Rice (Oryza sativa L.) remains the world's most critical food security crop, sustaining over half of the global population's caloric and protein needs, particularly across developing nations in Asia. Global rice production reached a record 534.9 million tonnes in 2024-25, yet per...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i64283
Rice is a key staple crop supporting global food security, particularly in Asia. In coastal rice-growing regions, increasing climate variability, including heavy rainfall and flooding at maturity, has led to greater incidences of lodging and pre-harvest sprouting, resulting in yi...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i64006
Planting geometry also interacts significantly with nitrogen management, as plant density influences nutrient uptake efficiency and resource utilisation. A field experiment was conducted during kharif 2020 at the research farm of the College of Agriculture, Kaul (Kaithal), CCS Ha...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i66114
Salinity stress is one of the most widespread soil problem next to drought, in rice growing areas around the globe. Genetically improving salt tolerance in rice is a highly important in rice breeding programs. In this investigation, QTL analysis of seven physiological traits rela...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i63999
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a vital staple crop underpinning food security and agricultural livelihoods in Karnataka and across India. The current study used both linear and nonlinear time series techniques to anticipate Rice production in Karnataka state from 1962–1963 to 2021–202...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i64268
Rice is the second most important crop in the world. There is a need to increase the production and productivity of rice to meet the demand of a growing population at an alarming rate. Biotic and abiotic stresses are the major constraints for achieving the required yield. Bacteri...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i64262
The Asian rice gall midge, Orseolia oryzae (Wood-Mason), is a major endemic insect pest in the Warangal region of Telangana, causing substantial yield losses in rice cultivation. The present investigation was carried out during the Kharif season of 2019 at the Regional Agricultur...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i54250
Rice-based agri-food systems underpin food and livelihood security across India, spanning irrigated Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP), rainfed uplands, and coastal deltas. Rice sustains livelihoods and food security for hundreds of millions of Indians, yet the systems that produce it fa...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i53964
The Asian rice gall midge [Orseolia oryzae (Wood-Mason)] is a major endemic pest in the Warangal region of Telangana, India, causing significant yield losses in rice. The present study was conducted during Kharif 2017 at the Regional Agricultural Research Station, Warangal, Profe...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2026/v32i54192
Climate variability poses a serious challenge to rice production in dryland, tank-fed, and coastal ecosystems of Tamil Nadu of India, particularly in drought-prone districts such as Ramanathapuram. Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) play a critical role in promoting climate-resilient a...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i2855
Agriculture remains central to India’s economy, with rice–wheat systems playing a key role in food security, especially in regions like Chhattisgarh, the “Rice Bowl of India.” However, despite large cultivation areas, low rice productivity highlights a significant gap that presen...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i2849
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a major staple food for more than half of the global population, with Asian countries contributing the largest share of production and consumption. Sap-feeding hemipterans are among the many arthropod pests that have increased to a problematic level due...
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Research Article10.9734/ajb2t/2026/v12i2292
Background: The coastal districts of Tamil Nadu, spanning approximately 1,076 km of the Bay of Bengal shoreline, are among the most agriculturally productive and climatically vulnerable regions in peninsular India. Accelerating sea-level rise and progressive salinity intrusion no...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i55422
Transplanting rice in the optimum period of time is critical to achieve high grain yield. However, optimum rice planting dates are regional and vary with location and genotypes. Rice plants require a particular temperature for its phonological affair such as panicle initiation, f...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i53892
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a major staple crop globally, with productivity largely influenced by efficient nitrogen management, particularly in irrigated and rainfed lowland ecosystems. However, excessive and improper use of nitrogen fertilizers reduces use efficiency and causes e...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43881