Ajaz Malik

Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir | SKUAST-K · Department of Vegetable science

Plant diseases affect the existence, adequate growth, and productivity of all kinds of plants and thereby affect one or more of the basic prerequisites for a healthy, safe life for humans. There has been an increase in the number of diseases caused by bacterial, fungal, and viral infections during the recent years. In general losses of crops due to...

The experiment was conducted with four fertigation frequencies of NPK (20:20:20)@, 3gm/litre at 3 days interval, at 7 days interval, at 10 days interval and at 15 days interval and four different types of growing media combinations viz; (Garden soil), (Vermicompost + Cocopeat + Perlite [1:1:1 v/v], (Vermicompost + Cocopeat + Vermiculite [1:1:1 v/v]...

Throughout the globe morphological, biochemical and genetic variability exists in chilli and is harnessed to achieve specific breeding objectives. In this study, chilli germplasm was characterized based on horticultural traits, biochemical quantifica-tion and simple sequence repeat (SSR) polymorphism for diversity estimation. A total of 36 SSR prim...

The present investigation was carried out with fifty-five genotypes of Chilli (Capsicum annum L.) for quality traits at Vegetable Experimental Field, Division of Vegetable Science, SKUAST-Kashmir Shalimar during Kharief season 2022 using Randomized Block Design with three replications. During investigation the analysis of variance revealed signific...

In August 2020 chili (Capsicum annuum L.) showing wilt symptoms were collected from different districts of the Kashmir: Pulwama, Srinagar, Baramulla, and Anantnag. From each district one location was selected for sample collection and a total of 23 chili isolates were isolated. The tissue bit technique was used to isolate fungus from the infected s...

Organic manures and bio-fertilizers are one of the alternative renewable sources of nutrient supply. Bio-fertilizers combined with organic manure influences the plant growth by enhancing root biomass; total root surface facilitates higher absorption of nutrients and increase in yield by reducing consumption of natural sources of energy. In this exp...

Organic manures and bio-fertilizers are one of the alternative renewable sources of nutrient supply. Bio-fertilizers combined with organic manure influences the plant growth by enhancing root biomass; total root surface facilitates higher absorption of nutrients and increase in yield by reducing consumption of natural sources of energy. In this exp...

Background and objectives Germinated brown rice (GBR) has been proposed as a strategy to alleviate chronic disorders by delivering nutrients and biologically active substances, therefore, appropriate packaging materials and storage are necessary in order to preserve these bioactive phytochemicals. Therefore, this research investigated the bioactive...

Background Capsaicin and its analogues known as capsaicinoids are the principal sources of pungency in Capsicum spp. In this study, characterization of North-West Himalayan chilli germplasm and commercial landraces of different Indian states known for different pungency-color combinations was done based on capsaicin concentration. Moreover, molecul...

The present study was carried out to know the performance and evaluation of chilli genotypes for different traits attributing for growth and yield in chilli at the Division of Vegetable Science and Molecular biology, ICAR-Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture Srinagar (CITH) during kharif 2018. The analysis of variance revealed significant di...

The present investigation was carried out at Vegetable Experimental Field, Division of Vegetable Science, SKUAST-Kashmir Shalimar during kharif 2021-22. The twelve parents of muskmelon along with their sixty-six crosses were evaluated for maturity, yield attributing and quality traits for identifying genotypes with high yielding ability and better...

Jammu and Kashmir supports a flourishing vegetable cultivation sector, with cruciferous vegetables playing a vital role in the regional economy and dietary habits. In the year 2022, an experiment was conducted to monitor the population dynamics of diamondback moth larvae at different locations in the region during the Kharif and Rabi seasons. Our f...

Production technology and package of practices for Globe Artichoke

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) fruits, which are eaten at an immature stage of development, can vary extensively in morphological features such as size, shape, waxiness, spines, warts, and flesh thickness. Different types of cucumbers that vary in these morphological traits are preferred throughout the world. Numerous studies in recent years have ad...

