Sivagamy Kannan

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University | TNAU · Department of Agronomy (Madurai)

An experiment was conducted during 2019, 2020 and 2021 at Centre of Excellence in Millets, (Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu), Athiyandal, Tiruvanamalai, Tamil Nadu. to study the performance of little millet (Panicum flexuosum Retz.) based cropping system for rainfed agro ecosystems for north-eastern part of Tamil Nadu. Th...

The present study highlights the Effect of different nitrogen levels and plant growth regulators on Total chlorophyll content and chlorophyll stability index of banana cv. Ney Poovan. A field experiment in banana cv. Ney Poovan was conducted with various levels of nitrogen and plant growth regulators at Orchard, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University,...

Ragi is an important millet crop cultivated in about 82919 ha in Tamil Nadu and accounts for 77% of the total millet cultivated area. It is rich in protein, dietary fibre, minerals like calcium and iron and has been recommended for diabetes and heart diseases. Ragi is being cultivated in an area of 350ha in Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu and has...

The study aimed to assess the impact of different combinations of cultivar mixtures on finger millet blast epidemics without affecting yield. The research employed Disease Progress Curves (DPCs) such as AUDPC, rAUDPC, and sAUDPC to evaluate leaf, neck and finger blast epidemics' severity at various time intervals. Treatments involved mixtures of pr...

Kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum L.) is one of the important nutricereal crops, which is mainly cultivated in India. Water stress is considered the most devastating environmental stress, which decreases crop productivity more than any other environmental stress. Drought is the most important abiotic factor considered as one of the crop performan...

Bitter gourd is cultivated in 125 hectares out of 310 ha occupied by gourds in. Tiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu, India. Fruit fly is the most destructive insect pests attacking bittergourd.The present study was conducted to demonstrate the Integrated Pest Management practices in bitter gourd against major insect pests in 10 farmers’ fields locate...

Millets are known as poor man crops, because they grow well in rain-fed or dry land conditions with insufficient soil fertility and water. Food shortages could become more severe in the coming years as the world population rises and arable land is depleted. As a result, various strategies are needed to ensure food security. Millets are also notable...

The field experiment conducted at Rice Research Station, Tirur, Tiruvallur District of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University aimed to evaluate the performance of rice-based cropping sequences of cucurbits in the district. Five cropping sequences were evaluated for Rice - Rice - Ashgourd, Rice - Rice - Muskmelon, Rice - Rice - Cucumber, Rice - Rice - P...

Background: Small millets and pulses are world’s renowned crops for their nutritional significance. Being an underutilized species; rainfed farmers solely depend on them for their livelihood; which would be enhanced in a planned and efficient cropping system. The current study aimed to the identify suitable inter and sequential crops for rainfed li...

A high yielding, input responsive, non lodging varagu culture TNPsc 176 was developed at the Centre of Excellence in Millets, Athiyandal. It is a pure line selection from DPS 63. It is characterized by tufty and medium tall plant stature, strong and sturdy culm with regular, long panicles. It has 10-15 productive tillers/plant and non-shattering gr...

In Tiruvallur district, millet including finger millet, pearl millet, sorghum and maize is cultivated in 947 hectares with the production of 2683 tonnes. The present study was conducted by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Tiruvallur to assess the impact of vocational training programes on value addition in millets on commercial scale and for self-employment....

Generalized crop-specific or regional blanket fertilizer recommendations are among the primary dilemmas for sustainable agriculture resulting in low fertilizer use efficiency, nutritional imbalance in crops, while raising economic and environmental concerns. Innovative fertilizer formulations with balanced nutrient ratios customized to the crop req...

Millets are regaining importance as climate-friendly and drought-resistant crops which can thrive even on barren soil. Indian agriculture is highly dependent on monsoon rainfall. Millets are known as Miracle Grains/Nutri-Cereals and Finger millet is an exceptional nutria cereal with higher nutritional value and has special features as a subsistence...

First International Conference On On “ Emerging Trends and New Vistas in Applied Sciences - 2022” “ Emerging Trends and New Vistas in Applied Sciences - 2022” 12 February 2022

Little millet (Panicum sumatranse L.) is grown in rainfed as well as dry region of India, growing of only cereals is not so much remunerative in present scenario of dry areas of agriculture to fulfil the diverse demand of consumers and rapid growing population. The intercropping system involves two or more crops coexist for some period of their cyc...

A field experiment was conducted in the Department of Agronomy at Adhiparasakthi Agricultural College farm, Kalavai, Vellore District, to study the effect of foliar spray of organics on growth and yield attributes of maize (Zea mays) during Rabi, 2013. The experiment consisted of nine treatments with different organic foliar sprays, such as Panchak...

Field experiment was conducted in the Department of Agronomy, Adhiparasakthi Agricultural college farm, Kalavai, Vellore district of TamilNadu to study the effect of foliar nutrient spray with organics on the performance of blackgram ADT5 during 2011. The results revealed that the growth parameters viz. plant height, leaf area index, dry matter pro...

Field experiment was conducted to investigate the relative performance and the effects of redgram intercropping system on productivity of samai with three different row ratios (4:1, 6:2 and 8:2) during kharif seasons 2016, 2017 and 2018 at the Centre of Excellence in Millets, Athiyandal, Dry Land Agricultural Research Station - Chettinad and Region...

A high yielding and early maturing Samai TNPsu 177 was developed at the Centre of Excellence In Millets, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Athiyandal and released as ATL 1. It is a derivative of CO(Samai) 4 x TNAU 141 with 1587 kg/ha grain yield and 3109 Kg/ha of straw yield in 85-90 days under rainfed condition. Being a short duration variety, t...

Weeds are generally hardy species having fast growth, deep root system and capable of competing very efficiently with cultivated crops for the available resources and adversely affect the crop growth and yield. Weed management systems that rely on post emergence control assume that crops can tolerate competition for certain periods of time without...