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THE ASIAN JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE

Volume 5 Issue 1, June 2010

Research papers published in this issue.

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1 EFFECT OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS AND MICRONUTRIENTS ON QUALITY OF BANANA CV. BASRAI S.S. YADLOD AND B.A. KADAM

2 EFFECT OF ORGANIC NUTRIENTS ON GROWTH AND ESSENTIAL OIL CONTENT OF SWEET BASIL (OCIMUM BASILICUML.) P. JAYASRI AND S. ANUJA

3 MEDICINAL AND NUTRITIONAL VALUES OF BANANA CV. NENDRAN J. LOHI DAS

4 STUDIES ON DRYING AND DEHYDRATION OF BERFOR PREPARATION OF SHARBAT B.M. RODGE AND S.S. YADLOD

5 EFFICACY OF MULTIMICRONUTRIENTS ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF BRINJAL (SOLANUM MELONGENA L.) CV. GUJARA TOBLONGBRINJAL-1 P .P . PA TEL, R.G . JADA V AND A.B. PARMAR

6 ESTIMATION OF HETEROSIS FOR BACTERIAL WILT RESISTANCE IN TOMATO H. VIRUP ANNA V AR, P .R. DHARMA TTI, K.H. YASHA V ANTKUMAR AND AJJAPP A SOGALAD

7 EFFECT OF FLORAL PRESERVATIVES ON VASE LIFE OF GLADIOLUS (GLADIOLUS GRANDIFLORUSL.) SANJEEVKUMAR, ADARSH KUMAR AND SUDHIR CHANDRA

8 STUDIES ON COMBINING ABILITY IN OKRA [ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS(L.) MOENCH] SHASHANK SHEKHAR SOLANKEY AND ANILK. SINGH

9 DIVERSITY OF POLYPHENOLOXIDASE ISOZYME IN CASHEW (ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE L.) CULTIVARS USING PAGE METHOD UJW AL A. RAUT AND G .D. JOSHI

10 GENETIC STUDY FOR EARLINESS IN SPONGE GOURD [LUFFA CYLINDRICA(ROEM.) L.] S.T. SANANDIA, D.R. MEHTA AND N.N. GAJIPARA

11 CORRELATION STUDIES IN OKRA ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS (L.) MOENCH SHASHANK SHEKHAR SOLANKEY AND ANILK. SINGH

12 INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT WEED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON GROWTH OF MANGO SEEDLING B.N. PA TEL, N.N. PA TEL AND V .C. RAJ

13 EFFECT OF SILVER SALTS, SUCROSE AND GERMICIDE ON POST HARVEST LIFE OF CUT CHRYSANTHEMUM CVS. WHITE FIZIIAND PEACH FIZII FLOWERS G .J. SURESH, K.V . JA Y APRASAD AND V . CHIKKASUBANNA

14 A STUDY OF TECHNOLOGICAL GAP AND THE REASONS FOR EXISTENCE OF TECHNOLOGICAL GAP A.A. HOW AL , P .G . KHALACHE AND H.P . SONA W ANE

15 EFFECT OF ORGANIC MANURES ON GROWTH OF MANGO STONE GRAFTS V . KRISHNAMOOR THY

16 IMPACT OF FRONT LINE DEMONSTRATION ON PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF ONION VAR. PHULE SAMARTH IN DHULE DISTRICT OF MAHARASHTRA J.K. DHEMRE AND S.B.DESALE

17 GENETIC VARIABILITY IN POTATO (SOLANUM TUBEROSUM L.) H.M. UMMYIAH, S.H.KHAN, K.P .WANI, K. HUSSAIN AND N. JUNAIF

18 EFFECT OF FERTIGATION ON NUTRIENT UPTAKE OF LEAVES IN CORIANDER G . RAJARAMAN, P . PARAMAGURU, P . ARUNA AND I.P . SUDAGAR

19 INFLUENCE OF INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT (INM) ON GROWTH AND YIELD PARAMETERS OF ELEPHANT FOOT YAM UNDER SOUTH GUJARAT CONDITION S.N. SARA V AIY A, P .P . CHAUDHAR Y , D.A. PA TEL, N.B. PA TEL, M.P . AHIR AND V .I. PA TEL

20 IN VITROCULTURE ESTABLISHMENT TECHNIQUES FROM FIELD-GROWN HELICONIAPLANTS C.R. RESHMI AND V .L. SHEELA

21 EFFECT OF POST HARVEST TREATMENTS ON STORAGE LIFE OF BANANA (MUSA PARADISIACA L.) CV. GRAND NAINA N.I. PA TEL, B.V . PADHIAR AND N.B. PA TEL

