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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

Volume 12 Issue 2, June 2016

Research papers published in this issue.

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1 TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT FERTILIZER AND BIOFERTIZER LEVELS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF SUMMER GREENGRAM–D.M. DONGARE, G.R. PAWAR, S.B. MURUMKAR AND D.A. CHAVAN 151

2 YIELD AND YIELD ATTRIBUTES OF SAFFLOWER IN INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT IN BLACK GRAM (VIGNA MUNGO L.) - SAFFLOWER (CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS L.) CROP SEQUENCE–S.V. KHADTARE, S.K. SHINDE AND V.M. TORADMAL 158

3 EFFECT OF NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF KHARIF GROUNDNUT– D.P. PACHARNE AND A.D. TUMBARE 163

4 RELATIVE PERFORMANCE OF SEED PRIMING WITH TAP WATER AND INORGANIC SALTS ON GERMINATION, INVIGORATION, GROWTH AND YIELD OF WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.)–T.N. TIWARI, DIPTI KAMAL, A.K. SINHA AND RAJIV K. SINGH 167

5 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS AND CHEMICALS ON QUALITY AND ECONOMICS OF POMEGRANATE (PUNICA GRANATUM L.) CV. BHAGAWA– S.S. DIGRASE, T.B. TAMBE, A.S. KADAM AND B.M. KALALBANDI 176

6 EFFECT OF NITROGEN AND SULPHUR NUTRITION ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.) GENOTYPES UNDER EASTERN PLAIN ZONE OF U.P.– BINOD KUMAR, GOVIND SINGH, RAJESH KUMAR AND KAMLESH KUMAR NISHAD 181

7 CUSTOMIZING ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR EXTENDING SEED VIGOUR AND VIABILITY IN TOMATO (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM MILL)– P. TAMILKUMAR, M. SIVAJI, R. VINOTH, S. SURESH KUMAR AND N. NATARAJEN 186

8 EFFECT OF NANOPARTICLES IN VOLATILE PRODUCTION DURING SEED STORAGE OF GROUNDNUT–K. KRISHNA SHYLA AND N. NATARAJAN 191

9 RESPONSE OF NEWLY RELEASED WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.) VARIETIES TO DIFFERENT SOWING DATES UNDER CHANGING CLIMATE CONDITION IN EASTERN UTTAR PRADESH– D.K. VERMA, SAURABH VERMA, S.P. GIRI, M.K. PANDEY AND ALOK PANDEY 199

10 RESPONSE OF YIELD AND QUALITY PARAMETERS OF MAIZE HYBRID TO SINGLE SUPER PHOSPHATE AND GYPSUM– S. NANTHAKUMAR, P. SARAVANA PANDIAN AND P. PANNEERSELVAM 203

11 INFLUENCE OF SEED FORTIFICATION TREATMENT WITH LEAF EXTRACT ON SEEDLING PRODUCTION IN BAEL TREE (AEGLE MARMELOS L.)– B. VENUDEVAN, P. SRIMATHI, N. NATARAJAN AND R.M. VIJAYAKUMAR 210

12 IN VITRO EFFICACY OF FUNGAL AND BACTERIAL ANTAGONISTS AGAINST FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. CICERI CAUSING CHICKPEA WILT– D.S. THAWARE, O.D. KOHIRE AND V.M. GHOLVE 215

13 TO FIND OUT SUITABLE POST-EMERGENCE HERBICIDE FOR WEED CONTROL IN SOYBEAN UNDER MARATHWADA REGION– D.A. KULAL, G.S. DHAIGUDE AND S.S. ADAT 219

14 EFFECT OF GROWING CONDITION AND SPACING ON SEED QUALITY PARAMETERS IN HYBRID SEED PRODUCTION OF BRINJAL (SOLANUM MELONGENA L.) UNDER SHADE HOUSE AND OPEN FIELD CONDITION– MAINAVATI DESHI AND N.K. BIRADAR PATIL 223

