Coir industries in India generates around 7.5Mt of coir waste yearly, which is unsuitable for agricultural use due to its high C:N ratio, lignin, phenol, cellulose and tannin content. The accumulation of coir pith leads to adverse environmental problems due to the release of phen...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i114540
A field experiment was conducted at the Instructional Farm, College of Agriculture, Vellayani during December 2023 to March 2024, to assess the performance of blackgram in terms of yield. The field experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Complete Block Design (FRCBD) with...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i111667
This study investigated the effects of spacing, training and pruning on the growth and yield of watermelon hybrid ‘Saraswati’ trained vertically under rain shelter. The treatments were factorial combinations of three planting densities (1.50 m × 0.60 m, 1.50 m × 0.45 m and 1.50 m...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2024/v30i112558
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the most important food crop catering half of the world’s population. India being the second largest producer of rice, needs to produce around 120 million tons of rice by 2030 to feed its one and a half billion plus population. Weeds are undoubtedly a ma...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i114535
The fundamental building blocks for the success of stand establishment for any crop plant are better germination and robust seedlings. Pre-treatment of the seeds is one of the best methods that may possibly improve germination and maintain the uniformity and stability of the seed...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i101551