Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a zingerbiaceae family member. It is a very important old-world crop with a Mediterranean provenance. Its origins may be traced back to Southeast Asia. It was first grown in India and China. Later it reached Asia Minor. It arrived in Europe in the...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1130937
A pot culture experiment entitled “Biofortification of Iron in Indian Sorel Leaves using Graded Levels of Iron and Siderophore Producing Microbial Cultures” was planned and conducted during summer season of 2021 at Department of soil science and Agricultural Chemistry, Vasantrao...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1130935
Weed causes heavy yield loss when it competes with crops especially for light, water, nutrient and space. In crop production, weed management is a necessary operation to get a higher yield. Manual weeding operation is an easy and environmentally friendly method but it increases t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1130936
A field experiment was conducted at Cotton Research Station, Nanded (M.S.) India during kharif season of 2019 and 2020 to study effect of moisture conservation practices and fertilizer levels on earliness of Bt cotton under rainfed condition. The trial was conducted with Bt cotto...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1030931
A field experiment was conducted to find out the effect of Direct sown rice to zinc and iron nutrition at Agriculture College Farm, Bapatla during kharif, 2017. The experimental treatments include RDF (180 :60 :40 N-P2O5-K2O (kg ha-1); RDF + ZnSO4 @ 50kg ha-1 through soil applica...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1130932
A field experiment trial on blackgram was conducted during Zaid, 2021 at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, SHUATS, Prayagraj (U.P), India. The soil of the experimental plot was sandy loam in texture, nearly neutral in soil reaction (pH 7.3), organic carbon (0.73%), avai...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1130933
The phrase, “Rice is life” aptly describes the importance of rice in food as well in nutritional security, particularly in Asian countries. Soil nutrient management in case of rice cultivation mainly focus on the major nutrient application but rice plants require high quantity of...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1130934
Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is a multipurpose crop that can grow in arid and semi-arid environments because of its tolerance to drought stress, salinity, lower and higher temperatures. Despite safflower’s drought tolerance characteristic, drought stress can negatively imp...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1030930
P. Kavya, V. Satyanarayana Rao, J. V. Ramana, Nafeez Umar, S. K., B. Sreekanth, Satyanarayana Rao, V., Y. Radhakrishna & S. K. Nafeez Umar·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2022
Sweet sorghum is a potential multipurpose crop for food, feed, and fuel. The present investigation was conducted to study the possibility of exploiting heterosis in breeding for improved ethanol yield in sweet sorghum. A total of sixteen F1 hybrids crossed in L x T fashion, 8 par...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1030928
Rainfall is an essential climate variable for plant development. Its variability has an impact on the plant phenology. The present study aimed to analyze the variation in rainfall in order to determine the rainfall hazard responsible to the occurrence of pest and diseases in toma...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1030929