An investigation on integrating horti-pastoral systems into prevalent farming systems in central India was undertaken by the team of scientists in Bundelkhand region of India. The preference of fruit species was done through matrix ranking by the... View More

Thirty genotypes of wheat were evaluated for assessing genetic divergence among eleven different characters across one environment for exploitation in a breeding programme for improving yield of barley by using Mahalanobis D2 statistics. The germp... View More

The present study was undertaken to screen the antagonistic potential of sixteen rhizospheric fungal isolates against selected pathogens of cowpea viz.M. phaseolina, R. solani and F. solani by dual culture technique in lab condition. Among the rhi... View More

The present study was carried out to examine the effect of integrated nutrient management on growth and yield parameters of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench) at Horticulture Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, Chaudhary Charan Singh U... View More

The post-World War II era saw a significant increase in irrigation activities that contributed greatly to the massive growth in agricultural production that enables humanity to feed its multiplying population. However, a distinction must be made b... View More

The present investigation entitled “Mass production of entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria
bassiana (Metsch.) on liquid and solid media” was carried out at Bio Control Laboratory,
Department of Entomology, Sardar Vallabhbhai... View More

Present study on soil organic carbon stock as affected by mean annual temperature and rainfall in Eritrea was conducted at four sites Adi-jin, Dekigebru, Habrengka and Hamelmalo with different climatic conditions. The objective of the study was to... View More

The quality parameters of irrigation water in some minor lift irrigation schemes on Bhor nallah, Chatha farm at Gidergalion were evaluated and their impacts on soil characteristics in the fringe areas of Ranvir canal and non command were studied.... View More

Front Line Demonstrations (FLDs) on maize was conducted in five villages namely; Pipra in Jhansi District of Uttar Pradesh, Punchampura, Kunwarpura and Daryan Kala in Tikamgarh District and Sanora in Datia District of Madhya Pradesh. Total 40 farm... View More

Methane is second most potent greenhouse gas emitted under anaerobic condition in rice soils. Effects of different nitrogen fertilizer application on methane emissions in flooded paddy field were studied. The experiment was laid out in a randomize... View More

Isotima javensis is a solitary ecto parasitoid of the sugarcane top borer, S. exceptalis. It attacks the prepupal stage and deposits an egg either on the prepupa or near its vicinity. The extent of parasitisation was observed 2.12%, 4.28%, 7.14%,... View More

The study was conducted to assess the value chain of ginger sub-sector in Hiliyang Rural Municipality, Panchthar District, Nepal. The study was conducted in ward No 6 and 7 of Hiliyang Rural Municipality under the area of block of ginger under Pri... View More

Genetic components analysis exhibited that both additive and dominance components were highly significant for almost all the traits indicating the role of both additive as well as non-additive gene action in controlling the expression of concerned... View More

Dysgonia torrida, the Jigsaw is a beautiful moth but rarely found. Recently it was sighted at Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh) and reported here as a new record with its systematic account distribution, habitat, food and feeding, breeding, larval host pla... View More

Biological invasion of exotic species is thought as the second worst threat after habitat destruction. A wide knowledge gap in invasion biology exists especially in developing nations like India. This knowledge is vital for scientific and systemat... View More

An evaluation has been conceptualized to study the present status and sustainability of climate smart agricultural interventions adopted in the different sub basins and the respective tanks falling in Tamil Nadu State pertaining to the TN -IAMWARM... View More

Cement preparation includes mining; Crushing and grinding of raw materials (prissy parish limestone and clay); Soothe materials in a kiln; Resulting in cooling of the clinker; Mixing clinker with gypsum; And milling, storage, and receiving finishe... View More

The present investigation entitled “Effect of GA3 and bio fertilizers on growth, flowering and yield of okra (Abelmoschus esculantus L. Monech) cv. S-51” was carried out during the summer season in 2014 in the Department of Horticultur... View More

An experiment was carried out during the Rabi season of 2017-18 and 2018-19 on the farmer’s field of Village Bisrekhi, Block Ghorawal of Sonbhadra UP, India to evaluate the effect of different combination of integrated nutrient management in... View More

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary is a soil borne pathogen capable of infecting more than 400 host plants worldwide. It is a major pathogen that plays a crucial role in reducing the yield in economically important crops. The capability of sc... View More

The results were indicated that, out of sixty crosses, the most desirable five crosses showing high significant positive heterosis over better parent for grain yield per plant were IR 79156A X NDR 370132 (72.19%), IR 68888A X NDR 370132 (66.69%),... View More

A field experiment was conducted to evaluate gladiolus cultivar for flowering traits at Main Experiment Farm, School of Agriculture Science, Career Point University Kota Rajasthan. Experiment consist of twelve commercial cultivars viz., Aarti, Ame... View More

The post-World War II era saw a significant increase in irrigation activities that contributed greatly to the massive growth in agricultural production that enables humanity to feed its multiplying population. However, a distinction must be made b... View More

Field experiments were conducted to Influence of different levels of nitrogen and Azospirillum inoculation on direct-seeded rice in a Vertisol, during kharif season of 2015 at Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, JNKVV, Jabalpu... View More

The present study on extent of adoption of chilli growers was conducted in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh covering one block. A total of 120 respondents were selected by simple random sampling method from six randomly selected villages. Pre-test... View More

The present investigation entitled “Mass production of entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana (Metsch.) on liquid and solid media” was carried out at Bio Control Laboratory, Department of Entomology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Univers... View More

Considered green or sustainable architecture a modern trends in architectural thought and interested in the relationship between buildings and the environment, where you must check the needs of the present without losing sight of the right of futu... View More

Okra Abelmoschus esculentus (L), a Malvaceous vegetable which is cultivated throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world and India and different states of India too. Many of the pests occurring on cotton are found to ravage okra... View More

The present study was undertaken to know the effect of common mixed pulp and paper mill effluent discharge released from century pulp and paper mill Lalkuan, Nainital Uttarakhand on the blood morphology of Heteropneustes fossilis (Singhi). The var... View More

Insecta is the largest class of phylum arthropods and members of this class are characterized by the presence of three pairs of legs; hence, called Hexapods, Besides, these tracheae organisms have usually one or two pairs of wings. Insects always... View More

Amarsimhas Amarkosa (Namalinganusasanam) is an ancient Sanskrit thesaurus. It has bearing on teaching of Sanskrit but also includes information on nearly all facets of human life inclusive of Indian biodiversity. It is composed of Sanskrit verses... View More

A field experiment was carried out during the early summer seasons of 2018, at Agricultural Research Centre (ARC) Giza, Egypt. This study aims to examine the effect of three tillage treatments under three different moisture contents on some soil p... View More

Chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) is one of the important commercial crops of India. It is a crop of tropical and subtropical regions and requires a warm humid climate. Chilli is a highly perishable vegetable with a short shelf-life and commonly encount... View More

The present study based on evolution, growth and flower production purposes of gladiolus. The 18 gladiolus cultivars have been evaluated for growth and flower production purposes at Research Farm, J. V. College, Baraut, U. P., India. The data on g... View More

A field experiment conducted for screened 288 germplasm of linseed against bud fly infestation at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh during rabi season to study the historical basis of resistance of linseed against bud fly. The results indicated that the sepal... View More

The homestead gardens are multifunctional, land- use production system for man’s sustenance on supplementary basis. They are indicative of ability of mankind to discriminate the bioresourses to his advantage. The present authors inventoried... View More

In the present scenario environmental conditions are adverse each and every one get affects by global warming, pollution (air, water, soil). Soil becomes infertile due to use of chemicals in the form of insecticides, fungicides and fertilizers and... View More

The results revealed that parents namely, TSK-10, TSK-27, New Blue-II, Kurara and TSK-109 were found highly genetic diverse for days to 50% tasseling, days to 50% silking, days to 755 dry husk. The parents namely, TSK-109, Kurara, New Blue-II and... View More

Combining ability analysis revealed that good general combiners were Urvashi x KMR-15-2, Pusa Agrani x Pusa Bahar, RH-749 x Pusa Bahar, RH-749 x Durgamani and KMR-15-2 x Pusa Bahar were best specific combiners for seed yield per plant.