15 DISTRIBUTION OF AVAILABLE IRON, MANGANESE, ZINC AND COPPER IN NATIONAL SEED PROJECT FARM OF NARENDRA DEVA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY, KUMARGANJ, FAIZABAD, UTTAR PRADESH– GOVIND SINGH, BINOD KUMAR, KAMLESH KUMAR NISHAD AND RAJESH KUMAR 227

16 INFLUENCE OF FLOATATION TECHNIQUE ON SEED AND SEEDLING CHARACTERS IN DAVANA (ARTEMISIA PALLENS)– M. JAYANTHI AND A.VIJAYAKUMAR 230

17 STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF THE SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION IN LESS WATER ENDOWED AREAS OF TAMIL NADU– V. MANIVANNAN, K.R. JAHANMOHAN, B.J. PANDIAN AND C. HARISUDHAN 234

18 WEED MANAGEMENT IN COWPEA [VIGNA UNGUICULATA (L.) WASP.] UNDER RAINFED CONDITIONS–K.C. GUPTA, ANIL KUMAR GUPTA AND RANI SEXENA 238

19 STUDIES ON SEED QUALITY PARAMETERS IN INDIAN MUSTARD [BRASSICA JUNCEA (L.) CZERN AND COSS]–K.K. SRIVASTAVA, S.C. VIMAL, S.P. GIRI AND ANUJ KUMAR VERMA 241

20 CHARACTERIZATION OF WHEAT GENOTYPES FOR STAY GREEN AND PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS BY PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS UNDER DROUGHT CONDITION– R. SHIVRAMAKRISHNAN, R. VINOTH, AJAY ARORA, G.P. SINGH, B. KUMAR AND V.P. SINGH 245

21 GERMINATION AND CROP YIELD IN COTTON - MAIZE CROPPING SYSTEM INFLUENCED BY TILLAGE AND LAND CONFIGURATION– P. PUVILA, K. SIDDESWARAN AND P.M. SHANMUGAM 252

22 RESPONSE OF GERBERA (GERBERA JAMESONII) TO DIFFERENT PLANTING TIMES UNDER AGRO-ECOLOGICAL CONDITION OF BIHAR– A.K. SINGH AND UDIT KUMAR 257

23 ORGANIC PRIMING IN PUMPKIN - AN ECO-FRIENDLY APPROACH FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE– S. AMBIKA AND K. BALAKRISHNAN 261

24 BUYING BEHAVIOUR OF COTTON GROWERS WITH REFERENCE TO COTTON SEED IN MIDDLE GUJARAT– RAVI SHANKAR, Y.C. ZALA AND R.S. PUNDIR 265

25 PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SHORT GRAIN AROMATIC RICE OF EASTERN UTTAR PRADESH– ALOK PANDEY, D.K. VERMA, S.P. GIRI, R.M. TRIPATHI, D.P. SINGH, S.C. SINGH, M.L. MAURYA, P.N. YADAV, A.W. KHAN, S.P.S. RATHI AND RAM GOPAL 271

26 INTER-RELATIONSHIP AND PATH CO-EFFICIENT ANALYSES FOR YIELD COMPONENTS AND SEED QUALITY PARAMETERS IN WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.)– SANTOSH KUMAR, S.C. VIMAL, K.K. SRIVASTAVA AND S.C. GAUR 275

27 TO FIND OUT THE SUITABLE HIGH YIELDING VARIETIES OF LENTIL FOR RAINFED CONDITIONS OF EASTERN UTTAR PRADESH– AKHILESH CHANDRA YADAV, O.P. RAI, SAMAR PAL SINGH, H.C. YADAV, R.K. YADAV AND NAVNEET KUMAR 279

28 STANDARDIZATION OF AZOSPIRILLUM CONCENTRATION AND DURATION OF BIOPRIMING FOR RICE SEED VIGOUR IMPROVEMENT– M. KOKILA AND M. BHASKARAN 283

29 EFFECT OF INTERCROPPING SYSTEM, MYCORRHIZAL INOCULATION AND FERTILIZER LEVELS ON THE YIELD OF HYBRID MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.)– T. ANANTHI, M. MOHAMED AMANULLAH AND G. MARIAPPAN 288

