September 2013
Utilization of maggot meal in the nutrition of African cat fish
A twelve week feeding trial was carried out to evaluate the growth and nutrient utilization of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) fingerlings fed varying levels of maggot meal. Maggot meal was produced from a mixture of 25 kg of cattle blood, 70% wheat bran, and 30% saw dust and substituted for fish meal in the fish diet to produce five varying levels of maggot meals- Treatment 1 (Trt 1) contained 0% of maggot meal...
September 2013
Population of predacious phytoseiid mites, Euseius kenyae (Swirski and Ragusa) on coffee treated with different soil applied fertilizers
Predacious phytoseiid mites, Euseius kenyae (Swirski and Ragusa) plays a major role in management of coffee thrips and other pests such as Phytophygous mites in coffee. Their conservation under various agro-ecosystems remains importance. An assessment on effect of organic and inorganic fertilizer sources on augmentation and conservation of E. kenyae was carried out at Coffee Research...
September 2013
Analysis of land use-land covers changes using normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) differencing and classification methods
Over the last decade, the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) differencing method and classification method are widely used as a change detection method and provides detailed information for detecting and monitoring changes in land use-land cover (LULC). So in the presented study to raise awareness for the LULC change in Ardakan, Iran, two Landsat ETM+ images of the years 1990 and 2006 have been prepared and...
September 2013
Effects of bio-organics and chemical fertilizers on nutrient availability and biological properties of pomegranate orchard soil
The study was carried out during 2009 to 2010 on 8 years old pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) trees cv.‘Kandhari Kabuli’ to investigate the conjoint efficiency of bio-organics used along with chemical fertilizers on nutrient availability and physico-chemical and biological properties of soil. Conjoint application of bio-fertilizers 80 g/tree, vermicompost 20 kg/tree, FYM 20 kg/tree, green manure (GM)...
September 2013
Characterization, and evaluation for crop suitability in lateritic soils
ix typical representative pedons viz., Rejental (P1), Parvatapur (P2), Algol (P3), Bilalpur (P4), Zaheerabad (P5) and Krishnapur (P6) of Zaheerabad Mandal in Medak district of Andhra Pradesh were studied for their morphological, physical and physico-chemical properties and their suitability to rice, sugarcane and potato cultivation. The soils are red to dark brown in colour, moderately acidic to neutral...
September 2013
Effects of irrigation and nitrogen levels on bulb yield, nitrogen uptake and water use efficiency of shallot (Allium cepa var. ascalonicum Baker)
A field experiment was carried out at Bahirdar, Northwest Ethiopia, during the dry season of 2009 to evaluate the effects of irrigation levels and nitrogen (N) rates fertilizer on bulb yield, N uptake and water use efficiency (WUE) of shallot. The treatments comprised of three irrigation levels (120, 100, and 50% ETc) and four N rates (0, 59, 105 and 151 kg N ha-1) which were laid out in a split-plot design using...
September 2013
Insecticide activity of extract of Piper nigrum L. and Annona squamosa L. on Sitophilus zeamais in grains of maize
The aim of this paper was to evaluate repellency, attraction and mortality of Sitophilus zeamais in grains of maize treated with hydroalcoholic extract of Piper nigrum L. and Annona squamosa L. In order to experiment with repellency and attraction of adult insects an arena composed of five diagonal boxes was formed. Samples of maize treated with powder extract were put in two flasks,...
September 2013
Agronomic evaluation of rice (Oryza sativa L.) for plant spacings and seedlings per hill under temperate conditions
An experiment with rice as a test crop was conducted at the Experimental Farm, Shalimar Campus of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir during the kharif season of 2005 to investigate the influence of different plant spacings and seedlings per hill on growth characters, yield attributes and yield of newly released transplanted rice variety Shalimar Rice-1. The experiment...
September 2013
Effect of different water depths on growth and yield of rice crop
This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of different water depths on the growth and yield of rice crop. Experiment was carried out in containers having an area of 0.64 m2 and the volume of 0.57 m3 at laboratory. Four water depths of 5, 10, 15 and 20 cm were taken in account; each water depth was replicated three times. This study was conducted in controlled condition to avoid the impact of rain. Result...
September 2013
In vitro studies of biowastes on growth and sporulation of fungal bioagents
Biowastes of mango, carrot, papaya, banana, chukandar, pomegranate, orange, mosambi, chickpea and wheat were used to study the colony formation and sporulation of Trichoderma harzianum and Paecilomyces lilacinus. In the present study, it was observed that the initiation of colony formation of the fungal bioagents was recorded after 12 h only in biowaste of carrot, mango, chukandar, banana and papaya. In...
September 2013
Parameters of genetic and phenotypic type in pigs mating in pure breed and crossbreeding on litter size
The aim of this experiment is to investigate the effect of crossbreeding pure breeds on reproductive traits and the effective costs in pigs. The study was conducted on 21,431 records concerning the reproductive traits of 4 pure breeds Large Yorkshire (LY), Swedish Landrace (SL), Duroc (D), and Hampshire (H) and their reciprocal F1 crosses. Data processing method was by the...
September 2013
Perceptions of in-service personnel on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) training
Ajmer district is famous for vegetable cultivation and vegetable crops suffer heavy losses due to serious pests during its crop period. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices play a vital role in managing these pests. One of the important mandate of the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) is to organise training programme for “In-service personnel” to update them with latest available technologies in the field of...
September 2013
Host plant resistance against sesame leaf webber and capsule borer, Antigastra catalaunalis Duponchel (Pyraustidae: Lepidoptera)
A study was conducted to identify a resistance source against sesame leaf webber and capsule borer,Antigastra catalaunalis (Dup.) among 43 sesame genotypes under field and laboratory conditions. The reaction of genotypes was categorized using 0 to 9 scoring methodology. The genotypes KMR 14 and TKG 22 were found as moderately resistant with the score of 3 and grade 5 while SI 250, ES 22 and UMA were rated to be...
September 2013
Genetic divergence and cluster analysis studies of different apple genotypes using D2 statistics
Medium quantum of genetic divergence was observed among sixteen apple genotypes under the present study. All the genotypes, on the basis of total variability were grouped into four distinct clusters. Maximum number of cultivars were accommodated in Cluster IV (Fuji, Gala, Jonadel, Jonagold, Red Fuji, Royal Gala and Spijon) followed by Cluster I (Arlet, Ruspippin, Sinta and Summerred), Cluster III (Crimson Gold, Elstar...
September 2013
Analysis of pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo Linn.) biomass yield and its components as affected by nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (NPK) fertilizer rates
Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L.) young leaves and vines are consumed as vegetables among the rural dwellers in Southwest Nigeria. It is a cheap source of protein, vitamins, fibres and antioxidants in their diet. Due to the intensive cultivation of available lands which affects the nutrient status of most soils and their productivity, the need to apply fertilizer on pumpkin became pertinent. Therefore, nitrogen,...
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