Mushroom could be considered as ‘white vegetables’ or ‘boneless vegetarian meat’ owing to their peculiar taste, nutritive value and palatability. They can be defined as “A unique fruiting body that produces either epi... View More

The antifungal potentialities of three ayurvedic formulations viz., Bacteridote, fungidote, viridote were evaluated in vitro against Rhizoctonia solani causing sheath blight of rice. The current study of antifungal activity was assessed by food po... View More

The present investigation entitled “Genetic studies for yield and its contributing character in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)” was undertaken involving 100 genotypes (10 parents +45 F1s +45F2s) of a 10- parent-diallel to study the... View More

The study was conducted at two sites; Hamelmalo Agricultural College and Basheri watershed area in sub Zoba Hamelmalo, Keren to determine the status of basic exchangeable cations (Ca, Mg, K and Na) under different land uses and their relationship... View More

India is second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in world. India produces about 14% of world’s vegetables from 15% world’s area. The vegetable productivity in India is less than the world average productivity. Nearly 30-40% ve... View More

Honey is the natural sweet produced by honeybees from nectar and other secretions of plants. Honeybees not only collect nectar but also pollen that forms an integral part of their diet. House bees collect the nectar from the stomach of the worker... View More

A field experiment was conducted in the Department of Agricultural Botany, Janta Mahavidiyalaya Ajeetmal, Auraiya (C. S. J. M. University, Kanpur) during 2014, to evaluate the effect of various levels of nitrogen on growth, yield and quality of fo... View More

A field experiment entitled “Appraisal's genotypes on water absorption, transpiration loss at senescence stage and genetic correlation of Chrysanthemum morifolium” was conducted at experimental orchard, department of Horticulture,... View More

Pea (Pisum sativum) is an important leguminous crop in many countries including India. Wilt and root rot of pea is an important and widespread disease that often causes significant reduction in the yield and quality of harvested peas throughout th... View More

The present study was conducted to evaluate and identify the promising varieties of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) superior in quality, resistance to insect-pests and fodder yield. The experiment was carried out in a randomized block design... View More

Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) Metarhizium anisopliae are fungal species that is the frequently occurring and destructive pest management to the pathogenic soil and insects. The effect of different substrates for the mass production of Metarhizium a... View More

This investigation was conducted at Giza Research Station, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), during 2016/17 and 2017/18 growing seasons, to study the behavior of eight canola genotypes including four promising mutants population, three French cu... View More

Nano-priming, an emerging field in agricultural science, offers an innovative approach to enhance seed quality and promote sustainable agriculture. This chapter explores the potential of nano-priming as a tool for seed quality enhancement and its... View More

Drones are unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that can be controlled remotely by a pilot on the ground or flown autonomously by pre-programming a flight path. Drones have numerous applications in a variety of industries and can be used to improve eff... View More

Gender bias can be a cause as well as an effect of hunger and malnutrition. Not surprisingly, higher levels of gender bias are associated with higher levels of under nutrition, both acute and chronic under nutrition (FAO, 2011). Gender and nutriti... View More

Crop residue management (CRM), a cultural technique that maintains more residues from the preceding crop and involves fewer and/or less intensive tillage operations, is intended to assist safeguard soil and water resources and offer extra environm... View More

The Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernization Project (TN-IAMP) is a project aimed at improving irrigation infrastructure, water management and agricultural productivity in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The project aims to enhance water use... View More

One of the most significant minor millet crops in Asia, barnyard millet (Echinochloa species) is displaying a steady rise in world output and has become one of the most important minor millet crops in the world. Echinochloa esculenta and Echinochl... View More

An experiment was conducted at Ludhiana, during Kharif and Rabi season on loamy sand soil consisting of twelve treatment combination arranged in split plot design and replicated three times with three bed planting, viz., Fresh bed (FB), Permanent... View More

In this study a bean yellow mosaic virus isolate infecting gladiolus crop with leaf mosaic and color breaking symptoms on flower was characterized based on mechanical transmission, symptomatology on hosts, and viron particle structure and capsid p... View More

The life blood of any system is efficient and effective for information flow and greater degree of perfection which the communication media develops. Although the importance of written and personal contact cannot be undermined, audio-video communi... View More

The genotypes PBW502, WCW98-48, Selection-1, HUW234, PBW435, PBW590, DBW17 were found to be good general combiners for yield, while genotypesUP2338, HD2967, WCW98-19, UP2425, HUW516, PBW435, PBW226 for ash content and DBW17, WCW 98-48, PBW435 were... View More

In the present study, an attempt has been made to evaluate the effect of plant mediated silver nano-particles against two enzymes i.e. Amylase and Cellulase produced by Aspergillus niger through submerged fermentation under optimum condition and t... View More

Jatropha curcas L. is a major commercial biodiesel crop grown on 98 million acres in India. There is growing interest in J. curcas as a biodiesel “Miracle Tree” to help alleviate the energy crisis and generate income in rural areas of... View More

Field screening of eleven most popular jute varieties belonging to Corchorus olitorius species was done against the major pests in the farm of Jute Research Programm, Itahari, Sunsari, Nepal during 2017 and 2018. Different species of pests belongi... View More

A present study was carried out in villages of Shivpuri and Datia of Gwalior region of Madhya Pradesh from rural women to study the scenario in terms of cleanliness and hygiene and its associated aspects at the rural households prevailing in the r... View More

Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) is highly perishable and has potential for processing industries in bumper producing seasons in Nepal. The study on judicious use of nitrogen and potassium levels was aimed to explore the quality attributes along w... View More

JK-137 and TNAU-86 varieties of Kodo millet were used for foundation & Truthful label seed production. All good recommended agronomy practices were following for seed production programme. All genetic principles such as isolation distance, rou... View More

The current experiments were carried out to evaluate some sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) genotypes through study genetic variability, heritability, genetic advance, genetic advance as percent of mean, correlation coefficient and cluster analysis... View More

The 40 Hrs. treatment of last instar naiad of Trithemis aurora (Burm.) in Chlorphyriphos and Quinalphos pesticides concentrations (LC50 = 5.12 ×10-7 ppm and 7.6 × 10-8 ppm) has shown significant variations in the enzyme kinetic paramet... View More

Red rot of sugarcane caused by the pathogen Colletotrichum falcatum Went is a major constraint in the profitable cultivation of sugarcane in India. A field experiment was conducted to assess the impact of soil application of Trichoderma multiplied... View More

The present investigation had shown the genetic analysis of different agronomic characters as well as quality traits in linseed of six parents were evaluated in 2009-10, during rabi season at Students Instructional Farm, C. S. A. University of Agr... View More

The present was undertaken the study investigate histomorphology of the leaf galls on Alstonia scholaris induced by Pauropsylla tuberculata. It was noted that Pauropsylla tuberculata forms pouch galls on the leaf of Alstonia scholaris. Galls devel... View More

Among the different diseases of rice, sheath rot caused by Sarocladium oryzae (Sawada) W. Gams and D. Hawksw (Acrocylindrium oryzae, Sawada) is one of the most important diseases. The disease has been known almost for a century, but was restricted... View More

Indian processed vegetables in International markets accelerate the growth of Indian economy. Studying the changes in share of processed vegetables to different countries, improve the welfare of farmers, processers and exporters. In this regard, a... View More

