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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

Volume 14 Issue 1, Jan 2018

Research papers published in this issue.

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1 GENESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF SOME SOILS OF SEMI ARID TROPICAL REGION OF TAMIL NADU–RAJESHWAR MALAVATH AND S. MANI 1

2 INTER/MIXED CROPPING OF LENTIL (LENS CULINARIS) IN LATE SOWN WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.) FOR HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITABILITY OF WHEAT IN VERTISOLS OF CENTRAL INDIA–K.C. SHARMA, P.S. PARMAR, K.S. SOLANKI, A.K. SINGH AND S.V. SAIPRASAD 21

3 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT GROWTH REGULATOR COMBINATIONS ON GROWTH RATE OF EXPLANTS IN WALNUT IN VITRO STUDIES USING MS MEDIUM– IMTIYAZ AHMAD LONE 27

4 FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT IN HORDEUM VULGARE L.– MUKESH KUMAR, RAMESH CHOUDHARY AND BHANWAR LAL JAT 34

5 EFFECT OF POTATO VARIETIES AND NITROGEN LEVELS ON DRY MATTER ACCUMULATION, CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT, GRADE WISE TUBER YIELD AND POST HARVEST NUTRIENT CONTENT IN PLANT AND SOIL– A.S. JATAV, S.S. KUSHWAH, S.N. MISHRA AND I.S. NARUKA 46

6 INFLUENCE OF METRIBUZIN ON WEED DENSITY AND YIELD OF SOYBEAN (GLYCINE MAX L.) UNDER RAINFED CONDITION OF VIDISHA DISTRICT OF MADHYA PRADESH–P. K. MISHRA AND GHANSHYAM JAMLIYA 56

7 MAJOR-NUTRIENTS STATUS IN SOILS OF KACHAHH DISTRICT OF GUJARAT–J. P. CHAUDHARY, A.H. SIPAI, P. P. CHAUDHARY AND I.D. VAGHELA 60

8 EVALUATION OF SCENTED GERANIUM ACCESSIONS FOR MORPHOLOGICAL AND YIELD ATTRIBUTES IN SOUTHERN INDIAN CONDITIONS–B.S. HARISH, V. P. SINGH, T. VASANT KUMAR, Y.C. VISHWANATH AND H.T. SAKHUBAI 65

9 SYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITABILITY OF SWEET CORN – CHICKPEA CROPPING SYSTEM AS INFLUENCED BY LAND CONFIGURATION, PLANT POPULATION AND INTEGRATED NITROGEN MANAGEMENT–V. G. NAGDEOTE, MANGALA GHANBAHADUR, A.R. MHASKE AND R.M. GHODPAGE 70

10 EVALUATION OF TOMATO HYBRIDS FOR RESISTANCE TO ROOT KNOT NEMATODE (MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA)–K. SUNDHARAIYA AND M. KARUTHAMANI 76

11 INFLUENCE OF SOLUBOR, BIOZYME AND TRIACONTANOL ON LEAF AND FR]UIT NUTRIENT CONTENT OF APPLE CV. RED DELICIOUS–MOHD. ZUBAIR, S.S. HUSSAIN, MUNIB-U-REHMAN AND JAHANGIR AH. BABA 85

12 EFFECT OF PREHARVEST APPLICATION OF DIFFERENT CHEMICALS AND PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS ON BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF MANGO (MANGIFERA INDICA L.) VAR. AMRAPALI– PRADEEP KUMAR VISHWAKARMA AND M.M. MASU 92

13 ESTIMATION OF VARIABILITY AND GENETIC PARAMETERS FOR NUT YIELD IN THE SEEDLING RAISED NATURAL WALNUT (JUGLANS REGIA L.) POPULATION IN THE KASHMIR VALLEY–IMTIYAZ AHMAD LONE 97

14 ASSESSMENT OF ONION VARIETIES FOR LATE KHARIF– S.M. HIREMATH AND S. M. MANTUR 102

15 PERFORMANCE OF DIFFERENT MODULES ON YIELD, NUTRIENT UPTAKE AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL AFTER HARVEST OF GREENGRAM (VIGNA RADIATA L.)– A.H. SIPAI, KULDEEP SEVAK, KOTRAMMA ADDANGADI AND A.N. CHAUDHARY 106

16 PRODUCTION POTENTIAL AND MONETARY EFFICIENCY OF INDIAN MUSTARD (BRASSICA JUNCEA) IN INTERCROPPING SYSTEM UNDER RAINFED CONDITIONS OF NORTH-WEST HIMALAYAS–RAYEES A. SHAH 112

