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AGRICULTURE UPDATE

Volume 12 Issue Special-TECHSEAR(9), Sept. 2017

Research papers published in this issue.

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1 EVALUATION OF RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.) HYBRIDS FOR SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION (SRI) WITH LIMITED WATER INPUT- D. SRINIVAS, R. MAHENDER KUMAR, A.V. KARTHIK, S. SAHA, B. VENKATANNA, M.N. ARUN, B. DHANUNJAYA REDDY AND A. SANDHYARANI 2343

2 PERFORMANCE OF SORGHUM-MAIZE INTERSPECIFIC DERIVATIVES FOR FORAGE ATTRIBUTES- K.B.R.S. VISARADA, P. SANJANA REDDY AND R. VENKATESWARLU 2346

3 STUDIES ON PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF MANGO- PRANOTI LAD, S.U. KHODKE AND R.V. SALUNKHE 2352

4 PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION OF TRACTOR OPERATED SEMI-AUTOMATIC ONION BULB PLANTER- R.V. SALUNKHE, S.V. RANE AND PRANOTI LAD 2361

5 AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE OF PRECISION FARMING TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION IN PADDY- A STUDY FROM NORTH EASTERN KARNATAKA- K. SHRUTHI, G.M. HIREMATHB AND AMRUTHA T. JOSHI 2366

6 RESPONSE OF DRAGON FRUIT (HYLOCEREUS UNDATUS) EXPLANTS ON MS MEDIA WITH GROWTH REGULATORS UNDER IN VITRO FOR MASS MULTIPLICATION- K. SUMAN, A. ROJA RANI AND P. VEERA REDDY 2371

7 ROLE OF SEED-ZN CONTENT ON SEED LONGEVITY OF PADDY GENOTYPES- J.B. MARUTHI, S.N. VASUDEVAN, B.S. JANAGOUDAR, MOHAMMAD IBRAHIM, SHIVANAGOUDA R. DODDAGOUDAR, B. KISAN AND SANGEETA I. MACHA 2376

8 AROMATIC VARIETY AS A TRAP CROP FOR STEM BORER MANAGEMENT IN RICE- A.P. PADMAKUMARI, G. KATTI AND V. RAJENDER KUMAR REDDY 2383

9 ANALYSIS OF GENETIC DIVERGENCE FOR YIELD CONTRIBUTING TRAITS IN PUMPKIN (CUCURBITA MOSCHATA DUCH. EX POIR.)- MEKALA SRIKANTH, S.G. BHARADAND L.B.THULASIRAM 2389

10 TRENDS IN DESTINATION-WISE EXPORT OF GUM GUAR FROM INDIA- N. MANJUNATH, H. LOKESHA, G.B. LOKESH AND M.G. PATIL 2394

11 IMPACT OF SEED ZINC AND IRON CONTENT OF ON GERMINATION AND SEEDLING VIGOUR IN PIGEONPEA- D. HANUMANTHAPPA, S.N. VASUDEVAN, N.M. SHAKUNTALA, S. MUNISWAMY, B. KISAN AND SANGEETA I. MACHA 2398

12 STUDIES ON PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL PROFILES IN VILLAGE BARAGAON NANDUR, TALUKA RAHURI, DIST- AHMEDNAGAR OF STATE MAHARASTRA- VADDEPALLY PAVAN, M.R. CHAUHAN, A.G. DURGUDE AND A.L. PHARANDE 2402

13 STUDIES ON MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL PROFILES IN VILLAGE BARAGAON NANDUR, TALUKA RAHURI, DIST- AHMEDNAGAR OF STATE MAHARASTRA- VADDEPALLY PAVAN, M.R. CHAUHAN AND A.G. DURGUDE 2407

14 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF NPK AND VERMICOMPOST ON PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL IN GREENGRAM [VIGNA RADIATA L.)] CV. SAMRAT- BADAVATH SRINIVAS, NARENDRA SWAROOP AND B. CHANDRA SHEKER 2412

15 EFFECT OF SEED TREATMENT AND FOLIAR SPRAY OF BIOAGENTS AND FUNGICIDES ON THE DISEASE SEVERITY OF ASCOCHYTA BLIGHT OF CHICKPEA INCITED BY ASCOCHYTA RABIEI- C. MAHARANA, NEHA SINGH, L.B. YADAV AND Y. SINGH 2415

16 ON FARM TRIAL: A TECHNOLOGY TOOL FOR INCREASING PIGEONPEA YIELD IN NALGONDA DISTRICT OF TELANGANA- K. MAMATHA,VANKUDOTHU RAVINDER NAIKAND M. SHANKAR 2420

