The experiment was conducted in Seed Testing Laboratory, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj (U.P.) during kharif season 2019-2021, so as to standardize the acceptable seed treatments for sorghu...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230698
The pathogenic variability of the sixty isolates of M. oryzae was confirmed by testing them for virulence and cultivar reaction against International rice blast differentials (IBD) viz., Raminad Str. 3, Zenith, Usen, NP-125, Kanto-51, Dular, Tsia-tiao-sio and Caloro lodging Piz,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230699
Aim: Present experiment was conducted to study the effect of crop establishment methods and weed management options on weed dynamics and performance of Basmati rice. Study Design: Split plot design. Place and Duration of Study: Iinvestigation was conducted during the kharif-seaso...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230700
Evaluation of fifteen diverse genotypes of cucumber was carried out in a randomized complete block design for studying genetic divergence. Presence of wide genetic diversity, among the genotypes studied was confirmed by using Mahalanobis D2 statistics. Based on the interactions g...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230702
The present investigation was conducted for two consecutive years with the objective to know various crop geometries and nutrient management approaches on soil chemical properties at Agricultural college farm, Bapatla. The experimental design was split plot with three replication...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230703
The Field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of fertility management on growth, yield attributes and yield of pearlmillet in a Randomized Block Design (RBD) with ten treatments and four replications during summer, 2019 at Anand, Gujarat. The experiment comprises of d...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230704
A field experiment was carried out to study the influence of different levels of humic acid (10, 20, 30 kg ha-1) and inorganic N fertilizer viz., 100 % of recommended dose and 75 % of recommended dose on chemical properties of soil under direct sown rice at Agricultural college f...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230697
The effect of thermal radiation on the Physiochemical properties of soil around gas flare site in the Niger Delta region was assessed in Emuoha Local Government Area of River State, Nigeria, for a period of twelve months. Radiation profile was determined at different times (hours...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230694
The study was carried out to evaluate the influence of application of Trichoderma viride and Bacillus subtilis on antioxidant enzymes, proline and lipid peroxidation to decrease the impact of salinity stress on chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), a salinity sensitive crop. A pot exper...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230695
The cassava variety YTP2 (Me 681) has been developed through selection from Thondamuthur type at Tapioca and Castor Research Station, TNAU, Yethapur. The performance of YTP2 in the Adaptive Research Trial (ART) and On Farm Trial (OFT) in the farmer’s field inferred that this new...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230696
Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate effectiveness of various microbial compost cultures for aerobic-composting of farm wastes. Place of Study: Three trials were conducted on farmer’s field and one at Krishi Vigyana Kendra (KVK) Ramanagara district. Methodology: During the...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230689
Wheat requirement of nitrogen for plant growth, and crop yields and quality depends upon substantial N inputs. Therefore, a field experiment was carried out at Gimbichu district in 2017 and 2018 main cropping season with the objective of evaluating the overall performance of appl...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230690
Aim: The study was conducted to design pectin beads for achieving slow release of agrochemicals in wetlands via ion gelation method. Place and Duration of the Study: The laboratory experiment was carried out at the Department of Nano Science & Technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultu...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230691
Thirty seven rice germplasm were evaluated to assess genetic variability, heritability, genetic advance, correlation and path coefficient analysis for 17 quantitative characters. The experimental results concluded that TP-29632, followed by TP-30015, TP-29637, SHUATS DHAN-2 and T...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230693
A soil resource inventory was conducted at village level in the Melur block of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu to assess the micronutrients status in the soils and to prepare fertility maps depicting the extent of soil micronutrient deficiency/sufficiency using GIS and GPS technique...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2230688