The goal of this study was to develop bread and biscuit from mixture of wheat and pigeon pea flours and examine the nutritional quality of the two products. The composite flour blend was formulated using wheat and pigeon pea flours in ratio 90:10, 80:20 and 70:30 (wheat: pigeon p...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i630467
The informal non-food manufacturing sector is an engine of growth and development in both developed and developing countries. It’s unregulated and unregistered in official government statistics. However, this particular sector is faced with occupational safety and health hazards...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i630468
Introduction: Surface irrigation, our oldest method of applying water on to the cropped land, has withstood the test of time because of its many advantages. Over the years, minor changes have been made to improve the efficiency of surface irrigation system. Aim: The present study...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i630469
The present investigation was carried out in the fields located at wheat breeding section, Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur and Bihar. The experimental materials of the study comprised of 39 diverse bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes....
Open access
Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i630466
Vegetables are important in human diets as a side dish eaten either cooked or raw as in salads. They are important for their nutritional contribution as major sources of minerals, vitamins, nine essential amino acids, beneficial phytochemicals, fibre and interesting colour from a...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i630465
The existing theories of gravitation are founded mostly on the Euclidean theoretical Physics in which the influence of gravitational field is ignored. In this paper we derive the Newton’s dynamical gravitational field equation based upon the great metric tension in which the infl...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i630463
A Static Flat Bed Batch Dryer was developed at Department of Agricultural Engineering GKVK, Bangalore with a capacity of 20 kg and mainly to be used for drying paddy from harvesting moisture content (20 – 22%) to 12% for safe storage. The dryer mainly consists of Blower, Heating...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i630464
Paddy (rice) is considered as the most important staple food-cereal crop in south-east Asian countries. It is the majorly consumed food in India. Transplanting of paddy is a highly labor-intensive operation and is still done manually. It takes around 182 to 250-man hours a day to...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i630462
This paper is based on the study titled ‘Perception of Agriculture students and teachers towards reforms on agricultural education. The study was conducted at Banaras Hindu University in the Department of Extension Education, Institute of Agricultural Sciences. In this paper, the...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i630461
The potential negative effect of agrochemicals on the global environment and the cost associated with production lead to research for replacing the chemical fertilizers with bacterial inoculants. Pseudomonas fluorescens an important biocontrol agent because of its ability to indu...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i630459
A field experiment was undertaken to study the effect of different liquid manure on growth and yield of green gram during summer seasons of 2015 and 2016. The experiment was conducted at Model Organic Farm at Kalyani C block of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya Nadia under New...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i630460
Aims: The study was aimed to investigate the effect coloured polythene bags on fruit quality of ‘Himsagar’ mango grown in New Alluvial Zone of West Bengal, India. Methodology: Field experiment was conducted at Regional Research Station, New Alluvial Zone, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vi...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i630458
Aims/Objectives: Is to examine the use of spectral reflectance characteristics and explore the effectiveness of spectral indices under water and nitrogen stress environment. Study Design: Split-plot. Place and Duration of Study: Agro Climate Research Center, A.R.I., P.J.T.S. Agri...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i630456
The production of groundnut in India is being rapidly increased in the last ten years and is expected to increase further in coming decade. Farmer mostly used traditional cultivation practices for production of groundnut, which are labour and time intensive. Therefore, time savin...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i630457
Background: The present study was aimed to review the consumption pattern and health implications of convenience foods in regular life. The term 'Convenience food' is being widely used in the catering industry due to rapid progress in food technology. Consumption of convenience f...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i630455