Ever increasing demand for food made the farming community to adopt intensive agricultural practices leading to a corresponding rise in crop residue production which has to be managed judiciously for by incorporating it in-situ and ex-situ for converting it into compost instead o...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43815
Prerona Patowary, Arpana Das, Dipak Bhuyan, Durlav Prasad Bora, Ujjal Das, Sreezana Gautam, Mridushmita Sonowal, Maradona Nath, Ditul Barman, Syed Abdul Arif & Manoj Kumar Kalita·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2026
Contagious ecthyma, also known as orf, is an acute, highly contagious, and economically important zoonotic disease of small ruminants caused by orf virus, belonging to Parapoxvirus genus of the Poxviridae family. An investigation of an outbreak of contagious ecthyma was conducted...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43807
Codon usage bias reflects the interplay between mutational pressure and translational selection, influencing viral fitness and host adaptation. A comprehensive dataset of Classical swine fever virus (CSFV) sequences was retrieved from the NCBI GenBank database. Analysis of 568 gl...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43808
Lead is a persistent environmental contaminant with no biological role and is known to produce systemic toxicity, particularly during pregnancy and early developmental stages. The present study evaluated the effects of perinatal exposure to lead acetate on maternal growth, offspr...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43809
Aasif Fayaz, Rukhsar Ahmad Dar, Asima Amin, Baseerat Afroza, Rizwan Rashid, Gowhar Ali, Ummyiah H Masoodi, Syed Berjes Zehra, Gazala Nazir, Mudasir Magray, Aabid Ayoub & Aziz Mujtaba Aezum·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2026
The present investigation was carried out on 28 genotypes of broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica Plenck) at the Experimental Vegetable Farm, ETC Malangpora, Pulwama, during the Rabi season of 2023. The trial was laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD). To evalu...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43810
Nishat Perveen, Sonu Kumar, T. John Ratnakar, Rajan ghanghas, Japani Chinir, V. Santhini, Md Imtiyaz, Sambit Kumar Parida, Ehsas Pachauri, S. Bhavya Ratna Madhuri, Bibhash Ranjan Sahu, Richa Dubey & Ashwani Kumar Singh·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2026
Background: Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is a significant oil crop produced under a wide range of agro-climatic conditions, and the inability to plant the crop on time frequently puts the crop at risk of heat stress, which negatively affects the seed production and oil con...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43811
Fresh-cut apples are highly valued for their convenience and nutritional value, yet their marketability is constrained by rapid enzymatic browning, tissue softening and loss of sensory quality during storage. Conventional preservation methods such as refrigeration and chemical ad...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43812
The increasing accumulation of plastic waste and fruit-processing residues highlights the need for sustainable biodegradable materials. This review examines recent advances in bioplastics derived from fruit wastes, focusing on material sources, processing approaches, properties,...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43802
A field experiment was carried out during the kharif season in the year 2023 at Arunachal University of Studies, Namsai, Arunachal Pradesh to assess the effect of azolla along with organic and inorganic fertilizers on the growth, yield and economics of Black rice. The experiment...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43803
This study presents a comprehensive nutritional analysis of farmed rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). The investigation encompasses the proximate composition, amino acid, fatty acid, vitamin, and mineral profiles of the fish flesh. The results confirm that rainbow trout is an e...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43804
Anatomical knowledge forms the cornerstone of veterinary clinical practice, underpinning every diagnostic decision and surgical intervention across the remarkable diversity of species encountered in veterinary medicine. This review examines the critical relationship between found...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43805
Further people have become aware that the ultraviolet B (UV-B) rays (280–315 nm) impact the development of plants and overall yield, particularly in the context of global warming. Because various varieties of the chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), a crop extensively valued worldwide...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43806
Salinity stress is one of the most severe abiotic constraints limiting tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) production worldwide. The present investigation was conducted to evaluate the influence of foliar CuSO₄ (copper sulfate) treatment on the growth and morpho-agronomic performanc...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43800
Atham Bhavana Sruthi, Korasseril Babu Deepthy, Haseena Bhaskar, Mani Chellappan, Gavas Ragesh, Deepu Mathew, Muthusamy Saravanan Akash & G. Eshwar Kannan·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2026
Background: Crop protection using mycopesticides has a crucial role in sustainable pest management programmes. Biocontrol agents, such as entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) and other microorganisms, offer a safer, more effective alternative to chemical insecticides and pesticides, whi...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43801
A preliminary study was conducted in and around the Sarat Chandra Sinha College of Agriculture, Assam Agricultural University, Rangamati, Chapar, Dhubri campus, Assam, India during 2024-25 to record and study the diversity of lepidopteran insects. The college campus and the surro...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43794