Finger millet (ragi, Eleusine coracana L.) plays an important role in ensuring food and nutritional security and supporting rural livelihoods in the rainfed regions of peninsular India. Karnataka accounts for more than two-thirds of India's total ragi production. Despite its nutr...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2026/v32i84426
This study evaluated the effect of dietary turmeric (Curcuma longa) powder supplementation on age at first lay, hen-day egg production, and feed conversion ratio in Giriraja birds. A total of 120 fourteen-week-old birds were randomly allocated to four treatments, with five replic...
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Vitamin D insufficiency remains a public health concern, particularly among populations with limited dietary sources of the vitamin. This study evaluated vitamin D enhancement in solar-dried oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) powder and its retention after incorporation into a...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2026/v32i84421
Shafiabegum, Poornima Dittekoppa Vijendra, Ambrish Ganachari, Noor Nameera Khanum, Udaykumar Nidoni, Sharangoudar Hiregoudar, Shrinivas Deshpande, Sharanabasappa B. Yeri, Vadlapudi Kumar, Pratap G Kenchappa & Poorna Vivek Valleti·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2026
Brown top millet (BTM) is an underutilised ancient cereal with exceptional nutritional value and remarkable agronomic resilience. Knowledge of grain physical properties is essential for the design and optimisation of handling, grading, milling, storage, and processing equipment....
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2026/v32i84422
Aims: The aim of this study was to quantitatively evaluate and compare the antioxidant activity of ethanolic extracts of lemon and grapefruit peels, as well as their mixture, using the DPPH spectrophotometric method, and to assess their free-radical-scavenging activity at differe...
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Procurement and material-inward processes in specialty flavour manufacturing are operationally critical, yet their process-level risks, vendor governance, and digitalisation requirements remain insufficiently characterised in the supply chain literature, particularly in emerging-...
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This study evaluated the effects of herbicide applications on weed interference and the yield of irrigated wheat during the Rabi season of 2021–22 at the research farm of the College of Agriculture, RVSKVV, Gwalior. The experiment was laid out in a randomised block design with te...
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This study estimated variance components and genetic parameters for first-lactation test-day milk yield records in Murrah buffaloes using random regression models fitted with linear B-spline functions. A total of 10,615 test day milk yield records from 965 buffaloes maintained at...
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Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) is a commercially important fruit crop valued for its nutritional, medicinal and export potential. However, its natural tendency to produce numerous suckers results in excessive canopy density, which limits light penetration and air circulation an...
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This study examined the types and perceived influence of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) information available to smallholder farmers in Bachua and Matazem, with the aim of identifying communication channels that could support wider uptake. A qualitative approach was adopted, usi...
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