The present investigation was conducted to study the effect of pre-harvest applications of different growth substances on the physical quality attributes of Gerbera jamesonii cv. Livia. The experiment comprised 10 treatments, including varying concentrations of salicylic acid (SA...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i92973
Aim: The objective of present investigation was to estimate average heterosis, heterobeltiosis and standard heterosis for seed cotton yield and its contributing traits. Design: In present investigation six lines were crossed with five testers to get thirty hybrids in Line x Teste...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i92959
The global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in 2020 has had a profound worldwide impact, with over 773 million confirmed cases reported across multiple countries. To mitigate this crisis, several vaccines and repurposed drugs have been depl...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i92960
Climate change is increasingly impacting agricultural production in Niger, where sorghum, a vital cereal crop for food and fodder security, is still largely dominated by low-yielding, long-cycle, photoperiod-sensitive local varieties. This study aimed to evaluate five dual-purpos...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i92961
Avocado is a fruit crop which belongs to the family Lauraceae and order laurales which includes few important spices like cinnamon, bay leaf, camphor and sassafras. It is popularly known as Aguacate, Alligator pear and Butter fruit. The word “Avocado” got its derivation from the...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i92962
The Malabar giant squirrel (Ratufa indica), an ecologically significant arboreal rodent endemic to peninsular India, has limited clinical literature regarding its veterinary management. This report documents the successful diagnosis and surgical treatment of a facial abscess asso...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i92963
The development of fully homozygous wheat lines through chromosome doubling is pivotal for accelerating genetic improvement and enhancing breeding efficiency. The wheat × maize hybridization system effectively induces haploids via selective chromosome elimination which are subseq...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i92964
The present experiment aims to characterise the rice genotypes for the identification of fertility restorer genes and a wide compatibility locus. A total of 32 genotypes were grown under Rice Improvement Project, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, College of Agriculture,...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i92965
Richa Rao, Surbhi Bhati, Mukesh Kumar, Abhishek Singh, Ravi Kumar, Rishubh Motala, Devanshu Shukla, Krishna Kaushik, Virendra Pal & Mahesh Kumar·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2025
The present investigation was carried out during November, 2024 – March, 2025 at the Floriculture Research Centre, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut (U.P.), to evaluate the effect of integrated nutrient management on tuberose (Agave amica...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i92966
The pulmonary valve in sheep and goat had three semilunar cusps viz., left, right and posterior that were attached to a ring like annulus at the base of the pulmonary root. Each of the cusp in both species had a hinge, belly and a free margin. The free edge comprised a nodule of...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i92949