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THE ASIAN JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE

Volume 3 Issue 2, May 2009

Research papers published in this issue.

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1 WASTE WATER UTILIZATION IN VEGETABLE CULTIVATION-PROS AND CONS M. PRABHU AND A. RAMESH KUMAR

2 BREEDING FOR SHOOT AND FRUIT BORER RESISTANCE IN BRINJAL M. PRABHU,A. RAMESH KUMAR AND V. PONNUSWAMI

3 EVALUATION OF AMARANTHUS HYBRIDS P.ARUNA AND P. GEETHA RANI

4 COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF AZOTOBACTER BIOFERTILIZERS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF BRINJAL G.C. BHAKARE, C.D. DEOKAR,A.M. NAVALE AND R.B. SONAWANE

5 EVALUATION OF CHILLI GENOTYPES FOR GHATAPRABHA LEFT BANK COMMAND AREA IN KARNATAKA D.P. SANDEEP, B.I. BIDARI, G.B. SHASHIDHARA AND S.I. HANAMASHETTI

6 GROWTH, FLOWERING, FRUITING AND YIELD OF GUAVA (PSIDIUM GUAJAVA L.) CV. ‘SARDAR’ GROWN UNDER HIGH-DENSITY-PLANTING SYSTEM AS INFLUENCED BY VARIOUS ORGANIC AND INORGANIC SOURCES VIRENDRA SINGH, L.K. DASHORA, K.M. KARATHA, T.R.AHALAWAT AND A.V. BARAD

7 EFFECT OF POST HARVEST CHEMICAL TREATMENTS ON SHELF LIFE AN PHYSICO CHEMICAL QUALITY OF BANANA CV. HARICHHAL DEEPAK GANGWAR, P.N. KATIYAR, J.P. SINGH AND P.C. SINGH

8 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT MANGO ROOTSTOCKS ON SUCCESS OF SOFTWOOD GRAFTING SHANTAGOUDA D. PATIL, G.S.K. SWAMY, H.S.YALLESH KUMAR, N.THAMMAIAH AND PRASAD KUMAR

9 STANDARDIZATION OF PRESERVATION METHOD AND THEIR COMBINATION FOR SAFE STORAGE OF POMEGRANATE JUICE AT ROOM TEMPERATURE A.B. SURYAWANSHI, K.S. KIRAD, G.N. PHAD AND S.B. PATIL

10 EFFECT OF SPACING AND NUMBER OF LEAF CUTTINGS ON GREEN YIELD AND SEED YIELD OF PALAK CV. PUSA JYOTI S.V. MANE, H.D. BODAKE,P.D. DALVE AND K.A. JADHAV

11 EFFECT OF FOLIAR SPRAYS OF ZINC AND BORON ON THE PHYSICAL PARAMETERS OF AONLA (EMBLICA OFFICINALIS GAERTN.) FRUITS CV. BANARASI R.S.VERMA, P.C. SINGH AND O.P. CHATURVEDI

12 CORRELATION AND PATH ANALYSIS IN TOMATO(LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM MILL.) S.J. PRASHANTH, R.P. JAIPRAKASHNARAYAN, RAVINDRA MULGE AND M.B. MADALAGERI

13 EFFECT OF CERTAIN ORGANICS AND PRESSMUD ON GROWTH AND YIELD CHARACTERS OF TOMATO ARUMUGAM SHAKILA AND A.ANBURANI

14 STANDARDISATION OF PROPAGATION METHODS FOR JACK(ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS,LAM) A. BASKARAN, S. SARASWATHY AND S. PARTHIBAN

15 STUDIES ON BITTER GOURD (MOMORDICA CHARANTIA L.) HYBRIDS UNDER SALINITY V. SUNDARAM

16 STUDIES ON WET STORAGE OF CUT ROSE STEMS IN RELATION TO POST STORAGE TREATMENTS KUSHAL SINGH, RANJIT SINGH AND RAMESH KUMAR

17 EFFECT OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS AND MICRONUTRIENTS ON GROWTH, YIELD AND STORAGE LIFE OF BANANA (MUSA SPP) CV. SHRIMANTI S.S.YADLOD AND B.A. KADAM

18 GENETIC VARIABILITY AND CORRELATION STUDIES FOR FRUIT PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SOME MANGO CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER NEW ALLUVIAL ZONE OF WEST BENGAL N. BHOWMICK AND B.C. BANIK

