The germination and early seedling stages are particularly sensitive to salt, as they are critical for crop establishment and future productivity. Salinity stress greatly limits germination and crop establishment in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.). The present study aimed to...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i46059
Temperature stress, including both high and low temperatures, has become a major constraint to global agricultural productivity under changing climatic conditions. Increasing temperatures and frequent heat waves adversely affect physiological and biochemical processes in crops su...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i45341
Aims: The study evaluates genetic variability in response to temperature stress under early- and timely-sown conditions in the Doon Valley, Uttarakhand, India. Study Design: The field tests employed an Augmented Randomized Complete Block Design (ARCBD) featuring two sowing condit...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i25992
Background: Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.) is a major oilseed crop of India, contributing over one-third of the nation’s total oilseed production and playing a crucial role in edible oil security, particularly across northern agro-climatic regions. However, increasing temper...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i33733
The present research study envisages genetic variability, correlation and multivariate diversity analysis in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). 75 germplasm lines plus 5 checks (HD 2851, HD 3086, RAJ 3765, DBW-187 and PBW 343) were evaluated in an Augmented Complete Block Design...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i25987
This study aimed to assess the potential genetic diversity among wheat genotypes by using cluster analysis and principal component analysis for selection of desired parents in hybridization programmes. The study was carried out at the Crop Research Center, Department of Agricultu...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i153101
An experiment using twenty genotypes of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) was conducted during Rabi season of 2019-2020, to find the genetic diversity using D2 statistics. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three replications at the experimental field of Himg...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i2431504
Genetic variability is the foundation of effective selection and crop improvement in wheat breeding programmes. Therefore, the present investigation was conducted during the Rabi season of 2023–24 at the Crop Research Centre, Jigyasa University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, to evaluate...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i84203