RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENT AND
LIFE SCIENCES
Volume-8, Number-3, August-2015
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 399-402 (2015) Influence of seed rate and
seed invigoration techniques to improve emergence, growth and yield of late sown wheat Geeta Kaur1*, Omwati Verma1 andP.K. Dubey2 1Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, G.B. Pant
Univ. of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar-263145, U.S. Nagar, India 2Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari-396450 (Gujarat) *e-mail: geetakaur1987@gmail.com (Received: December 26, 2014; Revised
received: May 15, 2015;Accepted: May 17, 2015) |
Abstract: The impact of seed rate (100, 120 and 140 kg ha-1)
and seed invigoration treatments (control, hydro-priming for 18 hrs at 20°C,
GA3 priming at 500 ppm GA3
solution for 18 hrs at 20°C, low temperature hardening for 18 hrs followed by
chilling temperature (5 ±2°C) for 24 hrs and osmo-priming
at -3 bar solution of PEG-6000 for 96 hrs at 20°C) on crop performance were
evaluated under late sown wheat. Initial plant population (m-2)
improved significantly with increase in seed rate. Seed rate of 120 kg ha-1
showed the earliest emergence and first tiller formation. It was
significantly superior to 140 kg seed ha-1 and at par with 100 kg
seed ha-1.Similarly more leaf area (cm2 shoot-1)
and leaf dry weight (mg shoot-1) was observed with 120 kg of seed
rate. Higher seed rate improved LAI at 90 day after sowing than that of lower
seed ha-1. In case of priming treatments, low temperature
hardening increases the speed and uniformity of emergence and first tiller
formation than non primed seed. In low temperature hardening plant population
also increased by 11.2 % over control seed. There was no effect of
invigoration treatments on leaf area at 100 DAS. Significantly highest LAI
was observed with control at 90 days after sowing which was significantly at
par with hydro-priming and osmo-priming. No
significant variation was recorded in grains spike-1, number of productive
shoots and grain yield due to different seed rate and priming treatments. Key words:
Wheat, seed invigoration, seed rate, low temperature stress. |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 403-406 (2015) Isochronous secondary
radiation in aromatic compounds Ilyos Rakhmatullaev*1,
Vladimir Gorelik2 and Abdulla Kurbonov1 1Institute of Applied Physics of National University of
Uzbekistan 2P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia *e-mail: rakhmatullaev@uzscience.uz (Received: April 05, 2014; Revised
received: August01, 2015;Accepted: August02, 2015) |
Abstract:We propose an improved method of recording of the spectra of
micro- and nanopowders under repetitively pulsed
laser excitation. The newly developed laser source is capable nondestructive
heating of substances providing the possibility of multiple measurements
without damage of the sample. Isochronous secondary radiation spectra of a
number of aromatic powders are studied and relaxation times of the
corresponding electron terms are calculated. Using pulse-periodic excitation
and the time delay settings in the registration system allowed us to study
the conditions of the emergence and separation of “fast” and “slow”
components of the secondary radiation of the structures under study. The
developed method provides information even with small amounts of the sample. Key words:isochronous spectra, fluorescence, powder, copper vapor laser, aromatic
compounds, secondary radiation, delay time |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 407-409 (2015) Studies on economics of
bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) involving nitrogen and vermicompost Ram Kumar,Yamuna
Prasad Singh*, T. Singh ,Adesh Kumar and Chandradeo Department of Vegetable Science, Narendra Deva University of
Agriculture and Technology, Faizabad - 224 229,
India *e-mail: yamunasingh1947@gmail.com (Received: November 09, 2014; Revised
received: May 25, 2015;Accepted: May28, 2015) |
Abstract: The soil of the experimental field was sandy loam in texture
havingpH.7.9i.e. twelve treatments T1 (25 kg Nitrogen ha-1),
T2 (25 kg Nitrogen ha-1 + 2.5 ton Vermicompost
ha-1), T3 (25 kg Nitrogen ha-1 + 5 ton Vermicompost ha-1), T4 (50 kg
Nitrogen ha-1), T5 (50 kg Nitrogen ha-1 +
2.5 ton Vermicompost ha-1), T6
(50 kg Nitrogen ha-1 + 5 ton Vermicompost/ha),
T7 (75 kg Nitrogen ha-1), T8 (75 kg Nitrogen
ha-1 + 2.5 ton Vermicompost ha-1),
T9 (75 kg Nitrogen ha-1 + 5 ton Vermicompost
ha-1), T10 (100 kg Nitrogen ha-1), T11
(100 kg Nitrogen ha-1 + 2.5 ton Vermicompost
ha-1), T12 (100 kg Nitrogen ha-1 + 5 ton ha-1)were
arranged in Factorial Randomized Block Design with three replication. T12
(Nitrogen 100 kg ha-1 + Vermicompost 5
ton ha-1) was found to be most useful in connection with promotion
of all yield attributes which recorded highest yield i.e. 202.51q ha-1.
However, maximum net return Rs.130814 as well as benefit:cost ratio (2.35:1) was obtained under the
treatment T10 (N 100 kg ha-1) was found to be most
remunerative treatment. Key words:
Nitrogen, Vermicompost, Bitter Gourd, Yield,
Economics |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 410-412 (2015) Effect of integrated
nutrient management on economics of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas
L.) Praveen Kumar Singh*, P.K. Singh, Yamuna
Prasad Singh and Manish Kumar Singh Department of Vegetable Science, Narendra Deva University of
Agriculture and Technology, Faizabad - 224 229,
India *e-mail: anshanusingh89@gmail.com (Received: November 27, 2014; Revised
received: May 27, 2015;Accepted: May28, 2015) |
Abstract:The present experiment was carried out with sweet potato cv.
NDSP-65 in randomized block design with three replications during 2012-13.
The experiment comprised of ten different treatment combinations. T1
(Recommended dose of fertilizer (NPK) @50:25:50kg/ha), T2 (RDF
(NPK) + 1t/ha Neem cake), T3 (RDF (NPK)
+ 2t/ha Neem cake), T4 (RDF (NPK) +
3t/ha Neem cake), T5 (FYM @ 10t/ha + RDF
+ 1t/ha Neem cake), T6 (FYM @ 10t/ha +
RDF + 2t/ha Neem cake), T7 (FYM @ 10t/ha
+ RDF +3t/ha Neem cake), T8(FYM @ 5t/ha
+ RDF + 1t/ha Neem cake), T9 (FYM @
5t/ha + RDF + 2t/ha Neem cake) and T10
(FYM @ 5t/ha + RDF + 3t/ha Neem cake). The
experimental findings evident that the use of T7 (FYM @ 10t/ha +
RDF +3t/ha Neem cake) was found better with respect
to promotion of growth, yield and quality parameters of sweet potato. The
maximum values on growth characters were recorded by the use of FYM @ 10t/ha
+ RDF +3t/ha Neem cake (T7). T7
(FYM @ 10t/ha + RDF +3t/ha Neem cake) was found to
be most useful in connection with promotion of all yield attributes which
recorded highest yield i.e. 261.92 q/ha. However, maximum net return
Rs.168279 as well as benefit: cost ratio (3.07) was obtained under treatments
T8(FYM @ 5t/ha + RDF + 1t/ha Neem
cake)was found to be most remunerative treatment and help in taking decision
for successful crop production of sweet potato from farmer’s point of view. Key words:
INM, Sweet Potato, Yield, Economics |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 413-415 (2015) Effect of integrated
nutrient management on bulb production of tuberose (Polianthes
tuberosa Linn) cv. Hyderabad Double Sandeep Kumar, A. K. Singh and Amar singh* Deptt. of Horticulture, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Narendra Deva Univ. of
Agriculture & Technology, Faizabad- 224 229,
India *e-mail: aruks59@gmail.com (Received: November 22, 2014; Revised
received: May 29, 2015;Accepted: June 1, 2015) |
Abstract:The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with
thirteen treatments comprising of PSB (Phosphate Solubilizing
Bacteria), Azotobacter and FYM alone or in
combination with each other and variable doses of N, P and K in three
replications. Maximum number of bulblets
(16.50/clump) were produced in T11 treatment during 2009-10
followed by T10 (15.73/clump), and T12 (14.73/clump)
and the same pattern was recorded in 2010-11. During 2009-10 the maximum
weight of bulblets (84.80 g/clump) was recorded in
T11 treatment followed by T10 (83.67 g/clump). PSB+ Azotobacter +50% N+50% P+K+FYM (T11) revealed
the highest yield of bulblets during 2009-10 and
2010-11 (72.80 q/ha-1 and 73.50 q/ha-1,
respectively) followed by T12 (63.34 q/ha-1 and 63.95
q/ha-1, respectively) and T13 (61.50 q/ha-1
and 61.85 q/ha-1 respectively) treatment combination. Number of
