Introduction Linseed or flax (Linum usitatissimum) is a multipurpose crop grown in many food, feed, fibre, and industry environments. The availability of diverse germplasm of characterization data and evaluation data is of greatest importance to realize the potential of flax in agriculture. The fibre from flax is a widely used and valuable raw material for …
INTRODUCTION In India, bakery products, especially cookies, are gaining wide popularity as processed foods in rural and urban areas among people of all age groups. Some of the reasons for such wide popularity of cookies varied best and acceptable returns profiles to suit the accessible market. Cookies are palatable and provide an excellent source …
Evaluation of Functional Properties of Composite Flour Read More »
INTRODUCTION Banana (Musa spp.) belongs to the family Musaceae is the top most important fruit crop in India with highest production and it is a very important staple food source in the world. However, many fungal and viral diseases affect its cultivation and like panama wilt and BBT viruses are threat for both commercial cultivation …
INTRODUCTION Soil is pivotal for the nourishment and endurance of life on earth. The management of SOC (Soil Organic Carbon) is complex, and it is only one factor responsible for the overall maintenance of soil environment and productive capacity. Mankind generally emphasized that food production from limited soil resources creates a load on the soil …
Soil Organic Carbon- an Explanation to Soil Health: a review Read More »
1. INRODUCTION Finger millet is one of the most important small millets crop grown in large areas of the developing world especially in Africa and Asia. It has the ability to produce higher yield than other crops under multiple stresses such as drought, soil acidity and land marginality. Moreover, it has high nutritional value and …
Introduction Sweet corn is one of the most popular forms of maize. Noyes Darling of New Haven, Connecticut, was the first breeder and seed producer to develop a hybrid. Sweet corn production did not commence on a wide scale until the turn of the twentieth century. Although the plant had been known in Europe …
INTRODUCTION Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the most versatile emerging crop shaving wider adaptability under varied agro-climatic conditions. Globally, maize is known as queen of cereals because it has the highest genetic yield potential among the cereals [1-4]. It is cultivated on nearly 190 m ha in about 165 countries having wider diversity …
An Economics Analysis on Production of Maize in Serchhip District, Mizoram, India Read More »
Introduction Being introduced for prevention of soil erosion, Cashew (Anacadium occidentale L.) gained status of one of the commercial dollar earning crop in India. Cashew occupied an area of 10.62 lakh hectares with total annual yield of 8.17 lakh metric tons for year 2017-18 with a poor productivity of 753kg/ha (DCCD, Kochi, Kerala). Being one …
INTRODUCTION Maize is one of the most essential fodder crops, particularly for milch animals. The crop is grown in over 0.9 million ha in different parts of the country throughout the year. It is a C4 plant having high fodder production capacity in a short duration. The maize plant provides excellent fodder for livestock, particularly …
Genetic diversity studies in Forage Maize (Zea mays L.) for Green Fodder Yield Read More »
INTRODUCTION Cotton enjoys a predominant position among all cash crops in India and has retained its unique fame as “King of Fibres” and “White Gold” because of its higher economic value among all cash crops in India. It is grown mainly for its fibre used in the manufacture of cloth for mankind. In recent years, …
