Santhra Mohanan, Minimol Janaki Seifudeen, Santhoshkumar Adiyodi Venugopal, Juby Baby, Jiji Joseph, Reshma S. Nair, Shilpa K. S. & Deepu Mathew·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2025
Drought stress poses a significant threat to cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) cultivation, particularly as climate variability disrupts traditional rainfall patterns in expanding cocoa growing regions of India. This study aimed to identify reliable biochemical biomarkers indicative of...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55455
The present investigation was conducted at Research Farm, Horticulture Section, College of Agriculture, Dhule to identify the effect of different combinations of growth regulators and chemicals on morphological characteristics of khirni. Khirni seedlings were grown and effect on...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55456
The research spell out various dynamics of the Sundarbans, including the distribution of vegetation, the soil and the drainage channels. The work throws knowledge to understand the growing changes and decline in the vegetation cover over time in Indian Sunderbans. The Sentinel-2...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55457
Present study was conducted at the Horticulture Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, during the 2023-24 cropping season to evaluate the effects of corm size and spacing on the growth, flowering and corm...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55458
This review paper examines the role of biofertilizers and Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) in enhancing the growth, yield, and soil fertility of transplanted rice. Biofertilizers, which include beneficial microorganisms, contribute to soil nutrient cycling, nitrogen fixation,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55451
Lowland rice accounts for about 36% of the total rice area in Côte d'Ivoire and contributes over 20% of total paddy production. Lowland rice cultivation under flooded or irrigated conditions has a potential average yield of 6-8 t/ha, with the possibility of two cropping cycles pe...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55452
The essential oil of aromatic plants is often possessing antimicrobial features which have an important role in the defense of the plants. Aromatic oil have consist monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes and their oxygenated derivatives, such as alcohol, ketones, acids, phenols, ethers, es...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55450
Background: The extensive use of chemical fertilizers and agrochemicals has led to soil degradation, reduced microbial diversity, increased vulnerability to pests and diseases, and adverse environmental consequences. The excessive dependence on chemical inputs in rice cultivation...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55449
A study on biochemical factors involved in black pepper defense response against Phytophthora sp. on exogenous application of salicylic acid was carried out in Phytophthora sp. susceptible variety Panniyur 1. Total phenol content and total flavonoid content were studied under dif...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55445
Aims: This study aims to determine the optimal dosage of Fungi Mycorrhizal Arbuscular (FMA) to enhance the growth and yield of shallots (Allium cepa var. aggregatum) in Ultisol. Study Design: The research was conducted from February to April 2024 at the Agronomy Experimental Stat...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55446
An experiment was conducted during the year 2023-2024 at Fruit Research Station, Imaliya, Department of Horticulture, JNKVV, Jabalpur. It was laid out in 5 x 3 Factorial Completely Randomized Design (FCRD) with the 18 treatment combinations having 3 replications. Factor-A consist...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55447
Soybean (Glycine max) is a versatile legume crop crucial for global food security, edible oil production, livestock feed and soil health through crop rotation. The present study investigated the effect of three sowing dates on insect pest incidence as well as on yield of soybean...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55448
Pigeon pea is a high protein legume cultivated by marginal farmers in the Indian sub-continent. It exposes a wide variety of biotic stresses especially insect pests. Pod boring weevil, Apion clavipes Gerst is a major concern in eastern India which causes direct damages to economi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55443
The present investigation entitled “FOLIAR SPRAY OF GA3 ON MORPHO-PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS AND YIELD OF GLADIOLUS” was conducted during rabi 2023-24 at the Department of Plant Physiology, Agricultural Biochemistry, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55444
A field experiment was conducted at RARI, Durgapura-Jaipur in irrigated coarse textured agro ecological situations during Rabi 2014-15, 2015-16 & 2016-17 to find out the effect of sulphur and vermicompost application on grain and straw yield of wheat under groundnut – wheat c...
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