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AGRICULTURE UPDATE

Volume 12 Issue Special-TECHSEAR(3), Sept. 2017

Research papers published in this issue.

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1 INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT SPRAYING DATES ON POD BORER COMPLEX OF PIGEONPEA- S.V. SHINDE, D.R. KADAM, M.M. SONKAMBLE AND B.S. KADAM 597

2 DEVELOPMENT OF INSTANT IDLI MIX FROM PROSO MILLET (PANICUM MILIACEUM)- FARHEEN TAJ, SATISH KUMAR, K.G. RAMYA, S. SUBRAMANYA AND GEETHAK 605

3 VARIABILITY STUDIES AMONG PHYTOPHTHORA NICOTIANAE (=P. PARASITICA) (DASTUR) WATERHOUSE; ISOLATES COLLECTED FROM SEEDLING BLIGHT AFFECTED CASTOR (RICINUS COMMUNIS L.) FIELDS OF TELANGANA STATE, INDIA- SUMAN RAJ MEENA, B. VIDYA SAGAR, R.D. PRASAD AND S. TRIVENI 610

4 HERITABILITY STUDIES IN TOMATO (SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM L.) FOR GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY- V. RAMANA, D. SRIHARI, R.V.S.K. REDDY, M. SUJATHA AND M.H.V. BHAVE 617

5 PROXIMATE CONSTITUENT ANALYSIS OF AGARICUS BISPORUS CULTIVATED ON PEARL MILLET COMPOST IN KERALA- N.P. LISHMA AND LULU DAS 622

6 IMPACTS OF NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT AND CHLORMEQUAT APPLICATION ON ECONOMICS OF MAIZE- V.V. PATIL, H.V. PAWAR AND R.K. SATHE 626

7 MICROBIAL AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF STREET VENDED FRUIT JUICES- P. JAYAMMA, R. RAVEENDRA REDDY, R. ARUNA AND U. SRINEETHA 629

8 DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS FOR PREDICTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF FARMERS BASED ON ADOPTION OF DROUGHT COPING MECHANISMS- G.R. HALAGUNDEGOWDA, ABHISHEK SINGH AND H.K. MEENAKSHI 635

9 ROLE OF MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS OFFERING RESISTANCE/ SUSCEPTIBILITY OF PIGEONPEA GENOTYPES TO POD BORER COMPLEX- NAVNEET RANA, JAYALAXMI GANGULI, SANDIP AGALE AND BHUPESH JOSHI 641

10 SEASONAL INCIDENCE OF PIGEONPEA POD BORERS IN RELATION TO WEATHER PARAMETERS- S.V. SHINDE, D.R. KADAM, M.M. SONKAMBLE AND B.S.KADAM 648

11 EFFECT OF TILLAGE AND INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT ON POTASSIUM FRACTIONS IN VERTISOL UNDER RAINFED COTTON- KODURI MADHUKAR, O.S. RAKHONDE, E. SATYANARAYANA AND M. SANTHOSH KUMAR 653

12 PERFORMANCE OF PRE AND POST EMERGENCE HERBICIDES ON WEED DYNAMICS IN TOMATO CV. ARKAVIKAS- M. VENKATESWARA REDDY, K. UMAJYOTHI, K. SASIKALA, P. SYAM SUNDAR REEDDY AND K. UMAKRISHNA 658

13 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERCEIVED FEASIBILITY AND EXTENT OF ADOPTION OF BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF COTTON- SHAIK NEEMA PARVEEN, V. SUDHARANI, N.P. DARSHAN AND B. RAJASHEKAR 664

14 QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF DIFFERENT MUSKMELON VARIETIES BY CHEMICAL AND SENSORY ANALYSIS- P. SUSHMITHA, B. SRINIVASULU, M. PARATPARA RAO, A.DEVI PRIYA AND M.L. NARAYANA REDDY 667

15 WEED MANAGEMENT FOR IMPROVEMENT IN YIELD OF AEROBIC RICE- BIKAS CHANDRA PATRA, KORLA ADITYA CHOWDARY, MILAN KANTI KUNDU AND G. SATHISH 671

16 INFLUENCE OF IN VITRO INDUCED MUTATION ON REPRODUCTIVE GROWTH OF “CAMAROSA” STRAWBERRY- SANDHYA BHAT, SUNEEL SHARMA AND VIKAS KUMAR SHARMA 676

17 BIOLOGY OF COTTON PINK BOLLWORM, PECTINOPHORA GOSSYPIELLA (SAUNDERS) LEPIDOPTERA: GELECHIIDAE- P. SAPNA, M. BHEEMANNA, A.C. HOSAMANI, V.N. GHANTE AND B. KISAN 681

