The study aimed to estimate the TE, AE, and EE levels and identified sources of the inefficiency of maize production in Damot Sore district in southern Ethiopia. A three-stage probability random sampling technique was used to select 384 sample farmers. The descriptive statistics,...
Adaeze Nnedinma Achugbu, Jude Ejiofor Amadi, Bibian Okwuchukwu Aziagba, Dilys Chukwunonyelum Chukwukaelo, Chikaodili Eziamaka Afam-Ezeaku & Adaugo Ozioma Nwakuche·Asian Journal of Research in Botany·2022
Most fungal diseases of maize are distributed in all maize fields which are mostly favored by humid and warm environmental conditions. The major and devastating disease of maize caused by fungi are Aspergillus, which is a widely distributed, saprotrophic and pathogenic fungus and...
Increasing food production while reducing environmental impact and resource use is the main challenge in agriculture. The usage of inorganic fertilizers in agriculture for increasing food production does not guarantee a sustainable future. In Integrated Nutrient Management (INM)...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242733
Shamshir ul Hussan, M. Ashraf Rather, Zahoor A. Dar, Asif B. Shikari, M. Altaf Wani, Zaffer Mahdi Dar, M. Anwar Bhat, Fehim Jeelani Wani, Rukhsana Jan, Aflaq Hamid, Shahjahan Rashid, Azra Khan, Nusrat ul Islam, Mohsin Ahmad Hajam & M. Aasif Sheikh·Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology·2022
Marker assisted back crossing is reliable tool in selecting the heterozygotes in backcross generations. It quickens the selection process which would otherwise require an extra generation/season for raising the BCF2 seed for finding the recessive allele which needs to be phenotyp...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2022/v41i484049
Aim: To study the association between characters through correlation and path analysis for 30 elite maize lines Study Design: Randomized Block Design with three replications. Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was conducted at Seed Research and Technology Centre Rabi 202...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242657
Rhizoctonia solani f. sp. sasakii (RSS) is a highly devastating soil-borne fungal pathogen inciting banded leaf and sheath blight (BLSB) disease in maize. In India, annually one percent of the total maize yield is reduced by BLSB. Due to continuous occurrence and wide spread of d...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121545
The present investigation was carried out with 30 maize inbred lines at Seed Research Technology Centre, Rajendranagar, PJTSAU. Analysis of variance revealed significant differences among the inbreds for all the traits studied. The phenotypic coefficient of variance (PCV) was sli...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121550
Allelopathic influences of Michelia champaca and Schima khasiana were tested in bioassay on two cereal crops (maize-Zea mays and paddy-Oryza sativa), and two legume food crops (rice bean- Vigna umbellata and soybean- Glycine max). The aqueous leaf extracts of fresh dried leaves o...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242627
Soil variability is major factor behind the less yield, higher cost of cultivation and minimum profit. Geostatistics, principal component analysis and Fuzz C mean cluster algorithms are used to check soil spatial variability and help in reduction of spatial variability by diving...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121518
Farjana Rauf, Md. Ahsan Ullah, Muhammad Humayun Kabir, Md. Ashik Mia & Mohammad Saidur Rhaman·Asian Plant Research Journal·2022
Soil salinity is the major limiting factor restricting plant growth and development. Little is known about the comparative and combined effects of gibberellic acid (GA3) seed priming and foliar application on maize under salt stress. The current study determined the impact of dif...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2022/v10i3191
Kanannavar, P. S., Rajakumar, G. R., D. P. Biradar, Reddy, K. Jaisimha, Biradar, D. P., G. R. Rajakumar, K. Jaisimha Reddy, C. P. Chandrashekara, Chandrashekara, C. P. & P. S. Kanannavar·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2022
A study on Soil Test Crop Response based Integrated Plant Nutrition System (STCR - IPNS) was conducted adopting an Inductive cum Targeted yield model in vertisols of Northern Karnataka at Main Agricultural Research Station (MARS), UAS, Dharwad, Karnataka during kharif 2020-21 in...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242607
Maize is a third important cereal crop which has been heavily infested with the invasive pest Spodoptera frugiperda. An alternate biological mode of control is necessary instead of seeking inorganic chemical control. Plant endophytes could be of great option for controlling plant...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121475
Maize and sorghum are staple foods in many African countries. Along with rice, they constitute the bulk of the cereals consumed by the populations of northern Côte d'Ivoire. These cereals are used either directly or indirectly in malted and/or fermented form in the preparation of...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrb/2022/v11i2213
Mohammad Quamrul Islam Matin, Mohammad Golam Hossain, Mohammad Anwar Hossain Khan, Md. Mustafa Khan, Mohammad Shaidul Haque & Maksuma Akter Banu·Asian Journal of Advances in Agricultural Research·2022
The goal of the current investigation was to determine correlation coefficient, path analysis and genetic variability among twenty four maize hybrids for ten characters in a Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications at the research field of Plant Breeding Division, Re...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaar/2022/v19i4383
Aims: In Côte d'Ivoire, as in many other regions of sub-Saharan Africa, the sustainability of agricultural practices has become a crucial challenge to feed a growing human population. The study was aimed to contribute to better targeting of development efforts on sustainable inte...
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2022/v23i6507