bulb per clump varied significantly in the experimentation year 2009-10 and
2010-11. The treatment combination of PSB + Azotobacter
+ 50% N + 50% P + K + FYM (T11) proved the best with respect to
number of bulb per clump (8.50 and 9.10 during 2009-10 and 2010-11,
respectively) followed by T10 (7.13 and 7.85, respectively) and T12
(7.00 in 2009-10 and 7.15, in 2010-11).During both cropping year treatment T11
revealed the maximum weight of bulbs (160.67 g/clump in 2009-10 and
161.85 g/clump in 2010-11) followed by T10 (156.70 in 2009-10 and
158.10 g/clump in 2010-11) and T9 (150.67 g/clump in 2009-10 and
151.50 g/clump in 2010-11) treatment combinations. During 2009-10, yield of
bulb ranged from 69.91 q/ha to 144.55 q/ha being maximum in treatment
combination of PSB + Azotobacter + 50% N + 50% P +
K + FYM(T11) followed by T10 (143.33 q/ha) and T12
(135.75 q/ha). During 2010-11 bulb yield varied from 70.10 – 146.10q/ha-1
being highest in T11 (146.10 q/ha-1) followed by T10
(144.85 q/ha-1) and T12 (136.10 q/ha-1). Key words:
Nutient, Tuberose, Azotobacter,
Bulb production |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 416-418 (2015) Effect of micronutrient
(zinc, boron) and different combination with apsa-80 on growth, yield and
quality and economic of strawberry(Fragaria ananassa
Duch.) Sandeep Singh1, Deepak Kumar Gautam2 and Amar
Singh*3 1 Department of Horticulture, Sam Higginbottom
Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, Allahabad, India, 2Department of VegetableScience ,
NDUA&T, Faizabad, India; 3 SMS
Horticulture KVK, Kannauj, India *e-mail: aruks59@gmail.com (Received: November 28, 2014; Revised
received: June 06, 2015;Accepted: June 8, 2015) |
Abstract:A field experiment was carried out at Department of
Horticulture, Sam Higginbottom Institute of
Agriculture, Technology and Science, Allahabad. India during 2013-14. The
experiment was laid out in randomized block design with 12 treatments in
three replications on Zinc, Boron and APSA-80. The treatments included Zinc
(0.2%), Boron (0.4%) and APSA-80(1ml and 2ml). The results revealed that
maximum plant height (27.07cm), number of leaves (15.87), plant spread (32.50
cm2) and petiole length (15.00 cm) were recorded in APSA-80(2ml) +
Zn(0.2%) + B (0.4%)followed by APSA-80(1ml) + Zn(0.2%) + B(0.4%). The maximum
number of flower (16.73), fruits (13.73), yield (16.43 t/ha) and quality
obtained in APSA-80(2ml) + Zn (0.2%) + B (0.4%).). The Maximum T.S.S (8.030Brix), Specific gravity (1.91), Ascorbic Acid
(59.13mg/100g of pulp) and the minimum Acidity (0.57%) and pH (3.39) were
recorded in T10 (APSA-80 +Zn(0.2%) + Boron (0.4%) followed by T4.
The least values were recorded in the control. Key words:
Strawberry, Zinc, Boron, APSA-80, Growth, Yield and Quality |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 419-420 (2015) Effect of different
sources of potassium and urea on fruit quality and yield of aonla (Emblica officinalis Gaertn.) Deepti
Srivastava*1, A.L. Yadav1,
Govind Vishwakarma1
and Sumit Pal2 1Department
of Horticulture, N.D.U.A. &T., Faizabad- 224
229, India; 2Institute of Agriculture Science, B.H.U.,
Varanasi- 221 005, India *e-mail: deepti.mili.srivastava@gmail.com (Received: December 10, 2014; Revised
received: June 14, 2015;Accepted: June 18, 2015) |
Abstract:The present investigation was carried out in randomized block
design (R.B.D.) with eight treatments and replicated three times, considering
one plant as a unit. The uniform management practices with respect to
nutrition and irrigation were adopted for experimental trees kept. The
observations were recorded for quality and yield of aonla
fruits. The maximum fruit yield, total soluble solids (TSS), acidity,
ascorbic acid, reducing sugar, non-reducing sugars and total sugar were
recorded with the foliar application of Potassium sulphate+
Urea (2% each), followed by Potassium chloride + Urea (2% each) whereas the
lowest result was noted under the control (Water spray). Key words:
Potassium sulphate, Urea, Fruit quality and Fruit
yield |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 421-424 (2015) Mean comparison of agronomic traits in kalmegh
(Andrographis
paniculata Nees.) Germplasm based Malay Marut
Sharma*, O.P. Singh, Karuna Shankar and Yamuna
Prasad Singh Department of Medicinal and Aromatic
Plants, College of Horticulture and Forestry,N.D.U.
A. & T., Faizabad- 224 229, India *e-mail: sharmamalay4968@gmail.com (Received: December 06, 2014; Revised
received: June 18, 2015;Accepted: June 22, 2015) |
Abstract:To assess the
mean comparison present in kalmegh( Andrographis paniculata ),
the twenty diverse indigenous collections were evaluated at main experiment
station, department of horticulture, Faizabad
during the year 2010-11 in randomized block design, replicated thrice for the
traits including, plant height , number of primary branches, leaf length,
leaf width, days to firstflowering, days to fifty
per cent flowering, fresh weight of herb per plant, dry weight of herb per
plant and Andrographolide content in per cent on
dry weight basis . The highly significant variations were observed for all
the characters except leaf width, indicating enough variability present in
the selected genotypes for the characters studied. The plant height ranged
from 52.6 to 73.8 cm for the genotype IC-111286 and IC-111290 respectively.
The number of primary branches were varied between
12.8 to 18.9 in genotype IC-210699 and IC-342139 respectively. The longest
leaves were noted in Ic-210699 and the shortest leaves for the genotype
IC-471894 and the widest for the genotype IC-111290 while the narrowest for
the genotype IC-341236.Maximum days to first flowering and days to 50%
flowering were noted in genotype IC- 210699 while values were found minimum
in IC-210635 and IC-111291 respectively. The maximum fresh herb yield per
plant was recorded for the genotype IC-471894 (175.6 g) and minimum in
IC-111287 (95.3 g). The highest dry herb yield per plant was noted for the
genotype IC- 471894 (63.7g) and lowest in IC-342141(28.5g). The Andrographolide content varied from 1.26 to 2.86% on dry
weight basis. It was estimated maximum in IC-210699 and minimum in IC-111288. Key words:
Mean Comparison, Kalmegh |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 425-430 (2015) Studies on determination of storage stability
of aonla products Prem Kant Yadav1, Govind Vishwakarma2
and D.K. Yadav2 1Department of Horticulture, C.S.A.U.A. &.T. Kanpur-208
002,India 2Department of Horticulture, N.D.U.A. &.T. Kumarganj, Faizabad-224 229, India *e-mail: govind0139@gmail.com (Received: December 23, 2014; Revised
received: June 07, 2015;Accepted: June 09, 2015) |
Abstract: Aonla fruits used for experiments
were harvested at maturity and collected in polythene bag. One kg mature aonla fruits of each cvs. as Banarasi and Krishna were
taken for assessing the recipe for the preparation of aonla
products. Both the cultivars Banarasi and Krishna
exhibited usually same trend of variation during storage in different aonla products but the cultivar Banarasi
recorded maximum TSS, Acidity, Ascorbic acid, organoleptic
quality than Krishna whereas,maximum browning was
recorded in Krishna than Banarasi in both the years
(2004-05 & 2005-06). The recipes Syrup, Jam, Candy and Preserve were
prepared and evaluated for organoleptic . Key words:
Aonla, TSS, Acidity, Ascorbic acid, Organoleptic quality, Syrup, Jam, Candy and Preserve |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 431-434 (2015) Technological gap in
adopted of hybrid rice cultivation practices by the farmers
of Manipur K. Santosh1
M.K. Singh1, P. Kumar2 andDaya
Ram1 1Extension Education, College of Agriculture, CAU,
Imphal-795004,India 2Agricultural Economics C.C.S. Mahavidhyalaya
Bardari,Barabanki-225205, India *e-mail: drpramodkumar1973@gmail.com (Received: December 23, 2014; Revised
received: June 07, 2015;Accepted: June 09, 2015) |
Abstract: Imphal-East District of Manipur
was selected purposively for present study. Based on the maximum area
cultivated under hybrid rice, Keirao Bitra block was selected purposively. Total a sample size
of 106 respondents were selected through Complete Survey method. The
collected data were subjected for analyzing by using appropriate statistical
tools namely, frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation simple
correlation coefficient and multiple regressions. 27.36 per cent of the
respondents showed no gap in seed rate by adopting the recommended seed rate.
