The health of living beings is seriously threatened by the toxicity and bioaccumulation tendency of heavy metals in the environment. Heavy metals cannot be broken down by chemical or biological processes, unlike organic pollutants. They can therefore only be changed into less dan...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193691
Cowpea is a significant grain legume pulse, vegetable, and fodder crop. However, due to biotic and abiotic stresses, yields have been consistently low. Phosphorus (P) deficiency-related yield losses are one of the major abiotic stresses. The objectives therefore were i) to evalua...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193692
Valeriana jatamansi Jones, commonly known as Tagar, belongs to the Caprifoliaceae family and is valued for its medicinal properties. This research aims to assess the impact of specific plant growth regulators on different explants obtained from natural and in-vitro cultivated pla...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193693
The present investigation was carried out by installing two light traps with different light sources in the experimental site one is inside the polyhouse and the other is outside the poly house. Insects were collected regularly from the third week of September 2019 to the second...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193695
Aims: Paddy cultivar, CR Dhan 307 (Maudamani) can enhance paddy productivity due to its heavy panicles and high-density planting adaptability. Date of transplanting is one of the important non-monetary inputs which greatly influence the growth and yield of paddy. The appropriate...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193696
The green stink bug Nezara viridula (Linnaeus) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) is an economic insect pest of many cultivated plants around the world.Recently, high population of green stink bug were observedin maize crop during March–May 2020 in Bihar, a leading state of maize producti...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193697
Genetic variability is the prime and fundamental requirement for any crop breeding to develop superior varieties which yields more and fulfills the demanding requirements of increasing population.The current study investigates twenty genotypes of rice, including one check variety...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193698
Maize, a vital cereal globally, ranks alongside rice and wheat. Among the significant factors curbing maize yields, post-flowering stalk rot (PFSR) stands as a highly destructive ailment. PFSR leads to yield reductions in maize from 10% to 42%, occasionally and may reach upto 100...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193699
The current research was conducted with an objective to study the correlation between different traits and path coefficient analysis in rice. Four CMS lines were crossed with eight elite restorers in a Line × Tester design and the resultant 32 hybrids were evaluated along with th...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193700
A Field experiment was conducted during Zaid 2022 at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, SHUATS, Prayagraj (U.P) to find out the Effect of Date of Sowing and Integrated Nitrogen Management on Growth and Yield of Summer Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) The result showed tha...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193701
Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) is one of the important fruit crops cultivated all over the world, particularly in tropical and sub-tropics. It is affected by several diseases of which wilt one of the most important diseases caused by Ceratocystis fimbriata. Very little work is...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193702
An experiment was conducted at Shivalik Agriculture Research and Extension Centre (SAREC), CSKHPKV, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh to study the response of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) fertilizer as well as their combinations with farm yard manure (FYM), secondary and...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i183446
In this study, in view of development of protective clothing for pesticide sprayers in chilli crop, the suitable fabric polyester 67/cotton 37 with weight 157.7 GSM was selected. BOND-WR-12-A RTU was aqueous fluorosilicone durable water and oil repellent emulsion was used to tre...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193674
This investigation was carried out on the different ecosystem of Gwalior region, ITM university Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. The experiment was planned in a randomized block design (RBD) with three replication and seven selected ecosystem viz. T1-Neem area, T2- Aonla area, T3-...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193675
In the present paper an attempt has been made to study the economic analysis of mustard crop grown under sprinkler irrigation system in southern Haryana. Multistage random sampling technique was used for the selection of sample farmers. At the first stage, Bhiwani and Rewari dist...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193678