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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

Volume 5 Issue 2, June 2009

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1 ARRIVAL AND PRICE BEHAVIOUR OF IMPORTANT JOWAR AND WHEAT IN PARBHANI DISTRICT–MOHD. ASMATODDIN, T.G. SATPUTE, AND V.S. MASKE

2 RESPONSE OF IRRIGATED COTTON (JLH-168) TO DIFFERENT LEVELS AND SOURCES OF FERTILIZERS–S.S. PINJARI, M.S. TALATHI, N.J. RANSHUR, T.S. BHONDAVE AND J.S. SURYAWANSHI

3 CONSTRAINTS AND SUGGESTIONS IN SOYBEAN CROP UNDER ORGANIC AND INORGANIC SYSTEM–D.J. SANAP, T.G. SATPUTE, D.G. DUDHATE, A.P.BABAR AND D.V. NAGURE

4 RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY AND LEVEL OF TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION IN LAC CULTIVATION AMONG TRAINED AND UNTRAINED LAC GROWERS IN JHARKHAND –GOVIND PAL

5 INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT IN MAIZE–S.S. PINJARI, M.S. TALATHI, N.J. RANSHUR AND T.S. BHONDAVE

6 STUDIES ON PHOSPHATE SOLUBILIZATION BY RHIZOBIUM SP. NODULATING VIGNA UNGUICULATA (L.) WALP–E. PRABHAVATI, J. MUKHESH AND K.V. MALLAIAH

7 IMPACT OF DATE OF PLANTING ON GROWTH, FLOWERING AND SPIKE YIELD OF GLADIOLUS CV. WHITE PROSPERITY–RAVNEET KOUR

8 DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN B. CEREUS AND B. THURENGENESIS USING 16S RDNA SEQUENCING– Y.A. DESHMUKH, S.N. SALUNKHE AND V.R. HINGE

9 INTER CROPPING SAFED MUSLI (CHLOROPHYTUM BORIVILIANUM) – D.H. PATEL, M.A. PATEL, S. SRIRAM AND J.R. PARMAR

10 RNA INTERFERENCE (RNAI)- A PROMISING TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE– RUPALI KOTHAWADE, B.A. AGLAVE AND M.O. LOKHANDE

11 PRODUCTIVITY OF DIRECT SEEDED ONION (ALLIUM CEPA. L.) AS INFLUENCED BY INTEGRATED WEED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES–K.N. KALYANA MURTHY, P.S.FATHIMA AND A.VIDYA

12 EFFICACY OF BOTANICALS FOR THE CONTROL OF SAFFLOWER APHID (UROLEUCON COMPOSITAE T.) –V.B. AKASHE, M.A. GUD, S.K. SHINDE AND A.N. DESHPANDE

13 INFLUENCE OF IRRIGATION SCHEDULES BASED ON IW:CPE RATIOS AND HERBICIDAL WEED CONTROL IN ISABGUL (PLANTAGO OVATA FORSK)–J.R. PARMAR, M.V. PATEL, J.J. PATEL AND A.B. PARMAR

14 UPTAKE OF NUTRIENTS BY RICE AND WEEDS OF INFLUENCED BY DIFFERENT WEED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN DRUM SEEDED RICE– N. JAGADEESHA, RATNAKAR MANJUNATH SHET, C. GIREESH, T. SHESHADRI AND G.Y. LOKESH

15 EFFECT OF INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON YIELD AND NUTRIENT UPTAKE BY WHEAT AND THEIR RESIDUAL EFFECT ON SUCCEEDING MUNG CROP IN WHEAT- MUNG CROPPING SYSTEM–SHABIR AHMAD RATHER AND NARINDER LAL SHARMA

16 HETEROSIS STUDIES IN OKRA [ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS (L.) MOENCH]–M.D. KHANPARA, L.L. JIVANI, J.H. VACHHANI, V.H. KACHHADIA AND R.B. MADARIA

17 RESPONSE OF HYBRID RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.) TO GREEN LEAF MANURE, FYM AND CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS–M.S. TALATHI, S.S. PINJARI, N.J. RANSHUR, T.S. BHONDAVE AND J.S. SURYAWANSHI

