Vegetable marketing has been affected by several production and marketing constraints, among these losses from pests, lack of quality seeds and irrigation facilities and high variation in yields. The post harvest losses are also high due to perishable nature of the product. Most...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i230499
Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is an excellent cash crop having multipurpose uses of each plant part i.e., direct consumption, cooking oil and a rich source of protein feed for animals. Rust and late leaf spot (LLS) are two major foliar fungal diseases of groundnut and can cause...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i230500
India is popularly known as an agriculture driven nation, since the majority of its population is employed in agriculture, thus, making agriculture backbone of the Indian economy. Agriculture is an engine of growth and poverty reduction in the majority of developing nations. Stre...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i230495
Aims: To determine the chemical composition of secondary metabolite of cocoa endophytic fungi L. pseudotheobromae PAK-7, L. theobromae TN-R-3 and their anti-oomycete activities. Statistical Design: Multivariate analysis. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Plant Pathology,...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i230496
The present investigation was carried out on thirty-six lentil genotypes at the farm of Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur in 2018-19. The genetic divergences were examined using Mahalanobis D2 statistics for two dates of sowing i.e normal sown and late sown conditi...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i230498
Aims: To investigate the direct and residual effect of boron application on yield and nutrient content under rice-wheat cropping system in middle Gangatic alluvial plan. Study Design: Completely random design (CRD). Place and Duration of Study: Net-house of the Department of Soil...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i230492
Weeds pose a major challenge at the initial stages of sugarcane and when uncontrolled cause high yield losses. This study was undertaken to define a better and cost-effective weed management strategy. Field experiment was carried out at District Seed Farm (C Unit) of Bidhan Chand...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i230493
Aims: The effects of crop and machine parameters on cutting force for Bengal gram crop were investigated. Study Design: Experiments were carried out at two levels by using the standard protocol. Place: The study was carried out in the farm machinery work shop of Agricultural Engi...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i230494
Nigeria is currently the largest rice producing country in Africa. High volumes of waste such as rice husk are inevitable with high production. Also pesticides used to rid of pests, diseases and improve crop yield find their ways into available surface water that serves domestic...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i230491
This study was conducted during Rabi 2017-18 under net house condition, to evaluate the synergistic effects of vermicompost and beneficial microbes on pea plants. The experiment was laid out in completely randomized design with three replication and fifteen treatments. The result...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i130489
A set of 48 rice genotypes were evaluated to assess the magnitude of genetic diversity under irrigated (control) and reproductive stage drought stress conditions during Kharif, 2018 at Rice Research Farm, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour (Bhagalpur), India. On the basis of D...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i130487
Seed priming is a low-cost technology and effective way of improving nutrient supply to crops as well as the importance of priming to get a good crop stand of maize. Pre-sowing soaking of seeds with KH2PO4, Na2HPO4 etc. or simple water was earlier reported to improve seed germina...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i130488
Yellow mosaic disease (YMD) caused by Mungbean yellow mosaic virus (MYMV) is one of the most destructive biotic production constraints in urdbean. Development and introduction of resistant cultivars with high seed yield are considered as the most economical and eco-friendly optio...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i130485
The main objective of this study is to trace out the constraints perceived by married women employed in government sector. The employed women face various challenges at workplace and at home as well. They deal with home and family issues as well as job stress daily. In this study...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i130486
Handloom industry is one of the important segments of the textile industry in India. There are a number of centres that are specifically engaged in the production and adornment of handloom textiles. Pilkhuwa, a small town in Ghaziabad (U.P) situated on the NH24, 51 km from Delhi...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i130484