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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

Volume 11 Issue 1, Jan 2015

Research papers published in this issue.

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1 EFFECTS OF NUTRIENTS AND COMPACTION LEVELS ON AMINO ACIDS AND PROTEIN CONTENT IN WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.) GRAIN–INDRA RAJ SINGH AND S.P. MAJUMDAR 1

2 ESTIMATION OF AFLATOXIN PRODUCTION IN THE SEEDS OF BETA VULGARIS VAR. CICLA, AMARANTHUS TRICOLOR AND PORTULACA OLERACEA AT DIFFERENT RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS DURING STORAGE–GANGAPURAM SETHUMADHAVA RAO, AMBALLA HINDUMATHI AND BHIMANATHINI BHADRAIAH 7

3 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ROW SPACING AND NITROGEN ON YIELD CHARACTERS IN ROSELLE (HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA VAR. SABDARIFFA)–E. ARIVAZHAGAN AND A.K. RAJA 13

4 YIELD, YIELD PARAMETERS AND ECONOMICS OF HYBRID PIGEONPEA (CV. ICPH-2671) AS INFLUENCED BY PLANTING METHODS AND GEOMETRY–C. MALLIKARJUN, U.K. HULIHALLI AND SHANTVEERAYYA 19

5 EFFECT OF SYSTEM RICE INTENSIFICATION ON MICROBIAL POPULATION, NUTRIENT STATUS, GROWTH AND YIELD OF RICE–K. RAJENDRAN AND V. GANESA RAJA 24

6 PROBLEMS AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE WOMEN ORGANIC FARMERS OF AGRO-CLIMATIC ZONES OF NORTHERN KARNATAKA– RAJESHWARI DESAI AND P.R. SUMANGALA 30

7 GENETIC VARIABILITY AND TRAIT ASSOCIATION STUDIES IN INDIAN MUSTARD (BRASSICA JUNCEA)–V.R. AKABARI AND M. NIRANJANA 35

8 STUDIES ON TIME-MORTALITY RESPONSE OF DIAMONDBACK MOTH, PLUTELA XYLOSTELLA L. LARVAE TO DIFFERENT INSECTICIDES AND IN COMBINATION WITH STREPTOCYCLINE–D. SIDDARTHA, REVANNA REVANNAVAR AND R. SOMU 40

9 EFFECT OF CROP GEOMETRY, DRIP IRRIGATION AND BIO-REGULATOR ON GROWTH, YIELD AND WATER USE EFFICIENCY OF WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.)–S.R. BHUNIA, I.M. VERMA, MOHD. ARIF, R. GOCHAR AND N.C. SHARMA 45

10 EFFECT OF PLANTING GEOMETRY AND TIMING AND SOURCE OF NITROGEN APPLICATION ON YIELD AND YIELD ATTRIBUTING CHARACTER OF RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.) UNDER SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION–PRAGYA PANDEY, TRILOCHAN BARIK, SAHAJA DEVA AND ANOOP KUMAR RATHORE 50

11 NUTRIENT UPTAKE, YIELD AND PROTEIN CONTENT OF CHICKPEA (CICER ARIETINUM L.) AS INFLUENCED BY IRRIGATION AND SULPHUR LEVELS IN MEDIUM BLACK SOILS–D.V. SRINIVASULU, R.M. SOLANKI, C. RADHA KUMARI AND M. VIJAY SANKAR BABU 54

12 EFFECT OF SOURCES AND LEVELS OF PHOSPHORUS ON YIELD, QUALITY AND PHOSPHORUS UPTAKE IN PIGEONPEA–S.H. AHER, D.N. GOKHALE, S.R. KADAM AND P.N. KARANJ 59

13 STUDIES ON THE IMPACT AND EFFICIENCY OF INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT ON YIELD, MAJOR AND SECONDARY NUTRIENT CONTENT OF OKRA CROP FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE–A. DHAVAPPRIYA, V. SANJIVKUMAR AND S.T. KUMARAN 63

