For plants to thrive, phytohormones play a key role in their development and growth. A total of five different phytohormones have been identified here: auxin, gibberellins, cytokinin, ethylene and abscisic acid. The growth-promoting and dormancy-breaking effects of gibberellin ma...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i84863
The field experiment conducted at the Centre for Crop Improvement, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, evaluated the response of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) to different spacing and fertilizer levels across multiple seasons (2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21). The re...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i84858
The present investigation carried out during the Kharif season 2023 at Deeksha Bhawan Entomology Field, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, (Uttar Pradesh). During the investigation it has been revealed that the infestation o...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i84859
The present “Characterisation of soil properties of CRC-2 and CRC-3 at ITM University, under Gwalior region, M.P” was carried out during the year 2024 in the department of soil science and agricultural chemistry, school of agriculture, ITM University, Gwalior. I collect the soil...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i84854
The field experiment was conducted during the Kharif seasons of 2021 and 2022 in farmers’ fields across four adopted villages, involving 13 farmers. The results exhibited that the Brown Plant hopper (BPH) incidence was significantly lower in the rice variety Hasanta compared to t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i84855
An experiment was conducted in a poly house setup using germination trays to investigate the effects of salt stress on the seedling growth and germination of 42 genotypes of Kodo Millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum). This research, utilizing a Completely Randomized Design with three r...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i84856
An experiment was carried out in the Garden, Department of Fruit Science, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur (U.P.) during two subsequent years i.e., 2022 and 2023 to assess the effect of NAA and ZnSO4 on cracking and chemical properties of litchi fruits....
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i84857
Chilli leaf curl virus disease caused by Chilli leaf curl virus (ChiLCV) is considered as the most damage-causing for chilli crop, resulting in a cent per cent yield loss when affected at the early crop stage. Piriformospora indica (synonym Serendipita indica), a root endophytic...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i84853
Breeding for nutrient-rich high yielding wheat varieties is one of the most economical and feasible ways to improve micronutrient deficiency ad hoc building better consumer health among the rural people of South Asia. To identify the Zinc (Zn) and Iron (Fe) enriched high yielding...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i84850
A field experiment was conducted in red sandy clay loam soil at UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru during kharif to know the influence of foliar nutrition and nipping on crop growth, seed yield and quality in pigeonpea. The experiment replicated six times in split plot design with treatments o...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i84851
A field experiment was carried out during the year 2024 in the Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, School of Agriculture, ITM, Gwalior. Surface (0-15 cm) and sub surface (15-30 cm) soil sample were collected by systematic survey with location data using globa...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i84852
An experiment was undertaken to study the effect of integrated nutrient management on growth, yield and quality of papaya under Kerala conditions. The trial was conducted in RBD. Papaya variety used for the study was Surya with ten treatments. The results revealed that the applic...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i84849
A soil-crop nutrient survey was conducted in Sangareddy district, Telangana during Rabi, 2023 to study the fertility status of cotton growing soils at 0-15 cm and 15-30 cm depth. Georeferenced soil and leaf samples were collected from 112 sites covering 23 mandals during flowerin...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i84846
Zinc naturally occurs in the earth's crust as part of rocks and ore minerals. The average concentration of zinc in the lithosphere is 80 mg kg-1. While zinc is relatively immobile in soil, it is moderately mobile in plants. As a vital micronutrient for both humans and animals, zi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i84847
The present study aimed to assess various chemical properties and available macro and micronutrients in the soil. Collection of 101 geo-referenced soil surface samples at 100-meter intervals of the Khapradih Farm of DKS College of Agriculture & Research Station, district Balo...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i84848