19 EFFECT OF PRE AND POST HARVEST TREATMENTS ON SHELF LIFE AND QUALITY OF GUAVA FRUITS. (PSIDIUM GUAJAVA L.) CV. GWALIOR –27 B.S. RAJPUT, R. LEKHE, G.K. SHARMA AND I. SINGH

20 CULTIVATION OF SWEET PEPPER CULTIVARS (CAPSICUM ANNUUMVAR. GROSSUML.) UNDER SHADE NET IN TROPICAL PLAINS OF TAMIL NADU P. IRENEVETHAMONI AND S. NATARAJAN

21 INFLUENCE OF ZINC AND IRON ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF CAULIFLOWER (BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS LINN.) CV. SNOWBALL-16 C.O. LASHKARI, H.B. PAREKH, S.J. SHARMA, K.M. KARETHA AND D.K. KAKADE

22 EFFECT OF DRYING ON COLOUR DEGRADATION AND RHEOLOGY IN RED CHILLI CV. BYADAGI M. BASAVARAJ, G.P. PRABHU KUMAR, B.SATHYANARAYANAREDDY AND R.C. JAGADEESHA

23 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIC AND INORGANIC SOURCES OF NUTRIENTS ON NUTRIENT CONTENT AND NUTRIENT UPTAKE IN PALAK (BETA VULGARIS VAR. BENGALENSIS HORT.) K. PADMANABHA, M.R. UMESH AND K.S. KRISHNAPPA

24 CULTIVATION OF CROPS IN ASSOCIATION OF MANGO UNDER TWO TIER SYSTEM OF AGRO FORESTRY R.A. SINGH, MOHD. SHAMIM, PRANAVIR SINGH, M.K. SINGH AND R.K. PANDEY

25 STUDIES ON SOURCES OF POTASSIUM ON YIELD AND POST HARVEST SOIL CHARACTERS OF BANANA A. RAMESH KUMAR AND N. KUMAR

26 STANDARDIZATION OF SOFT WOOD GRAFTING SEASON ON SUCCESS OF CUSTARD APPLE (ANNONA SQUAMOSA L.) R.R. KUDMULWAR, R.M. KULKARNI, S.G. BODAMWAD, P.B. KATKAR AND S.B. DUGMOD

27 EFFECT OF NITROGEN WITH AND WITHOUT ZINC AND ORGANIC MANURE ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF GUAVA (PSIDIUM GUAJAVA L.) CV. SARDAR P.N. KATIYAR, J.P. SINGH AND P.C. SINGH

28 INFLUENCE OF INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT ON GROWTH OF COLOURED CAPSICUM (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.) CV. OROBELLE UNDER NATURALLY VENTILATED GREENHOUSE G. RAVIRAJA SHETTY AND R. KRISHNA MANOHAR

29 GENETIC DIVERGENCE IN TOMATO (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM MILL.) S.J. PRASHANTH, R.P. JAIPRAKASHNARAYAN, RAVINDRA MULGE AND M.B. MADALAGERI

30 GENETIC PARAMETERS STUDY FOR YIELD AND QUALITY TRAITS IN TOMATO B.S.ASATI, N. RAI AND A.K. SINGH

31 AGRI AND VEGE - HORTI SYSTEMS WITH MANGO IN GANGETIC ALLUVIAL TRACT OF U.P. R.A. SINGH, MOHD. SHAMIM, PRANAVIR SINGH, M.K. SINGH AND R.K. PANDEY

32 STUDIES IN THE BIOMASS PRODUCTION OF PAPAYA VARIETIES P.N. KATIYAR, J.P. SINGH, P.C. SINGHANDKUVER SINGH

33 EFFECT OF ORGANIC MANURES AND INORGANIC FERTILIZERS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF ONION (ALLIUM CEPA L.) K.S. MANDLOI, U.S. BOSE AND K.S. DESHMUKH

34 ROOT PATTERN STUDIES IN ACID LIME IN SILTY CLAY SOILS S. BALASUBRAMANYAN AND M.I. MANIVANNAN

35 RIPENING BEHAVIOUR OF SAPOTA P. GEETHARANI, M.I. MANIVANNAN AND R. SANKARANARAYANANAN

36 STABILITY ANALYSIS OF YIELD AND QUALITY CONTRIBUTING CHARACTERS IN MUSKMELON (CUCUMIS MELO L.) B.B. DHAKARE AND T.A. MORE

37 GENETIC VARIABILITY STUDIES IN BANANA HYBRIDS P.S. KAVITHA,T.N. BALAMOHAN, N. KUMAR AND D.VEERARAGAVATHATHAM

38 INTEGRATED NITROGEN MANAGEMENT ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF MAIZE (ZEA MAYSL.) UNDER CONDITIONS OF UTTAR PRADESH RAIESAHMAD BHAT,ALTAFWANI, MUSHTAQAH. BEIGH AND JOY DAWSON