The stress concept, first proposed by Hans Selye in 1936, has also been applied to plants to describe adverse and environmental restrictions. The notion of plant stress, differs signifificantly from that of animals and humans. Due to ever fluctuating climatic circumstances and variables, the crop-environment interaction in horticultural crops leadi...

The knowledge about the spatial distribution of soil organic carbon stock (SOCS) helps in sustainable land-use management and ecosystem functioning. No such study has been attempted in the complex topography and land use of Himalayas, which is associated with great spatial heterogeneity and uncertainties. Therefore, in this study digital soil mappi...

An investigation was conducted at experimental field, Division of Vegetable Science, SKUAST-Kashmir in 2019 and 2020 to study "Influence of fertigation and pruning levels on soil status and mineral content of parthenocarpic cucumber under polyhouse conditions". The experiment was laid out in RCBD with three replications comprising of two factors wi...

The present study was conducted in order to develop an efficient protocol for sterilization of bulb scale and leaf segment explants of LA Hybrid cultivars of Lilium, "Indian Summerset and "Nashville". Surface sterilization of the scales of flowering bulbs and segments of young leaves of both the cultivars was carried out with eight different combin...

To study the efficacy of nanofertilizers in chilli, an experiment was carried out during the year 2020 and 2021. The experiment was conducted at the experimental field of division of vegetable science, SKUAST-Kashmir, Shalimar Srinagar during Kharif 2020 and Kharif 2021 with an objective of assessing the effectiveness of nanofertilizers (Nitrogen,...

Chia and basil seeds have comparable nutritional profiles, bioactive components, and phytochemistry, which make it difficult for consumers and researchers to choose between the two. Thus, an in-depth study was conducted to compare the physiochemical, nutritional and bioactive profile of these seeds in order to obtain complete database regarding nut...

Background Capsaicin and its analogues known as capsaicinoids are the principal sources of pungency in Capsicum spp, detectable by mammalian taste receptors. In this study, a characterization of chilli germplasm was done based on capsaicin concentration. The goal of this study was to figure out what causes Capsicum spp. to lose their pungency. Met...

A quite languid, but deliberate shift from the traditional farming methods to the vogue, newly tailored organic agriculture is being undertaken from the past few years, though it has not been there for so long. New methodologies and techniques are being worked out, put to test and shared by the organic farmers since 1950's. For safeguarding the env...

The advent of information and communications technology (ICT) and Internet-of-Things (IoT) has culminated in the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) and ushered in the big data era of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled precision and personalization via the convergence of physical, biological, and digital technology. The basic concept of AI is to d...

This study evaluated the antioxidant power, flavonoids and the total phenolic contents of forty-five genotypes of chilli. The antioxidant activities were tested forextraction scavenging using diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), azinobisethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid (ABTS), assay of ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), and determining tot...

The present study was carried out to know the performance and evaluation of chilli genotypes for different traits attributing for growth and yield in chilli at the Division of Vegetable Science and Molecular biology, ICAR-Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture Srinagar (CITH) during kharif 2018. The analysis of variance revealed significant di...

The present investigation was carried out at at Vegetable Experimental Field, Division of Vegetable Science, SKUAST-Kashmir Shalimar during kharif 2019-2021. During the study the comparative performance of seventy-eight chilli genotypes (parents and crosses) for various quality traits was evaluated and significant variation was found among the geno...

The study was carried out with different tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) genotypes during 2018 and 2019 at Division of Basic Sciences and Humanities (SKUAST-K), Shalimar, Srinagar (J&K) to assess the plant and fruit growth with quality characters and mineral composition. Healthy and uniform seedlings of twelve tomato genotypes were transplanted in...

Phytochemicals are natural compounds synthesized as secondary metabolites in plants, representing an important source of molecules with a wide range of therapeutic applications. Phytochemicals are broadly described as polyphenols, flavonoids, isoflavonoids, anthocyanidins, phytoestrogens, terpenoids, carotenoids, limonoids, phytosterols, glucosinol...