18 A STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE OF CUMIN PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY– B.H. TAVETHIYA AND N.B. CHAUHAN

19 EFFECT OF SOIL TYPES ON NEMATODE POPULATION(S) IN KANGRA VALLEY, HIMACHAL PRADESH–PANKAJ SHARMA AND SHASHI KIRAN

20 EFFECT OF SUCROSE ON THE VASE LIFE OF GAMMA IRRADIATED CHRYSANTHEMUM–A.V. SOMAVANSHI, V.S. GONGE AND S.R. DALAL

21 INVESTIGATIONS ON UNEXPLOITED MEDICINAL LEGUME, CASSIA ABSUS LINN.– S.A. GADDANAKERI, J.A. HOSMATH AND C.S. HUNSHAL

22 EXPLOITATION OF HETEROSIS AND SELECTION OF SUPERIOR INBREDS IN PEARL MILLET–J.M. CHOTALIYA, C.J. DANGARIA AND K.K. DHEDHI

23 GENETIC DIVERSITY ANALYSIS IN ELITE COTTON CULTIVARS USING RAPD MARKERS–S.N. SALUNKHE, Y. A. DESHMUKH AND V.R. HINGE

24 EFFECT OF UREA-DAP BRIQUETTES AND ZINC LEVELS ON NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM UPTAKE AND YIELD OF HYBRID RICE–A.B. DARADE AND K.B. BANKAR

25 EFFECT OF MICRONUTRIENTS AND PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS ON FRUITING OF LITCHI–MANOJ KUMAR, RAJESH KUMAR AND R.P. SINGH

26 STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF VARIOUS POST EMERGENCE HERBICIDES ON WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.) CV. GW 322 UNDER MIDDLE GUJARAT CONDITIONS–A.K. MAHIDA, M.V. PATEL AND J.R. PARMAR

27 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS AND SOURCES OF FERTILIZERS ON YIELD, ECONOMICS AND QUALITY PARAMETERS OF COTTON (GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM)–S.S. PINJARI, T.S. BHONDAVE AND J.S. SURYAWANSHI

28 INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY OF NEEM DERIVATIVES AGAINST OKRA FRUIT BORER HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA HUBNER–E. KAVITHA, S. KINGSLEY, N. REVATHI AND M. SATHIVEL

29 INFLUENCE OF WEATHER PARAMETERS ON SAFFLOWER APHID, UROLEUCON COMPOSITAE (THEOBALD) AND ITS MANAGEMENT– V.B. AKASHE, M.A. GUD, S.K. SHINDE AND A.N. DESHPANDE

30 EFFECT OF IRRIGATION SCHEDULES AND MULCHES ON YIELD, SOIL TEMPERATURE, WATER USE AND ECONOMIC OF SUNFLOWER (HELIANTHUS ANNUUS L.)–RAGHUPATI DOMBER, ANAND S. KAMBLE, R.F. CHANNAGOUDAR, A.D. JANWADE AND S.N. BHAT

31 IMPACT OF WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES ON PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY OF CROPS IN RAJASTHAN–GEORGE PAUL, P.S. BADAL AND PRAMOD KUMAR

32 EFFECT OF SEEDING METHODS AND WEED MANAGEMENT ON WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM)– SANJAI CHAUDHRY, J.P.S. RATHI, R.P. SINGH AND V.K. CHAUDHARY

33 STUDY OF WEED PLANTS AND THEIR CONTROL – ALPESH B. THAKOR

34 EFFECT OF ORGANIC MANURE AND BIOFERTILIZERS ON GROWTH AND YIELD ATTRIBUTING CHARACTERS OF KHARIF GROUNDNUT (ARACHIS HYPOGEAE L.)– P.Y. ZALATE AND D.R. PADMANI

35 EFFECT OF INTERCROPPING OF NIGER IN KHARIF PROSO MILLET (PANICUM MILIACEUM L.) WITH ORGANIC AND INORGANIC SOURCES OF NUTRIENTS ON YIELD, ECONOMICS AND INTERCROPPING INDICES A.N. UGALE, A.C. SAWANT AND P.G. CHAVAN

