Weather is one of the most important factors determining the success or failure of agricultural production. It affects every phase of the growth and development of a plant. Extreme weather events like heavy rains, cyclones, heat waves, cold waves, drought, etc cause considerable...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242643
Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] is a popular pulse crop, second only to chickpea and pigeon pea, and is grown in many parts of the world. Mungbean belongs to family Leguminosae. In the suitable condition bean is attacked by various diseases. Out of which, anthracnose caused...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242644
A field experiment was carried out during the rabi season of 2020-21 and 2021-22 at Krishi Vigyan Kendra (ANDUAT), Mahrajganj. The study is Frontline Demonstration at adopted farmers’ field in six blocks viz. Sadar, Siswa Bazar, Meethora, Laxmipur.Ghughali and Nichlol of Mahraj...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242645
Dragon fruit (Hylocereus spp.) is a recently introduced super fruit in India, gaining popularity both in the rural and urban areas because of its attractive colour, delicious taste, high nutritive and medicinal values. It is adaptable to humid as well as semi-arid tropical and s...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242646
The present study was undertaken to assess the status of available macronutrients, viz., nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K) and sulphur (S) in relation to soil chemical properties for delineating the fertility status of rice growing soils of Gadchiroli tehsil, Maharashtr...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242640
The aim of this study is the evaluation of soil fertility in the Uppununthala mandal of the Nagarkurnool district, Telangana. In total, fifty surface soil samples (0-20 cm) were analysed for various soil fertility parameters, viz., pH, EC, organic carbon, available N, P, K, S by...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242641
The vegetative propagation of oleander (Apocynaceae), an ornamental plant for aesthetic use, is based on the technique of cuttings. This study focused on optimizing this multiplication. To do this, two types of matrix were used, in particular soil and water. Cuttings were taken f...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242642
The present field investigation was carried out in the Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh. The experiment was conducted in rabi 2021 -22 at Central Research Farm, SHUATS, Naini, Prayagraj. The field replicated in RBD with seven treatments and one control plot. To check the compa...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242636
A field experiment entitled “Long term effect of different nutrient management practices on micro nutrient uptake under rice-rice cropping system" was conducted under field conditions during both kharif and rabi seasons of 2016-2017 and 2017- 2018 at Andhra Pradesh Rice Research...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242637
A Front Line Demonstration (FLD) on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices for the management of pink boll worm, Pectinophora gossipiella (Saunders) in Bt cotton has been conducted in different villages in various mandals of Mancherial district in Telangana state during Khari...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242638
The Study was carried out at Department of Sericulture, UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru under irrigated condition during the 2020-21 to study the effect of soil application liquid organic manures in mulberry and its effect on larval and cocoon traits of silkworm, V-1 mulberry variety plante...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242639
A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of zinc fertilization on zinc transformation under blakgram crop grown on Inceptisols at Agricultural College Farm, Bapatla during Rabi, 2021. The experiment was laid out in a split plot design with three main treatments of zin...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242625
Peach fruits of the cultivar TA-170 were lye peeled and canned in A2 ½ tin cans with a covering medium of 400 Brix containing enzymatically extracted fruit juice in a concentration of 30-40 per cent with or without ascorbic acid (500 ppm) and compared with the control (400 Brix o...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242626
Allelopathic influences of Michelia champaca and Schima khasiana were tested in bioassay on two cereal crops (maize-Zea mays and paddy-Oryza sativa), and two legume food crops (rice bean- Vigna umbellata and soybean- Glycine max). The aqueous leaf extracts of fresh dried leaves o...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242627
Soil acts as the niche of Carbon (C). Soil carbon sequestration is of paramount importance for sustaining soil health as well as mitigating global warming. Studies on soil organic C content of both surface as well as deep subsoil are very important. Besides, studies on C in rice...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242628