14 SOIL FERTILITY AND UPTAKE AS INFLUENCED BY DIFFERENT INTERCROPPING IN SUMMER PEARLMILLET (PENNISETUM GLAUCUM L.)–B.L. YADAV, B.S. PATEL AND S.K. YADAV 68

15 EVALUATION OF SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION (SRL) IN FARMERS FIELDS OF ANANTAPURAM DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH–C. RADHA KUMARI, P. LAKSHMI REDDY AND M. JOHN SUDHEER 73

16 RESPONSE OF WHEAT VARIETIES TO DIFFERENT LEVELS OF FERTILIZER ON GROWTH AND YIELD UNDER LATE SOWN CONDITION–S.T. KALE, S.R. KADAM, D.N. GOKHALE AND P.K. WAGHMARE 77

17 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEED YIELD AND ITS COMPONENT CHARACTERS OF CLUSTER BEAN [CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA (L.) TAUB.]–SHEELA MALAGHAN, M.B. MADALAGERI AND ANAND NARASANNAVAR 81

18 RESPONSE OF DIFFERENT PLANT BIOREGULATORS FOR RETAINING MARKETABILITY OF GUAVA (PSIDIUM GUAJAVA L.) FRUITS CV. CISH G-1 STORED UNDER AMBIENT TEMPERATURE–PAWAN KUMAR, R.B. RAM, DEEPA H. DWIVEDI, SHREESH KUMAR GAUTAM AND NAMRTA SINGH 85

19 GROWTH, SEED COTTON YIELD AND YIELD ATTRIBUTES OF AMERICAN COTTON (GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM L.) HYBRIDS UNDER DIFFERENT SPACING AND NITROGEN LEVELS–KULVIR SINGH 89

20 SCREENING OF SORGHUM GENOTYPES AGAINST RICE WEEVIL (SITOPHILUS ORYZAE L.)–G.R. BHANDERI, G.G. RADADIYA AND D.R. PATEL 93

21 ENHANCEMENT IN SEED QUALITY, GROWTH AND YIELD OF WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.) THROUGH POLYMER SEED COATING– T.N. TIWARI, DIPTI KAMAL AND R.K. SINGH 99

22 IMPACT OF VARIOUS STERILIZATION METHODS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF OYSTER MUSHROOM (PLEUROTUS FLORIDA)–MANOJ KUMAR KALITA 104

23 EFFECT OF NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF GOLDEN ROD (SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS L.) CV. LOCAL–A.B. SAVALIYA AND J.D. VALA 108

24 YIELD OF FODDER OAT AND BALANCE SHEET OF NUTRIENTS INFLUENCED BY TILLAGE PRACTICES AND NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT –SAHAJA DEVA 112

25 INFLUENCE OF PLANT GROWTH PROMOTERS AND GROWING SYSTEMS ON PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF DENDROBIUM CV. EARSAKUL–M. RAJA NAIK AND K. AJITH KUMAR 116

26 EFFICACY OF DIFFERENT ISOLATES OF BACTERIAL ANTAGONIST AGAINST ALOE VERA SOFT ROT PATHOGEN (ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI) UNDER IN VITRO– M. SYAMALA 125

27 EFFECT OF PLANT DENSITY ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF DIFFERENT CULTIVARS OF SWEET PEPPER–M.L. CHOUDHARY AND S.K. SINGH 130

28 EFFECT OF AGRONOMIC MANIPULATIONS ON GROWTH, YIELD ATTRIBUTES AND SEED COTTON YIELD OF AMERICAN COTTON UNDER SEMI-ARID CONDITIONS–KULVIR SINGH 134

29 STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF PRE-HARVEST APPLICATION OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS AND CHEMICALS ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF GUAVA (PSIDIUM GUAJAVA L.) CV. L.-49–M.I. MANIVANNAN, S. IRULANDI AND K. SHOBA THINGALMANIYAN 138