36 EMPLOYMENT, INCOME AND CONSUMPTION PATTERN OF TRIBALS IN NASHIK, MAHARASHTRA– P.N. SHENDAGE, K.L. JADHAV AND D.M. GAIKWAD

37 EFFECT OF GIBBERELLIC ACID ON GROWTH, FLOWERING, YIELD AND QUALITY OF GERBERA UNDER POLYHOUSE CONDITIONS– S.R. DALAL, A.V. SOMAVANSHI AND G.D. KARALE

38 STUDIES OF INTERCROPPING IN VEGETABLES– B.M. RODGE AND S.S. YADLOD

39 EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT TOMATO (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM MILL.) LINES FOR DROUGHT TOLERANCE–D.M. NAIK AND B.M. RODGE

40 PARTIAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY OF MAJOR NUTRIENTS ON GRAIN AND STRAW OF RICE HYBRIDS IN SRI STRATEGY– C. SUDHALAKSHMI

41 HETEROSIS FOR YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS IN GRAIN AMARANTH (AMARANTHUS SPP.)– S.B. PRAJAPATI, Y. RAVINDRABABU AND D.B. PRAJAPATI

42 RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY AND RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY IN PULSES PRODUCTION ON MEDIUM FARM IN MARATHWADA –MOHD. ASMATODDIN, S.V. JAWALE, J.N. GHULGHULE AND J.B. TAWALE

43 YIELD AND WATER USE OF CHICKPEA (CICER ARIETINUM L.) AS INFLUENCED BY IRRIGATION AND LAND CONFIGURATION–K.B. PATEL, Y.N. TANDEL AND M.K. ARVADIA

44 THE EFFECT OF INTEGRATED USE OF VERMICOMPOST, BIOFERTILIZER (AZOTOBACTER CHROOCOCCUM) AND INORGANIC FERTILIZERS (N, P, K AND ZN) ON YIELD AND NUTRIENT CONTENT AND THEIR UPTAKE BY WHEAT–SHABIR AHMAD RATHER AND NARINDER LAL SHARMA

45 EFFECT OF ORGANIC MANURE AND BIOFERTILIZERS ON YIELD, HARVEST INDEX, SHELLING PERCENTAGE AND QUALITY OF KHARIF GROUNDNUT (ARACHIS HYPOGEAE L.)– P.Y. ZALATE AND D.R. PADMANI

46 EFFECT OF DUNG, URINE AND SLURRY OF DIFFERENT FARM ANIMALS ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF SPINACH–S.A. JAWALE, S.D. MOLE, K.K. ZADE AND B.K. ARBAD

47 CORRELATION STUDIES IN BRINJAL (SOLANUM MELONGENA L.)– K.G. SHINDE, S.D. WARADE AND J.H. KADAM

48 RAINFED VEGETABLE CULTIVATION –M. PRABHU, R. JAGADEESAN, V. BALASUBRAMANIAN AND RAMESH KUMAR

49 EFFECT OF POLYTHENE MULCH ON CORN–S.S. PINJARI, M.S. TALATHI, N.J. RANSHUR AND T.S. BHONDAVE

50 CONSTRAINTS AND SUGGESTION OF RAINFED AND IRRIGATED RABI JOWAR PRODUCERS IN OSMANABAD, MAHARASHTRA–J.B. TAWALE, B.R. PAWAR, V.S. MASKE AND S.A. JAGDE

51 RESPONSE OF HYBRID COTTON (DHH-11) TO IN SITU GREEN MANURING AND NITROGEN LEVELS IN NORTHERN TRANSITIONAL TRACT OF KARNATAKA–ANAND S. KAMBLE, Y.B. PALLED AND R.F. CHANNAGOUDAR

52 GROWTH AND YIELD OF FRENCH BEAN (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L.) AS INFLUENCED BY DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ROW SPACING, SEED RATE AND NITROGEN–SANJAI CHAUDHRY

53 EFFECT OF INTEGRATED WEED MANAGEMENT ON ECONOMICS OF KHARIF GROUNDNUT (ARACHIS HYPOGAEA L.)–T.S. BHONDAVE, S.S. PINJARI AND J.S. SURYAWANSHI

