An experiment was carried out during the winter season (rabi) for two years 2019-20 and 2020-21 on Instructional cum Research Farm, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalay, Raipur (C.G.) to enhance the production of baby corn through intercropping. The experiment was laid out in rand...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203820
The present investigation was conducted during Rabi 2019 season at the central farm, Regional Research and Technology Transfer Station, Coastal Zone, OUAT, Bhubaneswar. The fresh seeds of groundnut variety Devi (ICGV - 91114) were used as sowing material. The field was laid out i...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203821
A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of cotton residue incorporation with conservation tillage and integrated nutrient management practices on Bt cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) at AICRP on Dryland Agriculture farm, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, P...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203822
A study was conducted to isolate and characterize phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB) from soils of various locations in North Gujarat. A total of 40 PSB isolates were obtained, exhibiting a phosphate solubilizing index (PSI) ranging from 2.11 to 4.33. Interestingly, among 40 P...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203823
A storage study was done during 2010-11 and 2011-12 at Rice Laboratory, Department of Agronomy, BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India. The change in mean relative humidity over two years from 71.2 (2-month) to 82.2% (6-month) in the laboratory experiments probably caused a sl...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203814
Grapes suffer from various diseases and amongst them, downy mildew (c.o. Plasmopara viticola) causes global crop losses to the extent of 80-90%. Several fungicides are used to control these diseases, but the major risks involved in using fungicides are development of fungicide re...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203815
Black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) is grown extensively across many parts of Tamil Nadu. Pepper production is greatly affected by the fungal wilt complex diseases. In this study, the major pepper growing regions of Tamil Nadu were surveyed for two wilt complex diseases viz., slow wil...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203816
Detailed soil survey (DSS) was carried out in drought prone district of Ramanathapuram during April 2023 to find out the weathering pattern of the soil. Totally 4 soil profiles was excavated from Mandabam, Pudukudi, Paramakudi and Muthukulathur areas and studied for soil morpholo...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203817
Bt hybrid cotton was significantly benefitted by the soil application of Sagarika sea weed extract granules at 25 kg ha-1 yr-1 along with the recommended basal fertilizers dose or foliar application of nano ZnO 4% at 0.04% at squaring and flowering stages. These treatments signi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203806
This study aimed to evaluate the impact of nano-urea, indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) on seed germination and various growth parameters of Raphanus sativus L. The experiment was carried out in a randomized block design with three replicates per treat...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203807
Roving survey has been conducted during first quarter of 2023 at selected paddy fields of Cauvery Delta zone (Tanjore, Perambalur) and Western zone (Coimbatore, Erode) of Tamil Nadu to assess the Percent Disease Incidence for rice false smut disease in which the maximum disease i...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203808
Rice, (Oryza sativa L. 2n=24) belongs to the family Gramineae and subfamily Oryzoideae. Oryza has two cultivated species: Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima. Breeding for good-quality traits requires the selection of parents with a wider genetic diversity. Molecular markers are us...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203809
The present study carried out with 45 black gram genotypes including one check variety were conducted at Field Experimentation Centre of the Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, to study genetic variability, heritability, genetic advance, for 13 quantitative characters. The...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203810
Tomatoes are the most popular vegetable crop worldwide and contain many health-promoting compounds. Most foods contain very little amount of vitamin D, and plants are very poor sources in the production of vitamin D. The 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase gene (Sl7-DR2) is responsibl...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203811
The field experiment entitled “Effect of spacing and foliar spray of liquid organic manures on Yield and Economics of zaid groundnut (Arachis hypogea)”was conducted during rabi season, 2022 at Crop Research Farm in the Department of agronomy, Naini Agriculture Institute, Sam Higg...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203812