The agricultural scenario in Rural India presents a very intricate picture of role of women in farming activities. The present study was conducted in district Churu of Rajasthan. Total sample consisted of 300 rural women from 12 villages of 3 panc... View More

Management of Pyriculari agrisea by eco-friendly approaches is promising. In this study the essential oils from Coriander sativum (Coriander), Azadirachta indica (Neem) and Syzygium aromaticum (Clove) were tested against Pyricularia grisea in vitr... View More

The on-farm trial was conducted during Rabi season 2013-14 and 2014-15 for Assessment of weed management methods on productivity and economics of Lentil crop at farmers’ fields in Munger district. The On-farm trial was conducted in randomize... View More

In wheat variety C-306, nodule like outgrowths were introduced using, 2,4-D, IBA and NAA in N2 free Hoagland solution. These seedlings were inoculated with Azorhizobium caulinodans (ORS 571) and Nostoc(mixed strain). These treated seedlings were t... View More

An experiment was conducted during kharif season of 2014 at crop cafeteria form of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jaunpur to assess the effect of different weed control methods to yield of low land rice (Oryza sativa L.). Weed competition will reduce rice... View More

A field trial was conducted at IISR research farm, Lucknow (var. CoLk 8102) with egg parasitoid, Trichogramma chilonis, larval parasitiod, Cotesia flavipes and pupal parasitoid, Tetrastichus howardi against sugarcane internode and stalk borer in R... View More

Fifteen pure breeding line of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Miller) were crossed with two tester. Genetic analysis was carried out to detect the epistasis and to estimate component of genetic variation for three qualitative traits. The epistasis... View More

The present investigation was carried out to study the “Eco friendly management of yellow stem borer, Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker) on paddy in western plain zone of Uttar Pradesh” in randomized block design with three replications a... View More

A field experiment was conducted to study the response of nitrogen and GA3 on growth and flowering behavior of African marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) cv. Pusa Narangi Gainda at the Horticultural Research Farm, Department of Horticulture C. C. S. Uni... View More

A study was conducted in vitro condition to analyse the morphology and efficacy of bio agent, plant extract and some chemical against P. mangiferae which was collected from different districts of Manipur. The morphological characters under study c... View More

The present investigation was conducted on different genotypes of aonla to assess the variability in physico- chemical properties of fruits. These plants were planted in the campus of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P. The experiment was arr... View More

A field experiment was conducted at the Horticulture Research Farm Department of Horticulture, CCS University, Meerut during the year 2011-12 with 2 factors and 9 treatments, P1B0 (Gibberellic acid@ 200ppm at 30 DAP),P0B1 (Azotobacter @ 0.14ml/ li... View More

A survey study was conducted to assess the major insect pests of mango and their control measures at farmers’ level in Shurunga Municipality of Saptari district, Nepal. Madhupatti, Kushaha, Shripur and Haripur of the Shurunga Municipality we... View More

High heritability estimates were observed for days to maturity, number of siliquae per plant, number of seeds per siliquae, seed yield per plant and oil content in both the generations and number of secondary branches and plant height only F1 gene... View More

A field experiment was conducted at the Horticulture Research Farm Department of Horticulture, J. V. College, Baraut, Bhagpat during the year 2011 with the cultiver “Arka Anamica” was done in Randomized Block Design (R.B.D) with three... View More

The Alaknanda River is one of the main rivers of Alaknanda sub- system which bubbles out from Alkapuri Glacier. Water quality of the sacred river Alaknanda was evaluated by microbiological and physico- chemical methods. The sampling was undertaken... View More

A field experiment was carried out during the early summer seasons of 2018, at Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a high value spice crop of high medicinal and economic concern (HVAP, 2011). It has been using in Ayurveda and medicinal propose from centur... View More

The present investigation entitled “Effect of Integrated nutrient management (INM) on Plant growth, Flower yield and shelf life of African Marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) c.v. Pusa basanti” , was under taken at department of horticulture,... View More

Study aimed at assessing the factors affecting sustainable dairy farming in Karnataka state, India. Since two districts namely Hassan and Mysuru have highest number of crossbred cattle population in the state. These two districts were selected for... View More

Plant nutrition balance plays a major role in the universal need to increase food production to meet the demands of the growing world population. Fertilizer application resulted in marked crop yield increases, which for most crops were more than h... View More

“Super fruit” mango is luscious and most celebrated tropical fruit. It belongs to genus Mangifera and family Anacardiaceae. Mango consists of 33-85 % edible pulp and 9-40 % inedible kernel. Wide varieties of processed products derived... View More

An experiment conducted to evaluate the influence of different organic manure on soil properties under glasshouse and open field condition at Khumaltar, Lalitpur during 2017 2018 showed insignificant results on major soil properties by the applica... View More

A field experiment was carried out during summer season of 2013 and 2014 to find out the effect of inorganic and bio-fertilizers on the growth, yield and quality of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) cv. Pusa Hybrid -2. The results revealed th... View More

Banana is the most important fruit crop in India which requires the various cultivation practices. For carrying out those cultivation practices various energies are required to meet sustainable production. The main aim of this study was to find ou... View More

An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of nitrogen, phosphorus and potash on growth and yield of okra. The experiment were carried out in randomized block design with three replication of twenty eight treatment combinations including... View More

The medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus was taken for the study of Rhizosphere, Endophytic fungi and their role as endomycorrhizal organs in the roots. In the isolation studies from Catharanthus roseus, a total of five fungi, Trichoderma viridae,... View More

This research work aimed at assessment of some heavy metal concentration (Fe, Mn, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn) in soil and their uptake by Hibiscus sabdariffa vegetable in irrigation areas, and to ascertain the danger posed from the consumption of these vegeta... View More

Machine learning has emerged together with big data technologies and high performance computing to create new opportunities to unravel, quantify and understand data intensive processes in agricultural environments. The Naive Bayes is one of such m... View More

The study on the impact of insecticide nocturnal insects used to control desert locust was conducted at Shelshela, sub-region Shieb from November 2015 to February 2016. Its aim was to assess the impact of Desert Locust control insecticides spray o... View More

Sugarcane is one of the most important cash crops grown in India. Diseases cause deterioration in the juice quality of infected canes and reduce extraction of sugar. Among the various diseases reported from India, wilt is important disease in suga... View More

A two year field trial at Shalimar campus, SKUAST-Kashmir was conducted to study the compatibility of various insecticides and fungicides against major pests and diseases of apple. Insecticides and fungicides are recommended to be sprayed separate... View More

The present study was undertaken to assess the performance of front line demonstrations on sesame was conducted at ten villages of Eastern Uttar Pradesh during kharif 2020. Total 25 farmers were selected on the basis of their socio-economic condit... View More

The favourable climatic condition of Nepal has endowed it for cultivation of greater than 50 vegetable crops and making vegetable sector a dominating sector in terms of area and production after cereals. The time series secondary data of major veg... View More

Women's empowerment is the process in which women individually and collectively become active, knowledgeable and goal oriented actors who take/or support initiatives to overcoming gender inequalities. Hence, Women's empowerment refers to a... View More

The data were recorded on five random selected plants for 12 quantitative characters and statistical analyzed. The analysis of variance for all the twelve characters is showed the mean square due to genotypes was highly significant. The mean value... View More

The present research work of morphometric analysis has been performed in the Piprawati river watershed of Uttar Pradesh state in India, to understand the hydrological behavior and its relation with the morphological characteristics of the study ar... View More

The present investigation was done by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Manpur, Gaya in its 5 adopted villages (Bersima, Nawada, Mahmadpur, Sikahar and Sanaut) to know the Yield Gap, Economic Return, Extent of farmer’s satisfaction and Constraints faced... View More

