Growth regulators is a chemical compound, which is either synthesized by the plants or exogenously applied. It affects the growth and metabolic rate thus affecting the yield and quality ofcrop. In this investigation, the Basmati rice plants were foliar sprayed with growth regul...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1230659
Aim: To screen and characterize pigeonpea genotypes using morpho-physiological, biochemical and molecular traits. Study Design: The field trial was conducted using the Randomized Block Design (RBD) while Completely Randomized Design was used for laboratory and pot screening exper...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1230660
Information on combining ability is derived from data on twelve yield and yield contributing characters in fifteen male and three female parents utilised in line x tester fashion to estimate combining ability of rice genotypes under coastal saline condition. Forty Five hybrids ge...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1230661
Aim: To screen and evaluate rice genotypes which were found to be having restorability for WA-CMS cytoplasm for their further use in the hybrid breeding program. Study Design: Laboratory-experimental design was used in the study. Place and Duration of the Study: The genotypes use...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1230662
Aim: The current experiment was conducted to know the genetic architecture of 12 physio-morphological traits under sodic soil through Line × Tester analysis. Study Design: The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design with three replications adopting a recommend...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1230663
False smut of rice caused by Ustilaginoidea virens is the most devastating disease of rice in different parts of the world including India. The host resistance approach is most important for the management of this disease. In the present investigation, forty-four elite germplasm...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1230664
Problem: Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the principal cereal crops grown worldwide and one of the important staples of nearly 2.5 billion of world population. India ranks second position in terms of both in area and production after china. The substantial improvement in p...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1230657
A laboratory experiment was conducted to study soil fertility status of some selected soils of Birbhum district of West Bengal with one hundred soil samples collected from five blocks viz., Mayureswar, Nalhati-1, Bolpur, Md Bazar and Rajnagar. The soils of this zone are character...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1130655
Aims: The study discussed some basic participatory tools using a contemporary issue of the perceived environmental and health effects of charcoal production on the studied groups. Study Design: The study made use of survey. Methodology: The use of quantitative tools in analyzing...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1130656
Twenty eight crosses generated using eight aromatic rice varieties crossed in half diallel fashion were evaluated and analyzed along with parents to investigate combining ability and gene action for grain yield and various grain quality traits. The general combining ability and s...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1130651
The objective of Organic farming is to achieve crop sustainability through restoration of soil dynamics, improvement of plant health through improvement of the soil - plant interactions, nourishment of the environmental resistance and reducing pest interferences. Lack of scientif...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1130653
Aim: To analyze the extent of use of online utility services. Study Design: Descriptive survey research design. Place and Duration of Study: Rural (Doraha and Sidhwan Bet block), peri-urban (Ayali Kalan, Sunet and Threeke villages of Ludhiana I block) and urban areas of Ludhiana...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1130654
Study on association of profile characteristics with entrepreneurial behaviour of commercial floriculture nursery owners aimed to bring out a strategy for the policymakers and implementing agencies for entrepreneurship development in the study area. The present investigation was...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1130649
A study was conducted to assess metallic health risk for population through consumption of rice grown in industrial wastewater irrigated sites of Bhaluka area, Mymensingh. Total 9 rice samples of 3 different varieties (BR-28, BR-29 and Kalozira) were collected directly from the f...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1130650
The aims of this study are to introduce the appropriate preventive maintenance to the production line machines at the company to increase their reliability and reduction the shutdown, and to obtain more safety. Mean time between failure, mean down time and availability are invest...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1130648