22 EFFECT OF FERTIGATION ON GROWTH AND PHYSIOLOGY IN CORIANDER G . RAJARAMAN, P . PARAMAGURU, P . ARUNA AND I.P . SUDAGAR

23 EFFECT OF PREHARVEST SPRAY OF GROWTH REGULATORS ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF SEEDLESS GRAPE GENOTYPES B.S. PADASHETTI, S.G. ANGADI AND SATEESH PATTEPUR

24 RESPONSE OF ONION SEED PRODUCTION TO INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT S.V . ADAGALE, S.D. MASALKAR ANDB.S. PANDURE

25 RESPONSE OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF FENUGREEK (TRIGONELLA FOENUM - GRAECUML.) S.P. SINGH

26 YELLOW ONION (ALLIUM CEPAL.) NATURAL TOP FALL AND PRE MATURE BOLTING B.S. P ANDURE AND R.S. P A TIL

27 RESPONSE OF NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS AND POTASH ON GROWTH AND FLOWER PRODUCTION OF CHRYSANTHEMUM ( CHRYSANTHEMUM MORIFOLIUM RAMAT) CV. IIHR-6 N.S. PAREKH, H.C. PA TEL, H.H. SIT AP ARA, A.B. PARMAR AND D.D. NA YEE

28 ANALYSIS OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS OF VARIOUS COMPONENTS ON TOMATO (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM MILL.) FRUIT YIELD BY CORRELATION AND PATH CO-EFFICIENT ANALYSIS K. RAJAGURU, A. SADASAKTHI AND M.N. KARTHIK

29 RECIPROCAL CROSS DIFFERENCES AND COMBINING ABILITY STUDIES FOR SOME QUANTITATIVE TRAITS IN TOMATO (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM MILL.) UNDER MID HILL CONDITIONS OF WESTERN HIMALAYAS S.P . SINGH, M.C. THAKUR AND N.K. PA THANIA

30 EFFECT OF CYTOKININS AND AUXIN ON SHOOT PROLIFERATION OF COTYLEDONARY NODES DERIVED FROM AXENIC SEEDLING OF TAMARIND (TAMARINDUS INDICAL.) SATEESH V. PATTEPUR, A.N. MOKASHI AND P. S. AJJAPPALAVARA

31 EFFECT OF VARIOUS PLANTING MATERIALS AND DIFFERENT DATE OF PLANTING ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF KHARIF OINION (ALLIUM CEPA L.) CV. AGRIFOUND DARK RED D.D. NA YEE, L.R. VARMA AND H.H. SIT AP ARA

32 EFFECT OF AZOTOBACTER ON GROWTH OF JACK (ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS LAM.) ROOTSTOCKS AND GRAFTS L.R. GOVINDARAJU ANDK.R. MELANT A

33 INFLUENCE OF PRE-DRYING TREATMENTS AND DRYING METHODS ON BIO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT RECIPES OF AONLA (EMBLICA OFFICINALISGAERTN.) PRODUCT PREPARATION SUMER SINGH, B.R. PARMAR, P .P . BHALERAO, M.P . AHIR AND R.V . TANK

34 RESPONSE OF ANTHURIUM TO FOLIAR APPLICATION OF UREA AND GROWTH REGULATORS IN SHADE NET HOUSE B.Y . PANCHOLI, J.R. DESAI, S.N. SARA V AIY A, N.M. PA TEL AND R.B. PA TEL

35 EFFECT OF STORAGE AND PACKING MATERIALS ON SHELF LIFE OF BOTTLE GOURD (LAGENARIA SICERARIA L.) CV. PUSA NAVEEN P .D. PA TIL, B.R. PARMAR, P .P . BHALERAO AND R.R. BHALERAO

36 EFFECT OF PRE-HARVEST SPRAY OF GROWTH REGULATORS ON GROWTH, QUALITY AND YIELD OF SEEDLESS GRAPE GENOTYPES B.S. PADASHETTI, S.G. ANGADI AND SATEESH PATTEPUR

37 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS ON VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION OF BOUGAINVILLEA PERUVIANACV. TOUCH GLORYTHROUGH HARD WOOD CUTTING B.R. PARMAR, V .B. PA TEL, P .P . BHALERAO AND R.V . TANK

