Bacterial leaf blight, caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, is an important disease of rice that can substantially reduce crop performance under favourable disease conditions. The present study was conducted to identify elite rice lines resistant to bacterial leaf blight usin...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i74086
Climate change is altering the environmental conditions that regulate the growth and development of vegetable crops, with important consequences for crop phenology, productivity and quality. This review examines the effects of rising temperature, heat stress, altered precipitatio...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i74087
Ectoparasites remain a major constraint on dairy animal productivity, with adverse effects on animal health and welfare, milk production, growth, fertility, hide quality, and farm profitability. Ticks, biting and nuisance flies, lice, and mites cause direct injury through blood l...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i74088
Black turmeric (Curcuma caesia Roxb.) is a medicinally important, vegetatively propagated species for which systematic assessment of genetic divergence is useful for conservation and crop improvement. The present study assessed the genetic divergence of 33 black turmeric genotype...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i74089
Horse gram (Macrotyloma uniflorum), an underutilised climate-resilient legume, was processed by air classification to obtain a protein-rich fine fraction (PRFHG) and a starch-rich coarse fraction (SRFHG) for the development of nutritionally tailored composite flour mixes. Cleaned...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i74090
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is a protein-rich seed legume that supports food and nutritional security in tropical and subtropical regions, particularly where farming systems face variable climatic conditions. However, its productivity remains constrained by major biotic stresses,...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i74072
Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.) is an important minor fruit crop valued for its nutritional and medicinal properties. Its growth and productivity depend greatly on appropriate nutrient management. Integrated nutrient management (INM), which combines chemical fertilisers w...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i74073
Plant wearable sensors are emerging as flexible, non-invasive platforms for continuous assessment of plant physiological status and plant–environment interactions. This review examines recent progress in wearable sensing systems for real-time monitoring of water status, growth dy...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i74074
Greengram [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] is an important short-duration pulse crop for rice fallow conditions, where genetically diverse and high-yielding genotypes are required for crop improvement. This study assessed genetic divergence among 30 greengram genotypes using Mahalano...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i74075
Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) is an important agro-industrial crop in which exploitable variability is essential for varietal improvement. This study evaluated variability for productivity traits and desirable climate-resilient features, including non-flowering behaviour a...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i74077
Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) is an aquatic crop with ornamental, medicinal, nutritional and cultural importance. The present investigation was conducted from February 2024 to October 2025 at the College of Horticulture, Mysuru, Karnataka, to assess genetic variability, charac...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i74078
Rakesh Kumar, Shashi Ranjan Pratap Singh, Paramveer Singh, Jai Prakash Prasad, Ravi Ranjan Kumar, Anand Kumar Jain & J.N. Srivastava·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2026
The combined effects of plant growth regulators (PGRs) and varietal selection are important for improving ornamental crop productivity; however, variety-specific responses to PGRs have been less systematically examined in China aster. This study evaluated seven exogenous PGR trea...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i74079
Soil salinization remains a major constraint to sustainable crop production because it disrupts soil structure, root function, nutrient availability, ion homeostasis, oxidative balance and rhizosphere microbial activity. Conventional salinity-management practices often provide on...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i74080
Accurate varietal identification is important for maintaining genetic purity, supporting seed quality assessment and facilitating seed certification in sorghum. The present study evaluated the usefulness of seed morphological traits and simple chemical tests for differentiating s...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i74081
The present study evaluated the influence of organic seed treatments and bio-enriched growing media on seedling growth and vigour of papaya (Carica papaya L.) cv. Red Lady. The experiment was conducted at the Fruit Research Station, Imalia, Department of Horticulture, College of...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i74066