The present study was based on primary data collected for 100 farmers from Chitradurga district of Karnataka during the agricultural year 2013-14. Tabular analysis and discriminant function analysis was used in the present study. The analysis of data reveals that human labour occ...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/29405
To maintain and increase sustainable productivity and natural rubber yield, the hormonal stimulation management of rubber yield should be controlled from operation centers. A study was conducted to determine the type of prepared stimulant paste and the maximum efficiency period o...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/26973
Cassia alata is one of the important medicinal plants which are traditionally used to treat skin infections. It is also being used as antihelmintic, antibacterial, diuretic and laxative. The leaves of C. alata are used as an effective treatment against ringworm and also against o...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/29275
This study was conducted to evaluate genetic components, heritability and correlation coefficient effects of the parents and their F1 for some agronomic as well as yield and yield traits. A line x tester cross was conducted among the ten parents (four lines and six testers) in 20...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/29743
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana) production in Eastern Africa remains low due to a variety of factors including soil nutrient depletion. As intensive row-crop production evolves, improvements in managing soil nutrient quantity and availability of less renewable nutrients like P...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/30151
A new combination fungicide Nativo 75 WG composed of Trifloxystrobin 25% (Strobilurin) and Tebuconazole 50% (Triazole) was tested against rice blast and sheath blight diseases under field condition during Autumn 2014 and - 2015. The combination fungicide Trifloxystrobin 25% + Teb...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/28893
The availability of phosphorus (P) in derived savanna soils differs among soil types and the effect of amelioration on the soil P are site specific. The study was conducted to determine the effect of P fertilization and poultry manure on the distribution of P in some derived sava...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/9107
Currently the technologies which are available in Bangladesh agriculture, integrated pest management (IPM) are one of the most important to them. Reasonably, the objectives of the study were to determine the adoption extent of IPM practices by the rice farmers and to determine th...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/29132
Climate change is a serious threat to poverty alleviation in developing countries as it can sweep several decades of development efforts. It is one of the constraints to achieving potential crop yields, and it is a factor that is often not considered in agriculture development pr...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/29056
The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of antibiotic and bio-fungicide for control of seed borne fungi of wheat during November to April. 2015-2016. In this study, two treatments viz. Control, Aureofungin (Antibiotic) with 100 ml water, and Allium sativum leaf extract wit...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/28988