38 STUDY OF THE TRAIT AND FOURTH CUMULANTS OF TOMATO (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM MILL.) POPULATION TO DETECT ADDITIVE EPISTASIS AND IDENTIFY THE NATURE OF GENE INTERACTION K. RAJAGURU, A. SADASAKTHI AND M.N. KARTHIK

39 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT SOURCES OF NITROGEN ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF CABBAGE (BRASSICA OLERACEAE L. VAR. CAPITATA) B.G . HIW ALE, P .G . NAIK AND S.V . KA W A THE

40 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT PRE-TREATMENTS ON PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF RAISINS PREPARED FROM VARIETY THOMPSON SEEDLESS P.B. JADHAV, D.K. KAKADE, G.B. SURYAWANSHI, V.C. RUGGUE, N.D. CHAVAN AND V.V. SUMANTH KUMAR

41 EFFECT OF CHEMICALS IN INCREASING THE VASE LIFE OF TUBEROSE CULTIVARS I.P . SUDAGAR, P . ARUNA AND R. SHANKARANARA Y ANAN

42 POST FLOWERING FOLIAR SPRAYS FOR ADVANCING MATURITY AND IMPROVING FRUIT RETENTION IN KOKUM (GARCINLA INDICACHOISY) S.R. SHINDE AND P .M. HALDANKAR

43 CORRELATION STUDIES IN A GUAVA (PSIDIUM GUAJAVA L.) VIJA Y AGRA W AL

44 PATHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF FUSARIUM WILT PATHOGEN OF CARNATION SUNITA CHANDEL AND CHHAYA SHARMA

45 STUDIES ON INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT (INM) IN ELEPHANT FOOT YAM N.B. PA TEL, S.N.SARA V AIY A, B.N. PA TEL AND K.D. DESAI

46 PERFORMANCE OF SUMMER CARROT (DAUCUS CAROTA L.) GENOTYPES UNDER TEMPERATE CONDITIONS OF KASHMIR VALLEY N. JABEEN, S.H. KHAN ANDK.HUSSAIN

47 INFLUENCE OF FLORAL PRESERVATIVES ON SCAPE BENDING, BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES AND POST HARVEST VASE LIFE OF CUT GERBERA (GERBERA JAMESONII BOLUS EX. HOOK.)- P. PRASHANTH, R. CHANDRA SEKHAR AND K. CHANDRA SEKHAR REDDY

48 VASE LIFE STUDIES IN TUBEROSE (POLIANTHES TUBEROSA) CV. SHRINGAR AS AFFECTED BY POST HARVEST HANDLING TREATMENTS ADARSH KUMAR, SANJEEVKUMAR AND SUDHIR CHANDRA

49 EFFECT OF BIOFERTILIZERS AND NITROGENOUS FERTILIZER ON GROWTH, FLOWERING AND YIELD OF ANNUAL WHITE CHRYSANTHEMUM (CHRYSANTHEMUM CORONARIUM L.) UNDER MIDDLE GUJARAT AGROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS R.V . PANCHAL, N.S. PAREKH, A.B. PARMAR AND H.C.PA TEL

50 PAPAYA AND SUMMER GROUNDNUT AN ECO-FRIENDLY SYSTEM OF AGRO-FORESTRY R.A. SINGH, V .K. SHARMA, P .V . SINGH AND M.K. SINGH

51 GENETIC VARIABILITY IN DWARF FRENCH BEAN (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L.) N. JUNAIF , K.P .WANI, S.H. KHAN, N. JABEEN, F . MUSHT AQ AND H.M. UMMYIAH

52 EFFECT OF BIOFERTILIZER AND GIBBERELLIC ACID ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF ONION H.S. WAGHMODE, R.S. PA TIL AND B.S. PANDURE

53 EFFECT OF SURFACE STERILIZING AGENTS ON IN VITROCULTURE ESTABLISHMENT OF TAMARIND (TAMARINDUS INDICAL.) SATEESH V. PATTEPUR AND P.S. AJJAPPALAVARA

54 PRE-HARVEST SPRAY OF DIFFERENT SOURCES OF CALCIUM TO IMPROVE THE BIO CHEMICAL QUALITIES OF SAPOTA FRUITS (MANILKARA ACHRAS (MILL) FOSBERG) CV. KALIPATTI R.R. BHALERAO, B.R. PARMAR, B.V . PADHIAR AND P .P . BHALERAO