However, majority of the respondents (72.64%) was found in the partial gap.
Majority of the respondents were51.89 per cent showed partial gap in timely
nursery rising. 68.87 per cent of the respondents were found in full gap in
adoption of plant protection in nursery. Majority of the respondents (66.04%)
were found under partial gap in timely transplanting. Majority of the
respondents (54.72%) were found under no gap in the use of recommended
nitrogen fertilizer dose. The uses of phosphorus fertilizer by majority of
the respondents (66.04%) were found under partial gap in the using of
recommended phosphorus fertilizer. Majority of the respondents (62.26%)
showed partial gap in the use of recommended potassic
fertilizer dose. majority of the respondents (71.70%) belonged to medium
category of technological gap followed by low level of technological gap
(25.47%). Only (2.83%) of the respondents had high extent of technological
gap. This indicates that majority of the farmers where in partial gap due to
lack of complete knowledge and information about the recommended practices in
hybrid rice cultivation technology. Key words:
Technological gap, Hybrid rice, Water management and Weed management |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 435-437 (2015) Effect of various levels
of sulphur and varieties on yield and yield
attributing characters, oil content and sulphur uptake in Indian mustard (Brissica
juncea L. Czern &
Coss.) Pradeep Kumar1, R. A. Singh1, Bhagwan singh1 and
L. B. Gaur*2 1Department of Agronomy, N.D. University of Agriculture &
Technology, Faizabad -224 229,India 2Deptt. of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Institute of agricultural
Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India *e-mail: lbgpbbhu@gmail.com (Received: December 12, 2014; Revised
received: June 14, 2015;Accepted: June 18, 2015) |
Abstract: The results revealed that the maximum number of siliquae plant-1, length of siliqua, number of seeds siliqua-1, harvest index and oil
content were recorded with application sulphur of
60 kg ha-1 which was significantly over rest of treatments.
However, 1000-seed weight, biological yield, seed yield, stover
yield and protein content were significantly increased with increasing doses
of sulphur upto 40 kg ha-1.
Among different genotypes, Varuna’ gave
higher siliquae plant-1, siliqua length, seed siliqua-1,
seed yield plant-1 and 1000 seed weight which was significantly
superior over rest of genotypes. Varuna also gave
highest net return and benefit cost ratio (1.7). Among levels of sulphur, the net returns increased with the increase in sulphur dose up to 40 kg ha-1. higher oil content in seed was recorded with the
application of 60 kg S ha-1, which was significantly superior over
control and at par with 40 kg S ha-1. This was probably due to the
facts that the sulphur is a constituent of lipids
and it is also essential for the synthesis of lipids. Based on cost analysis,
‘Varuna’ gave the maximum net returns (Rs 24,081 ha-1),
followed by ‘Ashirwad’ (Rs 19814 ha-1).
This may be because of higher yield of component varieties. Among levels of sulphur, the net returns increased with the increase in sulphur dose up to 40 kg ha-1. The highest net
returns of Rs 17,372 ha-1 was recorded at 40 kg S ha-1,
being 122.0 and 35 % higher than that at 0 and 20 kg S ha-1. Key words:
Genotypes, Indian mustard, Nutrient uptake, Sulphur |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 438-440 (2015) Inheritance of bacterial leaf blight resistance in rice
cultivar HUR-105 A.K. Singh, R.K. Singh, Rajesh Saini, Mukh Ram and P.K. Singh* Department of Genetics and Plant
Breeding, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi-221005, India *e-mail: pksbbhu@gmail.com (Received: January 19, 2015; Revised
received: June 18, 2015;Accepted: June 22, 2015) |
Abstract: The mode of inheritance of resistance to bacterial leaf
blight was studied in six generations of cross HUR-105 X IRBB-55. The
resistance cultivar IRBB-55 showed 4.4% disease severity, while susceptible
cultivar HUR-105 showed 52.80% disease severity against Xanthomonas
oryzae pv. oryzae. The area
under the disease progress curve of resistance cultivar was 47.60 which are
significantly less than the susceptible cultivar 614.06. The F1
plants were observed to be resistant with average disease severity 08.33% and
AUDPC 82.81. The F2 populations were phenotypically
classified into three distinct classes as resistant or moderately resistance,
moderately susceptible and susceptible in the ratio 12:3:1, which is mainly
due to dominant effects of resistant genes Xa21. The B1 and
B2 populations were classified in to two distinct classes as
resistant (resistant/ moderately resistant) and susceptible (moderately
susceptible/ susceptible) in the ratio 1:1. The their chi square value for F2,
B1 and B2 populations were 3.38, 2.82 and
3.42 which is non-significant at 5% level of significance indicating that
observed data are in accordance with expected ratio and follow Mendelian pattern of inheritance to bacterial leaf blight
in B1 and B2 generations but modification in the F2
populations, it showed masking gene action due to presence of dominant
effects of resistant gene Xa21. Key words:
AUDPC, Bacterial leaf blight, disease severity, Inheritance |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 441-442(2015) Field evaluation of insecticides for management of whitefly (bemisia tabaci)
in brinjal Payal Devi*, Tarun Kumar Sahu and Vijay Kumar Koshta Department of Entomology, Indira Gandhi Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G.) - 492012, India *e-mail: payal0312chandrakar@gmail.com (Received: January 05, 2015; Revised
received: May 22, 2015;Accepted: May 24, 2015) |
Abstract: Studies on field evaluation of insecticides for management
of whitefly (Bemisia tabaci)
on brinjal were carried out during 2013. Seven
insecticides, i.e., Emamectin benzoate 5SG @ 125
g/ha, Spinosad 45SC @ 160 ml/ha, Profenophos 50EC @ 1000 ml/ha, Rynaxypyr
20EC @ 60 ml/ha, Deltamethrin 1% + Triazophos 35% EC @ 2000 ml/ha, Acephate
75SP @ 666.66 g/ha Carbosulfan 25EC @ 875 ml/ha and
untreated control, were tested to suppress whitefly (Bemisia
tabaci) in brinjal. Profenophos 50 EC @ 1000 ml/ha was found superior against
whitefly with the lowest whitefly population (3.95/plant). Key words:
Field evaluation, Insecticides, Sucking insect pest, Brinjal
whitefly |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 443-446 (2015) Correlation and path coefficient analysis in certain
quantitative traits in rice (Oryza sativa
L.) under saline-alkaline condition Anant Kumar* and O.P. Verma N.D. University of Agriculture and
Technology, Faizabad -224 229,India *e-mail: nntkmr3@gmail.com (Received: December 16, 2014; Revised
received: June 06, 2015;Accepted: June 09, 2015) |
Abstract: Associations among grain yield and eleven biometrical
quantitative traits were studied under saline-alkaline condition in forty
five hybrids of rice. Results revealed that grain yield had a highly
significant and negative correlation with days to 50% flowering and days to maturity,
indicating suitable for crop rotation. The grain yield/plant was found to be
associated positively and significantly at both phenotypic and genotypic leveles with biological yield/plant. The perusal of the
data reflected that certain traits were inter correlated among themselves viz; days to 50% flowering, with days to maturity
and 1000-grain weight; 1000-grain weight with days to maturity and plant
height. Path coefficient at phenotypiclevel reflectedhighest direct positive effect on grain yield with
biological yield per plant followed by harvest index while at genotypic
level, biological yield per plant had highest direct positive effect on grain
yield per plant followed by harvest index. These direct and /or indirect
contributors may be selected to enhance the production and productivity ofrice under saline-alkaline condition. Key words:
Correlation coefficient, Path coefficient analysis and rice (Oryza sativa L.) |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 447-450 (2015) A review on fly ash as an excellent bio-product for insect
pest management Tamoghna Saha and Nithya
C.* Department of Entomology, Bihar
Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur-813210,
Bihar, India *e-mail: nithyacr@yahoo.com (Received: January 04, 2015; Revised
received: June 18, 2015;Accepted: June 26, 2015) |
Abstract: Fly ash, the tarnished waste product of coal based thermal
power plants and familiar for its ailing effects on agricultural land, may
now provide the farming community. These coal and lignite fly ash are equally
performed as a fine carrier for bio pesticides. In addition to supply of
nutrients from fly-ash with bio-solids may enhance their agricultural use.
