Floriculture, one of the potential components of horticulture industry, deals with cultivation, processing and marketing of ornamental plants and maintenance of garden and it includes annuals, biennials and perennial ornamentals. Worldwide demand for flowering annuals is high to...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102944
Modern molecular and bioinformatics technologies have made understanding host-pathogen interactions easier. Plants have many ways to protect themselves from microbial diseases, such as physical barriers, PAMP detection, and R genes that recognize pathogen-effector proteins and tu...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102945
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) revolutionizes rice cultivation through innovative practices. It is a methodology that enhances rice yields by optimizing plant growth and resource utilization. This study, conducted in 2023 at TNAU, Coimbatore, India, focuses on the optim...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102946
The study was carried out at Vegetable Research Station, TNAU, Palur, Tamil Nadu during 2021to2022. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design (FRBD) with eight treatments and three replications. Planting materials used for the study were bulbs and bulblets....
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102947
Subsoil is the layer (stratum) of earth immediately below the surface soil (below 20 cm), consisting predominantly of minerals and leached materials such as iron and aluminium compounds. A favourable condition of subsoil is important for improved productivity of deep-rooted crops...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102923
Agriculture is basis of livelihood for a major portion of world population. It provides food to humans. With the increasing population and climate change there is need to enhance production to fulfil the demand of growing population. Remote sensing technology has potential to pre...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102924
Compared to when both rhizobium and the bacteria that solubilize phosphate are inoculated separately, the interaction effect between the two inoculations gradually increases the growth parameters and yield production. Rhizobium and phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB) had shown...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102925
Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) is one of the important fruit crops cultivated all over the world, particularly in the tropical and sub-tropics. It is affected by several diseases of which one of the most important diseases is Ceratocystis fimbriata. In the present study, we aim...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102926
Many people in African countries derive their livelihoods from agriculture and livestock. Therefore, unfavourable environmental and climatic conditions render them more vulnerable to increasing food insecurity and poverty rates. However, few studies have investigated how farmers’...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102927
A trial was conducted at the Vegetable Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences,Prayagraj (UP) during 2022. This study investigates the “Effect of Plant Growth Regulators (GA3 an...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102928
One of the most essential inputs for agriculture is water. Moisture stress at critical growth stages in wheat severely effects the growth and yield. Hydrogel (water-absorbing polymer) can keep the appropriate moisture level at the root zone depth and protects the crop from advers...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102929
Aim: The present investigation was carried out to study the effect of gamma irradiation on the growth parameters of cowpea variety Paiyur-1.Seeds were irradiated with physical mutagen viz., gamma irridation. The doses of radiation used were control, 50 Gy, 100 Gy, 150 Gy, 200 Gy,...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102930
Fusarium oxysporum (Schletend: Fr) f. sp. ciceri (Padwick), referred to as Foc, is a soil-borne fungus that poses a constant threat to chickpeas (Cicer arietinum L.) by causing wilt disease. Typical wilt symptoms were observed in chickpea plants collected from 24 different locati...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102931
Aim: Green leafy vegetables are renowned for their rich vitamin and mineral content as well as their nutritional value. However, these vegetables are highly perishable due to their accelerated rates of respiration and transpiration. The process of packing and the choice of packag...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102932
A. Narmadha, R. Ravinasree, S. R. Sakthi Kayalvizhi, M. Mathialagan, Kishan Tej Mitta, R. Meena, V. Sarathkumar, S. Kumaravel, S. Lekha Priyanka, Mitta , Kishan Tej, S. Mangayarkarsi & U. Ganesh·International Journal of Environment and Climate Change·2023
Butterflies play a vital role in the ecosystem, acting as pollinators, pollution indicators, pests, predators, weed killers, a good source of food and being of aesthetic, economic and ecological importance. World-wide butterfly populations are on the decline due to habitat destru...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102933