18 KNOWLEDGE AND ADOPTION OF BIO-FERTILIZERS BY THE SUGARCANE GROWERS- D.D. NIGADE, V.B. KAMBLE AND S.G. KHOBARE 685

19 VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS OF CASHEW PROCESSING- MAYANK MUNDRA, S. MANIKANDAN, SHRUTHI GADHE AND ANEES AJMAL 688

20 FLOWER QUALITY PARAMETERS AND VASE LIFE STUDIES OF STANDARD CHRYSANTHEMUM CULTIVARS (DENDRATHEMA GRANDIFLORA TZVELEV) IN POLYHOUSE CONDITIONS- ASMA SIDDIQUA, K. SWARAJYA LAKSHMI, R. NAGARAJU, D. SRINIVASA REDDY AND S. SHAHEDA 692

21 RESPONSE OF SUMMER GROUNDNUT (ARACHIS HYPOGAEA L.) TO DIFFERENT IRRIGATION LEVEL AND MULCHES UNDER DRIP IRRIGATION- D.R. KAMBLE, D.N. GOKHALE, I.M. NAGRARE AND P.B. JADHAV 697

22 RESPONSE OF FERTILIZER LEVELS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF KHARIF GREENGRAM (PHASEOLUS RADIATUS L.)- P.M. PATIL, R.K. SATHE AND S.B. SATPUTE 703

23 EFFECT OF GROWTH REGULATORS AND MICRONUTRIENTS SPRAY ON VEGETATIVE GROWTH OF LITCHI (LITCHI CHINENSIS SONN.) CV. CALCUTTIA- VIKRAMADITYA PRIYADARSHI, K. MEHTA, DEBASHISH HOTA, GOPA MISHRA AND ABHIJIT JOGUR 707

24 TRAINING NEEDS OF OSMANABADI GOAT REARERS IN MARATHWADA REGION- S.G. KHOBARE, D.D. SURADKAR AND D.D. NIGADE 713

25 PER SE PERFORMANCE IN TOMATO (SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM L.) FOR YIELD ATTRIBUTES, YIELD AND QUALITY- V. RAMANA, D. SRIHARI, R.V.S.K. REDDY, M. SUJATHA AND M.H.V. BHAVE 718

26 EFFECT OF FOLIAR SPRAY OF WATER SOLUBLE FERTILIZERS ON TOTAL DRY MATTER PRODUCTION (G PLANT-1) NUTRIENT UPTAKE AND ECONOMICS IN PIGEONPEA- C.M. MAMATHASHREE, M.B. PATIL AND H.D. SHILPA 725

27 EFFECT OF PLANT SPACING ON DIFFERENT GENOTYPE OF PIGEONPEA [CAJANUS CAJAN (L.) MILLISP]- U.N. ALSE, S.K. NAYAK, S.G. JADHAV AND S.U. VIDHATE 731

28 BIORATIONAL AND CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT OF DEFOLIATORS ON SOYBEAN- A.A. MOTAPHALE, B.B. BHOSLE AND F.S. KHAN 737

29 CORRELATION STUDIES OF GUAVA GRAFT COMPATIBILITY AND ITS GROWTH PERFORMANCE IN RELATION WITH DIFFERENT NATURE OF SCION- U.R. RESHMA, S.G. BHARAD AND KUNTAL SATKAR 743

30 EFFECT OF PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZERS ON OIL SEED CROPS- M. SWETHA KUMARI AND J.D. SARITHA 749

31 CHARACTERIZATION OF TANK SILTS OF HASSAN TALUK AND THEIR EFFECT ON SOIL AND MAIZE CROP- C.P. SANKALPA, G.G. KADALLI, V.P. SANTHOSH AND M.S. SAVITHA 755

32 SURVEY ON INCIDENCE OF SOIL BORNE DISEASES OF CORIANDER (CORIANDRUM SATIVUM L.) IN MAJOR DISTRICTS OF ANDHRA PRADESH- M.S.V. SATYANARAYANA, K. GOPAL, M. KAVITHA, CH. RUTH AND SYED SADARUNNISA 761

33 A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF DEMAND FOR TRACTORS IN INDIA- VANUSHA BAREGAL AND D.K. GROVER 764

34 COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF CHICKPEA CULTIVATION IN MECHANIZED AND NON-MECHANIZED FARMS OF INDIA- P.C. SHILPA, S.M. MUNDINAMANI AND SHREESHAIL RUDRAPUR 770

35 EVALUATION OF TOMATO HYBRIDS FOR RESISTANCE TO LEAF CURL VIRUS- K. SUNDHARAIYA, P. JANSIRANI, M. KARUTHAMANI AND G. SATHISH 777

36 HETEROSIS ANALYSIS FOR GRAIN YIELD TRAITS IN MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.)- Y. SRINIVASA REDDY, V. KRISHNAN, V. VENGADESSAN,K. PARAMASIVAM AND A.L. NARAYANAN 784