17 EXTENT OF ADOPTION OF FARMERS ABOUT BT COTTON PRACTICES: PROBLEMS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING THE ADOPTION OF BT COTTON PRACTICES- P. PAVAN KUMAR, S. KIRAN REDDY AND R.K. DHOREY 2423

18 SCREENING OF MAIZE RHIZOSPERIC PHOSPHATE SOLUBILIZIING ISOLATES FOR PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING CHARACTERISTICS- S. VINOD BABU, S. TRIVENI, R. SUBHASH REDDY AND J. SATHYANARAYANA 2426

19 DRIP FERTIGATION EFFECTS ON NUTRIENT AND WATER USE BY RABI ONION (ALLIUM CEPA L.): A CLIMATOLOGICAL APPROACH- D.C. LOKHANDE, A.G. MUNDHE AND A.M. BHOSALE 2436

20 INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT’S EFFECT ON NUTRIENTS CONTENT AND NUTRIENTS UPTAKE OF OKRA (ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS (L.) MOENCH)- C. CIBA AND M. SYAMALA 2440

21 SUMMER SORGHUM (SORGHUM BICOLOR (L.) MOENCH) PRODUCTION INFLUENCED BY IRRIGATION SCHEDULING : A CLIMATOLOGICAL APPROACH- D.C. LOKHANDE, U.M. KHODKE AND A.G. MUNDHE 2444

22 EFFECT OF DRIP FERTIGATION ON CHILLI - AGRONOMIC USE EFFICIENCY (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.) CV. KKM-1- C. CIBA AND M. SYAMALA 2448

23 FARMER PARTICIPATORY SEED PRODUCTION AND ADOPTION OF RICE-TECHNOLOGY PACKAGE BY TRIBAL FARMERS IN RANGA REDDY DISTRICT OF TELANGANA- AMTUL WARIS, NIRMALA BANDUMULA AND L.V. SUBBA RAO 2453

24 IMPACT OF DIFFERENT SOURCES OF ORGANIC MANURES IN COMPARISON WITH RDF AND INM ON IMPORTANT QUALITY PARAMETERS OF RICE VARIETY CO(R)48 WITH YIELD AND DERIVED CORRELATION AND REGRESSION EQUATIONS UNDER SITE-SPECIFIC ORGANIC FARMING CONDITION- S. ALAGAPPAN AND R. VENKITASWAMY 2459

25 EFFICACY OF SULPHUR ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF BLACKGRAM IN TYPIC HAPLUSTERT AND TYPIC RHODUSTALF IN SOILS OF TAMIL NADU- B. GOKILA, S. SIVAGNANAM, G. MARIAPPAN AND K. BASKAR 2476

26 AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF INTEGRATION OF OIL MARKETS IN TAMIL NADU- R. LOGANATHAN, K. MANI, M. CHANDRASEKARAN AND V.J. VASANTHI 2484

27 AN ECONOMIC ISSUE IN BIOTECHNOLOGY- THE CASE OF BT COTTON IN TAMIL NADU- R. LOGANATHAN AND V.J. VASANTHI 2494

28 LIVELIHOOD IMPACT OF FARM DIVERSIFICATION IN DRYLAND ECOSYSTEM- P. LAVANYA AND M. ANAMICA 2502

29 EVALUATION OF SEQUENTIAL APPLICATION OF NEW INSECTICIDES AGAINST HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA (HUBNER) ON PIGEONPEA- S.D. BANTEWAD, P.A. PAGAR AND S.G. WAGH 2509

30 INFLUENCE OF SEEDLING AGE ON YIELD AND ECONOMICS OF DIFFERENT RICE LANDRACES IN TAMIL NADU- A. MOHAMMED ASHRAF, SUBBALAKSHMI LOKANADAN AND G. MARIAPPAN 2514

31 PHOSPHOROUS MOBILITY UNDER SUB SURFACE DRIP FERTIGATION SYSTEM ON BANANA CV. RASTHALI- M. YUVARAJ AND P.P. MAHENDRAN 2519

32 MULTI OBJECTIVE FRAME WORK FOR MAXIMIZING PRODUCTION, PROFIT AND LAND ALLOCATION GOALS AT FARM LEVEL IN VILLUPURAM DISTRICT- S. ARIVARASAN, M. CHINNADURAI, V. BALAMURUGAN AND K. THOMAS FELIX 2524

33 PATHOGENICITY TEST THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INOCULATION TECHNIQUES FOR STEM ROT IN MUSTARD- OMPRAKASH BHARTI, R.K. PANDYA AND REETI SINGH 2530

