Food-processing industries generate substantial quantities of biodegradable organic residues that require environmentally sound management. This study assessed the energy-production potential of food-processing waste through anaerobic digestion under routine operating conditions...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i94288
Twenty-four healthy Uttara fowl, native to the hilly regions of Uttarakhand, were grouped into four age groups (0, 7, 28, and 112 days), with six birds in each group. The objective of this study was to describe the anatomy of the trachea and to assess the morphological and morpho...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i94281
A field experiment was conducted at the Instructional Farm, Dr. B.R. Choudhary Agricultural Research Station, Mandor, Jodhpur (Rajasthan), during the kharif season of 2024 to study the “Effect of New Generation Herbicide on Weed and Quality Parameter of Groundnut [Arachis hypogae...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i94282
Effective nutrient management is essential for sustaining soil fertility and productivity in apple orchards of the Kashmir Valley. Under the project "Demonstration, Validation and Popularization of Nano-fertilizer for Sustainable Agriculture Development in Kashmir Valley," field...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i94283
Optimising light quality and photoperiod is a critical approach to improving crop growth, yield, and flowering in controlled-environment agriculture, where artificial lighting serves as the primary energy source for plant development. The present study evaluated the influence of...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i94284
A field experiment was conducted during the Kharif seasons of 2022 and 2023 at the Agricultural Research Farm, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, to evaluate selected insecticides against the rice leaf folder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis, which i...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i94285
Global food security is under mounting threat from climate change, which is intensifying the frequency and severity of drought, heat stress, flooding, and soil salinity. Conventional plant breeding has historically driven agricultural productivity, yet the pace and precision requ...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i84424
Combining ability analysis was carried out in pearl millet using a Line × Tester mating design involving four female lines, four males, and their sixteen hybrids to understand the genetic control of grain yield, yield-attributing traits and blast resistance and to identify superi...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i84274
Accurate and timely crop-area information is required for agricultural planning, irrigation management, and production forecasting. This study evaluated multi-date Sentinel-2A imagery and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) time-series analysis for identifying wheat and...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i84275
Plant growth regulators can influence corm sprouting and vegetative development in gladiolus, but cultivar- and dose-specific responses require local evaluation. A field experiment was conducted during 2024–2025 at the Horticulture Farm of the Department of Horticulture to assess...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i84276