The present study was conducted to understand the biochemical changes in rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes viz., heat tolerant (N22), moderately heat susceptible (IR8) and fine grain rice variety (PR116) in response to different transplanting time. Constitutive level of phenylalan...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2017/36807
Rice is the second most cultivated food and commercial crop in Tanzania after maize, with a cultivated area of about 365000 ha, which represents 18 percent of the cultivated land. Rice is used almost solely for human consumption, and is second only to maize in terms of calorie su...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/36165
This study aims to assess the structural changes of land use pattern and cropping pattern in the Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu. We used panel data of land use pattern and area under different crops inclusion of irrigated and unirrigated area from 1960-61 to 2012-13. The collec...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/35450
Nigeria is a heavy importer of rice and the rate of importation is increasing year by year at an alarming rate. This necessitates the need to ascertain activities of farmers in rice production and specifically in Akwa North Local Government Area, Anambra State, Nigeria. A multi-s...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/29310
Phosphorus (P) is the second (to nitrogen) important macronutrient, a constituent of the essential macromolecules like DNA, RNA, ATP, phospholipids etc., major repository of chemical energy and indispensable at all growth stages of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2017/34136
Aims: The main objective of the study is to combining the higher yield and micronutrient content along with good grain cooking quality in polished rice. Study Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was conducted in the farm of Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad,...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2017/34673
Aim: Present study was under taken to determine the field efficacy of a chlorine based chemical compound for the management of bacterial leaf blight (BLB) of rice. Study Design: Randomized complete block design (RCBD). Place and Duration of Study: All India Co-ordinated Rice impr...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32535
This study was conducted from December 2015 to March 2016 at the rice field area of the University of Southeastern Philippines, Mabini Campus, Compostela Valley Province. It was conducted to evaluate the bioefficacy of Greenshield Organic-Based Fortified Foliar Fertilizer (GOFFF)...
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Research Article10.9734/AJSSPN/2017/33267
Aims: The main objective of this study is to analyse the extent to which Ghana depends on rice import to satisfy domestic food needs and how it affects domestic rice production. Study Design: The study employed a case study technique. Methodology: Both quantitative and qualitativ...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/33016
The indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers in agriculture decreases the soil fertility as well as soil health and their adverse effects are clearly visible on soil microflora, soil function and structure. This scenario necessitates the need to adopt the integrated organic far...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/32326
Aims: It was assumed that two- way approach i.e. nutrient-priming with potassium salt of the seeds and later on ammonium sulphate application may be binary beneficial for growth of rice besides evidencing genetic variability under salt stress Study Design: The experiment was laid...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/32183
Thomas Arsene Nsea Mballa, Eddy Leonard Mangaptché Ngonkeu, Dorothy Kenyi Malaa, Joseph Mouen, Paco Meppe, Carine Petmi, Vanessa Nanda, Honoré Tekeu & Noe Woin·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2017
Intercropping system is the most practiced soil fertility management strategies by small scale farmers in Cameroon. The aim of this study was to identify the least competitive rice-groundnut spatial arrangement and to assess the correlation between agronomic traits in an intercro...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/32099
Akula Dinesh, K. Hariprasanna, S. Vanisri, M. Sujatha & Kuldeep Singh Dangi·Advances in Research·2017
The salinity and water stress are the important abiotic stresses which severely affect the rice growth, development and yield depending on degree of stress. Moreover, this stresses are inter-related and includes many crosstalk at genetically and physiologically. The identificatio...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/32041
D. Pramesh, Maruti ., A. Saddamhusen, K. M. Muniraju & G. S. Guruprasad·Advances in Research·2017
Aims: Present study was under taken to determine the field efficacy of a new combination fungicide azoxystrobin 11% + tebuconazole 18.3% w/w SC against sheath blight disease of rice. Study Design: Randomized complete block design (RCBD). Place and Duration of Study: All India Co-...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/31774
The study ascertained productivity and gender/ intra-household roles in rice production in Awka North Local Government Area, Anambra State, Nigeria. Ninety farmers selected from three and nine town and village communities respectively constituted the respondents for the study. Da...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/30824