Millets are one of the oldest foods known to humans and possibly the first cereal grain to be used for domestic purposes. Millets are small-seeded grasses that are hardy and grow well in dry zones as rain-fed crops, under marginal conditions of so... View More

One critical problem confronting mankind today is how to manage the intensifying competition for water among expanding urban centres, traditional agricultural activities and in-stream water uses dictated by environmental concerns based solely on t... View More

An experimental field vegetative growth parameters observation was recorded on the influence of growth retardant (CCC) and Inorganic fertilizers (NPK) on vegetative growth of Chrysanthemum cv. Birbal Sahni. To investigate the optimum concentration... View More

A field experiment was carried out on Pant Dhan 4, to study the effect of different nutrients treatments on the productivity of rice. This experiment reveals the fact that increased dose of Nitrogen also increase the amount of Nitrogen content in... View More

Availability of quality freshwater is one of the most critical environmental issues of the twenty first century (UNEP, 2002). Urbanization leads to the environmental pollution, i.e., urban growth leads to the increasing of slums, solid waste dispo... View More

The Linga Purana, one of the major 18 Puranas, is studied critically in the perspective plant invasion and for contentsof scientific rationality. Total 18 species are found aliens belonging to 18 genera and 14 families of angiosperms. They belong... View More

Integrated crop management strategy is inadequate without involvement of indigenous knowledge. Indigenous Technical Knowledge based on local knowledge of environment, natural resources and peoples' experience accumulated over many years. Furth... View More

In-situ trash management is necessary to cut the atmosphere pollution as well as replenishment of plant nutrient. Burning of crop residues leads to release of soot particles and smoke causing human and animal health problems. It also leads to emis... View More

Estimation of combining ability by half diallel analysis and magnitude of heterosis was conducted at Section of Rabi Cereals, C. S. A. University of Agriculture Science & Technology, Kanpur, UP, in a set of 10 parents received from Economic Bo... View More

Regression coefficient ‘b1’ deviated from unity for length of main raceme, Number of secondary branches per plant, test weight, oil content, Number of siliquae per plant, seed yield per plant. The estimates of additive components (D &c... View More

Present study on Farmer’s knowledge about climate change to affect the farmer’s income and climate change on agriculture will depend on the ultimate form of changed climate, particularly the geographic pattern of temperature, rain fall... View More

The study was conducted in Sahibganj district of Jharkhand. There are 9 blocks in Sahibganj district. Five blocks are selected for study, namely Sahibganj, Rajmahal, Barharwa, Taljhari and Udhwa. All these block cultivated paddy as a main crop. Us... View More

The present field experiment was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of bio agents and chemical nematicides viz. Trichoderma harzianum, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Bacillus subtilis, Carbofuran 3G and Phorate 10G for management of rice root-knot nemat... View More

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Pratapgarh conducted a training program on Bee Keeping. 50 participants from different blocks attended the program. The present study was conducted to assess the change in knowledge level of the trainees regarding various bee... View More

A study was conducted at the Zonal Agricultural Research Station, UAS, GKVK, Bangalore in Alfisols during 2010 to know the effect of different organic mulches and in situ green manuring on soil properties and weed dynamics in maize. The soil was r... View More

The present investigation entitled “Mass Production of entomopathogenic fungai Beauveria bassiana (Metsch.) on liquid and solid media” was carried out at Bio Control Laboratory, Department of Entomology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Univer... View More

Eclipta prostata L. commonly known as Bhringaraj is one of the most valuable and important medicinal herb. The whole plants are used in medicinal and cosmetic industries. But still it is considered as a wild weed due to lack of propagation techniq... View More

The Oleiferous Brassica species, commonly known as rapeseed-mustard, are one of the economically important agricultural commodities. Rapeseed-mustard comprising eight different species viz., Indian mustard, toria, yellow sarson, brown sarson, gobh... View More

Processed foods or modified raw foods made by the addition of hormones, additives, preservatives, other chemical or heat treatments that alter the natural healthy enzymes, fatty acids, vitamins and minerals. In comparison to raw and unprocessed fo... View More

Soil is one of the most important vital natural resource, defends the life supporting system of a country and socio-economic development of its people. More than ever before, a renewed attention is being given to soil due to rapid declining land a... View More

Chemical signals and cues have been collectively called semiochemicals or infochemicals referring to “a chemical substance, which in a natural context, is implicated in the transfer of information from one individual to other that results ce... View More

A field study was conducted in Ghaziabad District to observe the effect of mineral mixture feeding on milk yield in Buffalo. Animals were selected randomly from 5 villages of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh viz. Muradnagar, Noorpur, Kanoja, Kusalia, and... View More

Indian dairy industry emerged as an important sector for income and employment generation, and is contributing as well in the country’s economy besides improving the health standards. The output from dairy sector has increased at more than 4... View More

A study was conducted for analyze the Doubling farmers income by cultivating inter crops in Sugarcane at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Shahajahanpur, Uttar Pradesh for front line demonstration on various crop as inter crops with sugarcane during 2010 to 2... View More

The present investigation entitled “Effect of sowing dates and establishment methods on growth and yield of kharif groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) under lateritic soil” was conducted at Agronomy Farm, Department of Agronomy, College of... View More

Endophytic microbiome have been found in almost every plant studied, where they colonize the interior tissues of their host plant and may form a range of diverse associations including interdependent, synergistic, mutualistic, commensalistic and t... View More

In the present study, noise levels were measured in different zones within Haridwar city viz., industrial, residential, commercial and silence zone, on working day and non working day (Holiday of Sunday) in August 2016. The results show that the n... View More

The experiment was conducted to study the suitability of different type of coagulation temperature for chhana making. Chhana was prepared by 720C, 820C and 920C from standardized milk (4.5%). It was concluded that chhana prepared from 720C was bes... View More

Genetics components analysis exhibited over dominance for all the characters in both the
generations except plant height which showed partial dominance in F1 and complete
dominance in F2. The value of genetic component ( Fˆ ) we... View More

Accelerating undernutrition reduction in India requires realigning agriculture and rural development policy to empower women in agriculture. Resources targeted to women and women’s groups significantly improve agricultural productivity, wome... View More

The experiment was conducted to study the suitability of different type of containers used in khoa making. Khoa was prepared by standardized buffalo milk at temperature of 900C in three types of containers likes as stainless steel (S.S.), aluminum... View More

In present study an attempt has been made to evaluate the suitable probability distribution models for predicting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7-days annual maximum rainfall amounts based on 39 years (1964 to 2002) daily rainfall data. Three probability d... View More

Potato is a staple food crop in high hills and mountains and a major vegetable throughout the country and one of the most important cash generating crops in Nepal. With the efforts undertaken by research and extension sectors, its productivity has... View More

Conventional procedures of identification are laborious and time consuming because they depend on growth of microorganism in that particular environment and hence, sometimes, give misleading results while molecular methods relies upon generating a... View More

Estimates of genetic parameters for ten genotypes of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) revealed significant variability for all the traits under study, indicated wide spectrum of variability among the genotypes. The estimates of genotypic and phenotypic... View More

The change in land use as well as elevation changes microbial biomass carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and water extractable organic carbons (WOC), which are important parameters of soil fertility and essential for sustainable management of any land use.... View More

Cassia obtusifolia Linn. is commonly known as “Takla” or “Chakunda” in India, a common weed, also used as vegetable Family-Caesalpiniaceae. Macroscopic and microscopic examinations of the different organ, observations and d... View More

A field experiment conducted for screened 288 elite gen pool of linseed against bud fly infestation at Kanpur, India during rabi 2012-13 to study the bud structure of resistance of linseed against bud fly. The results indicated that the bud length... View More

Alternaria brassicae (Berk.) Sacc. is the most common and destructive pathogen of a number of Brassica crops belong to family Brassicaceae. It has been reported from all the continent of the world and causes considerable losses in terms of quality... View More

