A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the liquid formulations for production of organic oriental pickling melon (Cucumis melo var. conomon L.) was carried out at College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellanikkara, Thrissur during 2013- 2014. Among the li...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i931347
Crop simulation models plays a vital role for estimating the effects of soil, water, nutrients on grain and biomass yields and water productivity of different crops. Among the various crop simulation models, Aqua Crop model was adopted for the predicting the crop water requiremen...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i931345
Crop simulation models were developed to estimate the effects of soil, water, nutrients on grain and biomass productivity and water consumption in different crops. In this study, the Aquacrop model was adopted to predict the volume of water consumed by crops in the Madakasira reg...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i931344
The interaction that exists between two wythes of concrete, inner and outer, goes a long way to establish the structural behavior of the whole components and particularly, lightweight foamed concrete sandwich panel. Precast concrete sandwich panel (PCSP) has become a household na...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i931343
Genotype, environment and agronomic practices are key determinants of crop growth and productivity which are important to provide food, feed, raw materials and income to small holder farmers in Africa. The study was conducted at Crop museum, Sokoine University of Agriculture, M...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i931353
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques are considered due to unimpressive oil recovery, limited oil reserves, and non-applicability of primary recovery methods in some (heavy oil) fields. In Nigeria, preparation is in gear towards implementing EOR projects. This paper therefore r...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i831342
The present experiment was carried out to access the relationship between population fluctuation of natural enemies and abiotic factors in okra agro-ecosystem at the Research Farm, Tirhut College of Agriculture, Dholi, Muzaffarpur (Bihar). From pooled data of two consecutive Khar...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i831340
Experiments were conducted during rabi season of 2019 and 2020 at the Department of Agronomy, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai to assess the performance of fodder maize (Zea mays L.) under varying combinations of organic manures and inorganic fertilizers. An experiment was laid...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i831341
Low adoption of improved crop production technologies has been an important factor in reducing the income, increasing poverty and reducing socio-economic status of the farmers in the arid region. Greengram is one of the important pulse crop mainly grown during kharif season in ra...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i831336
The study titled ‘Occupational aspiration of undergraduate agricultural students of Kerala Agricultural University- A multidimensional analysis’ was undertaken during 2017 - 19. The objectives of the study was to study and compare the occupational aspirations of the male and fema...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i831337
A field experiment was conducted during rabi season of 2017-18 at Agricultural College Farm, Bapatla to study the effect of seed pre - treatment and foliar application of zinc on dry matter production, partitioning and yield of mungbean under water stress. The experiment was laid...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i831338
Aims: The main objective of this study was to develop the whole wheat flour based castor oil fortified biscuits as per the maximum safe daily dosage of castor oil requirement for adults. Study Design: In the present investigation attempts were made to prepare the whole wheat flou...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i831339
The study entitled ‘Career aptitude assessment of the undergraduate agricultural students in Kerala Agricultural University’ was undertaken with 120 undergraduate agricultural students of the three colleges under Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) during 2018-19. Ex post facto...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i831335
The frequent use of copper-based pesticides for the control of cocoa pests and diseases by farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria has necessitated the determination of heavy metal contamination in soil samples obtained from randomly selected cocoa plantations in Longe, Abaagbo, Sikiti, Id...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i831333
Ending poverty and ensuring sustainability are the defining challenges of the recent times. Clean energy has the answer to both [1]. Clean energy plays a significant role in human development, economic and regional development. Clean energy is that which do not produce any negati...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i831334