Introduction Integrated use of chemical fertilizers with organic matter can help for a sustainable and environmentally sound agriculture production in soils low in organic matter. Sewage sludge being an organic in origin, it supplies nutrients slowly, and can maintain crop yield level, increases chlorophyll and carbohydrate content for several years after application. Residual effects …
Introduction Mango (Mangifera indica) is one of the important perennial fruit crops that exhibit bienniality Choudhary [7]. It affects income of the growers badly. Genotypes are being assessed under multi-location for selection of best performing varieties which can minimise the income losses of the growers. The problems of analysis of incomplete G×E data gate intensify …
INTRODUCTION The increase in global population has gradually led to food shortage and hence, increases in poverty. This issue is a major challenge to breeders due to increasing population day by day and limited cultivable land [3 & 14]. Crop improvement technique, therefore remains a major concern to plant breeders [1, 2 & 16 ]. …
INTRODUCTION Pulses constitute an integral part of Indian agriculture because of their vital role in enriching the human diet as well as soil fertility. The commonly grown pulses in India are chickpea, pigeon pea, field pea, green gram, black gram, lentil, moth bean and French bean. Pulses occupy an area of about 75.98 million hectare …
1. INTRODUCTION Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) has been described as the “king of cereals” and one of the most important staple food crop cultivated in at least 43 countries of the world. About 35 % of the world population directly or indirectly depends upon wheat for food and about 20 % of protein supply of …
INTRODUCTION Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is one of the India’s most important fruit crop and it belongs to Anacardiaceae family, which includes 75 genera and 700 species [1-4]. The origin and the center of diversity of this genus is mainly Southeast Asia. It is the most important species of this genus and is currently grown …
INTRODUCTION Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is the leading fruit crop of India, belongs to family Anacardiaceae which is cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It is considered as the “King of fruits” and “National Fruit of India”. High density planting system is a very intensive form of fruit production with great relevance …
Introduction Wheat [Triticum aestivum (L.)] is one of the most important cereal crop because it is the staple food of the people of India. There has been tremendous increase in area, production and productivity of this crop during the phase of green revolution Indian agriculture. It occupies second position both in terms of area and …
Introduction Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is one of the important perennial fruit crops grown in many tropical and subtropical countries [1-4]. Mango fruit is also called as ‘King of fruits’ in India due to its sweetness, richness of taste, huge variability, large production volume and variety of usages like pickles, juice, chutney etc. India is the largest …
Introduction The nutritious rich green fodder for the livestock and acceptable quality grain for human consumption have been provided by the dual purpose barley.In the recent past, dual purpose barley has been widely utilized as an alternative source of green forage in the arid and semi-arid regions especially owing to the scarcity of green forage availability …