30 RAPD BASED MOLECULAR DIVERSITY ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF POMEGRANATE (PUNICA GRANATUM L.)–AMOL S. SHINDE, SAGAR R.MAHAJAN AND SAGAR H. KAKDE 141

31 NUTRIENT CONTENT, UPTAKE AND FERTILITY INFLUENCED BY SOURCES AND LEVELS OF SULPHUR IN KHARIF SESAME (SESAMUM INDICUM L.)–BHAINRU SAINI, B.T. PATEL AND B.L. YADAV 146

32 INFLUENCE OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS ON GROWTH, SEED YIELD AND SEED QUALITY IN OKRA [ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS (L.) MOENCH] CV.GAO-5 UNDER MIDDLE GUJARAT CONDITION– ANIL KUMAR RAVAT AND NIRAV MAKANI 151

33 GENETIC DIVERGENCE IN OKRA [ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS L. (MOENCH)]–R. KANDASAMY 158

34 CONTRIBUTION OF LIQUID FERTILIZERS TO IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY OF LATE SOWN WHEAT IN WESTERN PLAIN ZONE OF UTTAR PRADESH–SANJEEV KUMAR, A.K. KATIYAR AND ANUJ KUMAR 161

35 SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION (SRI) AND TRADITIONAL RICE CULTIVATION IN VILLUPURAM DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU : EXPERIENCES FROM TNIAMWARM PROJECT–V.K. RAVICHANDRAN AND K.C. PRAKASH 166

36 EFFECT OF MICRONUTRIENT ON QUALITY SEED PRODUCTION OF SOYBEAN–PRITI A. SONKAMBLE, ARUNA S. KATOLE AND MADHURI M. SADAFALE 172

37 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF POTASSIUM ON YIELD, QUALITY, AVAILABLE NUTRIENT AND UPTAKE OF BLACKGRAM–P.P. KURHADE, H.N. SETHI AND R.S. ZADODE 175

38 EFFECT OF VARIOUS PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF GUAVA (PSIDIUM GUAJAVA L.) CV. LUCKNOW- 49–R.P. RAJPUT, H.J. SENJALIYA, G.S. VALA AND G.S. MANGROLIYA 179

39 EFFECT OF ORGANIC MANURES AND LIQUID ORGANIC MANURES ON GROWTH, YIELD AND ECONOMICS OF AEROBIC RICE CULTIVATION–DIVYA SAHARE AND AVINASH MAHAPATRA 183

40 EFFECT OF IRRIGATION AND TILLAGE PRACTICES ON YIELD AND ECONOMICS OF FODDER MAIZE (ZEA MAYS)–B. SUBBA REDDY, C. GEORGE THOMAS AND SAHAJA DEVA 189

41 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES WITH ORGANICS AND RICE-CROP ESTABLISHMENT METHODS OF WINTER MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.) IN CALCIORTHENTS–SUDHANSHU BHOOSHAN, AWADH KISHOR PRASAD AND PAWAN KUMAR SRIVASTWA 193

42 STUDIES ON EFFECT OF BIOFERTILIZERS WITH CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF FENUGREEK (TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM L.)–JITENDRA KUMAR, SANJAY KUMAR, SUTANU MAJI, MANOJ KUMAR AND DEVENDRA KUMAR 198

43 EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT METHODS OF TURMERIC (CURCUMA LONGA L.) PLANTATION–AJAIB SINGH AND SUMANJIT KAUR 201

44 ASSESSMENT OF HYBRID RICE (ORYZA SATIVA) UNDER FARMERS’ CONDITION IN THE EAST AND SOUTH EASTERN COASTAL PLAIN ZONE OF ODISHA–S.C. SAHOO, M. BEHERA AND P.K. BANERJEE 204

45 ON FARM ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE OF BARLEY (HORDEUM VULGARE L.) VARIETIES IN SEMI-ARID REGION UNDER ARID AGRO-ECOSYSTEM OF RAJASTHAN–S.R. DHAKA 207