54 LINE X TESTER ANALYSIS FOR COMBINING ABILITY IN OKRA [ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS (L.) MOENCH]– M.D. KHANPARA, L.L. JIVANI , J.H. VACHHANI, H.G. SHEKHAT AND D.R. MEHTA

55 EFFECT OF CROP WEED COMPETITION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF DIRECT SEEDED ONION (ALLIUM CEPA L.)– K.N. KALYANA MURTHY, P.S. FATHIMA AND A.VIDYA

56 INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT IN RICE-MAIZE CROP SEQUENCE M.S. TALATHI, S.S. PINJARI, N.J. RANSHUR, T.S. BHONDAVE, AND J.S. SURYAWANSHI

57 EFFECTS OF IRRIGATION SCHEDULES AND WEED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF FENUGREEK (TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM L.)–P.K. CHOVATIA, K.V. JADAV AND S.P. KACHHADIYA

58 FLOWERING PRODUCTION AS EFFECTED BY SPACING AND PINCHING IN CHRYSANTHEMUM CV. FLIRT– RANVEET KOUR

59 ECONOMICAL USES OF PLANTS BY TRIBALS FROM VALSAD, GUJARAT, INDIA–ALPESH B. THAKOR

60 ALTERATION OF RESTING PERIOD OF POLLEN OF FIVE CULTIVARS OF APOCYNACEAE BY VITAMIN (VITAMIN B2): –S.A. SALGARE

61 MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AMONG STRAINS OF CHICKPEA ROOT NODULE BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM DIFFERENT AREAS OF MIDDLE GUJARAT–V.R. HINGE, R.L. CHAVHAN, Y.A. DESHMUKH AND S.N. SALUNKHE

62 HETEROSIS FOR FRUIT YIELD AND ITS COMPONENTS OVER ENVIRONMENTS IN OKRA [ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS (L.) MOENCH]–K.H. DABHI, J.H. VACHHANI, V.K. POSHIA, L.L. JIVANI, D.H. VEKARIYA AND H.G. SHEKHAT

63 MORPHO-PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS ASSOCIATED WITH GRAIN YIELD OF RABI-SORGHUM GENOTYPES UNDERS SHALLOW SOILS– V.H. ASHVATHAMA, S.G. GOLLAGI, AND B.D. BIRADAR

64 EFFECT OF ORGANIC MANURING AND MINERAL FERTILIZER ON THE GROWTH, YIELD AND ECONOMICS OF SOYBEAN [GLYCINE MAX (L.) MERRILL]–G.S. TOMAR AND S.N. KHAJANJI

65 PRODUCTIVITY AND ECONOMICS OF RICE GROUNDNUT CROPPING SYSTEM UNDER INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT–M.S. TALATHI, S.S. PINJARI, N.J. RANSHUR, T.S. BHONDAVE AND J.S. SURYAWANSHI

66 RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION ON MEDIUM FARM IN CASH CROP PRODUCTION–MOHD. ASMATODDIN, J.N. GHULGHULE, S.V. JAWALE AND J.B. TAWALE

67 EFFECT OF NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS AND SULPHUR FERTILIZATION ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF MUSTARD (BRASSICA JUCEAE COSS)– YOGESH KHATKAR, JOY DAWSON, ZADE KISHOR KISHANRAO, P.M. DIXIT AND RAHUL KHATKAR

68 EFFECT OF DISTILLERY SPENTWASH IRRIGATION ON THE YIELDS OF TOP VEGETABLES (CREEPERS) CULTIVATED IN UNTREATED AND TREATED SOIL–C.S. CHIDANKUMAR AND S. CHANDRAJU

69 COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF PHOSPHATIC FERTILIZERS AND TIME OF NITROGEN APPLICATION ON WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.) VARIETY PBW-343–SANJAI CHAUDHRY, O.P. SINGH, KRIPAL SINGH AND ABHINAV UTTAM

70 EFFECT OF N AND P LEVELS AND BIOFERTILIZERS ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF WHEAT UNDER LATE SOWN IRRIGATED CONDITIONS– B.M. KUSHARE, Y.M. KUSHARE AND V.S. SANDHAN