Bihar is the rich state with abundance natural resources and wide range of diversity in agriculture in comparison to other growing states of the country.Horticultural crops constitute a significant component of total agricultural production of the... View More

In this study, hypsometric curve (HC) and hypsometric integral (HI) of Chaukhutia, Bino, Naula and Gagas watersheds located in upper Ramganga River basin, Uttarakhand State, India, was done using Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographical Information Sy... View More

Sandalwood is a commercially and culturally important plant species belonging to the family Santalaceae and the genus Santalum. In Indian sandalwood is renowned for its oil, which is highly rated for its sweet, fragrant, persistent aroma and the f... View More

The Kisan Credit Card scheme introduced in the year 1998 with the objective of fulfillment of credit requirement of the farmers in hassle-free manner for raising agricultural production. There has been tremendous increase in number of Kisan Credit... View More

The present investigation was carried out to study the efficacy of different novel insecticides and bio-pesticides against stem borer Scirpophaga incertulus (Walker) during kharif 2015-16 at Crop Research Centre of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Univers... View More

In-vitro effectiveness of various antagonistic fungi namely Aspergillus niger, A. flavus, Trichoderma koningii, T. atroviride, and T. harzianum were evaluated against Rhizoctonia solani by dual culture technique on potato dextrose agar. According... View More

Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR) caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary is a major disease of rapeseed-mustard and it is considered next to Alternaria blight in causing yield losses as much as 70 per cent in susceptible crop. The pathogen sur... View More

The objective of this study was to compare the physico-chemical properties of 10 apple cultivars grown in mid hills of India. Fruit weight, volume, size, total soluble solids (T.S.S.), total sugars, titratable acidity and ascorbic acid content wer... View More

Zn availability mostly regulated through adsorption-desorption on soil (or adsorbent). Fly ash (FA) application influence on zinc adsorption-desorption in recommended chemical fertilizer (RDF) and farmyard manure (FYM) treatments of acidic Incepti... View More

Due to the comfort of administration, economical and extensibility in formulation, the most adopted route to the systemic circulation is the oral route regardless of the astounding elevation in the drug delivery. Oral drug delivery is the most com... View More

The sponge gourd (Luffa cylindrica Roem) is one of the most popular vegetable. There are a number of diseases like Powdery mildew, Downey mildew, Anthracnose, Fusarium root rot, Cercospora leaf spot, Soft rot and cottony fruit rot, they cause cons... View More

Vegetables are considered as protective food because of various vitamins, minerals and antioxidants present in them. In India systematic vegetable improvement work was started in the 1970‟s and since then India has improved tremendously in terms o... View More

Exporters choose to export, for the foreign market through exporters participating in the foreign markets directly and also positively react to price signals in the domestic markets explicitly. When there is an increasing demand for commodities in... View More

A field experiment was conducted during 2017-18 to examine the impact of integrated nutrient management on growth parameters of broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica) cv. Pusa KTS-1. The experiment comprised of twelve treatments consisting o... View More

Rapeseed-mustard crops in India comprise traditionally grown indigenous species, namely toria (Brassica campestris L. var. toria), brown sarson (Brassica campestris L. var. brown sarson), yellow sarson (Brassica campestris L. var. yellow sarson),... View More

An experiment was conducted in the Horticulture Farm of Agriculture and Forestry University to demonstrate the effects of different fertilizers on the yield and yield parameters of okra (var. Arka Anamika). The experiment was laid out in Randomize... View More

Open top chamber system was designed for undertaking research into rice crop response to increased temperature during rainy season at Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS), Khajura, Banke in 2018. With the objective of determining the effi... View More

A field experiment conducted for screened 288 elite gen pool of linseed against bud fly infestation at Kanpur, India during rabi 2011-12 and 2012-13. The flowering duration showed significant positive relationship (r=0.9278 and 0.9368) with bud in... View More

The present investigation entitled “Effect of sowing dates and establishment methods on quality parameter, uptake of NPK and economics of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) under Konkan region of Maharashtra” was conducted at Agronomy Far... View More

The present study was done to know the efficacy of sub lethal doses Insecticides on mustard aphid, L. erysimi Kalt under laboratory conditions. Results revealed that the highest mortality of L erysimi were observed 100 % (Cypermethrin 10EC and Dim... View More

Alternaria brassicae (Berk.) Sacc., a necrotrophic fungus devastating oilseed Brassica crops in India, causes up to 47% reduction in seed yield. So the study is conducting to develop the knowledge about the variability of A. brassicae in terms of... View More

The analysis of variance based on mean values of 10 characters namely, day to flower, number of primary branches per plant, number of secondary branches per plant, days to maturity, plant height (cm), number of siliquae per plant, number of seeds... View More

The present investigations were undertaken in laboratory on “Study on factitious host Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton) against storage of egg parasitoid Trichogramma chilonis (Ishii) cards under laboratory conditions” during the year 201... View More

Out of Sixty germplasms screened against false smut of rice, twenty nine viz., IET-16295, IET-16298, IET-16303, IET-15836, IET-15862, IET-14807, IET-15295, IET-15296, IET 15298, IET-15299, IET-15314, IET-15337, IET-15399, IET-10664, IET-15358, IET... View More

The present study was carried out in the rural area of Meerut district, with the objective to find out the study the performance of SHGs and problems faced by the SHGs in the study area. As a part of primary data collection, a sample (random) of 1... View More

An examination was carried out to study in randomized block design with three replications at Crop Research Centre, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut during rabi 2014-15, the evaluation of novel insecticides... View More

The most promising lines showing highest seed yield with high mean performance for other yield contributing characters were identified as EC-22672, NDLS-164, NDLS-169 and NDLS-205-03-02. The genotypes exhibiting highest mean performance for differ... View More

The analysis of variance was carried out for nine characters for testing the significance of differences amongst the genotypes. Highly significant differences were recorded among the treatments for all the characters namely, days to flowering, Day... View More

A field experiment was conducted at the Research Farm, of New Dusty Acre Area, Department of Forestry, College of Agriculture, JNKVV, Jabalpur (M.P.) during, 2015-16. The experiment involve four pruning intensities + open condition (only crop) in... View More

It is a known fact that as the economy grows the demand for services increases. “The service sector is currently the fastest growing sector of the Indian economy”. Total contribution by travel and tourism sector to India’s GDP is... View More

An experiment involving 45 genotypes/strains of mungbean was conducted during kharif 2018 at University Farm (Crop Cafeteria) of Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University (RLBCAU), Jhansi in a Randomized Block Design with three replications... View More

Experiment was conducted to study the effect of seven different planting dates from the month of August to November using four different varieties of Gladiolus viz., Chandni, Big Time Supreme, White Prosperity and Snow Princess, for vegetative and... View More

Uttar Pradesh is the largest contributor to the national milk production contributing around 18 % of total milk production in the country. It has got the second highest cattle number and highest number of buffalo in the country. Bulandshahr distri... View More

Genetics components analysis exhibited over dominance for all the characters in both the generations except plant height which showed partial dominance in F1 and complete dominance in F2. The value of genetic component (F ˆ ) were found posit... View More

An experiment was conducted for 2 years (2018 and 2019) at Oilseed Research Farm, Kalyanpur, C. S. A. University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India to evaluate the effect of nutrient management practices on growth and yiel... View More

Rootstocks have become a major component is present day viticulture. Till date, there are several rootstocks evolved of which some have become commercial in many advanced countries. Different types of grafting and budding methods have been tried i... View More

A field experiment on chrysanthemum cv. Birbal Sahni was conducted for revealed the Effect of NPK on vegetative growth, flowering and yield of chrysanthemum (Dendranthema grandiflora Ramat) at Department of Horticulture, C. C. S. University, Meeru... View More