Thus, use of fly ash is an effectual way of utilization of problematical
fly-ash waste in a productive manner. However, several studies anticipated
that fly ash could be used to improve physical, chemical and biological
properties of the degraded soils and are a source of easily available and
cheaper micro, macro-nutrients for crops. Fly ash is exploited as a
conditioner to seize soil erosion and to induce plant resistance against
diseases. The aim of this review was to provide valuable information on
beneficial use of fly ash based pesticide for agricultural purpose. In this
review was also covers the sources, merits and applications of fly ash based
pesticides and fertilizers in agricultural perspective. Key words:
Fly ash, Insect pest, Bio-product, Management, Crop |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 451-456 (2015) Studies on combining
ability in inter heterotic group derived cottonhybrids for lint yield and its components H.G.Kencharaddi*1., R.R.Hanchinal2
and S.S.Patil1 1Deptt. of Genetic and Plant Breeding, University of Agricultural
Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005, India; 2PPV&
FRA, New Delhi, India *e-mail: reddy.bmreddy@gmail.com (Received: January 10, 2015; Revised
received: June 05, 2015;Accepted: June 10, 2015) |
Abstract: Combining ability is the capacity of an individual to
transmit superior performance to its offspring. Combining ability of line or
inbred is important factor in determining future usefulness of the lines for
developing hybrids. The analysis of general and specific combining ability
helps in identifying potential parents or inbreds
for production of superior hybrids. General and specific combining ability
effects were estimated for twelve parents and their 32 hybrids. The results
of the present investigation on combining ability effects revealed that
parent DSMR-10 exhibited significant gca effects
for most of the characters viz., lint yield (kg ha-1),number
of boll per plant,boll weight (g), sympodial length at 50 per cent plant height (cm),
ginning outturn (%). Hence it was considered as good general combiner. The
parent DSG3-5 exhibited significant gca effect for
number of bolls per plant and reproductive points on sympodia.
The parent DRGR-257 exhibited significant gca
effect for Lint yield.DRGR-24-178 exhibited significant gca
effect for boll weight, reproductive points on sympodia
and plant height. The parent DRGR-32-100 recorded significant gca effect for plant height and number of monopodia per plant.As regardsspecific combining ability effects, it was
observed that, the cross DSMR-10 x DSG3-5 and DRGR-24-178 x DRGR-32-100
recorded significant sca effects for number of
bolls per plant and boll weight (g). Likewise other crosses also revealed
significant sca effects for some yield components
traits which confirmed the role of non-additive effects in governing
inheritance of these quantitative characters. The results also revealed the
crosses of stay greenand robust with high RGR-types
were found to be superior and this confirms the heterotic
pattern between stay green, robust Vs high RGR-groups. Key words:
Heterotic groups, High RGR, Robust, Stay green,
Combining ability,gca and sca |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 457-458 (2015) Plant growth promotion activity of phyllospheric
isolates against phomopsis blight caused by Phomopsis vexans L.
in egg plant (Solanum melongena
L.) Pranati Panda*1, Nenvath Balram2, and Ipsita Kar2 1Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of
Agricultural Sciences, BHU, Varanasi- 221 005, India 2Department of Agronomy, OUAT, Bhubaneswar-751 003, India *e-mail: pranati.bhu@gmail.com (Received: January 23, 2015; Revised
received: June 18, 2015;Accepted: June 22, 2015) |
Abstract: Phomopsis blight of brinjal caused by Phomopsis
vexans is an important disease of eggplant
inflicting heavy losses. The present study was carried out in poly house of
Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, BHU, Varanasi to study the plant
growth promotion activity of phyllospheric isolates
against phomopsis blight of egg plant (Solanum melongena
L.) caused by Phomopsis vexans. All the growth parameters were significantly
influenced by the phyllospheric isolates. Among all
the isolates, F4 performed well in controlling fruit rot by enhancing the
root growth, shoot growth, number of leaves and chlorophyll content at 45th day. Maximum dry weight of egg plant was
obtained with the application of F2 isolate and highest carotenoid
was noted with the spray of F1 isolate. However, it can be concluded from
molecular and biochemical characterization that F4 performed better over
other isolates in inhibiting the fruit rot in brinjal. Key words:
Chlorophyll, Carotenoid, Phomopsis
vexans, Phyllospheric
isolate, Fruit rot |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 459-462 (2015) Studies on black point disease of wheat (Triticum
aestivum L.) Lalta Prasad Mishra* and J.P. Srivastava Department of Plant Pathology, N.D.
University of Agriculture & Technology, Faizabad
-224 229,India *e-mail: lpmishra90@gmail.com (Received: December 12, 2014; Revised
received: June 14, 2015;Accepted: June 18, 2015) |
Abstract: Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), continues to be the most dynamic sector
in world grain production, grown as staple food crop, constitute the major
sources of energy and nutrition of Indian diet. The production of wheat
during 2012-13 was 92.46 mt. in the area of 29.65
m/ha and productivity 3.12t/ha. Uttar Pradesh, having the maximum area
9.13m/ha, production 30.30mt, contributes 32.77% of countries production. The
national productivity (3.14 t/ha) is very much low as compared to countries
like Germany (7.52t/ha), United Kingdom (7.34 t/ha) and Denmark (7.29
t/ha).Disease like rusts, foliar blight, loose smut, karnal
bunt, black point and ear cockle are the bottlenecks in achieving the full
potential. Black point caused by various fungal pathogens is considered asminor disease, affects the grain as well as seed
quality but its importance in global context can be imagined with the fact
that according to theU.S. grain
standards only upto 2 per cent damaged grain are
permitted in wheat grade as U.S. No.1 and 4 per cent U.S. No.2.The disease is
responsible for reduced market price and dockage by the elevator. Key words:
Triticum aestivum,
Wheat, Black point, Genotypes |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 463-464 (2015) Effect of pruning
intensity and foliar feeding of nutrients on yield and fruit quality of phalsa (Grewia subinaequalis D.C.) Shashank
Singh*1, H. K. Singh1,and Deepak Singh2 1Department of Horticulture, N.D. University of Agriculture
& Technology, Kumarganj, Faizabad-
224229, India 1Department of Horticulture, CCS Haryana Agricultural
University, Hisar-125004, India *e-mail: singhanshu412@gmail.com (Received: December 20, 2014; Revised
received: June 27, 2015;Accepted: June 30, 2015) |
Abstract: The experiment was conducted to study the effect of
different levels of pruning and foliar feeding of nutrients on yield and
quality of phalsa (Grewia
subinaequalis D.C.). The pruning level at 50 cm
above ground level had significantly maximum weight of fifty fruits (44.20 g)
and fruit yield per plant (3.82 kg). Moreover, total soluble solids (26.15B)
and ascorbic acid (34.64mg/100g pulp) were also recorded high with pruning at
50 cm above ground level. While, highest acidity (2.17%) was noted with
pruning at 75 cm above ground level. Regardless of severity of pruning,
application of ZnSO4 (0.4%) showed significantly maximum
weight of fifty fruits (45.56 g) and fruit yield per plant (3.82 kg). All
quality parameters viz., TSS (27.60ÚB), ascorbic acid (36.59mg/100g pulp) and
acidity were better with ZnSO4 (0.4%) treatment along with 50 cm pruning
above ground level closely. Key words:
Foliar Feeding, Phalsa, Pruning Intensity, Quality,
Yield |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 465-468 (2015) Impact of nutrient intake of pregnant women on birth weight of
new born Vinita Singh*1 and Rita Singh
Raghuvanshi2 1Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sagar,
Madhya Pradesh-470002, 2College of Home Science, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, India *e-mail: aakritisingh00@rediffmail.com (Received: January 22, 2015; Revised
received: June 14, 2015;Accepted: June 17, 2015) |
Abstract: The present study was undertaken in the rural areas of Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand
to find out the effect of nutrient intake by the pregnant women on the birth
weight of their newborns. For the purpose, a total of 200 pregnant women
irrespective of their trimesters of pregnancy were included as subjects from
21 villages or localities. Those subjects were then followed every trimester
for the collection of required information till their babies were born. The
nutrient intake of subjects was obtained by using 24-hour recall methods and
the observation of the birth weight of the newborns was taken within 3 days
of their birth. The results of the study revealed that 2.09 % mothers
suffered from miscarriages and 3.66 % had still birth. The prevalence of low
birth babies was 35.08 %. The nutrient intake of subjects was found
inadequate and a significant difference (pd”0.01) was found in the protein,
fat, energy, calcium, iron, iodine and some B-complex vitamins intake of
mothers having birth weight of their new born less than 2.5 kg or above 2.5
kg during the third trimester of pregnancy. Key words:
Pregnancy, Low birth weight, Macronutrient, Micronutrient, Miscarriage, Still
birth |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 469-470 (2015) Effect of foliar spray of nutrients on
yield attributing characters of mango (Mangifera
indica L.) Amar Singh*, A.L. Yadav, Jagendra Pratap Singh and Govind Vishwakarma Department of Horticulture, N.D.
