Tamil Nadu occupies 4.7 lakh ha of salt affected soils, in which 3.0 lakh ha area under inland and 1.7 lakh ha under coastal. Among the 3.0 lakh inland salt affected soils, 2.0 lakh ha occupy alkalinity and 1.0 lakh ha under salinity. In Trichirappalli 18,155 ha comes under alkal...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193739
Drip irrigation is a critical solution for agricultural water scarcity, especially in water-scarce regions. This study introduces innovative statistical models to estimate essential wetting patterns in clay loam soil for optimizing drip irrigation systems. Using a drip system wit...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193740
Molecular characterization was done for Green gram genotypes using SSR markers. The 14 green gram genotypes were clustered using ward method and squared Euclidean distance using nine SSR markers. As per dissimilarity coefficient, genotypes were grouped into three clusters namely...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193741
The field investigation was carried out for two years at the Students’ Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana during spring season of 2018 and 2019. The experiment was laid out in a split plot design with four levels of gypsum (0, 125, 1...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193742
A laboratory experiment was conducted to study the bionomics of Corcyra cephalonica on different coloured sesame genotypes viz., Swetha (white), GT-10 (black), and YLM-17 (brown). According to the results, the duration of egg, larvae, pupae and adult were observed to be significa...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193743
The aim of this research experiment was enrichment of vermicompost by microbial inoculation for sustainable agriculture. An experiment was conducted to study the effects of different types of microbial species in various vermicompost treatments, along with varying quantities of m...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193744
This review paper delves into the intricate interrelationships among micronutrient interventions, carbohydrates, and osmostimulants, investigating their collective influence on diverse aspects of mango tree growth and fruit characteristics. Micronutrients, essential elements requ...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193745
An experiment was conducted at the Ochaja Substation of the Cocoa Research Institute in Ibadan, Nigeria. Ochaja is located in the guina savanna zone of Nigeria. Plantation soil nutrient requirements were determined prior to applying the required fertilizers. The soil was deficien...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193719
Seed-to-seed mechanization in maize reduces human drudgery, resolves labour scarcity problems during peak cropping seasons, and reduces the cost of cultivation by increasing the returns. In view of this, the present study compared the costs, returns, and farm business income of a...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193720
Investigations were carried out in vitro condition to evaluate the antagonistic effect of fungal and bacterial bio-agents. For effective management of root-knot nematode experiment was conducted in laboratory condition using the culture filtrate (5, 10 and 20 percent concentrate)...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193721