The length of the growing period (LGP) refers to a number of days in a year during which the moisture at the root zone of crop plants is adequate to meet the crop water need. Information on LGP provides a basis for the selection of crops, cultivars (short / medium / long duration...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121547
Access to water is a major concern and challenge for many rural households, whether for drinking and domestic use, irrigation, or livestock use. Women face various challenges and unequal opportunities when it comes to accessing and utilising irrigation technologies. The climatic...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121548
Groundnut is currently a major industrial oilseed crop with good commercial significance. It is highly variable in phenotypic characters and thus it is important to investigate the variations and associations of these morphological features. 20 advanced Groundnut lines were plant...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121549
The present investigation was carried out with 30 maize inbred lines at Seed Research Technology Centre, Rajendranagar, PJTSAU. Analysis of variance revealed significant differences among the inbreds for all the traits studied. The phenotypic coefficient of variance (PCV) was sli...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121550
A field experiment was conducted during Kharif, Rabi, 2020 and 2021 under AINP on Jute and Allied Fibres at Agricultural Research Station farm, Amadalavalasa – ANGRAU, Andhra Pradesh. The experiment was conducted to study the suitability and economic feasibility of short duration...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121551
Aims: Shared sanitation was excluded from the basic service level due to perceived limitations of their hygiene, accessibility and safety. But how does the current body of scientific knowledge influence the narrative? This paper is aimed at reviewing data on the current status an...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121538
Increase in population and depletion of ground water resources are the major problems for food security and stability. Irrigated lands now produce only 4% of the food supply which doesn’t meet the required demand. Zai pit technology provides a window of opportunity for farmers to...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121539
Agrometeorological Advisory Services (AAS) are being offered by India Meteorological Department (IMD), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) under Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa (GKMS) scheme as a step towards providing weather information-based crop or livestock management strategies and...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121540
Aims: Estimation of water balance components of a micro watershed by employing efficient calibrated and validated SWAT model helps to understand each components of water balance and are important to plan agricultural water management, climate change impact assessment, flow foreca...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121541
A survey was conducted in the year 2019-20 in old Mahboobnagar and Nalgonda district of Telangana state to study the characters of calcareous soils, based on effervescence with dilute.HCL the samples were collected and were analysed for its characters. Majority of soils collected...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121542
Weather based agromet advisories –A grass root level analysis was conducted in in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh during 2021-2022. Created two groups first group adopting the agromet advisory services and another group was not aware of agromet advisory services A total...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121543
The study analyzed the rainfall trend and pattern for Owerri municipal, Imo state. The data collected is secondary. A remote sensing daily rainfall data from 1981 to 2020 from CHIRPS data archive given in millimeter (mm) was downloaded. In order to achieve the aim of the research...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121532
Wetland rice agriculture includes puddling practices, which facilitate transplanting and weed control easier and lowers water and nutrient loss through percolation. However, in addition to these benefits, the puddling alters the soil's physical properties, which is harmful to sub...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121534
Among the major factors that determine the success of cattle production in Nigeria is the availability of palatable weed species. Hence the need to conduct research on the availability of palatable, edible and non-edible weed species for cattle production in the selected two agro...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121535
Fusarium wilt of maize is a widely distributed and the most destructive disease caused by Fusarium verticillioides. The main objective of this experiment is to identify the effective Bacillus isolates against Fusarium verticillioides under in vitro condition. A total of 10 Bacill...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121536