Background: Maize plays a critical role in meeting high food demand. It is a globally widely adopted and cultivated crop. Hybrid and open-pollinated varieties development from fixed inbred lines is one of the strategies for the improvement of maize production. Compared with the w...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2331572
Plants are exposed to multifarious external environmental conditions that affect plant growth, development and productivity. Heat stress is one of the abiotic stress that occurs due to high ambient temperature. Also, it is a serious threat to crop production worldwide. Rice is a...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2331573
Aims: An investigation was conducted to examine the distribution of available plant nutrients and the relationships between soil properties and available nutrient status in soil profiles in the Western Hilly Tracts of the Cuttack District, Odisha. Place and Duration of Study: The...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2331574
Sugarcane is an important cash crop of the entire world including India. It alone contributes to 75% of the worldwide sugar trade. Molecular markers are powerful tools and provide the basis for the estimation of genetic variability to start reasonable breeding program. Microsatel...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2331568
The present investigation was done to study the effect of micronutrients (Boron & Zinc) on growth, flowering and quality of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) under naturally ventilated polyhouse conditions of Prayagraj. The experiment was conducted in Randomized Block Desi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2331569
Takhellambam Henny Chanu, Mukund Shiragur, Sandhyarani Nishani, V. Kantharaju, Rudragouda T. Patil, G. K. Seetharamu, Deelipkumar A. Masuthi & B. C. Patil·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2022
Leaf spot disease caused by Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissler is a threat of China aster cultivation and is capable of causing yield losses in all production regions. The experiment was undertaken to screen genotypes and F1 hybrids which would be helpful in developing Alternari...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2331563
The increase of oleic acid content has become one of the major goals of plant breeders to improve sunflower oil quality, as high content of oleic acid increases the oil’s stability to oxidative degradation at high temperatures and as well has been suggested to reduce cholesterol...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2331564
This study evaluated the variation of the physical and mechanical properties within coconut timber's radial position (dermal, sub-dermal, core). Properties were studied on the 55-year-old coconut palm from KAU coconut farm Vellanikkara, in Thrissur, district Kerala. The density o...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2331565
The present investigation was carried out in randomized block design with three replications during Rabi season of 2020-21 to judge the extent of genetic variability and scope of selection among thirty-two genotypes including two checks of tomato Narendra Tomato-4 (NDT-4) & N...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2331566
The present study was conducted at Research farm of R.A.K., college of Agriculture, Sehore, Madhya Pradesh during 2020-21. The experiment was laid out using Randomized Block Design with different levels of Phosphorus with or without PSB application (T1- 45 kg P2O5/ha, T2- 60 kg P...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2331557
In the present study, "Correlation and path coefficient analysis for grain yield components in maize (Zea mays L.)," the aim was to estimate genetic variability, genetic advance, correlation, and direct and indirect effects of yield contributing traits on yield. According to the...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2331558
The present investigation was carried out to assess the genetic variability parameters, correlation and path analysis in the 23 genotypes of Blackgram during Zaid-2021 at the research field, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2331559
The present investigation consists of 20 genotypes of Greengram including one check, which were grown in the Field Experimentation Centre of the Department of Genetics and Plant breeding, SHUATS, Prayagraj during Kharif 2021 following RBD with three replications. The data were re...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2331560
The effect of nitrogen on growth, and development of plants, metabolism, dry matter production has been well investigated. Extensive research has been conducted on organic fertilizers especially, i.e. the compost. This study investigated the effect of compost on okra pods yield,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2331561
Physico-Chemical properties of juice in thirteen wine grape varieties (eight coloured and five white) were evaluated to assess the feasibility of growing wine grape varieties under Southern Telangana conditions. Observations recorded on physico-chemical properties of juice revea...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2331562