The pot culture experiment was conducted to investigate effect of different levels of nitrogen and zeolite on soil properties in rice under greenhouse condition during kharif 2018-19. The investigation showed that soil bulk density was decrease from 1.5 to 1.02, 1.24 and 1.29 g c...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1830266
Urtica dioica (Stinging nettle) belonging to the family Urticaceae is a medicinal plantfound in the Himalayas region from Kashmir to Kumaon region (Uttarakhand.). In Himalayan region, this plant is used for the daily purpose as food as well as to serve animals. It contains variou...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1730265
The impact of different mulching materials and weed management practices on soil properties were evaluated by a field study conducted at College of Horticulture, Rajendranagar during 2015 with tomato as test crop. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with seven...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1730264
The goal of the present work is to find a suitable method for developing β-carotene aerosols by varying core (active material) to wall (excipient) ratios (1:10, 1:25, and 1:50). For this, spray freeze drying (SFD) and spray drying (SD) techniques were adopted to develop aerosols....
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1730262
The present study was undertaken in the ongoing long-term experiment initiated during 2017 at the experimental farm of College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. Soil samples were collected from two depths (0–15 and 15–30 cm) and analysed for soil fertility parameters name...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1730263
Four metal complexes of Co(II), Pb(II), Ni(II) and Fe(II) ions with a Schiff base derived from (3-methoxy-4-hydroxy-benzaldehyde with leucine) have been synthesized and characterized using several physical techniques, in particular; molar conductance measurements, colour, meltin...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1730260
The purpose of present study was to prognosticate the amount of each nutrient in the Arial parts of sword fern “Nephrolepis exaltata”. The study was conducted at Sarva Vidhyalaya Campus, Kadi, Gujarat (India) during the period of December-2019 to March-2020. The prognostication o...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1730261
A field Investigation was carried out to study the effect of fertigation on yield, fertilizer use efficiency and economics of hybrid ridge gourd [Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb] Arka Vikram during 2018-2019 at Vegetable Research Block of ICAR- Indian Institute of Horticultural Resear...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1630258
Aims: An intensive study was conducted so as to find out the best salt combinations when NaCl was partially replaced with KCl and CaCl2 while curing mango pieces. Mango pickle contains 15-20% salt, the consumption of which cause hypertension and high blood pressure. This is due t...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1630259
Earlier, the agriculture system was oriented more towards achieving higher agronomic yields than the nutritional quality of food. Green revolution significantly enhanced the crop production primarily rice, wheat and maize production was boosted to meet the energy needs of growing...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1630257
Analyze the effect of post-harvest degreening on quality parameters of Acid lime cv. Balaji. The present research was conducted at Post harvest laboratory of College of Horticulture, Sri Konda Laxman Telangana State Horticultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, during the y...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1630256
Water is the very basis for the existence of life in earth to the extent that the word life has almost become synonymous to it. But potable water is becoming a scarce resource despite the fact that the overall composition of water is about 70 % of the earth surface as the effor...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1630254
Fermentation is a promising food processing method that can be used to diversify the food and improve nutritional property. Pasta a convenient and ready to cook food was developed using durum wheat and fermented little millet flour. Different formulations were prepared by mixing...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1630255
The Nigerian economy depended mainly on crude oil during the era of oil boom of 1973 which lasted up till1983. Agriculture was grossly neglected by successive governments. Following the economic recession that occurred years after and due to fall in crude oil price, the Nigerian...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1530252
Crop residue management becomes the challenging issue to farmers for balancing between the economic and sustainable environment. Though burning is the easiest way of destroying the crop waste it not only causes drastic changes in green house gas but also large amount of nutrients...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1530253