55 STUDIES ON CHARACTER ASSOCIATION IN BITTER GOURD (MOMORDICA CHARANTIAL.) UNDER SALT STRESS V . SUNDARAM

56 EFFECT OF VARIOUS POST-HARVEST TREATMENTS ON SHELF LIFE, PHYSIO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND QUALITY POMEGRANATE FRUIT VARIETY PHULE ARAKTA UNDER DIFFERENT STORAGE CONDITIONS A.M. NA V ALE, D.P . WASKAR ANDK.T. SUR Y A W ANSHI

57 COMBINING ABILITY STUDIES ON BACTERIAL WILT RESISTANCE IN TOMATO FOR PROCESSING QUALITIES AND YIELD H. VIRUP ANNA V AR, P .R. DHARMA TTI, K.H. YASHA V ANTKUMAR AND AJJAPP A SOGALAD

58 EFFECT OF FERTIGATION ON QUALITY IN CORIANDER G . RAJARAMAN, P . PARAMAGURU, P . ARUNA AND I.P . SUDAGAR

59 INFLUENCE OF SPACING, TIME OF PLANTING AND SEED CORM SIZE ON YIELD OF ELEPHANT FOOT YAM [AMORPHOPHALLUS PAEONIIFOLIUS (DENNST.)] NICOLSON CV. GAJENDRAUNDER SOUTH GUJARAT CONDITIONS S.N. SARA V AIY A, P . P . CHAUDHARI, G .G . CHAUHAN, N. B. PA TEL, K.A. PA TEL AND J.H. CHAUDHARI

60 EFFECT OF PLANT GROWTH RETARDANTS AND PINCHING ON GROWTH, FLOWERING AND YIELD OF GAILLARDIA (GAILLARDIA PULCHELLA FOUG.) CV. LORENZIANA M.Y . SAIY AD, R.G . JADA V , A.B. PARMAR AND K.M. CHAUHAN

61 INFLUENCE OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS ON GROWTH, QUALITY, CORM AND CORMEL PRODUCTION OF GLADIOLUS( GLADIOLUS GRANDIFLORUSL.) CV. SANCERREEUNDER SOUTH GUJARAT CONDITIONS N.M. PA TEL, J.R.DESAI, S.N. SARA V AIY A, N.B. PA TEL, KA. PA TEL AND R.B. PA TEL

62 A STUDY ON BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES OF SAPOTA VRIETIES IN COLD STORAGE WITH APPLICATION OF GA 3 R.G . PA TEL, B.R. PARMAR ANDS.J. PA TIL

63 SUBSTITUTION OF COMMERCIAL CITRIC ACID WITH HILL LEMON JUICE POWDER S.K. SHARMA

64 GENETIC DIVERSITY IN CARROT (DAUCUS CAROTAL.) GERMPLASM USING MAHALANOBIS D 2 STATISTICS ASIMAAMIN, T .S. DHILLON AND YOGESH VIKAL

65 PERFORMANCE OF SIX GENOTYPES OF CASHEW (ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE L.) UNDER TERAI AGRO-CLIMATIC ZONE OF WEST BENGAL L.S. SINGH, P .S.MEDDA, H. BHA TT ACHARJEE AND P . SA TY A

66 EFFECT OF CANE PRUNING ON THOMPSON SEEDLESS AND SHARAD SEEDLESS VARIETIES OF GRAPE UNDER BULDANA DISTRICT S.S. BHOSALE, N.A. NALAGE, P .U. GHADGE AND D.A. MHETRE

67 GENETIC VARIABILITY, CHARACTER ASSOCIATION AND PATH ANALYSIS STUDIES IN KHARIF ONION (ALLIUM CEPAVAR. CEPAL.) M. DHOTRE, T .B. ALLOLLI, S.I. ATHANI AND L.C. HALEMANI

68 EFFECT OF POST FLOWERING FOLIAR SPRAYS OF NUTRIENTS ON PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF KOKUM (GARCINLA INDICACHOISY) S.R. SHINDE AND P .M. HALDANKAR

69 AZAD AJWAIN-1 : A NEW HIGH YIELDING DISEASERESISTANT VARIETY S.M. TRIPATHI

70 BIODIVERSITY OF KALE (BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ACEPHALA L.) IN KASHMIR VALLEY S.H. KHAN, N. AHMAD, N. JABEEN, M.A. CHA TTOO AND K. HUSSAIN

71 EFFECT OF MICRONUTRIENTS ON YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF BANANA (MUSA PARADISICAL.) CV. BASRAIUNDER PAIR ROW PLANTING METHOD A.R. PA TEL, S.N. SARA V AIY A, A.N. PA TEL, K.D. DESAI, N.M. PA TEL AND J.B. PA TEL