Aims: Intensification of cassava production through improved fertilizer management requires understanding its impacts on agricultural biodiversity. Study Design: A field experiment using a split-plot design with three replications. Place and Duration of the Study: The study was c...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55435
Microplastics have emerged as a pervasive environmental pollutant, infiltrating terrestrial ecosystems, including agricultural soils. These tiny plastic particles (<5 mm) originate from various sources, such as plastic mulching, sewage sludge application, and atmospheric depos...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55430
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is a globally significant crop. Today, tomatoes are valued for their taste, color, flavor, and nutritional content, making them a popular choice for both fresh consumption and processing. However, its production is severely threatened by fungal d...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55424
The nature and magnitude of genetic divergence were estimated in thirty rice landraces using Mahalanobis D2 statistics considering twenty quantitative characters. ANOVA exhibits the presence of the considerable amount of variability among the genotypes. A high genotypic coefficie...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55425
Soilless cultivation, specifically hydroponic structures, is gaining attraction as a sustainable and green opportunity to conventional soil based agriculture. Hydroponic cultivation requires precise parameters adjustments inclusive of temperature, pH, water and nutrient formulati...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55426
Cumin is an important cash crop and its management through integrated pest and disease management is best strategy to increase its productivity both quantitatively and qualitatively. Through this approach the income of the farmers can be enhanced effectively. A field trial was ca...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55427
A total of 53 advanced breeding lines derived from 12 distinct crosses of upland rice germplasm were evaluated during Kharif 2018 at Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. Grain yield showed significant positive correlation...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55428
Aims: To study the effect of farmyard manure and potassium on nutrient content and quality of kharif groundnut in loamy sand. Study Design: Factorial Randomized Block Design. Place and Duration of Study: The field experiment was carried out during kharif season at Castor Mustard...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55429
Tomato is one of the most important vegetable crop and is highly demanding in case of fertilizer and water use. A field experiment was carried out during rabi season of 2023-24 at College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram to standardize the nutrient sources for fertig...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55422
Experiment was carried out at Horticulture Farm, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur during winter season of 2020-21 21 to evaluate the effect of organic manure on nutrient content of cabbage head. Ten treatments comprising of various combinations of organic manures was use...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55423