University of Agriculture and Technology, Narendra
Nagar, Faizabad- 224 229, India *e-mail: amarsingh6964@gmail.com (Received: January 02, 2015; Revised
received: July 07, 2015;Accepted: July 09, 2015) |
Abstract: The experiment was carried out on 21 year old mango orchard
planted under sodic soil condition. The experiment
was conducted in Randomized Block Design (R.B.D.) and replicated in 3 times
with 7 treatments as it is considering two plants as a unit per treatment.
The observations were recorded for yield attributing characters of mango
fruits. Observations gathered with respect to maximum number of fruits per
shoot, fruit retention, size, weight, volume, pulp weight, stone weight,
pulp: stone ratio, pulp per cent and yield with decrease fruit drop was
obtained with the foliar application of T6- ZnSO4 (0.4%) followed by T5-
ZnSO4 (0.2%). However, the minimum value
was obtained with spray of water (control). Key words:
Zinc Sulphate, Fruit size, Fruit weight, Pulp per
cent and Yield |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 471-473(2015) Studies on evaluation of recipe for preparation of quality aonla products Prem Kant Yadav1, Govind Vishwakarma*2
and D.K. Yadav2 1Department of Horticulture, C.S.A.U.A. &.T. Kanpur-208
002 (U.P.) 2Department of Horticulture, N.D. University of Agriculture
and Technology, Narendra Nagar, Faizabad-
224 229, India *e-mail: govind0139@gmail.com (Received: January 03, 2015; Revised
received: July 09, 2015;Accepted: July 12, 2015) |
Abstract: Aonla fruits used for experiments
were harvested at maturity and collected in polythene bag from Main
Experimental Station, Horticulture. The investigation comprised of four
experiments. One kg mature fruit of each cultivars as Banarasi
and Krishna were replicated three times, taken for assessing the recipes for
the preparation of different aonla products (Syrup,
Jam, Candy and Preserve) to evaluate the organoleptic
quality of each cvs. The recipe No. 3 was adjudged
to be the best for jam, however recipe No. 4 was best for syrup, whereas the
recipe No. 5 was judged for both candy and preserve in both the years
(2004-05 & 2005-06). Key words:
Gooseberry, TSS, Acidity, Pulp, Syrup, Jam, Candy and Preserve |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 474-476(2015) Studies of integrated
nutrient management on physico-chemical characters
of strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch) Dileep
Kumar, Bhanu Pratap* and Govind Vishwakarma Department of Horticulture, N.D.
University of Agriculture and Technology, Narendra
Nagar, Faizabad- 224 229, India *e-mail: drbhanupratap71@gmail.com (Received: January 19, 2015; Revised
received: July 15, 2015;Accepted: July 18, 2015) |
Abstract: The present investigation was carried out in Randomized
Block Design with eight treatments and replicated three times, considering
five plants as a unit. Healthy uniform and disease free plants produce
through tissue culture were selected. The observations were recorded for physico-chemical characters of strawberry. The
significantly maximum fruit length (4.61 cm), fruit width (3.31 cm), volume
of berry (8.50 cm3), weight of berry (9.33 g), total soluble solid
(10.73 per cent), ascorbic acid (55.77 mg/100 g juice), reducing sugars (5.50
per cent), non-reducing sugar (1.93 per cent), total sugar (7.54 per cent)
and lowest titrable acidity (0.82 per cent) were
recorded with the application of Vermi-compost @
2.5 t/ha + half dose (recommended dose) of NPK followed by Poultry manure @
2.5 t/ha + half dose (recommended dose) NPKwhereas
the lowest result was recorded by the application only FYM @ 20 t/ha. Key words:
Strawberry, Physico-chemical, Yield, Nutrient
management |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 477-478 (2015) Effect of different
growing media on growth of pot grown Rose (Rosa chinensis
Jacq.) Rajasekar, P*1 and J. Suresh 2 1Dept. of Floriculture and Landscaping, 2Dept. of
Spices and Plantation Crops, Horticulture College and Research Institute,
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University,
Coimbatore - 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India *e-mail: raja.madurai1988@gmail.com (Received: January 01, 2015; Revised
received: July 08, 2015;Accepted: July 12, 2015) |
Abstract: Rose is one such a classical plant which requires good
medium for better growth and quality of flower production. Miniature rose (Rosa
chinensis Jacq.) is a
dwarf bush with small leaves and flowers. Physical and chemical properties of
growing media determine the nutritional status, water holding capacity and
aeration which determine the rate of growth and suitability. Considering
international demand and socio economic status of miniature rose, the present
investigation on the standardization of media composition for pot grown roses
(Rosa chinensis Jacq.)
was carried out. Results of the present investigation revealed that the
cultivar Pink (V2) ranked first for the plant height (36.83 cm)
and number of branches per plant (10.12). The variety Summer Snow (V3)
ranked first for the trait plant spread N×S (20.14 cm). Whereas, the variety
Red Kudthki (V1) adjudged as the best
for plant spread E×W (20.37 cm). Among the growing media, Soil + FYM (T1)
recorded the increased plant height (46.92 cm) and plant spread (E×W 24.90
cm, N×S 22.41 cm). However, the growing media, Soil + FYM + Leaf mould (T2)
recorded the highest number of branches per plant (12.62). Key words:
Miniature rose, Potting Mixture and Plant growth |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 479-484 (2015) Influence of temperature
regimes on flowering, phenology, thermal units and
yield of chickpea genotypes Kiran B. A.*, Megha B. R., Nagaveni, H. C. Renukaswamy N.
S And V. P. Chimmad Department of Crop Physiology,
University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad-580005, Karnataka, India *e-mail: kiranba816@gmail.com (Received: January 25, 2015; Revised
received: July 21, 2015;Accepted: July 22, 2015) |
Abstract:A study was under taken to know the effect on flowering
pattern under different temperature regimes (D1, D2, D3,
D4 and D5 - dates of sowing) with respect to chick pea
genotypes (Annigeri-1, JG-11 and JG-14). Among the genotypes, Annigeri-1
produced maximum number of flowers compared to JG-11 and JG-14 even under
delayed sowing while JG-14 and JG-11 showed no variation in flowering with
respect to the dates of sowing, but recorded higher seed yield (26.36 and
28.32 q ha-1). Among the dates of sowing D3 temperature
regime took significantly more number of days for fifty percent flowering,
pod initiation and physiological maturity (42.9, 47 and 97.5 days,
respectively), which accumulated optimum heat units (GDD), days to flower
initiation, fifty per cent flowering, pod initiation and physiological
maturity (659.4, 761.8, 794.7 and 1637, respectively) and less GDD was
recorded by D5 temperature regime resulted in decreased yield.
Further, D3 temperature regime also recorded significantly higher
and lower PTI value (18.59) for days to 50 per cent flowering. The genotype,
JG-14 recorded more PTI value (18.33 and 18.62, respectively for DFF and DPI)
compared to others genotypes. Key words:
Chickpea, Flowering and Thermal units (GDD and PTI) |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 485-488 (2015) Effect of size of rhizomes and growth regulators on growth, yield, quality and economics of turmeric Ravi
Pujari*, Shankargouda Patil, Nagaraj Gokavi, Ravi.Y, Shashidhar, M. Dodamani and Shivanand Rayar Dept. of Plantation, Spices, Medicinal
and Aromatic crops, KRC College of Horticulture, Arabhavi.
