Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is an important commercial spice-cum-bulb crop in Gujarat, where price instability can affect farmers and market participants because production and market supply are seasonal. This study examined the seasonal, cyclical, and irregular behaviour of garli...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i104543
Dietary thiamine supplementation was evaluated in juvenile snubnose pompano, Trachinotus blochii, with an initial mean body weight of 6.87 ± 0.18 g. Five dietary treatments were tested: an unsupplemented control and diets supplemented with 2, 4, 8, or 16 mg thiamine kg⁻¹ feed. Ea...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i104544
Seaweeds sustain dense and metabolically distinctive microbial communities whose members produce morphogens, phytohormone analogues, siderophores, vitamins, polysaccharide-degrading enzymes and antimicrobial metabolites. These properties have prompted the proposition that the sea...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i104541
Honey bees are important pollinators of Brassica crops, and their foraging behaviour can vary among bee species and crop cultivars. However, comparative field information on the time spent per flower by Apis mellifera and Apis florea across different Brassica cultivars under loca...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i104539
Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs), principally species of the genera Steinernema and Heterorhabditis, are important biological control agents that act in association with the symbiotic bacteria Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus, respectively. This review synthesises host–pathogen inte...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i104540
Aims: To identify and characterise at the molecular level the virus associated with mosaic and leaf-deformation symptoms in chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius) in Burkina Faso. Study Design: Descriptive field surveillance and laboratory-based molecular characterisation. Place and D...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i104542
Solid-state lighting has given horticultural producers unprecedented control over the spectral composition, photon flux density, photoperiod and temporal structure of the radiation delivered to crops. This control has been accompanied by an expectation that the detailed molecular...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i104536
Instagram Reels have emerged as a highly visible short-video format for sharing agricultural practices, technologies, schemes and farm-enterprise experiences in India. This narrative review examines their potential role in farm technology transfer through four connected dimension...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i104537
Farmer producer organisations, a category that includes marketing and service cooperatives, farmer groups and the producer companies promoted in India, have become a central instrument of agricultural development policy. They are expected to reduce transaction costs, pool output,...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i104538
Aims: To evaluate the effects of irrigation scheduling and hydrogel application on soil moisture dynamics, soil bulk density, economics and economic water productivity of wheat. Study Design: A field experiment was conducted in a split-plot design with three replications; the irr...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i104535
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a staple food for more than half of the world’s population, and enhancing its yield, grain quality, and adaptability remains a central goal in most breeding programs. Genetic advance is the expected improvement in the mean performance of a population fro...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i104534
Cluster Frontline Demonstrations (CFLDs) were conducted during seven consecutive Rabi seasons from 2016–17 to 2022–23 to assess the effectiveness of improved chickpea production technologies under farmers’ field conditions. A total of 344 demonstrations covering 137.2 ha were con...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i104529
Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs), particularly Meloidogyne spp., severely constrain cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) production in tropical regions, causing substantial yield losses. The use of synthetic nematicides is constrained by environmental concerns, resistance, and regulator...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i104530
Small and marginal farmers face a structural mechanisation problem: many agricultural machines embody large fixed costs and require annual utilisation well beyond the demand of an individual small holding, yet delayed or labour-intensive operations can constrain yields, cropping...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i104531
Fungal diseases can reduce the productivity and value of bamboo and other plant resources, creating interest in plant-derived antifungal agents as alternatives to synthetic fungicides. This study evaluated the in vitro antifungal activity of methanolic leaf extracts of Alangium c...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i104532