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Effect of Nitrogen and Sulphur on Growth and Yield of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Koppu Ghanasai, Rajesh Singh & Thakur Indu · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2022

A field experiment was conducted during Rabi 2022 at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, SHUATS, Prayagraj (U.P). The soil of the experimental plot was sandy loam in texture, nearly neutral in soil reaction (pH 7.1), low in organic carbon (0.36 %), available N (171.48 kg/...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231433

Screening of Amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus L.) Mutant Lines for Salinity Tolerance

Richard Atou, Gauthier Tonouewa, Agapit Wouyou, Eustache Kpochemè, Antoine Abel Missihoun, David Montcho, Leonard Ahoton, Clement Agbangla & Christophe Bernard Gandonou · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2022

Aims: The present study was carried out to access the salt tolerance level of nine amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus) mutant lines selected from Benin cultivar ‘Locale’ at young plants stage in comparison with the cultivar ‘Locale’ used as control. Study Design: The experiment was la...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231435

NPK Uptake Studies under Varied Drip Irrigation Regimes and NK Fertigation Levels in Cucumber in Naturally Ventilated Poly House

S. Padmaja, Md. Latheef Pasha, S. M. S. Ramya, M. Umadevi, S. A. Hussain & A. Nirmala · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2022

The present study was conducted in naturally ventilated poly house at Horticulture garden, College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Telangana during rabi 2020- 2021 to standardize the optimum N and K fertigation levels and their effect on growth, yield and uptake of nutr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231436

Drought Stress in Sugarcane: In-vitro Mutagenesis and Selection of Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) Tolerant Callus Lines

Athira Aji, R. Gnanam, P. Meenakshisundaram, M. K. Kalarani & C. Appunu · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2022

Drought is one of the key abiotic factors causing a loss in sugarcane output, which is one of the world's thirstiest crops. A mutant sugarcane callus line was used to create an in vitro selection system for drought resistance. The objective of this study was to obtain putative su...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231428

Comparative Efficacy of Certain Insecticides and Biopesticides against Chickpea Pod Borer, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) on Chickpea, Cicer arietinum (L.)

Suman Mohanty & Anoorag R. Tayde · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2022

The experiment was conducted at the research plot of the Department of Agricultural Entomology at the Central Research Farm, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj during the Rabi season of 2021-22. The treatments selected for this experime...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231429

Influence of Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) on Biochemical Properties of Inceptisol of Surguja District of Chhattisgarh, India

Neet Upasana Lakra, . Anurag, Priya Soni, Vinay Bachkaiya, Rajesh Choukse, Shraddha Tikariha & Rahul Kumar · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2022

The present experiment entitled “Influence of Integrated nutrient management (INM) on biochemical properties of Inceptisol of Surguja District of Chhattisgarh, India” was conducted during 2021-22 at village Sonwahi, Dist. Surguja. experiment out in a RBD with seven treatments i.e...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231430

Phytodiversity in Umphyrnai Private Forest of East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya

Marvellous Kharumnuid & Afaq Majid Wani · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2022

A study was carried out at Umphyrnai village (1578m) in the East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya to identify and assess the angiosperm and gymnosperm diversity during 2021-2022. A total of 187 unique trees from 18 different species have been identified. 4 gymnosperm species and...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231422

Fanya juu Terraces Improve Maize (Zea mays L.) and Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) Grain Yields on Hardsetting Soils of Semi-arid Eastern Kenya

Emerita N. Njiru, Charles K. Gachene & Mary W. Baaru · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2022

Aims: Fanya juu terraces are constructed by digging a ditch and throwing the soil up-slope with the sole purpose of maintaining an embankment to slow down runoff flow. The effect of the terraces on crop yields along the slope varies with the soil type. The aim of this study was t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231423

Determination of Genetic Divergence in Okra Genotypes [Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench]

Shalu Yadav, G. C. Yadav, Lav Kumar, Lokesh Yadav & Vishva Deepak Chaturvedi · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2022

The investigation was executed at Main Experimental Station, Department of Vegetable Science, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya during Kharif, 2019 in Randomized Block Design with three replications comprising thirty -six genotypes...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231424

Efficacy of Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschnikoff) Sorokin SBI-Ma-SF 5 strain against tomato fruit borer Helicoverpa armigera Hubner (Lepidopetra: Noctuidae)

P. Venkata Koushik, P. S. Shanmugam, N. Geetha, S. Jeyarani & T. Anand · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2022

The polyphagous tomato fruit borer Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) causes yield loss of 40 – 60 per cent under favourable conditions in Tomato. The farmers rely upon chemical insecticides for its management and its injudicious use leads to unwarranted problems. The use of bio pesti...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231425

Different Methods of Betalain Extraction from Red Beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.) for Preparation of Solid Food Colour and Preparation of Beetroot Leather

Gayatri Parida, Samir Ebson Topno & Vijay Bahadur · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2022

An experiment was conducted at the Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh during the year 2021-2022. This experiment was conducted to assess the best extraction method...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231426

Effect of Different Organic Manures on Growth, Yield and Quality of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) c.v. (Harsh) under Prayagraj Agro Climate Condition

Shahbaj Ahmad & V. M. Prasad · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2022

A field experiment on cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) c.v. (Harsh) under Prayagraj agro climate condition” was conducted Prayagraj agro climate condition”was conducted in a Randomized Block Design with three replications during the Summer season, 2021 at Horticultural Research Farm...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231427

Evaluation of Interspecific Hybrids for Yield and Quality Characteristics in Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia L.)

V. Poornima, V. Rajasree, C. Thangamani, N. Manikanda Boopathi & S. K. Manoranjitham · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2022

Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia ) is one of the most nutritional and commercially important vegetable crops of the family cucurbitaceae. In the present study, hybrids and parents of bitter gourd were assessed to study the per se performance for yield and quality attributes. A w...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231420

Assessment on Genetic Variability Correlation and Path Analysis for Quantitative Traits in Blackgram (Vigna mungo L. Hepper)

D. Praveen Kumar, Gaibriyal M. Lal, Kaila Satish Babu & Jalla Rajasekhar · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2022

Based on mean performance of 22 genotypes of Blackgram. Seed yield per plant was highest in case of KU-48 (6.08) followed by LBG-752 (6.00) genotypes. On the basis of Analysis of variance, significant difference was recorded for all the seed yield and its components indicating pr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231421