Small-grained cereal grasses are collectively called as ‘Millets’, being one of the oldest cultivated foods known to humans. There are two main groups of millets first group consist of major millets (sorghum and pearl millet) and secon... View More

The field experiments were conducted to determine the optimum level of nitrogen and supplementary irrigation requirement to maximize the yield of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) at Hamelmalo Agricultural College in the cropping seasons of 2013 and 20... View More

Thirteen strains of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) were evaluated at Horticultural Research Centre, Department of Horticulture, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar (Garhwal), Uttarakhand (India) to study the variability, heritability and genetic ad... View More

A field experiment was conducted at Department of Agronomy, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, to study the direct and residual effect of organic and inorganic sources of nutrients under urdbean-wheat crop... View More

Evaluation of diversity through genetic variability and correlation studies on vegetative and floral characters of chrysanthemum genotypes were undertaken at experimental farm, Department of Horticulture, NEHU, Tura Campus, Tura, West Garo Hills D... View More

Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is one of the most important tropical fruits in the world and currently ranked 5th in total world production among the major fruit crops. As mango is a seasonal fruit, about 20% of fruits are processed for products such... View More

A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of different weed control practices on weed dyanamics, nutrient uptake and yield of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in rabi seasons of 2010-11 and 2011-12 at Crop Research Centre of SVPUA&T, Me... View More

The problem of shortage of water to crops can be resolved by increasing total water supply available to plants, increasing water use relative to other losses and efficient management of scarce water. Biophysically, solutions to many of the problem... View More

The observation was recorded on ten major insect pest of pigeon pea crop during zaid season, 2019. A category of insect was recorded on four sucking and six solid feeder insect. The population of Jassid, cowbug and leaf webber were recorded from 3... View More

The estimation of economic for parent heterosis Linum usitatissimum L. genotypes 11 characters namely, Flowering duration (Days), Bud length (mm), Bud width (mm), Sepal thickness (mm), Maturity period (Days), Dough stage bud fly infestation (%), C... View More

A field experiment was conducted during 2014-2015 at R.B.S. College, Bichpuri, Agra, U.P to assess the effect of gibberellic acid on growth and flower production in different varieties of Gladiolus. The investigation was laid out in Randomized Blo... View More

Honey is the natural sweet produced by honeybees from nectar and other secretions of plants. Honeybees not only collect nectar but also pollen that forms an integral part of their diet. House bees collect the nectar from the stomach of the worker... View More

Experiments were conducted to evaluate the performance of red chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) during 2015-16 at the Division of vegetable crops, Indian Institute of Horticulture Research, Hessaraghatta, Bangalore to determine the effect of different f... View More

Sugarcane is an important cash crop and used as the chief source of sugar grown in tropical and subtropical regions in India. Sugarcane production is challenged by various biotic and abiotic stresses; among the biotic factors, red rot disease caus... View More

Studies on pathogenicity of M. anisopliae against Ist - VIth instar H. armigera larvae revealed that larval mortality. The effect of Metarhizium anisopliae spore/ml against Helicoverpa armigera larval instars was significantly higher recorded show... View More

The experiment was conducted on two years old guava at Research Field, Department of Horticulture, SHUATS, Allahabad, during the year 2016-2017. It was laid out in Randomized Block Design (R.B.D) with 4 replications and 11 treatments. The treatmen... View More

In the laboratory seedling were induced with nodule-like outgrowths using different growth regulators 2,4-D,IBA and NAA in nitrogen free Hoagland solution. Induced seedlings were inoculated with Azorhizobium caulinodans (ORS 571) in wheat variety... View More

The tobacco caterpillar, Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) is the most serious pest of soybean. Plant products or botanical pesticides are the important alternatives to minimize or replace the use of synthetic pesticides. The present study was conduct... View More

The cultivated Gossypium spp. represents the most important, natural fibre crop in the world. Breeding for high cotton yield is still the primary goal of cotton breeding programs, but improving fibre quality has become increasingly important. The... View More

The objective of this study was to determine inhibitory activities of three herbal organic formulations (fungidote, viridote, and bacteridote) on in vitro growth of Fusarium oxysporum causing Fusarium wilt of a pea in Manipur. In vitro results sho... View More

The present investigation was carried out on five genotypes of bael, namely, Kaghzi Gonda, Kanpur Local, Basti No. 1, Faizabad Local and Kaghzi Etawah. Physiological weight loss, total soluble solids and spoilage were increase while acidity was de... View More

Lady bird beetle, Coccinella septumpunctata is a predator in the nature on different soft body insect in different crops. This beetle is beneficial for farmers as bio control agents but in nature, it population being affected by Alcaerorrhynchus g... View More

Maximum Vitamin ‘C’ content, total soluble solids shelf life of fruits and minimum cracking percentage was noticed under T7 (mixture of all micronutrients) amongst treatments of micronutrients. Variations in vitamin ‘C’ con... View More

Soil infiltration refers to the soil’s ability to allow water movement into and through the soil profile. It allows the soil to temporarily store water (soil moisture content), making it available for uptake by plants and soil organisms. The... View More

A field experiment was conducted during kharif season of 2015 on silty clay loam soil at MPKV, Rahuri (MS), to study the varying nutrient management levels on productivity and economics of different soybean varieties. The experiment was laid out i... View More

The aim of the present work to study the Pharmacognostic and phytochemical evaluation of different parts properties of Clitoria ternatea Linn. Physiochemical values such as the Moisture contents, percentage of total ash, acid insoluble ash, acid s... View More

A survey of agricultural fields near Yamuna in Faridabad, Haryana was conducted to study the diversity and community structure of the soil inhabiting nematodes. A total of 32 genera belonging to 7 orders and 22 families were recorded. In terms of... View More

The results of genotype x environment interaction analysis revealed highly significant mean squares due to genotypes as well as environments for all the characters which indicated presence of substantial differences among the genotypes as well as... View More

A total of 50 cross bred repeat breeder cattle were selected and grouped into 4 treatment and one control group which belonging to organized farms around, K. V. K. Gandhar, Jehanabad. Hydroxyprogesterone caproate (500 mg) was administered I.M. on... View More

A study was made on preservation techniques of cauliflower to get better shelf life, organoleptic qualities and economic return to farmers. Two processes of preservation namely sun drying and oven drying were compared. For the purpose, cauliflower... View More

Contagious Ecthyma or Orf is an acute, highly contagious, zoonotic, epitheliotropic, debilitating and economically important viral disease of sheep, goats, camel and wild animals. It is caused by parapoxvirus (PPV) or orf virus (ORFV). The present... View More

The study was undertaken in three blocks of district Mandi and data were collected about the level of knowledge among dairy and non dairy farmers in district Mandi of Himachal Pradesh. The study reported that the highest average area under cultiva... View More

The experiment was laid out in randomised block design (RBD)during the crop season of 2004 -05 and 2005-06 at the research farm of J.V.P.G. College, Baraut, Baghpat (U.P.) comprising 10 treatments with 3 replications. DEBPCFYM, combinations of DEB... View More

Agribusiness is a fast emerging industrial sector and becomes a most important sector of Indian economy due to boosting up the economy and taking care of global opportunities of trade. Nowadays, agriculture has achieved commercial importance and s... View More

This investigation was conducted at Giza Research Station, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), during 2016/17 and 2017/18 growing seasons, to study the behavior of eight canola genotypes including four promising mutants population, three French cu... View More

Energy security is one of the prime concerns of any developing/developed nation and India ranks sixth in the world in terms of energy demand. The Indian economy is expected to grow at a rate of over 6 per cent per annum. The petroleum imports are... View More