17 EFFECT OF NITROGEN LEVELS AND CUTTING MANAGEMENT ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF MULTICUT FORAGE SORGHUM [SORGHUM BICOLOR (L.) MOENCH] VARIETY COFS-29– SHANNA A. CRAWFORD, JAGRUTI C. SHROFF AND SHITAL B. PARGI 118

18 ELEVATING THE PRODUCTIVITY OF SUGARCANE CROP WITH SUSTAINABLE WAY AND MEANS–SHRIPRAKASH YADAV AND SONIA YADAV 123

19 INFLUENCE OF MULCHING MATERIALS ON FRUIT QUALITY OF STRAWBERRY (FRAGARIA ANANASSA DUCH.) CV. CAMAROSA GROWN UNDER SHADE NET CONDITIONS OF COASTAL ANDHRA PRADESH–S. SUJATHA, V. SUCHITRA, D.V. SWAMI, P. SUBBARAMAMMA, K. UMA KRISHNA AND L. SARAVANAN 128

20 IDENTIFICATION OF HETEROTIC CROSSES INVOLVING CYTOPLASMICGENIC MALE STERILE LINES IN PEARL MILLET [PENNISETUM GLAUCUM (L.) R. BR.]– P. L. BADHE, S. M. THAKARE, P. N. RASAL AND D. N. BOROLE 133

21 STATUS OF IRRIGATED SOILS OF COASTAL DEV BHUMI DWARKA DISTRICT OF GUJARAT– J.V. POLARA AND B.M. HADIYA 138

22 PRODUCTIVITY OF DIFFERENT CROPPING SYSTEMS AS INFLUENCED BY RESOURCE CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES– SHAUKAT ALI, A.M. PATEL, SANGEETA SHARMA AND M.K. MAN 141

23 FOLIAR APPLICATION OF BORON, UREA AND GA3 INFLUENCES EARLINESS OF CURD PRODUCTION IN BROCCOLI (BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA)– SUDHA VERMA, S. SENGUPTA, B.K. AGARWAL, K.K. JHA, SANYAT MISHRA, RAVIKANT RAJAK AND VARSHA RANI 149

24 EFFECT OF INTEGRATED CROP MANAGEMENT ON BRINJAL YIELD AND ECONOMICS THROUGH FRONTLINE DEMONSTRATION AT FARMERS FIELD– NAGAPPA DESAI, CHANDRU PATIL AND B. MAMATHA 154

25 EFFICACY OF MICRO-NUTRIENTS ON GROWTH AND FLOWER PRODUCTION OF CHINA ASTER [CALLISTEPHUS CHINENSIS (L.) NEES] CV. PRINCESS –VIPIN KHILARI VERMA, J. P.VERMA, H. K. VERMA AND RAKESH KUMAR MEENA 160

26 A STUDY ON CROSS VALIDATION FOR MODEL SELECTION AND ESTIMATION– FEHIM JEELANI WANI, S.E.H. RIZVI, MANISH KUMAR SHARMA AND M. IQBAL JEELANI BHAT 165

27 STUDIES ON NUTRITIONAL, QUALITY AND SENSORY EVALUATION OF VALUE ADDED BAKED PRODUCTS WITH BUTTON MUSHROOM (AGARICUS BISPORUS) POWDER– MONIKA THAKUR AND KARUNA SINGH 173

28 INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND FORMS OF FERTILIZER APPLICATION ON GROWTH, YIELD, YIELD RESPONSE AND RESPONSE YARD STICK OF HYBRID MAIZE IN EASTERN DRY ZONE OF KARNATAKA– CHANDRAKANT AND P.K. BASAVARAJA 180

29 EFFECT OF ROW ORIENTATION ON RADIATION INTERCEPTION AND GROWTH DYNAMICS OF WHEAT– SARABJOT KAUR SANDHU AND L.K. DHALIWAL 186

30 STUDY ON ENVIRONMENTAL PATH CO-EFFICIENT IN DAHLIA–H. M. SINGH AND U. S. MISHRA 192

31 EFFECT OF PHOSPHORUS AND PSB ON GROWTH, NODULATION AND FERTILITY STATUS IN DIFFERENT MUNGBEAN (VIGNA RADIATA L.) VARIETIES AND ITS RESIDUAL EFFECT ON FODDER YIELD OF SORGHUM IN INDO-GANGETIC PLAIN ZONE OF INDIA–S.N. DUBEY, RAJPAL SINGH, ROHIT KUMAR AND SAUHARD DUBEY 196

