The field experiment was conducted at Horticultural Research Farm of the Department of Applied Plant Science (Horticulture), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Vidya-Vihar, Rai-Bareli Road, Lucknow (U.P.) – 226025, India during Rabi season of 2016-17. T...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45899
Cape gooseberry is an important minor fruit crop of India. In the present study, genetic diversity of 12 genotypes of Cape gooseberry was analysed using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. For this purpose, twenty RAPD primers were employed to screen out the polymorp...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45900
Garlic contains several important constituents like garlicin and allistatin. Besides it is used as spices it has several medicinal properties. Despite high demand of the crop, there is a huge gap between production and uses because of low yield potentiality. Therefore to identify...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45901
The present investigation was conducted to develop an effective micropropagation protocol of apple cultivar Golden Delicious and Red Fuji. The nodal segment was used as explants of both the apple (Malus × domestica. Borkh) cultivar Golden Delicious and Red Fuji, cultured on Muras...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45902
A total of nine pseudomonad isolates from different rhizosphere were isolated and screened for their antagonistic activities against F. oxysporum f.sp. ciceri. All nine isolates exhibited the ammonification property, produced HCN (Cyanide) and IAA (Indole acetic acid) and positiv...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45976
A field experiment was conducted in the research farm of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Bihar during the Kharif season of 2013 in iron-deficient highly calcareous sandy loam soil to screen the existing popular rice genotypes for their resistance agains...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45979
Present study was conducted to characterized mutant lines of rice variety Rajendra Mahsuri-1. Genetic diversity in rice mutant lines (M3) was characterised by using RAPD markers among them at the molecular level. Altogether 78 alleles were amplified, of which 53 were polymorphic....
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45980
A field trial was carried out in the experimental field of Dhangain farm and four other farmers' field during 2013-14 and 2014-15 to evaluate some strawberry cultivars in the plain region of Rohtas to assess different cultivars of strawberry. This experiment was conducted with fo...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45981
White rot or stem rot caused by the polyphagous fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary is a serious threat to production and productivity of rajmash (Phaseolus vulgaris). The regular incidence of Sclerotinia blight in different states of India has been recorded as a limit...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45982
Production of bio-ethanol from lignocellulosic waste like wheat straw has been a very attractive approach since earlier. However, production of ethanol is compromised from lignocellulosic waste due to its tough and crystalline structures. To resolve this issue, the combination of...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45983
Banana (Musa paradisiaca) cv. Malbhog is a very popular banana cultivar in the North Eastern part of India. A method has been developed to multiply it in vitro to standardise the best multiplication and rooting media for banana and hardening of rooted plantlets for field transfer...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45985
Flowering plays a very crucial role in the production and productivity of mango cultivars. An experiment was conducted to investigate phenological behaviour of mango hybrids and their parents developed at BAU, Sabour. Results showed the earliest bud break in cultivar Sunderprasad...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45986
A field experiment was conducted in rabi season 2011-12 and 2012-13 at research farm of Bihar Agricultural College, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar to assess the impact of various weed management practices on physico-chemical properties of soil in winter maize. Experiment consisted of...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45987
Aim: To know the effect of vermicompost application on nitrogen transformation in soil. Study Design: Completely Randomized Design (CRD). Place of Study: Experimental site of Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour. Methodology...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45988
Aims: The present investigation was undertaken to study the nature and magnitude of genetic diversity among chickpea genotypes. Study Design: The experimental material comprised of forty genotypes of chickpea in Rabi 2016-17 at Pulse Research Farm, Bihar Agricultural University,...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45989