39 CORRELATION STUDIES IN PALMYRAH (BORASSUS FLABELLIFER L.) GENOTYPES V. PONNUSWAMI,A. RAMESH KUMAR, M. PRABHU, R. JAGADEESAN, M. KAVINO AND B. SENTHAMIZH SELVI

40 EFFECT OF ENDOMYCORRHIZAL SPECIES FOR GERMINATION, GROWTH VIGOUR AND GRAFT-TAKE IN MANGO H.S. YALLESH KUMAR, G.S.K. SWAMY,C.P. PATIL, PRASAD KUMAR AND SHANTAGOUDA D. PATIL

41 CONTROL OF HEIGHT THROUGH GROWTH RETARDANTS IN FRUIT TREES I. UMAR ANDAKASH SHARMA

42 POTASSIUM NUTRITION IN BANANA A. RAMESH KUMAR AND N. KUMAR

43 EFFECT OF AGE OF MANGO ROOTSTOCKS WITH DIFFERENT AM FUNGI ON GROWTH AND GRAFTING SUCCESS SHANTAGOUDA D. PATIL, G.S.K. SWAMY, H.S. YALLESH KUMAR, PRASAD KUMAR AND N. THAMMAIAH

44 EFFECT OF ORGANIC MANURES IN COMBINATION WITH FERTILIZERS ON YIELD IN GUNDUMALLI (JASMINUM SAMBAC AIT.) A. ANBURANI, ARUMUGAM SHAKILA AND M. GAYATHIRI

45 NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT IN SMALL CARDAMOM (ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM) A. SUBBIAH, M. MURUGAN,A. RAMESHKUMAR, R. JAGADEESAN AND M. PRABHU

46 BIOTECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS FOR CROP IMPROVEMENT IN SPICES V. PONNUSWAMI,A. RAMESH KUMAR, B. SENTHAMIZH SELVI, R. JAGADEESAN AND M. PRABHU

47 CROP IMPROVEMENT AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN PAPRIKA V. PONNUSWAMI AND A. RAMESH KUMAR

48 PRE-SOWING SEED TREATMENT TO IMPROVE GERMINATION IN MUSK (ABELMOSCHUS MOSCHATUS L.) P. GEETHARANI, M.I. MANIVANNAN,A.S. PONNUSWAMY AND P. SRIMATHI

49 BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF FOLIAR SPRAY OF ZINC AND IRON ON ECONOMICS OF CAULIFLOWER CV. SNOWBALL-16 C.O. LASHKARI, H.B. PAREKH, S.J. SHARMA, K.M. KARETHA AND D.K. KAKADE

50 PREPARATION AND QUALITY ANALYSIS OF UNFERMENTED MANGO (CV. RASPUR) BEVERAGES K.M. LAKSHMANA RAJANNA AND M. SHIVANNA

51 EFFECT OF VARIOUS LEVELS OF PASTEURIZATION, PRESERVATIVE AND THEIR COMBINATION ON ORGANOLEPTIC EVALUATION OF POMEGRANATE JUICE STORED AT ROOM TEMPERATURE A.B. SURYAWANSHI, K.S. KIRAD, G.N. PHAD AND S.B. PATIL

52 EFFECT OF FUNGICIDAL SPRAYS ON GROWTH AND YIELD PARAMETERS OF TOMATO AGAINST ALTERNARIA SOLANI (EARLY BLIGHT) C.D. DESHMUKH1,V.T. JADHAV AND M.G. KALYANKAR

53 EFFECT OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS AND MICRONUTRIENTS ON PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERS OF BANANA (MUSA SPP) CV. GRAND NAIN S.S.YADLOD AND B.A. KADAM

54 ENHANCING THE SOWING QUALITY OF SEED BY GRADING IN ONION (ALLIUM CEPA VAR. AGGREGATUM) P. GEETHARANI,A.S. PONNUSWAMY, M.I. MANIVANNAN, J. RAJANGAM AND S. NATARAJAN

55 IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY OF SAFFRON (CROCUS SATIVUS L.) CULTIVATION IN KASHMIR AJAZAHMAD SHAH AND RAJ BAHADUR TRIPATHI

56 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT GROWTH RETARDANTS ON FLOWERING, YIELD AND ECONOMICS OF OKRA (ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS L. MOENCH) CV. GO-2 UNDER SOUTH GUJARAT CONDITIONS C.K. PATELIYA, B.R. PARMAR AND Y.N.TANDEL

