Grafting is a simple method of propagation in which desired rootstocks are obtained to induce vigor, precocity, enhanced yield and quality, better survival under biotic and abiotic stress conditions. Grafting reduced the dependency upon chemicals required to treat the soil borne...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i330076
A weed management study on onion (Allium cepa L.) was conducted at Birsa Agricultural University, Jharkhand, India during winter season of 2016-17 and 2017-18 in a randomized block design comprised of nine weed control treatments consisting plastic mulch, available weeds mulch, s...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i330079
Banana is conventionally vegetatively propagated through suckers, which grow from lateral buds originating from corms and suckers. This process is very slow as the rate of multiplication of suckers through conventional vegetative means has been found to express several negative i...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i330073
The experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block design assigning time of planting (Factor A), planting geometry (Factor B) with four replications to assess the effect of date of planting and planting geometry on growth and yield of Kalmegh cv. CIM Megha. The experiment...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i330078
The present investigation was undertaken for in vitro multiplication of Cleopatra mandarin using nodal segment explants. Nodal segments taken from 9 years old plant in the month of March - April were cultured on Murashige and Skoog (1962) medium supplemented with BAP 0.5 mg/l + K...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i330077
Plant breeding is mainly concerned with genetic improvement of crops through hybridization, screening and selection of advance lines. The conventional methods give advance varieties with desirable traits but take consume more time (6 to 12 years) to achieve. Biotechnology tools m...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i130081
Aims: An analysis to determine sediment resuspension zones in the Patzcuaro lake (Mexico) through empirical equations is carried out. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at the Patzcuaro Lake in Michoacán, Mexico. The last stage of the project was finished duri...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i130048
In Punjab the concept of SHGs has gained a huge popularity. Many institutions such as government organizations, non-government organizations, farmers clubs, health workers and banks are using this approach to empower women socially, economically and politically. SHG have brought...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i130049
As human populations expand into areas where wildlife exists, competition for resources and confrontation arises as a result. Some parts of rural Zimbabwe are typical of this problem especially in newly resettled areas. The aim of this survey was to examine the impact of crop rai...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i130047
Nodal segments of sandalwood were cultured on MS medium amended with different plant growth regulators in varying concentrations to search out higher in vitro response leading to plantlet regeneration via somatic embryogenesis and/or organogenesis. Higher proportion of direct som...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i130045
Millets are high energy and nutritious foods recommended for the health and well- being of infants, lactating mothers and elderly people. Threshing of this crop still poses a lot of problems to local farmers. To make millet farming integral in Ghana, engineers are making concerte...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i130046
Floodplains are very important for agriculture, since it allows planting of arable crops throughout the year. In order to asses pollution levels of the floodplains due to contamination from flooding,soil samples were collected from six locations across each of the floodplain of O...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i130042
Unprecedented dynamics of the development of electronics could be easily tracked by comparing market figures for electronics versus steel, chemical and automotive industries in US and across the world. The multifaceted nature of semiconductor technology is clearly visible. Spinof...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i130044
Bot as it is popularly called is an inherent attributes of botnet tool. Botnet is a group of malicious tools acting as an entity. Furthermore, history has it that the aim of what gave rise to botnet was the idea to simplify the method of message exchange within networking platfor...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v32i630040
The adequate knowledge of the weather behavior is very important for the design and management of socioeconomical, environmental and sustainability human interests in the coasts and oceans. In the present study an extreme value analysis of maximum significant waves recorded at a...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v32i630038