591 218 University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot, Karnataka *e-mail: pujariravihort556@gmail.com (Received: January 06, 2015; Revised received: June 27,
2015;Accepted: June 29, 2015) |
Abstract: An experiment was conducted to find out the effect of
different rhizome sizes and growth regulators on growth and yield of
turmeric, with three treatments of rhizome sizes viz. S1 – finger
rhizomes used commercially (25 g), S2 – finger rhizomes
of 10 g and S3 – finger rhizomes of 5 g and four
treatments of growth regulators viz. G1 (Cycocel
1000 ppm), G2 (6- BA 5 ppm), G3 (NAA 20 ppm)
and G4 (Control) which where replicated three times. Among the
different treatments evaluated for growth, yield , quality and economics of
turmeric, the treatment S1 (25 g rhizome size) recordedmaximum
(81.57 cm) plant height, pseudostem girth (7.19
mm), and other vegetative parameters, yield per clump (321.63 g), yield per
plot (7.42 kg) and yield per hectare (18.65 t/ha) at 180 DAP. Among the
growth regulators used G3 (NAA 20 ppm) recordedmaximum (80.84 cm) plant height, number of leaves
per tiller (26.32) and other vegetative parameters, yield per clump
(295.41g), yield per plot (8.08 kg) and yield per hectare (18.08 t/ha) at 180
DAP. Among the interaction treatment the treatment S1G3 (25
g + NAA 20 ppm) recorded maximum vegetative growth
and yield per clump (426.69 g), yield per plot (10.25 kg), yield per hectare
(24.04 t/ha)and highest B:C (3.60:1) ratio at 180 DAP. Key words:
Turmeric rhizome sizes, Growth regulators, Growth, Yield, Quality and B: C
ratio |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 489-492 (2015) Evaluation of potato genotypes against
early blight of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Ajay Kumar*1,
S. P. Pathak1, S. K. Singh1
and Gagan Kumar2 1Department
of Plant Pathology, Narendra Deva
University of Agriculture & Technology, Faizabad-224 229, India 2Department
of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras
Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India *e-mail:
ajkumar87@rediffmail.com (Received:
January 14, 2015; Revised received: June 25, 2015;Accepted: June 28, 2015) |
Abstract: Out of all the twenty genotypes of potatoRH-2, MM-8 and
J/96-238were found resistantand nine genotypes viz.,
MM-7, EM-5, EM-6, EM-3, Kufri Pukhraj,
K. Pushkar, K. Arun,
MS/99-1871 and DSP-7 were found moderately resistant, EM-2, J/92-186, K. Ashoka, MS/1-4906 and M/1-4353 showed moderately
susceptible reaction, remaining K. Bahar and K. Sindhuri found susceptible and K. Sutlej found highly
susceptible against early blight. Key words:
Genotypes, Early blight, Alternaria solani, Potato and Evaluation |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 493-496 (2015) Analysis of wheat
genotypes for terminal heat tolerance on the basis of morphological and
physiological parameter Krishna Kumar Jangid*
and J. P. Srivastava Department of Plant Physiology,
Institute of Agricultural sciences,Banaras Hindu
University, Varanasi, India 221005, India *e-mail: krishnajangid311@gmail.com (Received: December 11, 2014; Revised received: June 14,
2015;Accepted: June 20, 2015) |
Abstract: Screening of twenty wheat genotypes for terminal heat
tolerance was done at the Agriculture Research Farm of Banaras Hindu
University during rabi 2011-12. To expose
plants to terminal heat stress sowing was delayed. Sowings were done in
randomized block design taking 20 genotypes in three replications at three
different dates viz., normal (S1; November 26, 2011), late
(S2; December 25, 2011) and very late (S3;
January 10, 2012).With delay in sowing plant height and leaf number
reduced significantly. There was significant reduction in grain filling
duration in late sown crops, as the days for 50% anthesis
and maturity declined in all the genotypes. Total dry matter (g), spike
length (cm), spikelets spike-1, spike 30
cm-1 ,
grains spike-1, grain weight spike-1 (g) were decreased
under late sown condition. On the basis of susceptibility index genotypic
NW1014 was found to the most resistant and genotype K911 the most susceptible
to terminal heat stress. Key words:
Screening, Terminal heat stress, Harvest index, Susceptibility index |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 497-500 (2015) Standardization and evaluation
of iron fortified bread Muneeshwari. P.*, Hemalatha.
G., Kanchana. S. and Baskar,
M. Department of Food Science and
Nutrition, Home Science College and Research Institute, TNAU,Madurai,
India *e-mail: karthiga.esh@gmail.com (Received: January 10, 2015; Revised received: June 29,
2015;Accepted: July 05, 2015) |
Abstract: Iron deficiency is extremely common and affects one third of
the preschool children and one-half of the women of reproductive age in lower
income countries. Nutritional iron deficiency is a major health problem in
developing countries. According to WHO, around 0.8 million deaths can
be attributed to iron deficiency in each year. The only proven way to
alleviate iron deficiency is to increase iron intake, either by providing
medicinal iron (supplementation) or by adding iron to the diet
(fortification). Bread made from refined wheat flour is consumed extensively
throughout the world, especially by populations in developing countries.
Several countries have passed legislation for the addition of iron and
vitamins to wheat flour as a strategy to decrease the high prevalence of iron
deficiency. An investigation was carried out to standardize and evaluate
Iron Fortified Bread (IFB), carrying different iron fortificants
viz., ferrous sulphate, ferrous fumarate
and ferrous ascorbate. The iron fortified bread was evaluated for quality
characteristics and acceptability. The selected iron fortificants
were fortified at different levels (10, 20, 30mg/100g) in bread with the aim
of increasing the iron content of the bread. In the present study the
20mg/100g iron fortified bread was highly acceptable compared to10, 20,
30mg/100g.One loaf of iron fortified bread contains 23 mg of iron which was
higher compared to control bread (3.2 mg). Key words:
Iron, Bread, Fortification, Sensory quality, Colour
value |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 501-506 (2015) Evaluation of soil
constraints and soil-site suitability for sesame in the soils of coastal area
of Jamnagar district of Gujarat S. T. Shirgire1*,
S. G. Savalia2, N. B. Misal2 and Narendra
Singh1 1Department of Soil Science and Agricultural chemistry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari-396 450, India 2Department Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh-362 001, India *e-mail: sunilshirgire22@gmail.com (Received: February 05, 2015; Revised received: July 28,
2015;Accepted: July 29, 2015) |
Abstract: The soil-site suitability for sesame cultivation was
evaluated in coastal area Jamnagar district (Saurashtra
region) of Gujarat State. Nine typical pedons and
one hundred eighty surface soil samples were evaluated for their suitability
to sesame cultivation using limitations method regarding number and intensity
of limitations. The soils were found sandy loam to clayey in texture,
alkaline in reaction, calcareous in nature and low in organic carbon. Based
on limitations methods, the result of study indicates that sesame is
marginally suitable (S3) in the soils of pedon
P2 (Lithic Ustorthents),
P4(Typic Ustochrepts),
P5(Vertic Troparthents),
P6 (Lithic Ustochrepts)
and P9 (Typic Ustochrepts), but currently not suitable (N1)
in the soil of pedon P1 (Lithic Troparthents),
whereas soil of pedon P3 (Lithic Ustorthents),
P7 (Lithic Ustochrepts)
and P8 (Lithic Ustorthents) are not suitable (N2) for
sesame cultivation for the major limitations like, topography, climate, soil
depth, soil fertility and salinity/alkalinity. Results showed that the
suitability classes could be improved through soil amelioration measures of
correctable limitations (soil depth, topography, organic
carbon and soil salinity characteristics). Key words:
Soil characteristics, Soil-site suitability, Sesame, Limitations, Potential |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 507-512 (2015) Assessment of status and distribution pattern of native and
endemic plant species in tirthan wildlife
sanctuary, district Kullu, Himachal Pradesh Shalu Devi Thakur*1, K. S. Kapoor1 and S. S. Samant
2 1Department of Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation,
Himalayan Forest Research Institute, Panthaghati,
Shimla-171009, India 2G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development,
Mohal, Kullu-175126, India *e-mail: shalu2006@gmail.com (Received: January 14, 2015; Revised received: June 22,
