Background: Wheat productivity under the System of Wheat Intensification (SWI) depends on appropriate crop and nutrient management. Adequate and balanced nutrient supply can support improved vegetative growth and yield formation under SWI. However, information on the comparative...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i3905
Sponge gourd (Luffa cylindrica L.) is an important cucurbitaceous vegetable crop valued for its tender fruits and diverse uses. A field experiment was conducted at the Research Farm, Department of Vegetable Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, during the rainy sea...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i3904
Vegetable production on land affected by potentially toxic elements creates a dual agronomic problem: plants must maintain growth under metal-induced physiological stress while edible tissues must remain acceptably low in contaminants. These objectives are related but not interch...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i3902
Irrigation intensity is one of the major indicators of agricultural development and the utilisation of water resources in an area. The present study investigates spatiotemporal variability in irrigation intensity across the districts of Haryana over three periods: 2006-07, 2016-1...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i3903
Md. Sentu Rahman, Abu Sayem, Aburyhan Methun, Anjan Chandra Sharma, Abu Nayeem, Md. Mamunur Rashid, Razwanul Islam Nahid, Delwar Hossain & Md Romij Uddin·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2026
Weeds remain one of the most persistent constraints to profitable rice (Oryza sativa L.) production, competing aggressively with the crop for nutrients, moisture, light, and space throughout the vegetative stage. Sustainable, low-input weed management strategies are therefore nee...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i3901
Aims: This study evaluated the physiological responses of two typical urban tree-shrub-herb communities to a short-term intense late-spring cooling event and compared their capacity to buffer local microclimatic changes. Study Design: The study selected the following two typical...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i3900
Improved rice varieties are central to productivity growth, risk management and grain-quality differentiation, yet their commercial success depends on more than genetic performance. In South India, and particularly in Telangana, the paddy-seed market combines public breeding, pub...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i3899
This study evaluated the foraging rates of Apis mellifera and Apis florea on nine cultivars of Brassica crops under field conditions at Mushari block, Muzaffarpur district, Bihar, during the 2022-23 and 2023-24 rabi seasons. Three cultivars each of Brassica juncea var. raya, Bras...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i3898
A field experiment was conducted during the kharif seasons of 2024 and 2025 at the Experimental Farm, Department of Agronomy, School of Agricultural Sciences, Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, to evaluate the effects of different nitrogen and silicon levels on the yield attributes and yield...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i3897
Bacterial leaf blight (BLB) of rice, caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, is a major constraint on rice production, and the use of resistant genotypes is an important approach to disease management. The present study screened 40 rice genotypes for BLB resistance using morphol...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i3895