Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology

Biotechnology Applications in Weed Management

Bal Manohar, Seema ., Sushmita ., Anuradha Sinha & Santosh Kumar Pandit · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2018

Biotechnology provided new dimensions to herbicide technology. Transgene technology has generated herbicide-resistant crops (HRCs) that have profound impact on the herbicide market. This same technology has the significant potential to make crops better competitors with weeds thr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/CJAST/2018/45888

Assessment of Genetic Variability for Yield and Yield Attributing Traits in F2 and F3 Population of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Cross

A. K. Choudhary, Z. A. Haider, S. B. Mishra, K. Prasad, Shanti Bhushan, Sanjay Kumar, V. K. Choudhary, Mani Bhushan & J. P. Prasad · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2018

The present investigation was carried out during Kharif 2013 and 2014 in Rice experimental area, Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand. One thousand F2 progeny from BG 102/Naveen cross were randomly tagged and selected 200 plants based on four groups viz; high y...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/CJAST/2018/45875

High Temperature Stress in Chickpea: Effects on Physiological Processes, Nitrogen Fixation, Pollination and Reproductive Growth

Satya Narayan Prasad, Trisha Sinha, Alisha Kumari & Antara Rakshit · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2018

Plants face various abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity, chilling, freezing, and high temperatures etc. during their lifespan. Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an important food legume crop and heat stress affects chickpea ontogeny over a range of environments. The crop of...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/CJAST/2018/45889

Genetic Variation Study Using Morphological and DNA Marker-Based Genotyping in Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.)

Rajesh Kumar, Randhir Kumar, Bishun Deo Prasad, S. S. Solankey, Jitesh Kumar & B. S. Bamaniya · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2018

Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.) bearing chromosome no.  2n = 22, is an annual monoecious crop synonymously called as the white-flowered gourd or calabash gourd. For the above investigation twenty-four genotypes collected from various states adjoining Bihar inclu...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/CJAST/2018/45876

Livestock Reproductive Techniques

Alok Bharti, Sailabala Dei & Santosh Kumar · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2018

Genetic improvements of farm animals through assisted reproductive technologies like artificial insemination, superovulation, in vitro fertilisation, embryo transfer, embryo cryopreservation, cloning, transgenesis, sexing of semen and embryos, stem cell technology, embryo genomic...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/CJAST/2018/45891

Productivity and Profitability of Transplanted Rice (Oryza sativa L.) as Influenced by Split Application of Neem Coated Urea

Kuldeep Kumar, Arvind Kumar Singh, Ashok Kumar Singh, C. S. Singh, S. K. Singh, Md. Parwaiz Alam & A. Minz · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2018

A field experiment was conducted during Kharif season 2016 at Research Farm of Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, Jharkhand to study productivity and profitability of transplanted rice (Oryza sativa L.) as influenced by the split application of neem coated urea. The experimen...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/CJAST/2018/45877

Allelopathc Effects of Medicinal Plant Species on Seed Germination and Seedling Growth of Wheat Varieties

M. P. Mandal, Sunil Kumar, Preeti Kumari & Kiran . · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2018

Allelopathic effect of three medicinal plant species viz. Costus speciosus, Tinospora cordifolia and Coleus forskohli was examined on seed germination and seedling  growth of four (Pusa gold, HD2733, VL-914, RSP 561) popular wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Varieties. The aqueous lea...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/CJAST/2018/45880

Effect of Water Stress on Morphological Traits and Yield in Rice Genotypes

Parveen Fatima, Pooran Chand, S. K. Singh, Purushottam ., Anurag Mishra & Pushpendra Kumar · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2018

Water stress is a major factor limiting rice production and cause a severe threat to rice production. Study of relationships of morphological traits and analysis of relationships between grain yield is a useful way to finding out genetic basis of drought tolerance. Six rice varie...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/CJAST/2018/45881

Assessment of Fish Farmers' Socio-economic and Demographical Profile in Darbhanga District in Bihar

Nirala Kumar, Satya Prakash, Bipul Kumar & Dipankar Saikia · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2018

A study on the fish farmers' socio-economic and demographical Profile was carried out in Darbhanga districts of Bihar states during 2016-17. The findings revealed that majority of the respondents (45.00%) belonged to middle age group. 35 per cent belonged to extremely backward ca...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/CJAST/2018/45882

Genetic Studies for Parental Selection among Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) Varieties

Saurabh Kasera, S. Saravanan, Katar Singh Burman & Anita Kerketta · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2018

Aims: To evaluate twenty brinjal varieties for suitable parent selection in yield aspects. Study Design: The experiment was carried out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at Horticulture Experiment Stat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/CJAST/2018/45883