A field study was conducted during the summer (kharif) season of 2023 at the Lalapuram village, Thirumangalam block of Madurai district, to assess the influence of phosphorus-enriched compost on the growth and yield parameters of barnyard millet in both red and black soils. The r...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193716
Priyadharshan , G., D. Pradeep, Rajkishore , S. K., Rahale , C. Sharmila, R. Rajeswari, Rajeswari , R., G. Priyadharshan, S. Maragatham, S. K. Rajkishore, Maragatham , S., C. Sharmila Rahale & Pradeep , D.·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2023
This study focuses on the synthesis and comprehensive characterization of sulphur nanoparticles (S-NPs) using a precipitation method. The synthesis involved sodium thiosulphate and cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide surfactants in a concentrated hydrochloric acid medium. The result...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193717
The soil erosion can cause a reduction in agricultural productivity, ecosystem disturbances, and pollution of water. Physical and climatic features of a catchment such as topographic conditions, land use land cover, rainfall intensity, and the soil characteristics are the key sig...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193718
Modern plant breeding and agricultural systems has narrowed base for the genetic variability of cultivated chickpea and explore to new sources of variation that might be used in plant breeding programmes. An investigation was undertaken to carried out to assess the genetic variab...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193703
Saffron corms are attacked by a wide variety of arthropod pest species and mites are one of them. Among Arachnida class bulb mite causes considerable damage to saffron crop and presence of this pest is a regular feature in its cultivation. To record the occurrence of saffron bulb...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193704
Organic farming plays an important role in the improvement of soil organic matter content. Adoption of organic farming leads to overall balance of the ecosystem and sustaining environmental health. Although conventional farming practices are quite better in achieving global food...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193705
The response to foliar application of Fe-fortified humic substances (HS) and humic acid (HA) on the growth, nodulation and yield characteristics of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) var. TMV 2 in a calcareous Vertisol was studied in a pot culture experiment. There were 16 treatmen...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193706
Chinese cabbage (Brassica chinensis L.) is an important leafy vegetable crop. It has good nutritional and medicinal value. Among all diseases affecting the plant, Alternaria leaf spot is a serious disease hampering its successful cultivation. Keeping in view this serious implicat...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193707
A laboratory experiment was conducted at the PC Unit Sesame & Niger, Department of Entomology, JNKVV, Jabalpur on biology of spiny castor caterpillar, Ariadne merione merione (Cramer) on castor. Considerable variation in larval period on castor plants was observed, with the s...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193708
Amit Kumar, Satya Prakash, Vibhu Pandey, Om Prakash, Nirmal Kumar Meena, Ramdeen Kumar, Shalini Singh, Khursheed Alam, Joginder Singh & Kuldeep Kumar Shukla·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2023
The influence of plant growth regulators, including auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, ethylene, abscisic acid, brassinosteroids, jasmonates, and salicylic acid, on fruit crop development and quality enhancement. Various stages of fruit crop growth, such as flowering, fruit set, r...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193690