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AGRICULTURE UPDATE

Volume 12 Issue Special-TECHSEAR(2), Sept. 2017

Research papers published in this issue.

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1 MOLECULAR INSIGHTS OF FLORAL MALADY PREVAILING IN INDIAN SOYBEAN (GLYCINE MAX L.)- P. V. JADHAV, P.B. KALE, S. KAD, M.P. MOHARIL, M.S. DUDHARE, A.G. DESHMUKH, S.S. MANE, J.G. MANJAYA AND R.S. NANDANWAR 305

2 IMPACT OF DIFFERENT SOURCES OF ORGANIC MANURES IN COMPARISON WITH RDF AND INM ON IMPORTANT GROWTH AND YIELD PARAMETERS OF RICE VARIETY CO(R) 48 WITH DERIVED CORRELATION AND REGRESSION EQUATIONS UNDER SITE-SPECIFIC ORGANIC FARMING CONDITION- S. ALAGAPPAN, R. VENKITASWAMY AND G. MARIAPPAN 328

3 FOXTAIL MILLET (SATARIA ITALICA) INSTANT PULIOGARE MIX- SATISH KUMAR, FARHEEN TAJ, S. SUBRAMANYA AND GEETHAK 343

4 SOLID STATE FERMENTATION OF TOMATO POMACE WASTE BY DIFFERENT LACTIC ACID BACTERIA AND YEAST STRAINS FOR QUALITY AND NUTRITIONAL IMPROVEMENT- H.N. ROJA, K.B. MUNISHAMANNA, R.VEENA AND V. PALANIMUTHU 347

5 HETEROSIS FOR GRAIN YIELD AND ITS PARAMETERS IN KHARIF SORGHUM [SORGHUM BICOLOR (L.) MOENCH ] HYBRIDS- A.W. MORE, H.V. KALPANDE AND R.R. DHUTMAL 355

6 STUDIES ON AGRONOMIC PRACTICES TO MITIGATE CROP STRESS IN AEROBIC RICE (ORYZA SATIVA) AT COASTAL DELTAIC AREAS OF KARAIKAL- P. BHUVANASWRI, A.L. NARAYANAN, R. MOHAN AND S. SUNDARAVARATHAN 360

7 EFFECT OF INTEGRATED NITROGEN MANAGEMENT ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF SWEET CORN HYBRID- A. BHARATHI, M. BALUSAMY, E. SOMASUNDARAM AND R. SHANMUGASUNDARAM 365

8 OPTIMIZATION NUTRIENT LEVELS AND SOURCES OF NUTRIENTS FOR SUSTAINABLE SUGARCANE INITIATIVE UNDER SUB SURFACE DRIP FERTIGATION SYSTEM- N.K. SATHYAMOORTHY, A. GURUSAMY, T. RAGAVAN, J. PRABHAKARAN, M. RAJESHWARI, N. S.VENKATARAMAN AND B.J. PANDIAN 370

9 EFFECT OF HERBICIDE COMBINATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT OF BROAD SPECTRUM WEED FLORA IN DRUM SEEDED RICE- K. UGALECHUMI, N.K. PRABHAKARAN AND G. MARIAPPAN 375

10 NUTRITIONAL QUALITY OF DEHYDRATED SPINE GOURD (MOMORDICA DIOCA L.) SLICES AS INFLUENCED BY DRYING METHODS- A.M. SONKAMBLE, K.S. GIRI AND S.R. PATIL 379

11 QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF FRESH-CUT BANANA PSEUDO STEM STORED IN BOTH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE- P. PREETHA, N. VARADHARAJU AND S. GANAPATHY 382

12 COSTS, RETURNS AND PROFITABILITY OF CHRYSANTHEMUM IN AHMEDNAGAR DISTRICT OF MAHARASHTRA STATE- S.B.TUPE, D.S. PERKE AND V.C. KORADE 389

13 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIC SOURCE OF MANURES ON YIELD OF WHITE PONNI- Y. SREEJA, M. MOHAMEDYASSIN, S. RAMASAMY AND R. SIVAKUMAR 393

14 WATER SOLUBLE FERTILIZERS AND ECONOMICS OF SUSTAINABLE SUGARCANE CULTIVATION UNDER SUBSURFACE DRIP FERTIGATION SYSTEM- M. ANBARASU, A. GURUSAMY AND R. INDIRANI 398