71 ARRIVAL AND PRICE BEHAVIOUR OF IMPORTANT PULSE CROPS IN PARBHANI DISTRICT–MOHD. ASMATODDIN, T.G. SATPUTE AND V.S. MASKE

72 INVESTIGATIONS ON THE FEASIBILITY OF CULTIVATION IN DRAW DOWN AREAS OF ALMATTI RESERVOIR – S.A. GADDANAKERI, S.M. MANTUR, I.M. SARWAD AND A.K. GUGGARI

73 IMPROVEMENT OF MAJOR ORNAMENTAL CROPS THROUGH MUTATION BREEDING–SUDHA D. PATIL AND HARSHAL E. PATIL

74 KASHMIR SERICULTURE - ITS ECONOMIC POTENTIAL–M.A. MALIK

75 ARRIVAL AND PRICE BEHAVIOUR OF IMPORTANT OILSEEDS CROPS IN PARBHANI DISTRICT– MOHD. ASMATODDIN, T.G. SATPUTE AND V.S. MASKE

76 PRODUCTIVITY STUDIES IN SELECTED COMMERCIAL TREE SPECIES OF TROPICS–K. GOPIKUMAR

77 CONTRAINTS IN TOMATO PRODUCTION IN WESTERN MAHARASHTRA– MOHD. ASMATODDIN, J.N. GHULGHULE, V.S. MASKE AND M.M. PATIL

78 RELATIONSHIP OF DURUM WHEAT YIELD TO AGRONOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL GROWTH PARAMETERS–B.A. MONPARA

79 RELATIVE EFFICACY OF DIFFERENT ORGANIC MANURES ON THE POND SOIL QUALITY– SULOCHANA BHUYAN AND S.R. GAUR

80 RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY OF TOMATO IN DIFFERENT SEASONS IN WESTERN MAHARASHTRA– MOHD. ASMATODDIN, J.N. GULGHULE, V.S. MASKE AND M.M. PATIL

81 EFFECT OF SEED HARDENING WITH NITRATE SALTS ON PHYSIOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES AT EAR HEAD EMERGENCE STAGE AND YIELD OF WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.)–M.K. SHARMA, B. BOSE AND A.K. SHRIVASTAVA

82 DIALLEL ANALYSIS IN GRAIN AMARANTH (AMARANTHUS SPP.)– S.B. PRAJAPATI, Y. RAVINDRABABU AND D.B. PRAJAPATI

83 EFFICACY OF VARIOUS FARM WASTES ON CULTIVATION OF PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS (JACQUIN EX. FR.) KUMMER– A. SUDHA

84 RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY, RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY AND OPTIMUM RESOURCE USE IN ROSE FLOWER PRODUCTION –S.G. INGLE, B.R. PAWAR, J.B. TAWALE AND S.A. JAGDE

85 EFFECT OF MAJOR NUTRIENTS ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF JATROPHA CURCAS–VEENA N. KALANNAVAR, S.S. ANGADI, V.C. PATIL, S.G. ANGADI, A.S. BYADAGI AND S.J. PATIL

86 RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY AND OPTIMUM RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN CEREAL CROPS ON MEDIUM FARM IN MARATHWADA –MOHD. ASMATODDIN, M.S. JADHAV, S.V. JAWALE AND J.N. GHULGHULE

87 EFFECT OF POST HARVEST TREATMENTS OF NATURAL PLANT EXTRACT AND WRAPPING MATERIAL ON STORAGE BEHAVIOR OF MANGO (CV. KESAR)– G.S. SHINDE, R.R. VIRADIA, S.A. PATIL AND D.K. KAKADE

88 STANDARDIZATION OF PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RECIPE FOR PREPARATION OF READY-TO-SERVE BEVERAGE (RTS) FROM MANGO (MANGIFERA INDICA L.) CV. KESAR– M.V. RAMDEVPUTRA, D.R. PARADVA, D.R. KANZARIA, D.K. KAKADEAND A.M. BUTANI

89 STUDIES OF SEED MYCOFLORA OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF ASHWAGANDHA [WITHANIA SOMNIFERA (L.) DUNAL.]– S.T. INGLE AND B.M. KAREPPA