Research & Reviews : Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology
Volume 9, Issue 3 (2020)
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Do Penology traits Respond Differently? A Study in Three Selected Hybrid Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum Mill) Varieties
Abstract: The response of penology traits to varietal differences was studied in three selected hybrid tomato varieties. The field experiment was conducted at Amibara Farms PLC,a commercial farm that is involved in the production of major lowland vegetables and fruits including tomato. Among the studied varieties, the VeniseF1 tomato variety had demonstrated a significantly early days to 50 % flowering, days to 50 % fruit maturity, days to 90 % fruit …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology · Vol. 9, Issue 3, 2020 · pp. 1–7 Read article
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Biodiversity of Insect Pest Complex Infesting Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) Ecosystem
Abstract: A field experiment was conducted during kharif and rabi seasons, 2016 and 2017 respectively at Experimental Farm, Department of Horticulture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat (Assam) to study the diversity of herbivores and their natural enemies in okra ecosystem. Altogether 20 species herbivores and 20 species of predators were recorded in rabi season (February to May) as against 21 species of herbivores with 20 species of predators found during kharif season …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology · Vol. 9, Issue 3, 2020 · pp. 24–33 Read article
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Seed Production in Cowpea: An Economic Viability Study
Abstract: The present study is focused on the viability of cowpea seed production in Palakkad district of Kerala. Registered seed farmers in VFPCK were selected purposively for the study. The average cost of cultivation for cowpea seed production for Vellayani Jyothika variety was high compared to Anaswara variety. Benefit Cost ratio was highest for Vellayani Jyothika variety (2.58) compared to Anaswara. Cobb-Douglas production function revealed that the labour contributed significantly towards …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology · Vol. 9, Issue 3, 2020 · pp. 34–38 Read article
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Taxonomic Study of the Fabaceae Family of the Niwai Region of the Rajasthan
Abstract: Taxonomy is the branch of the sciences which is concerned with the study of plants, their identification, nomenclature and correction identification on the basis of the certain parameters. Taxonomy is the core of the all the branches. Fabaceae family is the family which is also known as the leguminoseae family; pods of the family are termed as the legumes and they are the characteristic features of the family. Although all …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology · Vol. 9, Issue 3, 2020 · pp. 39–44 Read article
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Optimization of Variety-Vermicompost dose Synchrony on the Yield Traits of Hybrid cabbage (Brassica oleraceaevar. capitata L.) Varieties
Abstract: A season long field experiment was carried out to quantify the superimposing effect of varied vermicompost doses on the yield traits of selected hybrid cabbage (Brassica capitata var. L.) varieties during November 2018 to April 2019 production season. The treatments consisted of four vermicompost doses;0, 1.5, 2 and2.5t/h and three hybrid head cabbage varieties; K-500 F1, Landini F1 and Bandung F1 laid out in 3x4 factorial Randomized Complete Block Design …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology · Vol. 9, Issue 3, 2020 · pp. 8–23 Read article