37 LAND CONFIGURATION AS A TOOL FOR HIGHER YIELDS IN RAINFED COTTON (GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM L.)- G. VEERANNA, P. RAGHU RAMI REDDY, CH. RAMULU AND A. SUDARSHANAM 790

38 MASS MULTIPLICATION OF BEAUVERIA BASSIANA ON SUBSTRATES- P. SWATHI, S.B. DAS AND P.N. GANGA VISALAKSHY 794

39 FEEDING PRACTICES ADOPTED FOR CATTLE IN SUGARCANE POCKETS OF NANDED DISTRICT- S.S. GHUGE, D.V. BAINWAD AND B.M. THOMBRE 799

40 STUDIES ON CROP LOAD, FRUIT THINNING AND THEIR EFFECTS ON GROWTH ATTRIBUTES OF GUAVA (PSIDIUM GUAJAVA L.) CV. ALLAHABAD SAFEDA UNDER MEADOW PLANTING SYSTEM- PRABHUGOUDA PATIL, A. KIRAN KUMAR, A. BHAGWAN AND M. SREEDHAR 804

41 IDENTIFICATION OF SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEATS (SSR) MARKERS LINKED TO YELLOW MOSAIC VIRUS (YMV) RESISTANCE IN BLACKGRAM [VIGNA MUNGO (L). HEPPER]- B. JEEVULA NAIK, CH. ANURADHA, P. ANANDA KUMAR, V. SREEDHAR AND SREENIVASA CHARY 812

42 FIXATION AND RELEASE PATTERN OF POTASSIUM UNDER GRADED LEVELS OF POTASSIUM APPLICATION IN SOILS OF KURNOOL DISTRICT- I. RAJEEVANA, P. KAVITHA, M.SREENIVASA CHARI AND M. SRINIVASA REDDY 820

43 RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS AND MOISTURE AVAILABILITY INDEX FOR CROP PLANNING IN PARBHANI DISTRICT OF MAHARASHTRA- V.P. GANGANE, N.P. BUDDHEWAR AND R.K. SATHE 828

44 LIFE FECUNITY TABLE OF LEUCINODES ORBANALIS GUENEE ON BRINJAL IN LABORATORY CONDITION- F.S. KHAN, A.A. MOTAPHALE, P.M. SANGLE AND P.S. BORIKAR 832

45 DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHARCOAL FUELLED CORN ROASTER- S.K. KARTHIK, M. TANMAY, B. SUMANTH, T. MAHESH, M. JAHNAVI, V. VIDYADHARI AND G. RAVALI 838

46 ORGANIC PRODUCE VS INORGANIC PRODUCE? - AN E-MARKETING PRICE COMPARISON- V. KAVITHA AND K. CHANDRAN 844

47 STUDIES ON EFFICACY OF AWDI METHOD WITH FIELD WATER TUBE ON RICE PRODUCTION UNDER SRI- S. SANTHEEPAN AND S.P. RAMANATHAN 849

48 EVALUATION OF PIGEONPEA VAR. BSMR 853 UNDER DIFFERENT PLANTING METHODS TO LAND CONFIGURATION- R.K. SATHE, B.N. AGLAVE AND V.V. PATIL 853

49 DEVELOPMENT OF LOW GLUTEN COOKIES FROM PEARL MILLET- UDAY BEER, M.A. KHAN, SURENDRA PATEL AND SHRIRAM GODASE 857

50 AN ASSESSMENT OF LEAN WASTES GENERATED IN PADDY PROCESSING UNITS – A CASE OF MADURAI CLUSTER- V.M. INDUMATHI, K. MAHENDRAN AND M. MALARKODI 862

51 EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT CULTIVARS OF GERBERA (GERBERA JAMESONII) UNDER NATURALLY VENTILATED POLYHOUSE IN NORTHERN TELANGANA REGION- B. MAHENDER, D. ASHWINI AND K. SREEJA 867

52 A REVIEW ON GROUNDNUT WITH ORGANIC MANURES- K. RAMAKRISHNA, K.B. SUNEETHA DEVI AND J.D. SARITHA 871

53 SELF INCOMPATIBILITY A MECHANISM FOR CONTROLLED POLLINATION IN VEGETABLE CROPS- SHILPA KUMARI, ARCHANA ANOKHE AND RAHUL KUMAR 879

54 INTERECTION OF SILICON ON HEAVY METAL AND OTHER STRESSES IN CROP PLANTS- RAKESH SIL SARMA, SRINIVASA REDDY YERVA, GOURI SHANKAR PANDA AND CHANDAN MAHARANA 883

55 STATUS OF FARMER PRODUCER COMPANIES IN INDIA- B. NAVANEETHAM, K. MAHENDRAN K., S.D. SIVAKUMAR AND R. SENTHILKUMAR 888