15 GROWTH AND YIELD RESPONSE OF LOWLAND RICE TO DIFFERENT APPLICATION METHODS OF ZINC WITH GREEN LEAF MANURING- P. PRAKASH, M. HEMALATHA, A.VELAYUTHAM, R. AMUTHA AND M. JOSEPH 403

16 MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF METAL HOMEOSTASIS RELATED GENE ORTHOLOGS IN NUTRI- RICH FOXTAIL MILLET ACCESSIONS- M.P. MOHARIL, S.S. GANGURDE, K.P. INGLE,V.C. KHELURKAR, P.V. JADHAV, R.B. GHORADE, S.M. JADHAO, R.N. KATKAR, M.S. DUDHARE AND A.G. DESHMUKH 409

17 EFFECT OF PLANT GEOMETRY ON LIGHT INTERCEPTION AND WEED DENSITY IN COTTON UNDER RAINFED VERTISOLS- S. ARUNVENKATESH, K. RAJENDRAN AND R. BASKARAN 421

18 INFLUENCE OF TILLAGE AND WEED MANAGEMENT METHODS ON NUTRIENT UPTAKE AND YIELD IN MAIZE – SUNFLOWER CROPPING SYSTEM- R. BASKARAN, R. KAVIMANI AND S. ARUNVENKATESH 426

19 EVALUATION OF QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF BREAD FROM HORSEGRAM- B. KALPANA, K.G. RAMYA, S.V. SURESHA AND ARVIND RANI 431

20 BIOEFFICACY OF CRUDE EXTRACTS FROM SIMAROUBA GLAUCA DC. AGAINST PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA AND HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA- S.S. BANGAR, M.S. DUDHARE, A.G. DESHMUKH AND H.A.WAGH 436

21 ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF IMPORTANT MUSHROOMS AGAINST ALTERNARIA SOLANI- K.P. PATIL, G.K. AWADHIYA AND C.R. GIRASE 441

22 SURVEY OF MICRO IRRIGATION IN SELECTED DISTRICTS OF NORTH KARNATAKA- M.D. MAJEED PASHA, B.H. MEGHA, S.C.ASHWINI, E.G. SHIVAKUMAR AND B. MAHESHWARA BABU 446

23 RICE ESTABLISHMENT TECHNIQUES AND CO-CULTIVATION OF GREEN MANURE ON PRODUCTIVITY AND ECONOMICS OF RICE- M. JOSEPH AND M. HEMALATHA 452

24 EFFECT OF STURDY RICE SEEDLINGS ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF MACHINE TRANSPLANTED RICE- M. HEMALATHA AND M. JOSEPH 459

25 SURVEY, MORPHOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION AND EFFECT OF CULTURE MEDIA ON THE GROWTH OF LASIODIPLODIA THEOBROMAE CAUSING DIE BACK DISEASE IN ACID LIME- A. BHARANI DEEPAN AND E.G. EBENEZAR 465

26 STUDIES ON GENETIC VARIABILITY, HERITABILITY AND GENETIC ADVANCE IN LISIANTHUS [EUSTOMA GRANDIFLORUM (RAF.) SHINNERS]- K. ANITHA,V. JEGADEESWARI AND N. SELVARAJ 471

27 CLUSTER FRONT LINE DEMONSTRATION IN BLACKGRAM VARIETY VBN 6 AT VELLORE DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU- P. VEERAMANI, S. JOSHUA DAVIDSON, G. ANAND AND M. PANDIYAN 475

28 AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY OF SRI AND NON-SRI IN VELLORE DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU- R. LOGANATHAN, N. YUVARAJA, U. PRAGADHEESWARAN, S. NANDHAKUMAR AND U. NAVEENA 479

29 EVALUATION OF HYBRIDS FOR HETEROSIS BREEDING IN TUBEROSE (POLIANTHES TUBEROSA L.)- K. KAYALVIZHI, M. KANNAN AND M. GANGA 485

30 STUDY OF CELLULOLYTIC ACTIVITY OF FUNGI INVOLVED IN DECOMPOSITION OF ORGANIC WASTE- N.B. BHOKNAL, M.S. JOSHI AND K. P. PATIL 490

31 YIELD, NUTRIENT UPTAKE AND AGRONOMIC FERTILIZER USE EFFICIENCY (FUE) OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF AEROBIC RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.) WITH DIFFERENT N, P AND K FERTIGATION LEVELS- M. CHANDRIKA, M. UMA DEVI, V. RAMULU AND M.VENKATA RAMANA 494

32 IMPACT OF NEW INSECTICIDES ON PARASITIZATION EFFICIENCY OF TRICHOGRAMMA CHILONIS ISHII- SHAHANAZ AND MANDLA RAJASHEKHAR 504