32 ASSESSMENT OF COMMERCIAL FLOWER CROPS AS INTERCROPPING SYSTEM IN COCONUT GARDEN FOR ADDITIONAL RETURNS–NAGAPPA DESAI, CHANDRU PATIL AND NAGARAJ KUSAGUR 202

33 STATUS OF POST HARVEST DISEASES OF MANGO IN NOTHERN KARNATAKA–SAVITA CHAKRASALI, V.I. BENAGI AND KOTRAMMA C. ADDANGADI 207

34 PROCESSING OF BLACK PEPPER (PIPER NIGRUM L.) THROUGH SOLARISATION–T. GANAPATHI, S.V. PATIL AND G. R. RAJAKUMAR 211

35 EFFECT OF FOLIAR APPLICATION OF BORON, UREA AND GA3 ON VARIOUS VEGETATIVE GROWTH PARAMETERS OF BROCCOLI (BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA)–SUDHA VERMA, S. SENGUPTA, B.K. AGARWAL, K.K. JHA, SANYAT MISHRA, VARSHA RANI AND RAVIKANT RAJAK 215

36 INFLUENCE OF MULCHING MATERIALS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF STRAWBERRY (FRAGARIA ANANASSA DUCH.) CV. CAMAROSA UNDER SHADENET CONDITIONS OF COASTAL ANDHRA PRADESH– S. SUJATHA, V. SUCHITRA, D.V. SWAMI, P. SUBBARAMAMMA, K. UMA KRISHNA AND L. SARAVANAN 219

37 STUDIES ON EVALUATION OF FUNGICIDES AGAINSTCURVULARIA LUNATA IN MAIZE–KOTRAMMA C. ADAANGADI, S. I. HARLAPUR, SAVITA CHAKRASALI AND BASAMMA R. HADIMANI 225

38 ROOTING AND SHOOTING BEHAVIOUR OF RED AND WHITE PULPED VARIETIES OF DRAGON FRUIT (HYLOCEREUS UNDATUS) IN RELATION TO INDOLE BUTYRIC ACID CONCENTRATIONS–LALIT DHRUVE, V. SUCHITRA, V. SUDHA VANI, P. SUBBARAMAMMA AND L. SARAVANAN 229

39 FORAGE QUALITY OF MULTICUT FORAGE SORGHUM [SORGHUM BICOLOR (L.)MOENCH] VARIETY COFS-29 AS INFLUENCED BY NITROGEN LEVELS AND CUTTING INTERVALS–SHANNA A. CRAWFORD, JAGRUTI C. SHROFF AND SHITAL B. PARGI 235

40 DECENTRALIZED BIODEGRADABLE KITCHEN WASTE MANAGEMENT USING MICROBIAL CONSORTIA ‘KAU’S COMPOSTING INOCULUMS’ IN URBAN AND SEMI URBAN HOUSEHOLDS OF KOLLAM DISTRICT THROUGH FRONTLINE DEMONSTRATIONS–P.I.POORNIMA YADAV, C. R. MANU, AND K. S. MEENAKUMARI 240

41 FLUCTUATION IN WELLS/TUBE WELLS WATER TABLE OF DEV BHUMI DWARKA DISTRICT OF GUJARAT– J.V. POLARA, B.M. HADIYA AND A.V. RAJANI 244

42 INFLUENCE OF POSTHARVEST APPLICATION OF NIGELLA SATIVA OIL AND STARCH ON THE PHYSIOLOGICAL, BIOCHEMICAL AND QUALITY PARAMETERS OF POMEGRANATE ARILS CV. ‘BHAGWA’– P. SRIDEVI AND V. VIJAYA BHASKAR 247

43 PERFORMANCE OF PROMISING VARIETIES OF MUSTARD UNDER TARAI AND BHABAR AREA OF UTTARAKHAND – VINOD KUMAR, YOGENDRA PAL AND PURUSHOTTAM KUMAR 254

44 IMPORTANCE OF ENDANGERED / RARE, ASTAVARGA MEDICINAL PLANTS IN TRADITIONAL SYSTEM OF MEDICINE IN AYURVEDA–NAMITA SINGH, ARVIND KUMAR SINGH, NILOFER ABSAR, VED RAM SINGH AND VEERENDRA PRATAP SINGH 258

45 AN ASSESSMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL GAP CONSTRAINTS AND REMEDIAL MEASURES : A FARMERS PURVIEW–R. P. BAIN, D. P. RAI AND SIDDARTH NAYAK 266

46 CUSTARD APPLE (ANNONA SQUAMOSA L.) VARIABILITY IN SEMIARID REGION OF GUJARAT – VIKAS YADAV, SANJAY SINGH AND V. V. APPARAO 274