The constant availability of high-yielding and well-adapted varieties is made possible by a vigorous breeding program and it is the first and least expensive input in improving the output of any crop. To design breeding methods for the development of a certain crop, it is essenti...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242702
Change detection studies have been carried out for evaluation of fifteen watersheds in Anantapuramu District of Andhra Pradesh. The study was carried out using high resolution Resourcesat-2, Linear Imaging and Self Scanning-IV (LISS-IV) data of 2011 (pre-treatment) and 2016 (post...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242703
The experiment was conducted at Department of Vegetable Science, OUAT, Bhubaneswar from 2019-2021. Stored spine gourd seeds of six months old were used in this experiment. The seeds were first given various physical treatments (T1: control, T2: 48 hours soaking in water, T3: hot...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i243265
Aim: To study the association between characters through correlation and path analysis for 30 elite maize lines Study Design: Randomized Block Design with three replications. Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was conducted at Seed Research and Technology Centre Rabi 202...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242657
Allelopathy is a concept that is applied in weed management to minimize extensively the reliance on herbicide in agriculture. The allelopathic potential of Acalypha wilkesiana, Centrosema pubescens and Phyllanthus amarus on Amaranthus cruentus and Corchorus olitorius were investi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242658
The field study was conducted at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Krishi Vigyan Kendra farm, Fatehabad, (Haryana) during Kharif 2020. The experiment was laid down with fourteen treatments, viz.T1 (Control), T2 (100% RDN (through urea)) + 50% RDN through FYM...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242659
Melia composita (Burma dek) is one of the multipurpose fast growing tree species applicable for the agri-silviculture system. In northern India, due to its fast growing and short rotation nature it has developed one of chosen tree species by the farmers under agroforestry. Melia...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242660
A field experiment was carried out to standardize spacing and pinching time to enhance the yield and quality of stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) at the Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Thrissur, Kerala, from September 2021 to May 2022. The design of the experimen...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242661
A Field experiment was carried out at Crop Research Station, (ANDUAT), Ghaghraghat, Bahraich to evaluate the effect of two levels of fertilizers (F1: 60-30-20 & F2: 120-60-40 NPK kg/ha) on grain yield of Seven Advance Varietal Trial-2 rice cultures (IET 29026, IET 27538, IET...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242662
Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is a major oilseed crop which ranks 3rd among the oilseed crops of the world. It is one of the chief vegetable oil sources in the world. The kernel of groundnut contains 46-52 per cent oil, 18 per cent carbohydrates and 25-30 per cent crude protein...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242663
Soil is full of microbial diversity and microbes present in soil interact diversely with other living form present in soil e.g., soil microbes and plants. These interactions range from symbiosis to parasitic. Among these, the most predominating mutualistic symbiotic relation is m...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242664
The current study was taken up to investigate the utility of the Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) tools for evaluation of 13 Integrated Watershed Development Programme watershed projects implemented during 2009-2016 in Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242665
The goal of this study was to evaluate different clustering techniques in classifying the vegetable growing locations of Ernakulam (EKM) district of Kerala so that same nutrient recommendation can be prescribed for panchayats coming under the same cluster. Hierarchical clustering...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242666
A field experiment was carried out in 2020 kharif season, on loamy sand soil at the S.K.N. College of Agriculture's Agronomy Farm in Jobner (Rajasthan). It included two foliar sprays of each of four liquid manures (control, 100% RDP panchgavya @ 5%, 100% RDP vermiwash @ 10%, and...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242667
Grafting in brinjal is an alternative technology for chemical treatments to control soilborne pathogens with minimum impact on product quality and environment. The present study was carried out to determine the graft compatibility of brinjal scions (Dhruva and CO 2) with five wil...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242668