Twelve maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines were evaluated for combining ability using a half-diallel mating design. The parental lines were crossed to generate 66 F₁ hybrids, which were assessed along with their parents and a standard check across two environments in a randomised co...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i74083
Viqar-Un-Nisa ., Z. A. Dar, S. Naseer, M. H. Khan, A. A. Lone, M. A. Wani, M. A. Rather, A. M. I. Qureshi, Wajhat-Un-Nisa ., Bilal Ahmad Lone, Aflaq Hamid, Gowher Ali, Asma Fayaz & S. Kumar·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2021
The present study was conducted at the research farm of Dryland Agriculture Research Station, SKUAST-Kashmir during the kharif of 2019. Range of heterosis was calculated over standard check. The most desirable cross combinations viz., KDM-440 x KDM-914A (-5.879), KDM-440 x V-335...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430796
The field experiment was carried out at Dryland Agriculture Research Station (DARS) Budgam, under natural rainfed conditions during Kharif 2017 season. Thirteen varieties of maize were evaluated and the experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with three replications....
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/40241
Efath Shahnaz, V. K. Razdan, Z. A. Dar, A. A. Lone, M. Habib, Seerat Un Nisa, Saba Banday, Vaseem Yousuf, Amit Kumar & Shahida Iqbal·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2024
Onion is an important vegetable crop grown all over the world in different seasons. In India, Maharashtra is the main onion producing state followed by Karnataka, Mashya Pradesh and Rajasthan. In the UT of Jammu & Kashmir, onion is grown on an area of 2.85 thousand hectares w...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i81163
Efath Shahnaz, V. K. Razdan, Z. A. Dar, A. A. Lone, M. Habib, Seerat Un Nisa, Zahida Rashid, Saba Banday, Vaseem Yousuf & Shahida Iqbal·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2024
The onion (Allium cepa L.) crop is affected by a number of diseases in the field as well as in storage which cause a significant reduction in yield leading to heavy losses each year depending on weather conditions. Leaf blight and leaf spot caused by Stemphylium vesicarium is one...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2024/v30i72211
Faisul-ur- Rasool, M. I. Bhat, Z. A. Dar, B. A. Lone, Latief Ahmad, S. A. Hakeem, Z. Rashid, S. Naseer, S. Bashir, S. Majid & S. Nissa·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2021
Intercropping provides ample scope to include two or more crops simultaneously in same piece of land thus targeting higher productivity from unit area on sustainable basis. Maize, a cereal crop of immense importance, planted in wide rows offers the possibility for adoption of int...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i1630527
Field experiments were conducted in 2017-18 during main cropping seasons of the year 2017 and 2018 at Dryland (Karewa) Agriculture Research Station, SKUAST-K to determine the effect of different post and pre emergence herbicides application on weed dynamics in maize (Zea mays L....
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1030438
Field experiments were conducted during 2017-18 at Dryland Agriculture Research Station, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir to evaluate the impact of post and pre emergence herbicides application on weed growth and yield of maize (Zea may...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i630537
Nine sweet cherry accessions were used for the analysis of morphological variability and genetic diversity by means of multivariate statistical analysis. Days from full bloom to harvest was significantly lowest (66.33 days) in accession-6. Significantly highest fruit set (37.10%)...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32071
Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) is a widely cultivated vegetable crop across the Himalayan region of Kashmir, India. The production and productivity of brinjal is threatened by various biotic and abiotic factors. Among them wilt disease, primarily caused by Fusarium species, poses...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i82844
Mohammad Irfan, Sabina Nasseer, Uzma Rashid, M. H. Khan, Z. A. Dar, Gowhar Ali, Mohd Altaf Wani, Sabiya Bashir, Zahida Rashid, Shabeena Majeed, Shahina A. Nagoo, Faisal Rasool & H. Mehfuza·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2022
A study on genetic variability among selected lines of saffron was conducted at Advanced Research Station for Saffron and Seed Spices (ARSSSS), Dusso Konibal, Pampore, SKUAST-Kashmir during cropping season 2017-18. The "Saffron (Crocus sativus L.)" germplasm was evaluated to coll...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i930914
A crop simulation model is a computerized program which is used to describe the process of growth and developmental stages of crop in relation to weather data, crop conditions and soil conditions to solve the real-world problems. Crop simulation models plays an important role in...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i630602
One (T1) and two (T2) light traps per ha were compared with control with no light source (T3) against gram pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera. Pooled data of 2018 and 2019 showed that TI resulted with average population of 0.31larvae per plant with 5.46% pod damage and average yiel...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1230495
Climate variability has been and continues to be, the principal source of fluctuations in global food production in countries of the developing world and is of serious concern. Agriculture, with its allied sectors, is unquestionably are highly dependent on weather conditions, any...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2630909
Asma Fayaz, B. Ahmad Lone, . Shilpa, Sameera Qayoom, N. A. Dar, Z. A. Dar, Faisal Rasool, Sandeep Kumar, N. S. Khuroo, P. Singh & Najma Andrabi·Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology·2020
Field experiments were conducted at Shalimar Campus of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir during 2015 and 2016 to study the growth and yield of maize at different planting dates and Nitrogen levels with further simulating Maize growth and...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2530883
