Biomass assessment study in Koshi zone of Bihar was carried out at regional Research Station, Agwanpur, Saharsa during 2015-2016. Study was focused only on ACZ-II in first phase. For the study of different fate of residues of crops in Zone-II of Bihar, it was concentrated in the...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v37i630331
Organic mulches are easily available and cheap in North Bihar region. Therefore, an experiment was conducted to find out the suitability of different types of organic mulches in tomato cultivation. Among the vegetables tomato cultivation faces challenges in producing crop without...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v37i630332
Field experiment was conducted at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Aurangabad and at farmer’s field during 2012 and 2013 to Effect of different type mulch on growth, yield attributes and yield of Brinjal (Solanum melogena). The experiment was conducted in randomized block design with three...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v37i630333
A field experiment was conducted at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Aurangabad and in farmers’ field during rainy seasons of 2013, 2014 and 2015, to Performance of drought tolerant rice varieties under various methods of stand establishment in rainfed drought-prone condition of Bihar. Expe...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v37i630334
An investigation was carried out during three consecutive years from 2016-17 to 2018-19 at farm of B.P.S. Agricultural college, Purnea on Mango cv. Amrapali to study the effect of conservation practice of mulch with irrigation and fertilizer levels on yield and soil parameter, fr...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v37i630337
The study aims to determine the economic and environmental performace of Straw Baler for collection of rice residue generated after mechanical harvesting by combine harvester. Increased mechanization, particularly use of combine, declining number of livestock, long period require...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v37i630338
A field experiment was carried out during 2017-2019 in the Seemanchal area of Bihar, India to study the effect of conventional irrigation and conservation on growth, yield, nutrient uptake, fruit quality and irrigation water use efficiency of banana. The treatments consisted o...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v37i630329
This study was aimed to investigate the effects of residue management on yield and economics of pearlmillet based cropping systems in rainfed condition at Indian Agricultural research Institute, New Delhi. Field experiments were conducted during kharif and rabi seasons of 2017-18...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v37i630314
Organic agriculture seeks to augment ecological process that foster plant nutrition while conserving soil and water resources. Organic systems eliminate agrichemicals and reduce other external inputs to improve the environment as well as farm economics. It is a production system...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v37i630311
The present study aimed to assess the potentials of conservation agriculture in Vertisols of Madhya Pradesh in terms of productivity and economics of cultivation in soybean-wheat cropping system. Vertisols are characterized by more clay content, swell-shrink behavior, high water...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v37i630335
The present study was aimed to demonstrate the efficacy of a microbial consortium developed for recycling agro-residues generated in farmer’s level. A consortium of four lignocellulolytic fungi for rapid and uniform decomposition namely; Pleurotus sps, Phaenerochaete chrysosporiu...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v37i630309
An experiment was under taken on “Effect of recycling of cotton stalks on yield and yield attributes of cotton under dry farming condition”on medium black clayey soil at Dry Farming Research Station, Junagadh Agricultural University, Targhadia (Rajkot) during Kharif 2017-19. The...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v37i630308
Air pollution from crop residue burning in India is an environmental menace that makes headlines every year – is a major ill effect of farm mechanization. Keeping the severity of the problem in view, KVK, Rohtas introduced happy seeder in Rabi 2016-17 with objective to assess its...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v37i630339
A field experiment entitled “Impact of conservation tillage with residue retention on soil physico-properties and yield of rice and wheat under rice-wheat cropping system” was conducted at Norman E. Borlaug Crop Research Centre of G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technolog...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v37i630319
Ángel Otoniel González Martínez, Jaime Moisés Horta Rangel, Miguel Angel Perez Lara y Hernandez, Moises Arroyo Contreras, Juan Bosco Hernandez Zaragoza, Luz Perez Rea, Teresa Lopez Lara & Eduardo Rojas Gonzalez·Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology·2019
Aim: In this study it is presented a methodology to determine the structural response of a tensegrity system working under the effects of wind, temperature variations and when coupled to a steel spatial grid applied as pedestrian bridge. This methodology is based in applying nonl...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i230350