Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a major insect pest of maize that causes substantial crop damage through larval feeding on leaves and whorls. The present field study was conducted at Mallikudurla Village, Velair Mandal, Hanumakonda District, Telangana State, India, to ev...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i94463
Biochar amendments can alter soil conditions and crop performance, but their effects may vary with feedstock type. This study evaluated wood-shaving, maize-straw, and charcoal biochars applied at 10 t/ha for their effects on selected soil physical and chemical properties and maiz...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96287
Efficient management of irrigation and nitrogen is essential for improving maize productivity under conditions of increasing water scarcity and rising fertiliser costs. A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of irrigation scheduling and nitrogen levels on the yi...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i94462
Aims and Study Design: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can alter plant responses to salinity, but their effects depend on host genotype and may intersect with oxylipin signaling. We tested whether the maize 9-lipoxygenase gene ZmLOX3 and Rhizophagus irregularis DAOM 197198 wer...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2026/v41i92441
Agrochemical application using knapsack sprayers requires more time, labour, energy, and water. Agricultural drones (UAVs) offer a low-volume, uniform spraying alternative with higher spray concentration and greater operational efficiency. A field experiment conducted during the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2026/v12i3741
The development of efficient and sustainable weed management technologies is essential to reduce labour requirements, operator drudgery, and dependence on chemical herbicides in maize cultivation. The present study aimed to develop and evaluate a remote-controlled finger-type wee...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i84419
Maize is an economically important crop in sub-Saharan Africa. Its production is greatly affected by biotic and abiotic stresses. Among the abiotic stresses, low soil fertility and drought have been reported to cause economic yield losses. Therefore, this study aimed to: (i) inve...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2026/v11i3450
Aims: The study aims to compare the effects of different nutrient management strategies on maize productivity, nutrient uptake, soil fertility and profitability in Alfisols. Study Design: The field experiment was conducted in a randomised block design with seven nutrient manageme...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i84200
Background: The dominance hypothesis attributes heterotic performance to partial or complete dominance, whereby favourable dominant alleles mask deleterious recessives, resulting in heterozygote values exceeding the parental mean Aim: The present study aim to evaluate the magnitu...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i84178
Maize has emerged as one of the fastest-growing cereal crops in South Asia, and nitrogen remains the single most influential input governing its productivity. Conventional urea, despite its dominance in Indian nitrogen management, suffers from nitrogen use efficiency that rarely...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2026/v25i8988
Aim: This study evaluated the in vitro antagonistic efficacy of selected fungal and bacterial bioagents against the major maize stalk rot pathogens Fusarium verticillioides, Macrophomina phaseolina, and Dickeya zeae. Study Design: The experiment was arranged in a completely rando...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i76192
Infestation by the invasive fall armyworm-FAW (Spodoptera frugiperda) pest has recently emerged as an important constraint for maize (Zea mays L) production, which is frequently managed using chemical pesticides. However, the inappropriate use of chemical pesticides can cause del...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaar/2026/v26i7738
A field experiment was conducted during kharif 2020 at the Instructional Farm (Agronomy), Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur, to study the effects of nutrient-enriched compost (NEC) and zinc application on the quality, nutrient uptake and profitability of maize (Zea mays L...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i76181
Aim: This study evaluated the comparative effects of organic fertilizer (poultry manure) and inorganic fertilizer (NPK 15-15-15) on the growth and yield of maize (Zea mays L.) in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Nigeria. Methodology: The experiment was conducted using a Randomised Complete...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2026/v11i3443
Akash Amulpandi, P. E. S. Thejan, P. Jayyanth Kaarthik, Priyadharshini Sivakumar, K. Aravind, R. Sasitharan & B. Sethuraja·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2026
Weed infestation is a major constraint to crop productivity, particularly in organic and low-input systems where reliance on synthetic herbicides is restricted. This study evaluated the weed-suppressive potential of botanical extracts in maize and brinjal under field conditions....
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2026/v41i82422