Aims: The present study focused on exploring the potential of cyanobacteria in the bioremediation of organophosphorus (OP) compounds, also assessing the plant growth-promoting characteristics. Study Design: The study was conducted in three phases to evaluate the potential of sele...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i123445
Aims: The green chafer beetle is considered an occasional pest across different crop ecosystems in the Tarai region of Uttarakhand, India. The present study aimed to examine its population dynamics under natural field conditions on maize crop. Study Design: Maize variety PCM-4 wa...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i123446
The experiment was conducted to study the influence of pre-planting corm treatments with plant growth regulators (PGRs) on growth, flowering, and planting material production in gladiolus (Gladiolus grandiflorus L.) cv. ‘Candyman’. The research was carried out at the Experimental...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i123447
Enhancing biomass productivity in maize requires identifying traits that express strong and stable genetic variability across environments. This study quantified genetic variability, heritability and trait–yield relationships in a diverse CAAM (CIMMYT Asia Association Mapping) pa...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i123448
Aims: The aims of this study estimating the genetic components of variance, heritability and genetic advance and quantifying the genetic divergence among genotypes using D2 analysis to identify promising parents for strategic cross breeding programs. Study Design: The experiment...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i123449
The study examined the effect of nine organic seed treatments on the germination and seedling vigour of two rice types (ADT 49 and Sonamasuri) in the laboratory. The experiment was carried out in kharif 2021 and 2022 using a Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications.T...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i123450
Walnut (Juglans regia L.) is cultivated primarily for its edible kernel, which serves as a valuable source of energy, essential fatty acids, proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, and bioactive compounds. Considerable variation in walnut kernel composition has been reported globally,...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i123451
Curcuma caesia Roxb. is a critically endangered plant species. Studying the associations among traits and the direct and indirect contributions of various characters to fresh rhizome yield per plant is important for its genetic improvement. In the present study, 33 black turmeric...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i123439
A survey has been conducted during Kharif season 2020 to 2024 in major mesta growing areas in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts of Andhra Pradesh, India for the biotic stress in the crop and revealed that, Mealybug and Semilooper were the major insect pests causing severe los...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i123440
Performance of sixteen genotypes comprising fourteen local cultivars collected from different parts of Odisha and two released varieties were systematically evaluated for yield performance, Yellow Mosaic Virus (YMV) and powdery mildew disease tolerance at the Regional Research an...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i123441
The experiment was conducted at Wheat and Maize Research Unit, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani to assess the Compatibility and Influence of Microbial Inoculants and their Consortia on Maize Grown on Vertisol during Kharif season of 2022. Ten different treatm...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i123442
Invasions are a fundamental driver of ecosystem degradation in many parts of the world. The impact of invasive species on human activities can be associated with livestock production, including interfering with grazing practices, lowering yield and quality of forage, increasing c...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i123438
The present study evaluates the effect of inclusion of substrate on water quality and microbial community of biofloc-based nursery-rearing system for Penaeus vannamei with different stocking densities 30 days experiment was carried out in 100 L capacity HDPE tanks. The experiment...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i123434
Lakes Kaby and Ehuikro are vital for the city of Bougouanou. However, the land around them has been transformed into areas for wastewater overflow, landfills site and agriculture. Therefore, this study aimed to characterize the ecological status of these lakes based on their fish...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i123435
The present investigation was carried out using forty-two traditional rice landraces to assess the genetic divergence for eighteen seed yield and seed quality traits. The analysis of variance indicated significant variability for all the traits studied, confirming the presence of...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i123436