33 EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE OF THE PREDATOR WOLF SPIDER, PARDOSA PSEUDOANNULATA (BOESENBERG AND STRAND) FEEDING ON THE BROWN PLANTHOPPER, NILAPARVATA LUGENS (STAL.)- VEERANNA DARAVATH, MANDLA RAJASHEKHAR, SUBASH CHANDER AND SANGHOMITRA SHARMA 508

34 DETERMINANTS OF TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH OF COTTON IN TELANGANA STATE- DEEP NARAYAN MUKHERJEE, N.VASUDEV, R.VIJAYAKUMARI AND K. SUHASINI 514

35 EFFECT OF GROWTH REGULATOR AND CHEMICALS ON LEAF NUTRIENT STATUS IN TAMARIND PLANTATION AT DHARMAPURI DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU- C.N. HARI PRASATH, A. BALASUBRAMANIAN, S. RADHAKRISHNAN AND A.MAYAVEL 520

36 EFFECT OF NPK AND ORGANIC MANURES ON PLANT GROWTH, FLOWER YIELD AND FLOWER QUALITY PARAMETERS OF JASMINE (JASMINUM SAMBAC) VAR. DOUBLE MOGRA- NARESH CHAMAKUMARI, S. SARAVANAN AND J. RAVI 524

37 GPS BASED SOIL FERTILITY MAPS OF VILLAGE BARAGAON NANDUR, TALUKA RAHURI, AHMEDNAGAR- VADDEPALLY PAVAN, M. R. CHAUHAN, K. SANTHOSH KUMAR AND ARIGELA KIRAN 530

38 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT SOWING DATES ON EXPRESSION OF RESISTANCE TO HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA IN DIFFERENT GENOTYPES OF CHICKPEA ACROSS FOUR PLANTINGS USING DIET INCORPORATION ASSAY UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS- T. PAVANI, T. RAMESH BABU, D. SRIDEVI, K. RADHIKA AND H.C. SHARMA 538

39 STUDIES ON HETEROSIS FOR YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS IN OKRA (ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS L.)- RAMESH KUMAR, GUNA SEKAR AND MANI MARAN 547

40 SEASONAL INCIDENCE AND CORRELATION OF ABIOTIC FACTORS AGAINST OKRA SHOOT AND FRUIT BORER (EARIAS VITTELLA FAB.) DURING KHARIF SEASON- AGURLA RAJU, C. NARENDRA REDDY, D.ANITHA KUMARI AND D. SRINIVASA CHARY 554

41 ADOPTION OF SUSTAINABLE CULTIVATION PRACTICES FOLLOWED BY STRAWBERRY GROWERS- R.H. MUJAWAR, R.L. PATIL, S.S.GAIKWAD AND S.B. BHANGE 559

42 EVOLVING SUITABLE WEED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR DIRECT SOWN DRUM SEEDED RICE IN THAMIRABARANI COMMAND AREA- S. ARIVUKODI AND A.VELAYUTHAM 567

43 DEVELOPMENT OF SUITABLE TECHNIQUES FOR CULTIVATION OF PADDY STRAW MUSHROOM (VOLVARIELLA VOLVACEA) ON A COMMERCIAL SCALE- A. SUDHA,V. SUNIL, M. VIJAYAKUMAR, P. GEETHA AND N. SRIRAM 572

44 EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON LIFE CYCLE OF ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODE, HETERORHABDITIS INDICA POINAR- AMIT U. PASCHAPUR, K. VIJAYALAKSHMI, B.S. SUNANDA AND VINOD PAWAR 578

45 FUNCTIONAL POLYMORPHISM FOR CRTRB1 GENE LOCI IN TROPICAL MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.) INBRED LINES- SHRIKANT YANKANCHI, P.M. SALIMATH, AYYANGOUDA PATIL, PERVEZ H. ZAIDI, B. KISAN, PRAKASH H. KUCHANUR, M.T.VINAYAN AND K. SEETHARAM 583

46 GENETIC DIVERSITY FOR YIELD, ITS CONTRIBUTING CHARACTERS IN RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.)- K. SUPRIYA, S. VANISRI, R. JAGADEESWAR AND M. SREEDHAR 589

47 CISGENIC APPROACH FOR CROP IMPROVEMENT AND ITS BIOSAFETY ISSUES- M. S. DUDHARE, N.E. JAYEWAR AND P.V. JADHAV 593