INTRODUCTION: Arhar also called Pigeonpea; Cajanus cajan (L) Mill sp is the second most important pulse crop in India after chickpea. It has multiple uses and occupies an important place in the reviling farming systems in the country and vegetarian diet. It also plays an important role in sustainable agriculture by enriching the soil through …
INTRODUCTION Pigeon pea, Cajanus cajan (L) Mill sp. is the second most important pulse crop in India after chickpea. India is the largest producer and consumer of Red gram in the world. India occupies 90 per cent of world pigeon pea area and accounts for 80 per cent of world production [26]. In the Karnataka …
INTRODUCTION Pulses are important constituent of the Indian diet and supply major part of the protein and energy requirement and they are rich source of minerals like calcium, phosphorus, iron etc. and also certain essential amino acids [9]. They are the main source of protein particularly for vegetarians and contribute 14 per cent of total …
Increasing need for food production and food security due to ever rising population of India has forced the green revolution to use large amounts of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in crop [1-3]. Across the larger part of the globe excess and unsustainable use of inorganic fertilizers endangers soil health as well as also harmful to …
INTRODUCTION Maize is a multipurpose crop with great nutritional values, which contains about 72% starch, 10.4% proteins, and 4.5% fats, minerals, and non-cholesterol oil [1] and leads the third cereal crop of the world after wheat and rice. In India, the crop is grown more than 76.03 lakh hectares under rainfed conditions (Agricultural Market Intelligence …
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Introduction Curry leaf is an important spice crop in Asian cooking, well-known for its pungent, aromatic leaves. It is a shrub or small tree and is semideciduous, aromatic, and pubescent. It grows to about 3-5 m high and the stem is slender but strong and woody (Joseph and Peter, 1985). It is native to India …
INTRODUCTION Overuse of inorganic fertilizers without organic inputs and intensive cropping may degrade the soil quality and cause environmental pollution. Depletion of soil quality could be avoided by proper and careful soil management practices. The application of organics along with inorganic fertilizers is an important practice to improve soil quality, enhance microbial activity and nutrient …
INTRODUCTION These days, aside from the coronavirus, the cost of edible oil in India has climbed snappily in recent months. In the past five years, India’s production of oilseed has expanded by more than 44 percent, from about 25.3 million tonnes in 2015-16 to near 36.6 million tonnes in 2020-21. Nevertheless, even this fulfils less than half India’s …
INTRODUCTION India has a treasure of well-recorded and traditionally well-practised knowledge on medicinal plants [1]. More than 6000 plants are used in our traditional, folk and herbal system of medicine [2]. India is endowed with a rich genetic resource of medicinal plants and is rightly called the “Emporium of Medicinal Plants” [3]. Commiphora wightii (Arnott) …
Indian traditional system of medicine, guggul has been used for thousands of years to treat arthritis, inflammation, gout, rheumatism, obesity, and disorders of lipids metabolism [1]. Commiphora wightii (Arnott) is a medicinally valuable flowering plant now considered an endangered Burseraceae family species with chromosome number 2n = 26 [2]. Commiphora derives from the Greek words …
