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Effect of Integrated Nutrient Management on Growth, Yield and Economics of Hybrid Maize (Zea mays L.)

Manimala Mahato, Saikat Biswas & Dhananjoy Dutta · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2020

A field experiment was carried out during summer season of 2018 at Instructional Farm, Jaguli, BCKV, West Bengal to study the effect of integrated nutrient management on growth, yield and economics in hybrid maize. The treatments were T1-100% RDF (150:75:75 kg/ha N, P2O5 and K2O)...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i330517

Low-cycle Fatigue Behavior and Constitutive Relations for a Ferritic Stainless Steel at Elevated Temperatures

S. M. Humayun Kabir & Tae-In Yeo · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2020

In this paper, the tensile and strain-controlled cyclic deformation behavior of a ferritic stainless steel which is developed for the exhaust manifold of automobiles is evaluated experimentally at different temperatures. The effect of temperature on monotonic tensile responses su...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i330512

Efficacy Assessment of Various New Fungicides for Management of Powdery Mildew of Pea (Pisum sativum L. sub sp. hortense)

Sonali Agrawal, B. K. Singh, Anand K. Singh, Amit Kumar Maurya & Umesh Kumar Dhakad · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2020

The experiment was carried out to test the comparative efficacy of various new fungicides in management of powdery mildew disease of garden pea. The results obtained by the concerned study revealed that Tebuconazole 50% + Trifloxystrobin 25% WG at a dosage of 350 g/ha was highly...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i330513

Mapping the Density and Distribution of Indigenous Cattle Population Using Geographic Information System (GIS) Tools

B. Gopalakrishnan, M. P. Sugumaran, Balaji Kannan, M. Thirunavukkarasu & V. Davamani · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2020

Aim:The current research aims to map the density and distribution of indigenous cattle population using GIS technique. Study Design:  Survey research - Cross-sectional. Place and Duration of Study: Thondamuthur Block, Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu State, India. September 2018 t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i330514

Somatic Embryogenesis in Papaya (Carica papaya L. cv. TNAU Papaya CO.8)

C. K. Rajesh, D. Sudhakar, K. K. Kumar, C. Kavitha, G. Karthikeyan & K. Soorianathasundaram · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2020

An efficient indirect somatic embryogenesis protocol for Carica papaya var TNAU Papaya CO.8 was developed using immature zygotic embryos as an explant. Two growth regulators namely 2,4-D and picloram each at 1, 2, 3 mg/L were tested for callus induction and the highest callus ind...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i330510

Fruiting Behaviour and Fruit Quality of Different Mango Varieties under Changing Climate Scenario

Neha Sinha, Mahendra Pal, Vinod Kumar, Anita Chaudhary & Ankit Singh Bhadauria · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2020

A field experiment was conducted to study the impact of temperature and relative humidity on fruiting behaviour and fruit quality of different mango varieties in Central Plain Zone of Uttar Pradesh during the fruiting year 2017-18 in the Garden of the Department of Horticulture,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i330507

Small Millet Farming Drifting towards Progression: An Attitudinal Study

P. Jaisridhar, P. Parasuraman & Shashikant Divakar · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2020

As farmers have started to grow millets in recent times, farming is taking a slow drift towards progression. Past studies justifies this with various reasons viz., reduced water table, labour shortage, progressive market for millets and so on. Is it really because of this reason...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i330508

Effect of Different Levels of Potassium on Yield and Economics of Kharif Maize (Zea mays L.)

Mohd. Zakir Hussain, Ashok Kumar Kumar, Devendra Mandal, Rajeev Singh & R. K. Sohane · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2020

A field experiment was conducted during Kharif season at Crop Research Farm of Tirhut College of Agriculture, Dholi in 2017 to observe the effect of different levels of potassium on yield and economics of Kharif maize. The experiment was laid out in Randomized block design with f...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i230505

Determination of PRSV Tolerant Papaya Plants from SBF6 Generation of Intergeneric Population Using Ranking Model System

R. Mohammed Aseef, K. Soorianathasundaram, P. Paramaguru, P. Muthulakshmi, A. John Joel & C. N. Chandrasekhar · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2020

The Full-sib mated sixth (SBF6) generation of intergeneric population of papaya from the cross CP 50 x Vasconcellea cauliflora was evaluated to select the progenies with PRSV tolerance coupled with better yield. In order to identify the well performing progenies, the mean perform...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i230506

Variation among Different Growth Stages on Mineral Nutrient Content in Guava Fruits

Dhyanananda Kumari, Muneshwar Prasad & Feza Ahmad · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2020

Guava is one of the most promising fruit crops of India and is considered to be one of the exquisite nutritionally valuable and remunerative crops. We are unaware of any report describing macro and micronutrient dynamics in fruit at different growth stages of guava. For conductin...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i230634

Prospects of Precision Farming in Sugarcane Agriculture to Harness the Potential Benefits

Gulzar S. Sanghera, Arvind Kumar & Rajan Bhatt · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2020

Sugarcane on one side considered important for crop diversification and important for human civilization while on other sugar industry is facing a long term losses in terms of monetary issues. Moreover, farmer is also not clear about which techniques is to adopt for practising th...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i230504

Evaluation of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Genotypes for Morphological, Qualitative and Biochemical Traits for Protected Cultivation

Anuradha Sinha, Paramveer Singh, Ajay Bhardwaj & Randhir Kumar · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2020

Fourteen genotypes of tomato collected from different sources were evaluated inside naturally ventilated polyhouse at Polyhouse Complex, Department of Horticulture (Vegetable and floriculture), BAU, Sabour, Bhagalpur during 2018-2019. The experiment was laid out in RBD with three...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i230503

Probiotics as a Biocontrol Agent in Management of Post Harvest Diseases of Mango

K. Greeshma, C. D. Deokar, K. S. Raghuwanshi & V. K. Bhalerao · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2020

Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is the most important horticultural crop in Maharashtra as well as in India. However, this crop is well acclimatized to tropical and subtropical climatic regions. Post harvest losses caused by micro organisms are reported as from 30 to 35% losses with...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i230501

Effect of Fuel Material Compositions on Combustion Properties of Wood Chips from Smallhold Farm Plots in a Sudano-Sahelian Environment of Nigeria

O. A. Sotannde, A. M. Dadile, M. Umar, S. M. Idoghor & B. D. Zira · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2020

Aims: The study explored the combustion properties of woods and barks of some selected trees and the mixtures of the two in order to map out how fuel material composition affect the combustion properties of biomass materials. Study Design: The study is a two-factor factorial expe...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i230502