A geomorphological instantaneous unit hydrograph (GIUH) model was developed for a watershed of Damodar valley corporation, Hazaribagh, using Nash (1959) and Itrube (1982) methods to compute peak discharge (qpeak) and time to peak (tpeak). The mode... View More

The experimental material consisting of forty advance genotypes including two checks (Rachna and Shikha) was evaluated in Randomized Block Design with three replications for eleven characters by using Mahalanobis’s D2 statistic. The clusteri... View More

Food grains form an important part of the vegetarian Indian diet. Grain production has been steadily increasing due to advancement in production technology, but improper storage results in high losses in grains. The monetary value of these losses... View More

Drip irrigation is basically precise and slow application of water in the form of discrete continuous drops, sprayed through mechanical devices, called emitters into the root zone of the plant. The field experiment on Impact of fertigation and dri... View More

At present we are facing the challenges of implication of WTO on Indian agriculture. Thus the extension would focus the quality cost of production, market led extension and cyber application in extension. These challenges require the change in pre... View More

Isotima javensis is a solitary ecto parasitoid of the sugarcane top borer, S. exceptalis. It attacks the prepupal stage and deposits an egg either on the prepupa or near its vicinity. The extent of parasitisation was observed 2.12%, 4.28%, 7.14%,... View More

The experiment was conducted to study the interrelationship between different constituents of raw milk from various sources of supply (Milk vender, Halwai, Private Dairy, college Dairy farm and Milk producer). It can be concluded that milk supplie... View More

Basmati rice is an important staple food grain crop in the world. Basmati rice is an important export commodity among the food grains. The biotic and abiotic factors are adversely affected the Basmati rice but Basmati rice blast caused by Pyricula... View More

Agriclinics and agribusiness centres (ACABC‟s) scheme is a subsidy based credit linked scheme launched by government of India on 9th April, 2002 for the strengthen technology transfer, public extension system and employment generation in rural are... View More

Gastrointestinal parasitic infected ewes and does were kept almost parasite free for about 3 months using Albendazole alone or supplemented with mineral mixture. The Hb (g/dl) level ranged from 8.83±0.08 to 8.96±0.03 in ewes & do... View More

Present Investigations were conducted on the Seasonal incidence of Cabbage butterfly, P. brassicae (L.) on cabbage crop at Crop Research Centre (CRC), Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Modipuram (Meerut). The initi... View More

Sacred Groves are defined as the fragments of landscape that containing vegetation and other forms of life and geographical features that are demarcate and protected by human societies. The Sacred Groves can be observed in particular areas of high... View More

A pot experiment was conducted to find out the effects of salinity on morphological, yield and yield attributes of tomato germplasm. The experiment was carried out at the Research Farm, Department of Agricultural Science, Shridhar University, Pila... View More

This study presents a comprehensive analysis of the economic and production trends in mustard cultivation within a specific study area. It delves into various cost concepts and income measures, revealing the intricate structure of expenses and rev... View More

This paper contains the optimal design of a natural gas and hydrogen supply and mixing station for the combustor test facility and the laminar flame speed and burning velocity investigation. Our first goal is a piping/process and instrumentation d... View More

The present investigation entitled “Mass Production of entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana (Metsch.) on Liquid and Solid Media” was carried out at Bio Control Laboratory, Department of Entomology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Univers... View More

Alternate bearing is a phenomenon in which a fruit plant, branch, or orchard does not produce a regular crop every year. Instead, heavy yields are followed by extremely light yields, and vice versa. This irregular or alternate bearing is a widespr... View More

A field experiment was carried out during the kharif seasons of 2018-19 and 2019-20 at farmer’s field of Village Bisrekhi Block Ghorawal of Sonbhadra UP, India to evaluate the performance of rice (Oryza sativa L.) to integrated nutrient mana... View More

As we know that 85% of the farmers in India have less than 1 hectare of land and due to shortage of farm resources, their growth gets impeded. Bayer Better life farming understands their condition and trying every means to improve their life. Henc... View More

The food industry generates large number of wastes or by-products annually worldwide from a variety of sources. In that food wastes or by-products are an excellent source of nutraceuticals, bioactive, inherently functional and possess many compone... View More

Horticultural crops are very good sources of active compounds. Each fruit and vegetable containing different kinds of active compounds can be varied from species to species as well as climates. There is an increasing demand to seek out suitable so... View More

Present study deals with the analysis of physico-chemical parameters of surface water and groundwater in Nagaur district during April 2020 to March 2021. For the study 60 samples are collected from different sampling sites. The physico-chemical pa... View More

The present study was undertaken to assess the performance of Front Line Demonstrations on Rapeseed & Mustard was conducted at ten villages of Eastern Uttar Pradesh during kharif 2020. Total 50 farmers were selected on the basis of their socio... View More

Investigations were carried out to assess the correlation and variability among flowering and yield contributing parameters in sixteen olive genotypes. All the genotypes differed significantly in the studied parameters. Fifteen traits were scored... View More

The Kisan Credit Card scheme was introduced by NABARD in the year 1998-99 to
simplify credit delivery mechanism and provide timely credit to the farmers for their
cultivation needs in a cost effective manner. The present study was ca... View More

Sustainable agriculture is the successful management of resources for agriculture to satisfy changing human needs, while maintaining or enhancing the standard of the environment and conserving natural resources. It was practiced for nearly 6000 ye... View More

Industries are the major sources of heavy metal pollution and it is released into water and soil. Heavy metals cause several ill effects to aquatic living organisms and environment (Muneeshkumar et al., 2015). In recent work we present the knowled... View More

Gravity dam is one of the biggest structures built on the Earth. It is known as a life line structure, as it serves the purpose of irrigation, hydro-electric power generation, flood control, domestic and industrial water supply etc., which are imp... View More

The present investigation entitled “Cost effective production of Metarhizium anisopliae (Metchnikoff) on different agricultural products” was carried out at Bio Control Laboratory, Department of Entomology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Uni... View More

The present investigation was carried out at commercial fruit unit. The objective to study the effect of IBA concentration and time of air layering on rooting of guava air layer and to find out the suitable concentration of IBA and time for higher... View More

The maximum growth of 89.00 mm was noticed when exposed to 12 hours dark 12 hours light followed by 24 hours light 24 hours dark, 4 hours dark 20 hours light, 8 hours dark 16 hours light and least radial growth of 81.80 mm was recorded in treatmen... View More

In district Shahjahanpur the farmers are growing Bael, Karonda, Wood Apple, Jackfruit, Mahua, Jamun, Tamarind, Fig and Wild Dates in a very small area and receiving very low yield due to lack of knowledge of improved production technology. Therefo... View More

Root-knot nematode (RKN) is a soil-dwelling microscopic roundworm microorganism. Root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) are the most common major pathogens of many crops throughout the world, impacting both the quantity and quality of marketable y... View More

The experiment was conducted at Main Experiment Station, Department of Vegetable Science, Narendra Deva, University of Agriculture & Technology, Narendra Nagar (Kumarganj), Faizabad (U.P.) during the Rabi season of 2012-13. Ten treatments T1 (... View More

The living standard of people in Saharsa district is very cheapest. Here all people depend on ground water for drinking of water. Ground water is polluted due to seepage from sewers, pits, septic tanks, Irrigation of fertiliser in rich fields. Fin... View More

Sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrid) occupies an important position among the various commercial crops of India. It is the second most important agro-industrial crop, next only to cotton in the country. Among the various approaches, use of microorgan... View More

The present investigation was carried out at Bio-control laboratory, Department of Entomology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut, (U.P.) during the Rabi 2016-17 and 2017-18. The experiment was conducted in... View More

The Arunachal Pradesh region is one of the richest reservoirs of genetic variability and diversity of different crops i.e. various kinds of fruits, different vegetables, spices, ornamental plants and also medicinal and aromatic plants. The diversi... View More

