An experiment was conducted in the Department of Horticulture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat to evaluate the huge diversity among the different banana germplasm in the state of Assam. The experiment comprised of 24 banana (Musa spp.) genotypes, of which the fruits were co...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i42801
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of climate change on productivity of rice cultivars Swarna sub-1, Sarjoo-52, Pant Dhan 4, and NDR-359 for the years 2030, 2050, 2070, and 2090 for the Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh using the Marksim and DSSAT crop simula...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i42802
Weed as a plant growing where it is not desired. Sometimes certain weed turns out to be a great source of food or medicine. Some of the herbs used to prepare medicines are considered as weeds by agriculturists. Some of the farmers do not have any knowledge on medicinal value of w...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i42803
Silicon (Si) is the second most abundant element in the earth crust constituting 27.7 per cent. The beneficial effects of Si includes mitigation of various forms of abiotic and biotic stresses. Rice (Oryza sativa), a typical Si accumulator, takes up Si actively in the form of sil...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i42793
Vinicius de Souza Oliveira, Johnatan Jair de Paula Marchiori, Lusiane de Sousa Ferreira, Gilcéa Teixeira Fontana Boone, Luan Luciano dos Santos Pereira, Eduarda Carriço & Evellyn Zuqui Bolsoni·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2023
Zinc is an element found in low amounts in the soil, which may limit the development of agricultural crops. In addition, the absorption of this nutrient by plants is directly influenced by several factors such as: high pH, amount of organic matter, high humidity associated with...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i42794
Grafted veggie seedlings are an exceptional horticultural technique that has been used for a very long time. This approach, along with improved grafting techniques appropriate for commercial production and productivity of grafted vegetable seedlings, was introduced into Europe an...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i42795
Mungbean is the most important crop in arid Rajasthan. Improving productivity by improving soil fertility is essential for farmers' economic viability. The effect of sulphur graded doses on yield attributes of mungbean grown as (mungbean + sesame) intercropping was studied in the...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i42797
In Afghanistan, the greatest challenges in agriculture system are major soil erosion, high soil moisture loss, and farming of the same crop every year leads to drop in fertility level of the soil. Conservation Agriculture defined by three principles namely minimum soil disturbanc...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i32788
The effect of four different dates of sowing on oil content and fatty acid composition was studied using eleven rapeseed and Indian mustard varieties at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. Effects of species, maturity duration (early, timely and late sown) and envi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i32789
The field experiment was conducted at Horticulture farm, Rajasthan Agricultural Research Institute, Durgapura (Jaipur-Rajasthan) during 2019-20 and 2020-21. The experiment comprised of 12 treatment combinations consisting of 3 drip irrigation levels (50%, 75% and 100% at PE level...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i42790
During the Rabi season, the Department of Horticulture at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow (U.P.) conducted research on the effect of different cuttings and varieties on the Horticulture Research Farm. The experiment was conducted in a FRBD design with 16 treatments...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i42792
Freshly harvested fruits of three Amla cultivars viz., Krishna, Chakaiya and Kanchan were evaluated for the average weight of fruit. Krishna showed the highest weight (39 g) followed by Kanchan (31g) and Chakaiya (25g). The total soluble solids (TSS) of the pulp were determined u...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i33084
The present investigation entitled Effect of different organic sources of nutrients on quality and economics of ashwagandha [Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal] was carried out during Kharif 2021-22 at College Farm, College of Horticulture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural Uni...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i32784
A field experiment was conducted during the kharif season of the year 2021 at Agronomy Instructional Farm, Department of Agronomy, CPCA, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar to evaluate the “Effect of organic manures, biofertilizers and cow urine...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i32785
Finite element analysis (FEA) is a computational technique that divides complex structures into small elements and solves them numerically using various partial differential equations. In agriculture, engineers can use numerical simulation based on the FEA technique to study the...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i32787