Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate effectiveness of various microbial compost cultures for aerobic-composting of farm wastes. Place of Study: Three trials were conducted on farmer’s field and one at Krishi Vigyana Kendra (KVK) Ramanagara district. Methodology: During the...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230689
Wheat requirement of nitrogen for plant growth, and crop yields and quality depends upon substantial N inputs. Therefore, a field experiment was carried out at Gimbichu district in 2017 and 2018 main cropping season with the objective of evaluating the overall performance of appl...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230690
Aim: The study was conducted to design pectin beads for achieving slow release of agrochemicals in wetlands via ion gelation method. Place and Duration of the Study: The laboratory experiment was carried out at the Department of Nano Science & Technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultu...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230691
Thirty seven rice germplasm were evaluated to assess genetic variability, heritability, genetic advance, correlation and path coefficient analysis for 17 quantitative characters. The experimental results concluded that TP-29632, followed by TP-30015, TP-29637, SHUATS DHAN-2 and T...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230693
A soil resource inventory was conducted at village level in the Melur block of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu to assess the micronutrients status in the soils and to prepare fertility maps depicting the extent of soil micronutrient deficiency/sufficiency using GIS and GPS technique...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230688
Wood apple is a nutritious minor fruit crop indigenous to India but it is not much popular for the purpose of consumption. The value addition can increase the production and utilization of this valuable fruit crop. Among various value-added products, pickle is popular and traditi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230685
Aim: The aim of the present study was to examine the different forms of sulphur fractions in post- harvest soil of cabbage crop to determine the S status of red sandy loam soil, Thondamuthur block, Coimbatore district. Study Design: The design used in the present study was Facto...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230686
An experiment was conducted and data were pooled for 22 genotypes including one check variety Uday in Field Experimentation Centre at Department of Genetics and Plant breeding, SHUATS, Prayagraj. The data was recorded for 11 quantitative traits to study the amount of variability,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230687
The experiment entitled effect of nitrogen and foliar application of naphthaleneacetic acid on growth and yield of Baby corn (Zea mays L.) was conducted during the Rabi season of 2020 at the Fodder Production Farm of Livestock Research Station, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary Univers...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230683
An extensive survey was carried to study the diversity of predators associated with the mealybug complex in the cassava growing districts viz., Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur and Coimbatore of Tamil Nadu, India from January to September, 2021. The survey revealed the dominance...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230684