A unique system of short-distance vertical transhumance pastoralism has evolved in the Trans-Himalayan region of Zanskar, Ladakh in response to short summer cropping season and vast alpine pasturelands. Cattle are taken to highland pastures for three-and-a-half month in summer se...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1230285
A field experiment was conducted during kharif 2018 at the Agronomy Main Research Farm, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar to study the effect of Integrated weed management in blackgram. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with a tot...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1230286
Water is a vital resource for all populations. However, there are warning signs that the water from the Lobo River used by SODECI to supply drinking water to the population is declining in quantity during the dry season and its quality is becoming poor due to climate variability...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1230284
The present investigation was carried out with F2 plants from a cross between two parents i.e., BPT-5204 and IR-64Drt1. The selection of parents for crosses was made based on genotypes that were tolerant and susceptible to drought condition. BPT-5204 was drought susceptible and I...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1230282
Tea is the second most commonly consumed beverages, after water, across the globe. However, the quality and aroma of the produce largely depends on different climatic factors like temperature, rainfall, altitude etc. Even a slight alteration in these climatic factors, affects the...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1230283
Aims: To identify the stable genotypes across the seasons for different yield and its contributing traits. Study Design: Field experimental design was used Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was conducted in different seasons during 2017-19 at Department of Sericulture,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1230279
Mango is a tropical and subtropical fruit crop grown in India over an area of 2258.13 thousand hectares with production of 21822.32 metric tons. The total area under mango cultivation in Uttar Pradesh is 265.62 thousand hectares with 4551.83 metric tons production 2017-18. In Bij...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1230280
The research paper attempts to delineate district level efficient cropping zones of turmeric and coriander over Tamilnadu (2001-2015) after analysing the trend on cultivation of both the crops at state level (1985-2015). Trend analysis of area and production revealed that both we...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1230281
An investigation was carried out at the Agro Climate Research Centre, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, on the effect of weather parameters on the green gram yield sown at various sowing dates during the rabi season of 2019. At various sowing dates, two green gram cultivars, VB...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1230278
Potato and Chilli are the most significant horticultural vegetable crops commercially cultivated in both field level and homestead gardening. India is leading producer of chilli and 2nd leading of potato in the world, but inadequate storage and huge unpredictable weather conditi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1130275
Seasonal Auto Regressive Integrative Moving Average Models (SARIMA) were developed for monthly rainfall, mean monthly maximum and minimum temperature time series for Umiam (Barapani), Meghalaya (India). The best model was selected based on the minimum values of AIC and BIC criter...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1130276
Aim: Identifying the astrometeorological relationship between two planet’s aspect and cyclone events over Bay of Bengal (BOB). Study Design: Correlating the two planet aspects calculated from the ephemeris and different stages of Cyclone event. Place and Duration of Study: The st...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1130277
This paper discusses the variability in rainfall and trend analysis of annual and seasonal rainfall time series of Shillong and Agartala stations located in the north-east region of India. Commonly used non-parametric statistical methods namely Mann-Kendall and Sen’s slope estima...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1130273
In the global ecosystem, swift changes are happening in the knowledge sphere. The present study aims to find out the aspirations of the agricultural graduates regarding their education and agriculture. The study was conducted in the three Agricultural Colleges of Kerala Agricultu...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1130272
Most of the pulses in India are grown in low fertility, problematic soils and unpredictable environmental conditions. Major issues in pulse production are poor establishment and low harvest index. In pulses harvest index is only 15-20%. Physiological manipulations such as sprayin...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1130271