2015;Accepted: June 25, 2015) |
Abstract: Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) Inhabitants are largely
dependent on the biodiversity, which is one of the major sources of
livelihood. The relationship of the people with their immediate environment
and natural resources has evolved over a long period based on necessities and
experiences. The present study recorded 68.52% native species, 17.48% (27.07%
of the natives) near endemics and 2.53% (3.93 % of the natives) endemics from
Tirthan Wildlife Sanctuary of the total sampled
species. Maximum number of native, near endemic and endemic species i.e., 389
spp., 111 spp., and 16 spp., respectively, were recorded in the altitudinal
zone 2801-3800m, whereas, maximum non-native species (236) were recorded in
the altitudinal zone, 2100m-2800m above msl. In the
sampled sites of forest zone, 66.82% species were natives, 17.54% near
endemics and 2.40% endemics whereas in the alpine zone, 75.87% species were
natives, 26.75% near endemics and 3.07% endemics. ). In most of the areas, thepopulation of native and endemic species is decreasing
fast due to high anthropogenicpressures. To assess
the loss of such unique biodiversity elements, studies on the assessmentand distribution pattern of native and endemic
species in general and at habitat andcommunity
level in particular are essentially required. The present study has
therefore, been conductedon these lines. Key words:
Himalayan Region, Wildlife Sanctuary, geographical distributions,Ecosystem,
Diversity, Distribution Pattern, Nativity |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 513-515 (2015) Role of front line
demonstration in transfer of improved production technology of kharif
onion Nishith Gupta*, K.S. Bhargav, Ankita Pandey and R.P. Sharma R.V.S.K.V.,
Krishi Vigyan Kendra,
Dewas-455111, India *e-mail: nishithkvk@gmail.com (Received: February 21, 2015; Revised received: July 12,
2015;Accepted: July 16, 2015) |
Abstract: Onion (Allium cepa L.) is one of the important bulb crops in india, which plays a major role in supplementing the
income of small and marginal farmers of Dewas
district of Madhya Pradesh. Traditionally farmers are not growing onion in Kharif season, though there is a
ample scope for cultivation of this crop in the district. During
Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) survey of the villages, farmers &
scientist comes to the conclusion that the cultivation of Kharif
onion may be more remunerative over traditional crop soybean. In this regard,
Krishi Vigyan Kendra Dewas had conducted front line demonstration on Kharif onion for six consecutive years from 2008-09 to
2013-14 in the farmers field at different locations of Dewas
district with the objective to explore the possibility of cultivation of this
crop. Encouraging result has been found under front line demonstration which
revealed that the average yield performance of 120 demonstrated Kharif onion crop in an area of 12 hectares ranged from
184.20 to 217.34 q/ha. The average yield of demonstrations was found to be
194.38 q/ha, whereas for local check, it was 151.48 q/ha. The percentage
increase in the yield of onion ranged from 25.70% to 30.78% over local check
during the course of study. The farmers have incurred average additional net
returns of Rs. 35828 per ha over local check with benefit cost ratio of 5.52
against the local check which recorded 4.58 B:C
ratio. Result of front line demonstration has shown that the use of improved
variety, improved cultivation practices, proper and need based plant protection
measures and proper post harvest management resulted in higher production of Kharif onion. Further study reveals the wide yield and
management gaps between demonstration and farmers practice (local check). Key words:
Kharif onion, Front line demonstration, Extension
gap, Technology index |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 517-520 (2015) Correlation and path
coefficient analysis for yield and horticultural traits in different
genotypes of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) Brijesh Kumar Singh*, N.C. Gautam,
V.P. Pandey, Vimlesh
Kumar and Manvendra Singh
Department
of Vegetable Science, N.D.U. A & T. , Faizabad-224229, India *e-mail: vimileshkumaryadav@gmail.com (Received: January 02, 2015; Revised received: June 02,
2015;Accepted: June 04, 2015) |
Abstract: Correlation and path analysis studies conducted in thirty
diverse genotypes of fenugreek with the objective to know association among
the characters viz., plant height (cm), number of branches per plant,
days taken to 50% flowering, number of pods per plant, length of pod (cm),
number of seeds per pod, days to maturity, 1000 seed weight (g), Seed yield
per plant (g) and Seed yield (q/ha).Present study revealed that the plant
height (cm), number of branches per plant and seed yield per plant were
significantly and positively associated with seed yield (q/ha) both at
phenotypic as well as genotypic levels. Inter relationship study revealed
that for improvement of fenugreek, plant height (cm), number of branches per
plant and seed yield per plant to be given due consideration. Path
coefficient analysis revealed that seed yield plant and number of branches
per plant exhibited greater direct effect on seed yield q/ha at phenotypic
level. Whereas, at genotypic level, days to 50 % flowering, length of pod
(cm), seed yield per plant had high direct effect on seed yield q/ha.
Therefore, these characters appear to be the most important traits for
fenugreek improvement programme. Key words:
Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum
L.), Seed yield (q/ha), Correlation and path analysis |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 521-524 (2015) Growth and yield of barley
genotypes as influenced by INM and In- situ moisture conservation
practices in peninsular India Shantveerayya* and C. P. Mansur Dept. of Agronomy, College of
Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad –
580 005 (Karnataka), India *e-mail: shantuagricos@gmail.com (Received: February 29, 2015; Revised received: July 25,
2015;Accepted: July 27, 2015) |
Abstract: A field experiment was conducted during rabi
season of 2013-14 and 2014 -15 in farmers’ field at model watershed, Neeralkatti village, Dharwad
district of Karnataka to study the “Growth and Yield of Barley Genotypes as
Influenced by INM and in situ moisture conservation Practices in
Peninsular India” in rainfed condition. The
treatments comprised of two main plots as land management practices viz. L1:
broad bed and furrow (BBF), L2: farmer’s practice (flat bed), two
genotypes viz. G1: DWRB – 73, G2: BH - 902 as
sub plots and sub-sub plots consists of five integrated nutrient management
practices viz. N1: RDF ( 50:25:0 N:P2O5:K2O
kg ha-1 + 7 t ha-1 FYM), N2: 75% N through
urea + 25% N through FYM and recommended P through inorganic, N3 :
50% N through urea + 50% N through FYM and recommended P through inorganic, N4:
75% N through urea + 25% N through vermicompost
and recommended P through inorganic, N5: 50% N through urea + 50%
N through vermicompost and recommended P through
inorganic. Crop raised on BBF recorded significantly higher grain yield (1757
kg ha-1) compared to flat bed. Genotype DWRB – 73 recorded
significantly higher grain yield (1888 kg ha-1), number of tillers
per m row length, total dry matter production at harvest and SPAD value.
Among the INM practices, application of RDF (50:25:0 N:P2O5:K2O
kg ha-1 + 7 t ha-1 FYM) recorded significantly higher
growth and yield parameters which was on par with the application of 75% N
through urea + 25% N through vermicompost and
recommended P through inorganic. Among the interaction effects, genotype DWRB
-73 planted on BBF (L1G1N1).with the
application of RDF (50:25:0 N:P2O5:K2O
kg ha-1 + 7 t ha-1 FYM) registered significantly higher
grain yield compared to rest of the interactions. Whereas genotype BH – 902
recorded significantly higher straw yield, plant height, leaf area and leaf
area index when grown on broad bed and furrow (BBF) with application of RDF
(50:25:0 N:P2O5:K2O
kg ha-1 + 7 t ha-1 FYM) (L1G2N1)which
was on par with the application of 75% N through urea + 25% N through vermicompost and recommended P through inorganic (L1G2N4). Key words: Broad
bed and furrow, Flat bed, Total dry matter production, Leaf area, SPAD value,
Grain yield, Straw yield |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 525-526 (2015) Influence
of staggered sowing on seed quality of DSFH-2 sunflower hybrid seed
production Shankrayya*
and B. S. Vyakaranahal Dept.
