Mala Kumari

Bihar Agricultural University

Diabetes is a major health concern and is approaching epidemic proportions worldwide. In 2021, diabetes mellitus was responsible for 6.7 million deaths across the globe. Mortality due to diabetes is predicted to rise nearly 10‐fold by 2030 and 783 million by 2045. Wheat starch, which constitutes about 70% of the endosperm, is a key component of whe...

The imidazolinone group of herbicides generally work for controlling weeds by limiting the synthesis of the aceto-hydroxy-acid enzyme, which is linked to the biosynthesis of branched-chain amino acids in plant cells. The herbicide imazethapyr is from the class and the active ingredient of this herbicide is the same as other herbicides Contour, Hamm...

Pre-sowing seed priming treatments T1 (H-D), T6 (KNO3, 0.5%) and T8 (Pseudomonas culture) enhanced germination (6.66-12.66%) in good quality seed-lot of small seeded guar variety HG-365, whereas the treatments T3 (GA3, 50 ppm), T5 (PEG-6000, -5bar) and T7 (Rhizobium culture) improved the germination percentage (6.67-11.00%) considerably over contro...

Hardness and softness are the milling characteristics related to the way of endosperm breakdown.Grain hardiness is not a clearly defined parameters.It may be generally formulated as a resistance to plastic strain and cracking at a force concentrated on the surface of given body. several studies indicates that the grain hardness is controlled by the...

Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most important food crops, feeding more than one third of the world's population. Genetic improvement in wheat is one of the most important concerns to feed growing population. Here, genetic analysis of kernel traits in RIL population of bread wheat (T. aestivum L.) was investigated. The observaion o...

Hardness and softness are the milling characteristics related to the way of endosperm breakdown.Grain hardiness is not a clearly defined parameters.It may be generally formulated as a resistance to plastic strain and cracking at a force concentrated on the surface of given body. several studies indicates that the grain hardness is controlled by the...

Sugarcane productivity is being hampered globally under changing environmental scenarios like drought and salinity. The highly complex nature of the plant responses against these stresses is determined by a variety of factors such as genotype, developmental phase of the plant, progression rate and stress, intensity, and duration. These factors infl...

In the present study, soybean germplasms were screened against charcoal rot of soybean under sick pot condition under Kharif 2015 and 2016. In first season, 24 entities were moderately resistant with disease incidence 1.1 to 10% and in second season 46 soybean germplasm behaved as moderately resistant (1.1 to 10% mortality). The charcoal rot fungus...

Fifteen isolates of M. phaseolina were characterized for cultural and morphological characteristics on PDA medium. Two fast growing isolates, seven medium growing isolates and six very slow growing isolates. The hyphal width of isolates was categorized in three groups. First group comprised of eight isolates with hyphal width ranging between 5-6 μm...

Homa organic farming (HOF) holds significance for preventing pest and diseases in crops. A field experiment was conducted to study the impact of HOF practices on quality attributes, disease and pest incidence and yield of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) in 2012. Five organic manures were assessed under soil, foliar and soil + foliar application. Resu...

Homa organic farming (HOF) holds significance for preventing pest and diseases in crops. A field experiment was conducted to study the impact of HOF practices on quality attributes, disease and pest incidence and yield of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) in 2012. Five organic manures were assessed under soil, foliar and soil + foliar application. Resu...

Grain shape and size are the important components of grain yield and quality in wheat. Grain size is an important physical indicator of seed quality that affects vegetative growth and is frequently related to yield, market grade factors and harvest efficiency. Wheat kernel size and shape influence its flour yield and market price. Grain weight, siz...

Sheath blight disease caused by Rhizocionia solani Kuhn. (Teleomorph : Thanatephorus cucumeris (Frank) Donk.) is one of the major diseases occurring in most of the rice-ecosystems resulting in significant yield loss. Host plant resistance is the most accepted management option for reducing crop loss due to biotic stresses. Till date, complete resis...

Kernel colour of the kernels of 103 RILs derived for F2 of cross between HUW-510 x WH-730 and their parents was evaluated subjectively by giving the score 1 (amber colour) to 5 (dark red colour). In this way, five classes of kernel colours were determined. The extreme classes i. e. amber colour and dark red colour had low frequency. However, there...

The study on physical quality traits for kernel shape and size of bread wheat was conducted on 103 RILs derived from F2 of cross between HUW-510 x WH-730 of bread wheat. The observations on kernel traits : length (LEN), width (WID), thickness (TH1), crease depth (DEP), texture hardiness (TEX), 1000-kernel weight (TKW), test weight (TW), area (AREA)...

Considering the lack of information about the time of physiological maturity of maize seeds and its effect on seed quality, this work was aimed at evaluating physiological maturity effect on seed quality of maize. Seeds of different varieties were harvested at 25, 35, 45 and 55 days after silking (DAS) at four different stages. Subsequently, the qu...