34 CHARACTERIZATION OF NANO-GYPSUM THROUGH NANOTECHNOLOGICAL APPROACH- M. SANTHOSH KUMAR AND S. THIYAGESHWARI 2535

35 COMBINING ABILITY AND GENE ACTION FOR GRAIN YIELD AND NUTRITIONAL TRAITS IN BARNYARD MILLET (ECHINOCHLOA FRUMENTACEA (ROXB.) LINK)- V.G. RENGANATHAN, S.M. IBRAHIM, C. VANNIARAJAN, J. PRABAKARAN AND P. ARUNACHALAM 2540

36 DEVELOPMENT OF NUTRIENT ENRICHED ANIMAL FEED FROM TOMATO POMACE WASTE UNDER SOLID STATE FERMENTATION- H.N. ROJA, R. VEENA, M.B. DARSHAN, K.B. MUNISHAMANNA AND V. PALANIMUTHU 2545

37 STUDY OF TREATMENTS AND THEIR INTERACTION THROUGHOUT POXIMATE ANALYSIS IN WHEAT, OAT AND BARLEY CROPS- DEEPIKA VERMA AND ANITA DESHMUKH 2557

38 GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND SURVIVAL OF L. VANNAMEI IN BIOFLOC TREATMENTS GROWN WITH DIFFERENT CARBON SOURCES- K. PAMANNA, K. VEERANJANEYULU AND M. GOUTHAMCHOWDARY 2562

39 CHANGES IN CROPPING PATTERN AND CROP DIVERSIFICATION IN YAWATMAL DISTRICT- V.C. KORADE, V.K. KHOBARKAR, P.K. MAKHARE AND K.P. PATIL 2573

40 ANALYZING THE GROUP DYNAMICS AMONG RURAL SELF-HELP GROUP WOMEN- M.V. KARUNA JEBA MARY, T.N. SUJEETHA, J. THILAGAM AND J.V. RAVICHANDRAN 2577

41 DEVELOPING GROUP DYNAMICS INDEX FOR SELF-HELP GROUP MEMBERS- M.V. KARUNA JEBA MARY AND P.P. MURUGAN 2582

42 CONSTRAINTS AND SUGGESTIONS OFFERED BY ENTREPRENEURS FOR PROMOTING NEW ENTREPRENEURS- J. THILAGAM, M.V. KARUNA JEBA MARY AND J. VENKATA PIRABHU 2588

43 ANALYSING SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF ENTREPRENEURS- J. THILAGAM, M.V. KARUNA JEBA MARY AND J. VENKATA PIRABHU 2592

44 ROLE EXPECTATIONS OF TRIBAL WOMEN AS PERCEIVED BY THEIR HUSBANDS IN FARM AND HOME MANAGEMENT- T.N. SUJEETHA AND M.V. KARUNA JEBA MARY 2597

45 INFLUENCE OF ORGANIC AMENDMENTS AND BIOAGENTS ON DEVELOPMENT OF WILT AND COLLAR ROT OF CHICKPEA (CICER ARIETINUM L.)- KIRTI PAWAR AND BANWARI LAL VERMA 2601

46 EFFECT OF PRE-HARVEST SPRAY OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS AND NUTRIENTS ON YIELD AND MARKETABLE QUALITY OF GUAVA (PSIDIUM GUAJAVA L.)- R. JATAV, A.K. BARHOLIA, R. TIWARI AND N. VASURE 2605

47 EFFECT OF INORGANIC FERTILIZERS, VERMICOMPOST AND BIO-FERTILIZERS ON FLORAL CHARACTERS OF AFRICAN MARIGOLD (TAGETES ERECTA L.) CV. PUSA NARANGI- POOJA DINGRODIYA, A.K. BARHOLIA, A. HALDAR, R.S. BHADOURIA AND S. KUMAR 2611

48 EFFECT OF PLANT DENSITY, NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS LEVEL ON GROWTH CHARECTERS OF COWPEA (VIGNA UNGUICULATA (L.) WALP)- MANISHA SHIVADE, M.S. PARIHAR, P. BARDE, A. HALDAR AND R. THAKUR 2616

49 DEVELOPMENT OF AGRIPRENEURSHIP AS A TOOL OF POVERTY REDUCTION- K. VEERANJANEYULU, R.V.T. BALAZZIINAAIIK, V. RAVINDERNAIK AND M. SHANKAR 2622

50 EVALUATION OF WEATHER BASED CROP INSURANCE IN KARNATAKA AS A RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY- H. JEYANTHI 2627

51 ECONOMIC ANALSYSIS OF RATOON MANAGEMENT IN SUGARCANE AND ITS ASSESSMENT ON PRODUCTIVITY IN VELLORE DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU- V. DAVID CHELLA BASKAR AND M.S. RAMAN 2638