57 EFFECT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ON PLANT GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY IN CHILLI CULTIVARS (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.) P. IRENE VETHAMONI AND S. NATARAJAN

58 RESPONSE OF MEDICINAL SOLANUM TO GRADED LEVELS OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS S.VENKATESAN AND ARUMUGAM SHAKILA

59 EFFECT OF PREHARVEST APPLICATION OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS ON POST-HARVEST QUALITY OF ORGANICALLY GROWN GUAVA (PSIDIUM GUAJAVA L.) FRUITS P.N. KATIYAR, J.P. SINGH, P.C. SINGH AND A.P.S. GANGWAR

60 GENETIC DIVERSITY STUDIES FOR PARENTAL SELECTION IN BITTER GOURD (MOMORDICA CHARANTIA L.) V. SUNDARAM

61 EFFECT OF ORGANICS AND CHEMICALS ON GERMINATION, GROWTH AND GRAFT-TAKE IN MANGO H.S. YALLESH KUMAR, G.S.K. SWAMY, V.C. KANMADI, PRASAD KUMAR AND B.N. SOWMAYA

62 GENETIC ANALYSIS IN AMARANTHUS P.ARUNA AND P. GEETHA RANI

63 SEED PRODUCTION OF ONION AS INFLUENCED BY THE APPLICATION OF GROWTH REGULATORS AND NUTRIENTS P. GEETHARANI, M.I. MANIVANNAN AND A.S. PONNUSWAMY

64 ASSOCIATION OF CHARACTERS IN RELATION TO SHOOT AND FRUIT BORER INFESTATION IN BRINJAL (SOLANUM MELONGENA L.) S.D.WARADE, K.G. SHINDE AND J.H. KADAM

65 EFFECT OF GROWTH RETARDANTS ON QUALITY OF PAPAYA (CARICA PAPAYA, LINN.) CV. CO 2 A. BASKARAN AND S. SATHIAMURTHY

66 GENETIC DIVERSITY IN BRINJAL GERMPLASM VANDANAYADAV

67 GENETIC VARIABILITY IN CHILLI (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.) GENOTYPES SANDEEP D. PATIL, B.I. BIDARI, G.B.SHASHIDHARA AND N.K. HEGDE

68 INFLUENCE OF INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT ON MAJOR NUTRIENTS IN MULLAI (JASMINUM AURICULTATUM) A.ANBURANI AND M. GAYATHIRI

69 EFFECT OF PLANTING SYSTEMS, SPACING AND NUTRITION ON DRY MATTER PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION IN BANANA CV.ROBUSTA D.THIPPESHA,V. SRINIVAS, SRIHARSHA, G. JANARDHAN AND B. MAHANTHESH

70 DRY MATTER ACCUMULATION AND LEAF CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT OF BITTER GOURD (MOMORDICA CHARANTIA L.) AS INFLUENCED BY FERTIGATION N. MEENAKSHI, E.VADIVEL, D.VEERARAGAVATHATHAM AND M. KAVITHA

71 EFFECT OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS ON FRUIT SET, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY IN PEAR CV. BAGGUGOSHA N. SHARMA AND KARAN SINGH

72 SUITABILITY OF SOME POST HARVEST TREATMENT COMBINATIONS FOR BETTER SHELF LIFE OF GREEN CHILLI (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.) P. DEB AND C.P. SURESH

73 STANDARDIZATION OF RECIPE AND STORAGE BEHAVIOUR OF LIME BLENDED AMLA SQUASH A. HARSHAVARDHAN REDDY AND V. CHIKKASUBBANNA

74 GENETIC COMPONENTS FOR YIELD AND ITS CONTRIBUTING TRAITS IN MUSKMELON (CUCUMIS MELO L.) RUKAM S.TOMAR, D.K. KAKADE, G.U. KULKARNI,A.D. PATEL AND R.R.ACHARYA

75 INFLUENCE OF PRUNING AND GROWTH REGULATORS ON FLOWERING, FRUIT SET AND YIELD OF COLOURED CAPSICUM (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.) CV. OROBELLE UNDER NATURALLY VENTILATED GREENHOUSE G. RAVIRAJA SHETTY AND R. KRISHNA MANOHAR

76 COMBINING ABILITY FOR FRUIT QUALITY PARAMETERS IN CHILLI (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.) R.C. JAGADEESHA AND MRUTHYUNJAYA C.WALI