India's horticulture sector has demonstrated impressive growth, yielding 223.089 million tonnes of produce in the 11th five-year plan, predominantly driven by fruits and vegetables. Despite utilizing a relatively small portion of the cropped area, this sector contributed a substa...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i113645
Guava (Psidium guajava) is an important tropical fruit crop of India and is known as “apple of the tropics”. It is grown and utilized as an important fruit in tropical countries like India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and South America. Among the biotic and abiotic diseases o...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i113646
The advent of CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) technology has ushered in a new era in agricultural biotechnology, offering unprecedented opportunities for targeted genome editing and crop improvement. This review article presents a comprehensive...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i113647
The present investigation entitled ‘bio-efficacy of Novel insecticides and bio-pesticides against Diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Linn.) was carried out on the cabbage, variety ‘Golden Acre’ during Rabi, 2021-22 and 2022-23. At Crop Research Centre, Sardar Vallabhbhai Pate...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i113635
Brinjal is an important vegetable crop grown in India, Asia, and many parts of the world. The primary objective of brinjal breeding is to develop varieties that are resistant to pests and diseases, have higher yields, and better fruit quality. In this study, 10 brinjal varieties...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i113636
High temperature tolerance is assuming importance in breeding rapeseed-mustard. In the present investigation attempt was made to study genetic variation for traits in response to high temperature and screened during flowering to pod formation stage. Populations of diallel crosses...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i113637
Hidden hunger, characterized by a deficiency in essential micronutrients, persists as a critical global issue, undermining human health and well-being. Despite advancements in food production, millions suffer from the consequences of inadequate access to vital nutrients. To addre...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i113638
The experiment was conducted in Randomized Block Design with ten cultivars and replicated thrice. The cultivars used in the experiment of Rose viz., Top Secret (T1), Jumelia (T2), Avalanche (T3), Gold Strike (T4), Revival (T5), Naranga (T6), Solaire (T7), Hot Shot (T8), Volcano (...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i113639
The field investigation was carried out to evaluate the influence of fertigation levels, mulch and drip irrigation levels on yield and yield quality at WTC fields, PJTSAU, Rajendranagar, Telangana during 2020-21 and 2021-22. The study was consisted of 12 treatment combinations vi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i113640
The present investigation entitled Study the impact of abiotic factors on the population fluctuation of major insect pest of field pea was conducted at the Experiment field of Department of Plant breeding, seed Breeding farm, JNKVV Jabalpur (MP), Madhya Pradesh during the Rabi se...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i113641