotic stresses increasingly hinder seed germination, growth and yields. Plant growth regulators (PGRs) acting as chemical messengers are crucial in regulating plant d...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2024/v46i82714
A field experiment was conducted at the Department of Horticulture, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture and Research Institute, Karaikal, U.T. of Puducherry during the summer season of 2023 to investigate the integrated effects of organics and bioenhancers on the growt...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2024/v46i62516
A field experiment on COBh Hybrid Bhendi 4 was conducted in the Department of Horticulture, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture and Research Institute, Karaikal, U.T. of Puducherry, during summer 2022 with the objective of comparing the effects of organics and bioenhan...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i92432
The present research was conducted using 16 different hybrids of bitter gourd to study path coefficients of various yield-contributing traits and was conducted in the Department of Horticulture, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture and Research Institute, Karaikal, Pudu...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i61845
A crop ideotype, representing an optimal crop type with higher yield and improved quality, requires minimal input per unit of dry matter produced. This concept aims to amalgamate all yield-contributing traits into a single plant genotype. Our study induced changes in okra plants...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i71032