V. Narendhiran, Shalini. S, Shyam. P. V, Sinekan. V, Siva. S, Sivadhanashree. C, Sivaramakrishnan. T, Sreelakshmi. K. H & K. Chozhan·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2025
The study evaluated the influence of plant growth regulators (PGRs) on sprouting and early growth of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) raised through protray nursery techniques. The experiment was conducted in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with seven treatments: IAA (1000...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i103183
Mosquitoes are major vectors of pathogens responsible for diseases such as filariasis, malaria, and arboviral infections in sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria. Accurate species identification, including cryptic forms, is essential for effective vector surveillance and control....
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i103184
Physiological change to heat stress is composed of two components: heat load which rises from metabolism, heat exchange, radiation, and convection with the environment; and heat dissipation which is the release of the heat load through sweat evaporation. Environmental factors hav...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i103171
Sclerotium rolfsii is a significant soil borne phytopathogenic fungus that leads to considerable yield losses in economically important crops. This study assessed the impact of temperature and culture media on the mycelial growth, sclerotial production, and germination of S. rolf...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i103172
Plant synthetic biology, which merges engineering principles with plant biology, offers transformative potential to address global food security challenges driven by rapid population growth and environmental change. This emerging field enables the conceptualization, design, model...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i103173
Current study was conducted during 2022 and 2023 at Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Nauni, Solan (Himachal Pradesh) to evaluate the economic performance of fourteen gladiolus varieties under open-field conditions. The genotypes studied included A...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i103174
The present study aimed to evaluate the interactive effect of seed priming and foliar application with different concentrations of micronutrients on economics of coriander var JD-1. The experiment was conducted at Vegetable Research Centre, Maharajpur, Department of Horticulture,...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i103175
Aims: This study evaluated 123 rice germplasm lines to assess genetic diversity for major biometric and grain iron and grain zinc contents and identify superior donor genotypes for biofortification breeding programmes. Study Design: completely randomized design. Place and Duratio...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i103176
An experiment has been conducted at the Agriculture Research Farm in Raja Balwant Singh Collage Bichpuri Agra, for two season of crop in consecutive years from 2021-22 and 2022-23 to the study of effect different organic mulches in relation to growth and yield of turmeric under d...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i103177
A two-year field experiment was conducted during 2016 and 2017 to assess the influence of microclimatic and thermal indices on Sali rice growth and yield attributes under a modified paddy-ecosystem. The study involved two crop establishment methods (Cā: System of Rice Intensifica...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i103160
Genetic diversity in maize is a valuable natural resource and plays a key role in hybrid breeding programs. The present study was conducted to assess the magnitude of genetic diversity among 107 tropical maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines using phenotypic traits. Significant variab...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i103161
Ghee residue (GR), is a nutrient rich dairy by-product, produced during the ghee manufacturing process. Fresh GR samples (coded as GR1 to GR5) were procured from local dairies in the Kolhapur region and analysed for sensory qualities, proximate composition and instrumental Hunter...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i103162
The present field investigation was conducted at Sirohi, Rajasthan, to study the seasonal incidence of brinjal shoot and fruit borer (Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee) in relation to prevailing weather parameters. Weekly observations were recorded from transplanting to final harvest o...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i103163
The experiment was conducted to study the varietal performance of French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and the impact of magneto-priming on their seeds by exposing them to a magnetic field strength of 200 mT for 60 minutes on the terrace of the Shri Vaishnav Institute of Agricultu...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i103164
High temperature stress is one of the major constraints limiting wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) productivity worldwide. Brassinosteroids (BRs), a class of plant steroidal hormones, play a pivotal role in modulating plant growth and conferring tolerance to various abiotic stresses....
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i103165