To assess the effect of water hyacinth compost, vermicompost and inorganic fertilizers a field experiment was undertaken during rabi 2015-16 in light textured sandy loam soil of Mandan Bharti Agriculture College, Agwanpur, Saharsa, Bihar in split plot design with four levels of N...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1330237
The black soils of Adilabad and Nizamabad districts of Northern Telangana zone most prominent for the cultivation of soybean. From this region of soils, sixty soil samples were collected and analysed for available sulphur and its fractions. The results indicated that available su...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1330238
Instant chutney powder, a palatable functional food adjunct, was developed by using carrot (Daucus carota L), basella (Basella alba L) and spinach (Spinacia oleracea) leaves and other selected spice ingredients. The carrot, basella and spinach were blanched for 1 to 3 minutes and...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1330235
Bio-char is carbon-rich product generated from biomass through batch type slow pyrolysis. In this study, the effects of pyrolysis temperature and residence time on the yield and properties of bio-chars obtained from shredded cotton stalks were investigated. Safely said that the q...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1330236
Pseudocereals are as good as the true cereals in many aspects of nutritional value. Either substituting or supplementing the staple cereals with pseudocereals and thereby improving the nutritive value of foods are under experimentation. Amaranth, a pseudocereal possess the usual...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1330239
Taro (Colocasia esculenta L. Schott) is one of the important staple vegetable crops grown worldwide for its nutritious corms, leaves, and pseudostems. Taro invaded by leaf blight disease caused by Phytophthora colocasiae Racib. (Pc) resulted in 50% yield loss. On the other hand,...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1230240
Jamun (Syzygium cumini L.) an evergreen wild fruit of utmost importance belongs to Myrtaceae family and grows throughout the Asian subcontinent, Eastern Africa, South America, Madagascar to USA. It is an edible antidiabetic fruit rich in anthocyanins native to India and West Ind...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1230232
A field experiment was conducted to determine the dissipation kinetics of carbofuran and its metabolite (Carbofuran 3-OH) in the soil and their terminal residue in sugarcane. The experimental plots were subjected to application of carbofuran 3G (1.0 kg a.i./ha) at the time of pla...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1230233
This research aimed at assessing the drinking water quality of piped water distribution in Jimeta-Yola Adamawa State, Nigeria. The strategy was based on establishing the possibilities of contaminants underlying the distribution channels compromising the quality from the treatment...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1230234
Two methods namely, slow and one period method was used to prepare preserve from four different treatments (P1-Control, P2- steam Blanching for 6 minutes, P3- Steam blanching for 6 min + dip in 1.0 per cent citric acid for 10 min, and P4- Steam blanching for 6 min + dip in 1.0 pe...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1230231
India is on the verge to reduce its intensity of carbon emissions with an significant impetus to increase grid-based solar photovoltaic capacity, but there is a rising carbon footprint in the agricultural sector. In irrigated agriculture, there is a huge subsidies for electricity...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1230230
Field studies were carried out in 2017 and 2018 at Agricultural Research Farm, Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, to evaluate the effect of natural mulching and herbicides on weed dynamics and growth of rice. The experiment was laid out in a split plot desig...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1230229
Aim: To analyze and map the soil micronutrient status in the transition zone of NW foothills of Shivaliks of Kathua Region using GIS. Methodology: Composite surface soil samples from two hundred and six (206) locations distributed randomly due to undulated topography across the w...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1130228
The imbalanced use of fertilizers in India is evident from the fact that the current ratio of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in agricultural soil in several states is skewed towards nitrogen. This imbalance causes problems, right from stagnating or declining productivity to s...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1130227
Wild pomegranate (Punica granatum L.), fruit is widely found in hilly slopes of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir. It contains higher amount of acid content along with other quality characteristics. To exploit the appreciable amount of acid content in this fruit...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1130226