The samples plotted on the U.S. salinity diagram indicate that groundwater of the region is medium to high saline and low alkaline in nature. The water samples from Karstic limestone and shaly aquifers are moderately hard to very hard in nature. T... View More

Agriculture universities at present with different branches of agriculture sciences offering under educated programme in various field of specialization. In these institution teaching, research and extension education function are integrated for t... View More

The present study deals with the Benefit cost ratio in the Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh. The Lakhimpur Kheri district was selected purposively in order to avoid operational in convenience. One block (Phoolbehar) having highest area un... View More

Focusing on the H2 production for mitigating the negative and dangerous effects and impacts triggered by industrial processes, transport sector and other several scopes around the globe, at different scales, could have a great resonance from diffe... View More

A review study was carried out during 2021-22 and 2022-23 to find out the best approach for sustainable agriculture and improving farmer’s income with the conservation of natural resources. Integrated farming system fulfils the multiple obje... View More

A field experiment was conducted at the Research Farm, Department of Agricultural Science, Shridhar University, Pilani (Rajasthan) during the period from October, 2021 to November, 2022. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Des... View More

Cajanus cajan is a very important legume crop, it is used as both food crop and forage crop. Pigeon pea is grown in rainy season (July-October) and post rainy (November January) season and is successfully grown in black cotton soil with temperatur... View More

Correlation analysis were studied using parents (TCR-1674, SB-2, 440-10-1, VROB-178, TCR-1693, VRO-3 and VRO-6), their F1s. Observations were recorded on fourteen characters. Fruit yield per plant had significant and positive association with trai... View More

The main objective of the present research work is to propose an innovative transient model of a solar collector. Here, the collector is modelled as a discrete time linear dynamic system of the first order, with average temperature of the collecto... View More

Vertical distribution of DTPA extractable iron and their inter-relationship were studied in fifteen soil profiles representing five each from three tehsils of Muzaffarnagar district of western Uttar Pradesh. The soil samples were analyzed for vari... View More

The predictive model for Mango crop (Mangifera indica L.) of Chhattisgarh has been made. Models have been fitted for the area, production and productivity of the crop separately for the districts of Chhattisgarh. The state has 27 districts out of... View More

The seasonal occurrence of fungi were varied in different seasons. Seasonal variation affect growth and yield a crop, primarily by changing its phenological development process. The fungi bring about the chemical changes in seed, increase respirat... View More

A field trial was conducted during rabi season 2021-22 to study effect of organic manures, inorganic fertilizers and varieties on growth and yield of radish (Raphanus sativus L.). Two varieties V1 (Arka Nishant) and V2 (Pusa Desi) and 16 treatment... View More

Soil-borne plant pathogens pose significant challenges to agricultural productivity and food security worldwide. Traditional methods of controlling these pathogens, such as chemical pesticides, have raised concerns due to their adverse environment... View More

The ground water quality of Vansda taluka has been assessed to see the suitability of ground water for irrigation applications. Groundwater samples were collected before and after monsoon in the year 2020-2021 for various water quality characteris... View More

Four crossbred cattle were presented in Animal Production Research Institute, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Bihar with history of coffee color urine, raised body temperature, anaemia, weakness, anorexia, pale mucous me... View More

It is now a well-established fact that the rapid industrialization, economic growth, human civilization and its progress, restrain inadequate availability of energy demand to meet basic needs of the society such as communications, health, shelter,... View More

The present research was conducted during Kharif-2021 at the Research Farm, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, J. V. College, Baraut, Baghpat, to examine 40 black gram diverse genotypes in Randomized Block Design with three replications. T... View More

This study was conducted in Elkhwei, Elnhud localities in west Kordofan state, and Omdurman locality in Khartoum state with the aim of studying socioeconomic factors of age, marital status affecting the value chain actors of sheep in Sudan. The st... View More

Growth and productivity of barely (Hordium vulgare L.) as affected by two sowing methods (drilling and broadcasting) and three nitrogen levels, i.e. 60, 80 and 100 kg N/fed. (one feddan = 4200m2) were studied at the Agricultural and Experiments Re... View More

A field experiment was conducted during kharif season of 2013 to study response of clusterbean varieties to fertility levels and agro-chemicals at SKN College of Agriculture, Jobner. The experiment consisted of two varieties (RGC-1038 and RGC-1066... View More

The present investigation was carried out at the Research Fields, ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. The material for present study consisted of twenty newly developed mono and multi headed rest... View More

Rural India is yet a larder of problems like malnourishment, illiteracy, unemployment, poverty, sottishness and lack of basic infrastructure like schools/colleges, hospitals, sanitation, etc. This has pushed to rural youth moving out of villages t... View More

The post-World War II era saw a significant increase in irrigation activities that contributed greatly to the massive growth in agricultural production that enables humanity to feed its multiplying population. However, a distinction must be made b... View More

The concept of a green economy has gained currency in recent years as a paradigm for promoting economic growth and increased well-being while protecting the environment and contributing to poverty alleviation. There is no common definition of gree... View More

The focused on genome altering that objectives genomic successions in a site explicit way has as of late developed as a best biotechnological weapon for boosting resistance in plants against broad phytopathogens. Among different quality altering m... View More

Postharvest loss can be defined as the degradation in both quantity and quality of a food production from harvest to consumption. Loss of quality includes those that affect the nutritional value, the composition, acceptability and the edibility of... View More

Sesame is one of the important oilseed crops in India. The major constraint of its low productivity is non-adoption of improved technologies by the farmers. Cluster Frontline demonstrations to highlight the impact of different improved technologie... View More

The SSNM is need-based feeding of crops with nutrients in right source, right rate, right time and right place while, recognizing the inherent spatial variability which enhances crop productivity, profitability, NUE and avoids nutrient wastage. Th... View More

Marigold is one of the important commercial crops among floriculture supplementing the regular income to small and marginal farmers of the Samba district of J&K Union Territory. Jammu being a city of temples consumption of flowers is more, but... View More

Oilseed crops occupy a major role in our farming system after food grains. India owns a prominent position in the production of mustard all over the world. As the research works proceed it becomes important to understand various scopes in late sow... View More

The Present study was undertaken in Baghpat and Ghaziabad district of Western U. P. based on high and low productivity of major crops in the year 2006-07. Two blocks from each of these two districts were selected randomly for the study in total 24... View More

The marketing channels of different cut flowers were studied. Our country is rich in resources and has got favourable climatic conditions, which are very helpful for the cultivation of floriculture crops. Our country can earn its foreign exchange... View More

Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are a heterogeneous group of bacteria that are found in the rhizosphere and rhizoplane which can improve plant growth. Pseudomonas spp. is one of the most promising groups of PGPR which can control plant... View More

Significant yield reduction and effect on almost every aspect of the plants by insect pests have been a mega problem in agricultural crops. Scientist tackle with many challenges to develop highly efficient techniques either through conventional br... View More

Every year, 20%–40% of harvests are lost because of plant nuisances and pathogens. Existing plant sickness the executives depends prevalently on poisonous pesticides that are possibly unsafe to people and nature. Nanotechnology can offer poi... View More

The experiment was conducted at Main Experiment Station, Department of Vegetable Science, Narendra Deva, University of Agriculture & Technology, Narendra Nagar (Kumarganj), Faizabad (U.P.) during the Rabi season of 2012-13. Ten treatments T1 (... View More

Genetic variability, heritability, genetic advance and correlation coefficients were studied in 104 genotypes of wheat genotypes for yield and yield contributing traits. Both GCV and PCV were found to be moderate for flag leaf area, biological yie... View More

The present investigation was conducted at Horticultural Research Farm J. V. College, Baraut, Baghpat. The experiment carried out following Complete randomized design (CRD) with three replications of eight treatment combinations including three le... View More