The study has observed an increasing trend in pulses production, driven mainly by yield improvements. The contributions of area expansion and prices to black gram growth have been erratic, suggesting that these cannot be the sustainable sources of black gram growth. Further, farm...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4431148
Mini tractor (18 hp) operated single row vegetable transplanter was developed for Tomato and Brinjal crop transplanting. A simple rotating magazine type metering system was attached to the transplanter. The performance evaluation was done in was 20× 10 m at 1.0, 1.5 and 2.5 km/h....
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4431149
In command areas, overutilization of surface water led to deleterious effects, viz. water logging, salinization, alkalinisation of soils results into lower crop productivity and deficit water supply at the tail ends. As consequences, tail end a farmer heavily depends on groundwat...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4431150
Aims: To reduce the microbial load on cut-carrot surface using 390 nm Light Emiting Diode ( LED) illumination Place and Duration of Study: Agro-Produce Processing Division, ICAR Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, India between August, 2017 to November, 2019 Methodolog...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4431151
Aims: This paper attempts to utilize empirical and analytical approaches to develop equations and postulates for energy and power requirement in mass – size reduction operations. Study Design: The study is based on a combination of analytical approach and empirically existing e...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4431153
Environmental pollution is the major problems associated with rapid industrialization, urbanization and rise in living standards for people. Gelatin industry solid waste contains plant nutrients and organic matter, which could enhance the availability of nutrients, enrich the soi...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4431154
Surface (0-20 cm) and sub-surface (20-40 cm) soil samples were collected from five locations under horticulture land use system of District Ganderbal. The distribution of potassium forms (water soluble, available, exchangeable, non-exchangeable, fixed, lattice and total) were inv...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4331135
The present study was conducted to know the species diversity and marketing channels of fish and shellfishes in Chairman Ghat Fish Landing Center, Noakhali. The diversity status of fish and shellfishes was assessed by collecting samples from the study area for a period of one yea...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4331136
Aims: The Chandrayaan-2 aims to wave the Indian flag on the dark side (South Pole) of the Moon that had never been rendered by any country before. The mission had conducted to gather more scientific information about the Moon. There were three main components of the Chandrayann-2...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4331139
Dairy propionibacteria possess innumerable advantages as probiotics, in food preservation and vitamin production. Propionibacterium freudenreichii is one among them and is known to produce cyanocobalamine (Vitamin B12) in stable quantities. Deficiency of Vitamin B12 is a major he...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4331137