Carbon sequestration is accumulating atmospheric carbon dioxide, deplete to the soil degradation, augmenting soil fertility, enhancing organic carbon and carbon stocks. Various resource conservation practices involving incorporation of organic manures, cover cropping, zero tillag...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i45421
The selection of the superior traits in plants is one of the important phenomena of natural selection. Genetic variability in plants is also considered one of the important bases of natural selection, which can open a new way of trait selection in crops. The present investigation...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i45420
Mustard is the second most important oilseed crop in India after groundnut and contributes about 35% in the total vegetable oil production. Mustard crop is sensitive to numerous abiotic and biotic stresses, which affects the production and productivity drastically. Alternaria bli...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i45419
Tendu leaves (Diospyros melanoxylon) are a critical non-timber forest product (NTFP) in India, particularly in Chhattisgarh, where they support the livelihoods of millions through traditional bidi production. We have explored opportunities to diversify the tendu leaf value chain...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i45418
An investigation was conducted during two successive winter season of 2018-19 and 2019-20 at the Agricultural Research farm of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, involving sixteen different treatments. These treatments included T1 (Control), T2 (Ammonium Molybdate (Mo) @ 0.20%),...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i45417
The present investigation was conducted at the Research Farm, MGM Nanasaheb Kadam College of Agriculture, Gandheli, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (M.S), India, during the Kharif season of 2023-24 with nine treatments replicated thrice in a randomized block design. Results that the gr...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i45413
Soils contain more K than any other nutrient; nevertheless, most of the K is inaccessible for plant absorption. In crop production, chemical fertilizers have been associated with several unfavorable outcomes that have a significant detrimental influence on environmental sustainab...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i45414
During the rabi season 2023-24, a field experiment was carried out at Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Institute of Agriculture Science, Utlou, Bishnupur District, Manipur, India. The treatment comprised of three different phosphorus levels (0,40 and 60 kg/ha) and three varieties V1 –...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i45415
The experiment was conducted at the Fruit Research Station, Sakkarbaug, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, over two years, 2021-22 and 2022-23. The experiment followed a Randomized Block Design with Factorial concept (FRBD), consisting of 18 treatment combinations, each...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i45416
A field experiment was conducted at Agronomy Research Farm of Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Ayodhya (U.P.) during the kharif season of 2018–19 to evaluate effective weed management practices under organic systems in rice. In this experiment, seven treatm...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i45411