The residual effect of vermicomposts applied on preceding rice crop to the succeeding greengram under the rice- pulses cropping system was studied. The experiment was conducted at the wetland farms, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore by following the randomized comple...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430802
Irrigation with intensive intercropping, in water scarce region is evaluated and optimized. Water productivity (WP) is taken as an indicator and quantified. A field experiment was carried out in Sakha Agricultural Research Station in Egypt during 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 seasons....
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430803
Agriculture sector “continues to be the mainstay of our economy as it occupies the central place in rural life. The contribution of agriculture towards national income was about 22.1 percent in 2003-04 besides 64 per cent of population still depending on it. Financial analysis re...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430798
Assessment of variability and trait associations in a crop helps to enhance selection efficiency. With this objective, a study was conducted to estimate the genetic variability, character association and path coefficient analysis for grain yield and its component traits in 80 ric...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430799
Changes in climatic conditions especially unpredictable drought occurrences are challenging for food security. The present investigation was carried out to improve the grain yield in Improved White Ponni (IWP) rice under reproductive stage drought stress. This variety is well kno...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430800
Aims: Study aims to evaluate the effect of chicken manure and mycorrhiza levels as fertilizers on vegetative growth and on phenological stages of Sorghum in Far North Cameroon. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in the Valorization Station of Agricultural Resear...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430791
Flue cured tobacco requires clean and weed free environment and thereby reduce the competition for nutrients and moisture for achieving quick early season growth. Deploying effective weed management practices play a key role in achieving better yields and quality. Field experimen...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430792
Lentil is one of the most nutritious pulse crops known as masur and grown as a rainfed crop throughout the world in winter season. It is rich in protein, starch, micronutrients and dietary fiber. In the global scenario, India ranked first in the area and second in the production...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430793
Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) is one of the world's most important subtropical fruit crops. So far, it’s collection, systematic evaluation and utilization studies are limited and this would be perhaps the first systematic study to quantify the variability available. This inves...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430794
The present investigation was conducted with aim to isolate and characterize phosphate solubilizing bacteria from calcareous soil. Four efficient PSB isolates were obtained from fourteen soil samples collected from different locations. Based on morphological and biochemical chara...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430795
Viqar-Un-Nisa ., Z. A. Dar, S. Naseer, M. H. Khan, A. A. Lone, M. A. Wani, M. A. Rather, A. M. I. Qureshi, Wajhat-Un-Nisa ., Bilal Ahmad Lone, Aflaq Hamid, Gowher Ali, Asma Fayaz & S. Kumar·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2021
The present study was conducted at the research farm of Dryland Agriculture Research Station, SKUAST-Kashmir during the kharif of 2019. Range of heterosis was calculated over standard check. The most desirable cross combinations viz., KDM-440 x KDM-914A (-5.879), KDM-440 x V-335...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430796
An experiment to assess the “Productivity and economic feasibility of lateral arrangement and nutrient management in aerobic rice” was conducted at the Instructional-cum-Research Farm, I.G.K.V, Raipur, (C.G.) during kharif season of 2018. The soil of experimental field was clayey...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430797
Aim: Blackgram is one of the most important pulse crops raised in several types of soil under well drained conditions. Currently, it is cultivated as monocrop , intercrop as well as rice fallow crop in southern India. When the rice fallow pulse systems are described as, the pulse...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430789
The present study was undertaken to assess the available DTPA iron status in the major sugarcane growing soils of Southern Sivangai district, Tamil Nadu, India. A total of 500 geo referenced surface (0-30 cm) were collected from five blocks viz., Kalaiyarkovil, Padamathur, Sivaga...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430788
Root rot of mung bean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek var. radiata] is major disease and claims huge yield loss if they occur in the field. The pathogen is basically soil borne and survivability may vary depends on soil condition. The fungicide chemicals are available to manage the d...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430784