Almond is a self–incompatible plant and incompatibility are of the gametophytic type requiring pollen transfer between trees of different cultivars for fruit set. The present investigation was carried out for two consecutive years to evaluate cross-compatibility among selected va...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i330523
The growth and yield response of sweet maize (Zea mays (L.) saccharata) to varying levels of organic and inorganic fertilizers during the growing seasons of kharif 2010 and 2011 was studied under temperate conditions of Kashmir Valley. Twelve treatments comprising of sole and com...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/16159
White maize (Zea mays L.) is an important cereal for human consumption in temperate regions, yet its genetic improvement remains limited due to inadequate evaluation of adapted germplasm and insufficient integration of agronomic and nutritional traits. The present study aimed to...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i23627
Maize is one of the most important cereal crops of Kashmir Valley where it serves as a source of food, feed, fodder and industrial raw material, providing enormous opportunity for crop diversification, value addition and employment generation. However, the average productivity of...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2730932
The present investigation entitled “Allelic diversity in apple germplasm for fruit quality and scab resistance using SSR markers” was conducted in division of plant biotechnology, SKUAST-K, Shalimar during the year 2018. In the present study, four SSR markers namely Md-ACS-1, Md-...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2018/v26i530056
Sabina Nasseer, Zahida Rashid, Shabina Majeed, Faisal Rasool, Munazah Rashid, Adil Gul, Shahida Iqbal, A.A. Lone & Z. A. Dar·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2024
Twenty one maize landraces were collected from tribal areas of Kupwara, Budgam and Anantnag districts and were evaluated for agro morphological characteristics. A field experiment with 18 maize landraces was conducted at the station during Kharif 2021-2022 and the data was record...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2024/v30i122645
Nusrat ul Islam, M. A. Rather, P. A. Sofi, M. A. Wani, Gowhar Ali, Fehim, J. Wani, B. Kumar, A. B. Shikari, Z. A. Dar, Shaheen Kauser, Asif Ahmad Bhat, Shamshir ul Hussan & Tanveer Ahmad Ahngar·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2024
Drought is one of the most distressing environmental stresses restraining the crop production . Drought undermines the plant growth from seedling to maturity and the studies have unveiled that the harmful impact of drought results in crops due to the damages perceived during cruc...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2024/v30i51982
Raies A. Bhat, Kaiser M. Malik, Firdous A. Raina, Shahid A. Hakeem, Faisal N. Bhat, R. Nissar, Nazir A. Bumla, A. G. Bhat & Z. A. Dar·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2023
To improve the seed replacement rate and adoption rate of maize technologies front line demonstration on different high yielding region specific maize varieties were carried out in Kupwara. 120 Front Line Demonstrations on Maize Varieties were conducted at Farmers Field in Distri...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i62848
Sabina Nasseer, Zahida Rashid, Sabiya Bashir, Faisal Rasool Shabeena Majeed, Seerat- un-Nisa, Shahida Iqbal, Mehfuza Habib, Shahina Nagoo & Z. A. Dar·Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology·2021
Maize (Zea mays L.) is the third most important cereal crop after wheat and rice. Improving maize production is considered to be one of the most important strategies for food security in the developing countries. The farmers in Kandi areas usually grow their own saved seed which...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i2431503
Zahida Rashid, N. S. Khuroo, Tanveer Ahmad Ahngar, Shabeena Majid, Sabiya Bashir, Sabina Nasseer, . Faisul-Ur-Rasool, H. Shafeeq & Z. A. Dar·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2021
A field experiment was conducted during Kharif 2020 at Dry land Agriculture Research Station, Rangreth, Srinagar, Kashmir on Precision Nitrogen Management for enhancing fodder yield and nitrogen use efficiency in forage maize variety SFM-1 (KDFM-1) planted in a spacing of 30 x10...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i1830593
There are several factors affecting the growth of maize; however, the optimum date of sowing is important for maize so that the crop grown can complete its life cycle under optimum environmental conditions and managing the fertilizer is one of the most important factors affecting...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i82094
Raies A. Bhat, Faizan Ahmad, Tanveer Ahmad Ahngar, T. A. Shiekh, Zahida Rashid, Waseem Raja, Latief Ahmad, S. A. Hakeem, Mumtahin Ul Kousar, Roman Nissar & Z. A. Dar·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2021
Fodder availability in cold arid regions is from 40 to 50 percent of real need, but in some areas it exceeds 50 percent [1]. Alfalfa, which is the sole fodder accessible to farmers and is dried and given to animals throughout the winter, is insufficient to meet the winter fodder...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430801
Zahida Rashid, Tanveer Ahmad Ahngar, B. Sabiya, N. Sabina, N. S. Khuroo, M. Shabeena, A. Rakshanda, Raies A. Bhat, Faisul-ur- Rasool, H. Shafeeq, Z. A. Dar & Seerat Jan·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2021
A field experiment was conducted at Dry land Agricultural Research Station, Rangreth, Srinagar, SKUAST-K in Kharif 2020 to study the effect of Plant Growth Regulators and micronutrients on growth, yield and quality of sorghum. The objective of the study was to assess the effect o...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2021/v43i930732
Altaf Hussain Lone, Tahir Ahmad Sheikh, Bilal Ahmad Lone, Tanveer Ahmad Ahngar, Zahoor Ahmad Baba, Moneesa Bashir, Mohmmad Aasif Sheikh, Mohd Salim Mir, Zahida Rashid, Shabeena Majid, . Faisul - Ur- Rasool & Z. A. Dar·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2022
A field experiment entitled “Performance of sweet corn hybrids (Zea mays saccharata) as influenced by soil and foliar application of zinc” was conducted during kharif 2018 at the Experimental Farm of the Division of Agronomy, Wadura, SKUAST-K. The experiment comprised of two fact...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2022/v44i122090