30 ATTITUDE OF THE FARMERS TOWARDS INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME ON COTTON–PRAKASH KADAM 294

31 PERFORMANCE OF HIGH DENSITY PLANTING OF MANGO (MANGIFERA INDICA L.) UNDER MID-WESTERN PLAIN ZONE OF UTTAR PRADESH– YOGESH PRASAD RAJBHAR, S.D. SINGH, MOHAN LAL, GOPAL SINGH AND P.L. RAWAT 298

32 EVALUATION OF THE QUALITY PARAMETERS OF THE TURMERIC RHIZOMES DRIED ON DIFFERENT FLOORS AND CONDITIONS–M. PADMA, B. SREENIVASULA REDDY AND M. MADHAVA 302

33 INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF FIELD PEA (PISUM SATIVUM L.) UNDER MID HILL CONDITION– DHIMAN MUKHERJEE 309

34 YIELD ATTRIBUTES AND NUTRIENT UPTAKE OF ORGANIC SAFFLOWER (CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS L.) IN DRYLANDS OF MAHARASHTRA– S.V. KHADTARE, S.K. SHINDE AND V.M. TORADMAL 314

35 RESPONSE OF BROWN SARSON (BRASSICA CAMPESTRIS VAR. BROWN SARSON) TO INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT IN MID HILL CONDITIONS OF HIMACHAL PRADESH–AMARDEEP SINGH BRAR, PARKASH SINGH SIDHU AND GURMEET SINGH DHILLON 319

36 PERFORMANCE OF DIFFERENT SOURCES OF ORGANIC MANURES IN COMPARISON WITH RDF AND INM ON NUTRIENT UPTAKE, NUTRIENT BALANCE AND SOIL PROPERTIES IN RICE-GREENGRAM CROPPING SEQUENCE– S. ALAGAPPAN AND R.VENKITASWAMY 326

37 IN VITRO SCREENING OF OKRA ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS L. GERMPLASM COLLECTIONS AGAINST SUCKING PESTS– U. SANKAR NARAYANAN, C. MUTHIAH, C. CHINNIAH AND K. BALAKRISHNAN 335

38 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT APPLICATION METHOD OF HUMIC ACID ON NODULATION AND SEED YIELD OF SOYBEAN– M.S. DANDGE, P.D. PESHATTIWAR, Y.V. INGLE AND P.V. MOHOD 339

39 MARKETING EFFICIENCY OF APPLE - A STUDY IN KULLU DISTRICT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH– SONIA MINHAS AND M.R. GIRISH 344

40 MARKET STRUCTURE FOR COTTON SEED IN DIFFERENT MARKETS OF MIDDLE GUJARAT– RAVI SHANKAR, Y.C. ZALA AND R.S. PUNDIR 350

41 A STUDY ON IMPACT OF WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OF ANTISAR WATERSHED IN KHEDA DISTRICT OF GUJARAT– HEMANT PANWAR, Y.C. ZALA, R.S. PUNDIR AND R.K. MISHRA 355

42 EFFECT OF NAA, TRIACONTANOL AND BORON ON SEED VIABILITY AND VIGOUR IN BITTER GOURD (MOMORDICA CHARANTIA L.) CV. PUSA VISESH -P.R. ARVINDKUMAR, S.N. VASUDEVAN AND M.G. PATIL 365

43 ROLE AND ITS UTILIZATION OF BENEFICIAL MICRO-ORGANISMS FOR SUSTAINABLE CROP PRODUCTION– S.K. CHOUDHARY, S.K. GUPTA, M.K. SINGH AND S. SHERAZ MAHDI 370

44 ECONOMICAL STUDY OF SUMMER GUJARI RICE TO VARIOUS ESTABLISHMENT TECHNIQUES AND WEED CONTROL METHODS–R.R. SHEWALE 379

45 EVALUATION OF RICE VARIETIES FOR AEROBIC SOIL CONDITION OF EASTERN UTTAR PRADESH– D.K. VERMA, ALOK PANDEY, SAURABH VERMA, KUMUD SINGH, S.P. GIRI, R.B. SINGH, R.P. SINGH AND RAM GOPAL 382