In today’s competitive world, packaging and edible coating play a significant part in producing usefulness user affable products for marketing. Due to several drawbacks of conventional packaging materials (wooden boxes, gunny bags, pallet, pallet bins, Wire-Bound Crates etc.) new...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1630744
Pearl millet based supplementary food mix was prepared with 5.0 per cent incorporation of carrot and araikeerai (Amaranthus dubius) powder. The food mix was packed in polyethylene bags (P1), Metallized Polyethylene Pouches (P2) and Polyethylene terephthalate jars (P3) and stored...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1630745
Leaf area (LA) measurement provides valuable key information in understanding the growth and physiology of a plant. Simple, accurate and non-destructive methods are inevitable for leaf area estimation. These methods are important for physiological and agronomic studies. However,...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1630746
The overall objective of this study is to assess the practice of corporate social responsibility in the case of manufacturing companies in Gurage Zone. The data analysis was conducted based on 176 employees from sample manufacturing companies. Parametric (SPSS Version 20) and non...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1630780
The South Gujarat region has ample water availability, but, water shortage is being experienced during summer and water logging during monsoon. Also, due to large scale industrialization of south Gujarat, problems of air and water pollution have arisen which have become more comp...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1730747
The global disturbance caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a number of effects and impacts on human beings and environment. The widespread coronavirus has caused diminishment worldwide in human lives and financial movement, inspite of the fact that typically major cau...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1730748
Information and Communication Technology is an indispensable part of modern society. As with everything else, it has a profound impact on various activities in the agriculture sector like research, cyber-extension, marketing and transfer of technologies leading to its sustainable...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1630741
Activities of soil enzymes viz., urease and dehydrogenase were studied in two field experiments conducted in red and black soils at Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Rajendranagar during kharif, 2018. Different doses of diuron in combination with post...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1630742
An On-Farm Trial (OFT) was conducted in the year 2016-17 and 2017-18 to assess the resistance level of different okra varieties against yellow vein mosaic virus in Kharif season of Chatra district of Jharkhand. The experiment was conducted in vegetable growing village Gidhour in...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1630743
Soil organic matter (SOM) has long been recognized as an important indicator of soil productivity. The SOM refers to the organic fraction of undecayed plant and animal residues. The preservation of SOM is crucial to ensure long-term sustainability of agricultural ecosystems. OM p...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1630734
The experiment was conducted during rabi season of 2016-17 at Agronomy Organic Farm, College of Agriculture, Pune and experiment layout was randomized block design with twelve treatments and three replications. The treatments consisted of 6 different organic manures, i.e. FYM, ve...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1630737
Coconut, a versatile crop with multifaceted uses of its products, hence it is eulogized as “Kalpavriksha” (Tree of Heaven). Coconut is one of the most important commercial crops in many tropical countries and contributes significantly to its economy. India, with the rich biodiver...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1630738
Afghanistan is frequently affected by drought and other climate change related hazards due to increased temperature and reduced precipitation over most parts of the country. The present study was undertaken to analyze the climate change preparedness measures for adaptation and wi...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1630739
The species Myrciaria floridunda O. Berg, popularly known as cambuí, belongs to the Myrtaceae family. Cambui is a native, non-endemic species that occur in diverse environments in Central America and South America. They are slow-growing plants with a shrub or sub-shrub habit. The...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1630730
Field trials were carried out during 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 autumn seasons to study the role of barrier and intercrops against whitefly - borne Mungbean yellow mosaic virus (MYMV) disease. In the treatment (T2) two rows of Maize sown after 15 rows of Mungbean, the lowest mean p...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1630731