Ten diverse lines of cherry tomato were crossed in half diallel fashion to study the combining ability effects for various quantitative traits. Analysis of variance revealed significant differences for all the traits under both environments. The magnitude of sca variance was higher than the corresponding gca variance for all the traits under study,...

Background: Broccoli is a cruciferous vegetable with green flower buds. It has a reputation as a superfood as it is low in calories but contains a wealth of nutrients and antioxidants that support many aspects of human health. Broccoli is a good source of fibre and protein and contains iron, potassium, calcium, selenium and magnesium as well as the...

The present investigation was carried out at Experimental field, Division of Vegetable Science, SKUAST-K, Shalimar during rabi 2019. Twenty-eight genotypes of turnip were evaluated in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications for each genotype. Observations in this experiment revealed that root yield/ha was positively and sign...

Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) is an integrated approach to managing landscapes to help adapt agricultural methods, livestock and crops in the era of climate change, as climate change poses a major and growing threat to global food security. The concept of CSA goes beyond agricultural practices and technologies to include enabling policies and ins...

The present study was undertaken to learn more about the the nature and magnitude of gene action for various yield and yield attributing traits in cherry tomato. Ten different lines of cherry tomato were crossed in diallel fashion (excluding reciprocals) and tested for gene action investigations in open and protected environment. Analysis of varian...

Grafting is a joining of two plant tissues, which are forced to develop vascular connection and grow as a single plant. Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus L.) plants grafted onto Lagenaria siceraria L. rootstock were the first grafted vegetable seedlings used to combat Fusarium wilt. In the Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae families, vegetable grafting has b...

International potato e-conference on "NEW PARADIGMS IN FOOD SECURITY AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS" ORGANISED BY INDIAN POTATO ASSOCIATION SHIMLA AND INETERNATIONAL POTATO CENTRE, PERU w.e.f 23-26 November 2021

Heterosis breeding is mainly used to improve quality of cherry tomato because traditional methods cannot be used to achieve this goal. A half diallel design was used to estimate the magnitude of heterosis for yield and its attributing traits in cherry tomato. Fifty-seven treatments comprising of 45 F1’s, 10 parents and 2 checks were evaluated for v...

Heterosis breeding is mainly used to improve quality of cherry tomato because traditional methods cannot be used to achieve this goal. A half diallel design was used to estimate the magnitude of heterosis for yield and its attributing traits in cherry tomato. Fifty-seven treatments comprising of 45 F1's, 10 parents and 2 checks were evaluated for v...

Heterosis breeding is mainly used to improve quality of cherry tomato because traditional methods cannot be used to achieve this goal. A half diallel design was used to estimate the magnitude of heterosis for yield and its attributing traits in cherry tomato. Fifty-seven treatments comprising of 45 F1's, 10 parents and 2 checks were evaluated for v...

The goal of this study was to learn more about the nature and extent of genetic diversity, heritability, and genetic progress in cherry tomatoes for various growth, yield, and quality traits. Ten diverse lines of cherry tomato were crossed in diallel fashion (excluding reciprocals) and evaluated for genetic variability studies in open field conditi...

Phytomedicine has always been a source of cure and prevention of human and animal diseases. Since antiquity man has been exploiting wild plant species as food and to sustain health. While few of these species have gradually been domesticated, many continue to remain wild while playing pivotal role in tribal food, feed and folklore medicine. India b...

A field experiments was conducted at SKUAST- K, Shalimar during 2018-19 and 2019-2020 to evaluate the effect of organic manures and biofertilizers on plant growth and seed yield of radish. The experiment was laid out in RCBD with ten different treatment combinations of FYM, vermicompost, vermiwash and biofertilizers and replicated three times. P...

Twenty-nine genotypes of cherry tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L. var. cerasiforme) were evaluated for their genetic variability and heritability. A wide range of genetic variability was observed for twenty traits of cherry tomato genotypes. The analysis of variance was significant for all the characters indicating genetic variability in the genotype...