of Seed Science and Technology, College of Agriculture, UAS, Dharwad - 580 005, India *e-mail:smmathapati5711@gmail.com (Received: February 18, 2015; Revised received: July 20,
2015;Accepted: July 21, 2015) |
Abstract: An experiment was conducted at main agricultural research
station of university, to elicit information on influence of staggered sowing
on seed quality of DSFH-2 sunflower hybrid seed production during kharif 2014. The experiment consisted of seven
treatments with three replications in randomized block design. The results
revealed that sowing of male parent by two days late to female parent
resulted in better synchronization of flowering of parental lines. However,
significant differences in 100 seed weight (4.45 g), germination percentage
(94.33), root length (18.40 cm), shoot length (16.73 cm), seedling length
(35.13 cm), seedling vigour index (3314), seedling
dry weight (0.32 g) and volume weight (44.50 g) were observed in the seeds
obtained from different staggered sowing of parental lines. Key words: Synchronization,
Sunflower, Staggered sowing, Seed quality |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 527-529 (2015) Effect of drying and
packaging on physical properties of cashewnut (Anacardium
occidentale L.) Venkateshababu, L. N.1, PoornachandraGowda,
G.*2, Manjesh, G. N.3, Manu,
K. K.4 and Lakshmana5 1Department of Post-Harvest Technology, 2Department
of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, 3Department of PSMA, 4Department of Vegetable Sciences, College of Horticulture,
UHS Campus,GKVK, Bangalore 560065, India University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot, Karnataka, 5Agricultural and
Horticultural Research Station, Ullal, Mangalore,
India *e-mail:purnachandra.gowda@gmail.com (Received: February 12, 2015; Revised received: July 25,
2015;Accepted: July 28, 2015) |
Abstract: Raw nuts were exposed to direct sun light to reduce the
moisture content to the desired level of 8%, 9%, 10% and 11% for a period of
32 hours, 24 hours, 16 hours and 8 hours respectively and stored in two
different packaging materials viz., gunny bag and polyethylene lined
bag for a period of 90 days. Moisture content confirmation was done by
toluene test. Results showed that among different levels of drying hours, 32
hours sun dried nuts (8% moisture content) can be stored for three months
with bulk density (543.51 kgm3), true density (1086.33 kgm3) andporosity (52.90%) compared to other treatments. Among
the packaging materials gunny bag had maintained higher nut quality
attributes vizbulk density (543.70 kgm3),
true density (1088.60 kgm3), porosity(59.39%) and
other quality parameter compared to lined polyethylene bag. It showed that
true density of raw cashewnuts increased with
increased moisture content. The porosity and bulk density had decreased
linearly as the moisture content increased. Key words: Cashew
nuts, Sun drying, Physical properties, Packaging and Storage |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 530-532 (2015) Effect of moisture content on storage duration
and processing quality of cashew nuts (Anacardium
occidentale L.) Venkateshababu,
L. N.1, PoornachandraGowda, G.*2,
Manjesh, G. N.3, Manu, K. K.4
and Lakshmana5 1Department of Post-Harvest Technology, 2Department
of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, 3Department of PSMA, 4Department of Vegetable Sciences,
College of Horticulture, UHS Campus,GKVK, Bangalore
560065, India University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot,
Karnataka, 5Agricultural and Horticultural Research Station, Ullal, Mangalore, India *e-mail:purnachandra.gowda@gmail.com (Received: February 12, 2015; Revised received: July 25,
2015;Accepted: July 28, 2015) |
Abstract: Cashew nut
(Anacardium occidentale
L.) can be stored after harvest till next season. In cashew nuts processing
industries, storage of nuts assumes a greater importance in maintenance of
quality to overcome bio deterioration due to different unfavourable
conditions.The present study envisaged with a view
to find out the influence of different levels of moisture content, packaging
materials and their interactions on storability and processing qualities in
relation to nut quality of raw cashew nuts. The study was conducted at
Agricultural and Horticultural Research Station, Ullal,
Mangalore during February to May, 2013. The packaging materials used were
gunny bag and lined polyethylene bag. The fresh raw cashew nuts without sun
drying of 70 kg were filled in each bag and kept as control. Raw nuts were
exposed to direct sun light to reduce the moisture content to the desired
level of 8%, 9%, 10% and 11% for a period of 32 hours, 24 hours, 16 hours and
8hours respectively in two different packaging materials for a period of 90
days. Moisture content confirmation was done by toluene test. Results showed
that among different levels of drying hours, 32 hours sun dried nuts (8%
moisture content) can be stored for three months with less PLW(0.30%),
shelling percentage (32-75%), fungal load (11.00 cfu/g)
andbacterial load (7.00 cfu/g)
compared to other treatments. Among the packaging materials gunny bag had
maintained higher nut quality attributes viz
PLW(0.32%), shelling percentage(31.01%), fungal load(13.53cfu/g), bacterial
load (8.80 cfu/g) and other quality parameter
compared to lined polyethylene bag. Key words: Cashew nuts, Sun drying, Moisture content, Packaging and
storage |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 533-534 (2015) Effect of mulches on
growth and yield of sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum
L.) Kumara N* AVRDC, ICRISAT Campus, Hyderabad-
502319, India *e-mail:nkumar278@gmail.com (Received: February 12, 2015; Revised received: July 25,
2015;Accepted: July 28, 2015) |
Abstract: A field study was conducted during Rabi season of
2013-14 in the farmer field to study the effect of mulches. The Experiment
conducted in 04 replication of Black polythene mulched and Unmulched treatment in bell pepper, Green hybrid, Indra variety of syngenta India
Company. Plant height was maximum in black polythene mulched (44.46 cm) and
was least in unmulched (39.30 cm) plots. Whereas
significant increasing of 14.25 per cent Green fruit yield in mulched which
compared to non mulched plots which was maximum (8.96 tonne
per ha) and (7.85 tonne per ha) respectively.
Mulched treatment reduces labour cost of 39 %
compare to Unmulched which is highest among
variable costs. Use of Black polythene mulch in sweet pepper brought the
benefit cost ratio, from 2.61 to 2.81. Key words: Black
polythene, Plant growth, Mulches, yield, Bell pepper |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 535-537 (2015) Character association
analysis in linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) M.P. Chauhan*,
Sonu Kumar, Bhupendra
Kumar and Sarvesh Kumar Department of Genetics and Plant
Breeding, N.D. University of Agriculture & Technology, Faizabad-224 229,
India *e-mail:mpchauhan1959@gmail.com (Received: February 03, 2015; Revised received: July 26,
2015;Accepted: July 28, 2015) |
Abstract: Two hundred genotypes of Linseed excluding three check
varieties viz. T-397, Shekhar and Rashmi, were evaluated for correlation and path
coefficients among eleven (11) quantitative characters namely days to 50%
flowering, plant height (cm), days to maturity, number of primary branches
per plant, number of secondary branches per plant, number of capsules per
plant, biological yield per plant (g), seed yield per plant (g), harvest
index (%), test weight (g) and oil content (%).The data recorded on these
characters was utilized for estimation of correlations and path coefficients.
The genotypes KP-5, IPI-14572, Jabalpur local, RLC-120, NDL-2005-25,
NDL-2002, ILS-169 and L-10 produced higher seed yield per plant. Seed yield
per plant showed very strong positive association with number of capsules per
plant (0.7942), harvest index (0.7489), number of secondary branches per
plant (0.6146), plant height (0.5487) and number of
primary branches per plant (0.5182). Path analysis identified harvest index
(0.8036), followed by biological yield per plant (0.6242), as major direct
contributors towards expression of seed yield per plant, while number of
capsules per plant (0.0361), number of secondary branches per plant (0.0089),
test weight (0.0070), days to 50% flowering (0.0061)and
number of primary branches per plant (0.0058) emerged as most important
indirect yield components. Key words: Linseed, Association, Direct effect, Indirect effect, Path
analysis |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 8(3) 538-544 (2015) Phenotypic stability of
newly bred barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) genotypes over heterogeneous environments
Bhupendra Kumar*, S.R. Vishwakarma, Sonu Kumar and Yeshlok Singh Department of Genetics and Plant
Breeding, N.D. University of Agriculture & Technology, Faizabad-224 229,
India *e-mail:bkdheeraniya75@gmail.com (Received: February 03, 2015; Revised received: July 26,
2015;Accepted: July 28, 2015) |
Abstract: Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is one of the founder crops of the old
world agriculture and was one of the first domesticated cereals. The
objective of this study was to estimate the magnitude of genotype x
environment interaction and stability for barley grain yield and yield
related traits.Sixty four genotypes of newly bred
barley lines were studied for genotype x environment interaction and
stability among fourteen quantitative characters viz.,days
to 50% flowering, days to maturity, number of effective tillers per plant,
plant height (cm),peduncle length (cm),spike length (cm), number of grains
per spike,1000-grain weight (g), biological yield per plant (g), grain yield
per plant (g), harvest-index (%), grain plumpness (%), protein content (%)
and amylose content (%).The data recorded on these
characters was utilized for estimation of genotype x environment interaction
and stability. The genotypes K-762 (20.13g), RD-2624 (19.52g), HUB-211
(19.40g), NDB-1276 (19.10g), NDB-1573 (18.28g), NDB-1503 (18.27g), BH-902
(17.96g) and NDB-1523 (17.73g) produced higher grain yield per plant.Among the genotypes exhibiting higher grain yield
per plant, BH-546, BH-902, BH-925, HUB-202, HUB-211, HUB-212, K-603, K-762,
K-944, Karan-16, NB-2, NB-3, NDB-1276, NDB-1503, NDB-1519, NDB-1523,
NDB-1570, NDB-1573, RD-2552, RD-2624 and RDB-1 possessed bi=1 and S2di=0 while 4 genotypes, NDB-1276, NDB-1450, RD-2035 and
RD-2592 had bi>1 and S2di=0.However,
17 genotypes, Azad, BH-75, BH-913, BHS-169, HUB-208, HUB-210, K-141, K-508,
K-560, K-792, K-796, NB-1, NDB-1173, NDB-1436, NDB-943, RD-2052 and RD-31
showed average linear response (bi=1) and unstable performance (S2di>0) for grain yield per plant.The
eight high yielding genotypes K-762, RD-2624, HUB-211, NDB-1276, NDB-1573,
NDB-1503, BH-902 and NDB-1523 merit due consideration for recommending their
exploitation as cultivars or varieties for commercial cultivation and/or as
donor for hybridization programme for wide range of
environments pertaining especially to variable soil types. Key words: Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), Genotype x environment interaction,
Stability, Heterogeneous environments |