Background: Maize plays an indispensable role in meeting high food demand. It is globally one of the most widely adopted and cultivated crops. Hybrid development from fixed inbred lines is one of the strategies for the improvement of maize production. The national average maize y...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2131276
An experiment was carried out using 55 (45 F1’S and 10 parents) genotypes of fenugreek to study the variability, heritability and genetic advance in percent of mean. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed highly significant differences among the genotypes for the characters un...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2131263
A lab experiment was conducted during winter season of 2021 at Post Harvest technology Laboratory department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, Prayagraj, and Uttar Pradesh, India to determine the...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2131264
The most damaging soil and seed-borne disease of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.), which appears every year in Haryana and causes significant output losses, is charcoal rot disease, which is caused by Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid. Aim: The current experiment was conducted to l...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2131265
Curry leaf being perishable commodity and is mostly subjected to excessive post-harvest losses and quantity deterioration in a short span of time. Pre-harvest management system can minimize the losses of curry leaf and by enhancing the shelf life. Thus the present research was co...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2131266
Using chemical fertilizers or organic manures alone as amendments may be detrimental to the soil health and crop quality and neither of these alone can sustain productivity. Hence the combination of nutrients from different sources together in optimum ratio is a way forward to ac...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2131267
The experiment was conducted during Rabi, 2021-22, Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, Naini Agriculture Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology And Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, to study the response of nitrogen and phosphorus on growth and...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2131268
The field experiment was carried out with title “Effect of foliar application of micronutrients on growth, yield and quality of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) cv. Arka Samrat” at the Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agricu...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2131269
The present study aimed to determine the effect of postharvest salicylic acid (SA) treatments on storability and biochemical quality of Bartlett pear fruits at ambient storage conditions. Freshly harvested fruits were treated with salicylic acid solution at 0 (control), 0.5, 1 or...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2131270
General and specific combining ability (GCA & SCA) for yield and quality traits in tomato were studied by involving fourteen parental line were crossed in line x tester mating design comprising eleven line and three tester at M.E.S department of vegetable science ANDUAT, Ayo...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2131254
Aim: The study was conducted for the evaluation of suitable grass and legume fodders for the development of pastures under coconut garden. Study Design: Randomized Block Design. Place and Duration of Study: The field experiment was carried out in Farmer’s coconut field, Pollachi,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2131255
Soybean, being an important pulse as well as oil seed needs special mention to overcome crisis in edible oil production in the country. It is also called as “Gold of soil”. An experiment was conducted at College of Agronomy Farm, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural U...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2131256
Aims: Amendment of ferralitic soils of Ngaoundere (Cameroon) by rock materials, so-called petrofertilizer, can be a promising solution to improve their fertility and thus enhance crop yield. Study Design: In the present study, the influence of pyroclastic powder on the growth of...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2131257
Determination of heterosis in maize hybrids is necessary for the identification of superior F1 hybrids for breeding programs. Therefore, this study was conducted to estimate the amount of mid parent (MPH) and better parent heterosis (BPH) for grain yield, yield-related, agronomic...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2131258
Background: Phosphorus has been pointed out as one of most important in oilseed crop wich is responsible for vegetative growth,reproduction and consequently yield of mustard. Sulphur element is important for crop growth and development especially in oilseed. At present, 42% of In...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2131259