Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) is an innovative and sustainable agricultural paradigm that redefines conventional farming practices. Pioneered by Subhash Palekar, ZBNF promotes a harmonious coexistence with nature by minimizing external inputs and eliminating the use of synth...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i44482
India ranks as the second-largest global vegetable producer, yet its current productivity falls short of meeting the nutritional requirements of its expanding population. The country boasts an impressive array of vegetable varieties, spanning from tropical to subtropical and temp...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i123668
Fruit and vegetables are rich source of vitamins and minerals and due to their perishable nature, they have a very short shelf life thus making it difficult to store them for longer period. Approximately 30-40% of horticultural products are in lost due to the improper handling du...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i143028
The Indian agriculture sector is developing enthusiastically day by day. Horticulture has been an emerging sector in agriculture accounts for 90% o of the total horticulture production in the country, which consists of crops like vegetables, fruits, flowers, mushrooms, tuber crop...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2022/v40i730911
Nitrogen is essential for agriculture, yet conventional urea loses over 60% of its applied nitrogen, causing environmental harm. Nano urea, engineered as nanoparticles (20–100 nm) via chemical and green synthesis, enhances nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) to 60–80%, nearly double th...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i42213
Physiologically mature, uniform fruits were thoroughly washed and dipped in aqueous solution of T0 (Untreated fruits), T1 (Boric acid at 200 ppm), T2 (Boric acid at 300 ppm), T3 (NAA at 100 ppm), T4 (NAA at 200 ppm), T5 (Salicylic acid at 300ppm), T6 (Salicylic acid at 400ppm) fo...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i81988
Vegetative propagation is a fantastic way to improve the quality of the forest tree planting stock. It is often used in seed orchards and clone banks as a method of genotype preservation. Vegetative propagation is the greatest option when low quality seed and poor germination rat...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i81968
Plant growth regulators are extremely important natural hormones which control the growth and the physiological factors within the plant. They are naturally occurring as well as synthetic. PGRs like Auxins, ethylene, cytokinins and gibberellins are the growth inhibitors and growt...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i1130977