Maize is one of the most important food crops in the world. In India, it is the third most significant cereal crop after rice and wheat, cultivated across diverse environmental conditions. Among the major diseases affecting maize, banded leaf and sheath blight (BLSB) is one of th...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i32067
This study was conducted at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Longleng district of Nagaland with a sample size of 150 in the two blocks namely Longleng and Sakshi. The method of summated rating suggested by Likert (1932) was followed in the development of a scale to measure the attitude of f...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i22060
A field experiment was conducted during the Kharif 2022 at farm, Department of agronomy, Tilak Dhari Mahavidyalaya Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh to evaluate the weed management in direct seeded rice. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design (RBD) with ten treatments includ...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i22061
Background: The creation of genetic variability in a gene pool is the prerequisite of a breeding program. To introduce a higher degree of variability and to identify favourable recombinants, a combination of hybridization and mutation methods is employed. Among various diseases i...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i22062
Strawberry is being cultivated in low and mid hills of Sikkim in considerable area and mulching is one of the most beneficial intercultural practices in strawberry cultivation. It has strong influence on growth, yield, quality and duration of harvesting, which is primarily due to...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i32063
This study aimed to develop a scientifically significant functional Greek yogurt enriched with foxtail millet (Setaria italica) and curcumin, highlighting its relevance to the food industry and potential health benefits for consumers. Foxtail millet, known for its high fiber and...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i22054
The present investigation was conducted to out the impact of basfoliar and biovita applications on the growth, yield and quality of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.). Basfoliar (an extract from Ecklonia maxima) and Biovita (a fresh extract from Norwegian seaweed, Ascophyllum nodosum...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i22055
Plant diseases significantly threaten global food security, leading to 40% annual crop losses and an estimated $220 billion in financial damages. Traditional methods for detecting plant diseases such as symptomatology, microscopy, and molecular diagnostics such as polymerase chai...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i22056
A vital cereal crop grown in arid and semi-arid countries, pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) is essential to livelihoods and food security in these areas. Subsequently, abiotic stressors including heat, salinity, drought, and nutrient shortages severely limit its output. To en...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i22057
Currently, there is a widespread deficiency of certain trace elements, which leads to an array of disorders/diseases in plants, animals and humans. Finding novel solutions to this problem is critical for the agro-chemical approach to food production. Numerous studies have been co...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i22058
The present study investigated the effect of stocking density on the growth performance of caged broilers during the summer season in small animal laboratory, Department of animal husbandry and dairying, Prayagraj Utter Pradesh. A total 72 day-old (Cobb-400) broiler chicks were r...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i22059
The morphological, cultural, and physiological characteristics of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum were studied in solid media by isolating and cultivating the pathogen on PDA (potato dextrose agar). The pathogen produced aerial mycelium that was hyaline, well-developed, branched, and co...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i22050
Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, the pathogen causing bacterial blight of rice, is an age old disease that has caused serious threat to the crop. Hence, this experiment was conducted using different commercially available antibiotics, antibacterial chemicals, bioagents and organic...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i22051
The study on Effect of weather parameters on floral visitors abundance in wild and cultivated varieties of jamun revealed that thirty one species of floral visitors were recorded and were belongs to Hymenopterans, Dipterans, Lepidopterans, Coleopterans and Hemiptera. The mean abu...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i22052
Adoption of protected cultivation technology can improve yield and productivity of lettuce in area were lettuce not commonly grown. In present study, an attempt is made to work out the economic analysis of lettuce production under protected cultivation in Marathwada region of Mah...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i22053