Specific breeding techniques (hand pollination/crossing) in different vegetable crops

Biochemical, DNA, RNA, Gene Expression

Considering the rich nutritional status and possibility of broccoli in improving the profitable yield, and wide role of Mel in regulating the plant physiological process, an investigation was carried out at the division of Basic Sciences and Humanities during 2017 to investigate the effect of foliar application of Mel on leaf photosynthetic and bio...

The present study was undertaken to gain information on the nature and magnitude of genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance existing for various quality traits in cherry tomato. Ten diverse lines of cherry tomato were crossed in diallel fashion (excluding reciprocals) and evaluated for genetic variability studies in protected conditio...

The experiment was conducted at SKUAST-Kashmir, Shalimar during 2018 to evaluate the effects of foliar sprays of different micronutrients, viz. B, Zn Cu, Mo, Fe and Mn, on plant growth, physiological and yield attributes of okra. Treatments were prepared as 100 ppm aqueous solution of each boric acid, zinc sulphate, copper sulphate, ferrous sulp...

The present study aimed to develop a novel, efficient and cost effective protocol for in-vitro micro propagation of tomato male sterile line and consisted of two experiments viz., Standardization of protocol for sterilizing the explants for in vitro micro propagation of tomato male sterile line (Shalimar FMS-1) and development of protocol for in vi...

The present study aimed to develop a novel, efficient and cost effective protocol for in-vitro micro propagation of tomato male sterile line and consisted of two experiments viz., Standardization of protocol for sterilizing the explants for in vitro micro propagation of tomato male sterile line (Shalimar FMS-1) and development of protocol for in vi...

Plant toxins are substances produced as secondary metabolites that are identical to extra cellular bacterial toxins in their properties. They show both useful and harmful effects to human beings. They show a wide range of side effects from minor itching, nausea, vomiting to adverse effects like psychosis, teratogenicity, arrhythmias. Natural toxins...

ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted at experimental Farm, Division of Vegetable Science, SKUAST-Kashmir during two consecutive years of 2016 and 2017. The experiment comprised of thirteen treatments which was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. The objective of this research was to determine the influence of...

A study on genetic diversity was conducted with forty-eight chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) genotypes which were collected from different agro ecological regions of India. Fourteen quantitative characters were taken into consideration. Mahalanobis D 2 statistics was employed to study genetic divergence among 48 genotypes and they were grouped into thir...

Background: Potassium (K) availability in soil and plant uptake is restrained by the dynamic interactions among the different pools of K. Aims: To understand these interactions, a study was undertaken to assess the quantity–intensity (Q/I) and buffering characteristics of rainfed maize (Zea mays L.) growing soils. Ten contrasting soils were evalua...

Agriculture sector is the most sensitive sector to the climate changes because the climate of a region/country determines the nature and characteristics of vegetation and crops. A significant change in climate on global scale will impact agriculture and consequently affect the world’s food supply. Vegetable crops are very sensitive to climatic vaga...

The present investigation was conducted during Kharif 2017 and 2018 at experimental field Division of Vegetable Sciences, SKUAST-Kashmir to assess the effect of weed management on growth, yield,and quality of Okra (Abelmoshus esculentus (L.) Moench) under temperate conditions of Kashmir valley. The trail was carried out in okra cv. Prabhani Kranti...

Nutraceuticals have been successfully applied as sustainable alternatives for the control and prevention of large number of diseases. In day to day life Nutraceuticals have received considerable attention because they are harmless, efficient and have potential nutritional value as well as therapeutic effects. Among natural dietary supplements, v...

Plant genetic transformation has become an important biotechnological tool for the improvement of many crops. A solid foundation for the fast development and implementation of biotechnology in agriculture has been provided by achievements in plant tissue culture. Plant tissue culture represents the most promising areas of application at present...