Thirty-six F1 hybrids were generated from nine lines and four testers through line x tester mating design, these F1’s along with 13 parents and 1 commercial check (Punjab-8) were evaluated to study the magnitude and direction of heterosis for growth and earliness over various cha...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i112949
A pot culture experiment was conducted at the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University during 2021-2022 to study the response of integrated zinc and iron management practices on biochemical attributes and nutrient uptake of marigol...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i112944
Groundnut (Arachis hypogea L.) is a major oilseed crop and holds an important place in the Indian agricultural economy. Odisha occupies 6th place in the major groundnut-producing states of the country with a total production of 0.388 MT and is grown in both Kharif and Rabi season...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i112945
Weeds have been a problem creator in crops since time immemorial competing with them for all the growth resources. Weeds cause around 28-100% loss in the maize crop which necessitates their control. The usage of herbicides for the control of weeds has been the most prominent meth...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i112946
Health of any soil is influenced by its physical properties to greater extent which has been more prominent in Vertisols due to their self-till behavior. Differential application of nutrients in long-term may alter the soil properties at temporal and spatial scales. Inventory on...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i112947
R. Padmashree, Honappa, Vishal Reddy, Nakul D. Magar, Kalyani M. Barbadikar, Divya Balakrishnan, C. Gireesh, Anantha M. Siddaiah, Jyothi Badri, R. Lokesha, Y. M. Ramesha, P. Senguttuvel, J. R. Diwan, Maganti Sheshu Madhav, Ch. Suvarna Rani & R. M. Sundaram·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2023
Climate resilience is the most concentrated subject in the current scenario for rice improvement. The aerobic system of rice cultivation involving direct seeding with need-based irrigation in non-puddled soil is gaining ground with respect to a current scenario of water scarcity....
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i112941
A field experiment was carried out in Zaid 2022 at the Department of Agronomy's Agricultural Research Farm in Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh). There are three planting geometries used in the experiment 30 cm x 10 cm, 40 cm x 10 cm, and 50 cm x 10 cm. There are three nitrogen management...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i112942
Natural and synthetic plant growth regulators have been used with increasing frequency to modify crop plants by changing the rate or pattern, or both, of their responses to the internal and external factors that govern development from germination. The use of plant growth regulat...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i112943
As the scarcity of water increases, India will face the problem of decreasing annual freshwater use per capita. Drought can cause significant output losses, particularly for crops with shallow root system like potato (Solanum tuberosum). An experiment was carried out to measure t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i102937
Fusarium oxysporum is a destructive disease of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) that causes large yield losses in fields and commercial greenhouses, implying the need for disease resistance research. The current study was conducted in Rabi - 2021 at the Postgraduate Research Bloc...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i102938