Factorial RBD - Science topic

Cowpea is a climate-smart crop that can be grown in various conditions, such as drought and sandy soils and it is one of the important grain legumes in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. In legume crops like cowpea, N, P, K, sulphur and zinc play a crucial role in plant metabolism. Sulphur is essential for synthesizing amino acids and p...

The experiment was conducted to study the effect of pre-sowing seed treatments on field emergence, plant growth and seed yield attributes under field condition. Experiment was conducted in field with Factorial RBD design including three wheat varieties GW 1, GW 1346 and GADW 3 primed with T2: KNO3 (1%), T3: Salicylic Acid (100 ppm), T4: CaCl2 (250...

Background: Green fodder yield potential of the landmark multi-cut sweet sudan grass (SSG) variety SSG 59-3 was influenced due to the poor fertility status at many places in Haryana. The performance of sweet sudan grass under different P and K treatments was assessed by measuring fodder yield, agronomic efficiency, physiological efficiency and net...

A field experiment was conducted at ICR Farm, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat during winter season of 2020-21 to study the “Effect of different fertigation treatments to Physiochemical parameters of broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) in Assam condition.” The experiment consisted of four irrigation levels viz., I1: 1.20 Etc (drip at 120...

This study was conducted during 2020–21 to 2023–24 at ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, Regional Station, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India to compare the production potential of newly released potato varieties grown as aeroponic minitubers under different spacing combinations under net house conditions. The planting was done in 2nd week of Nove...

Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) is an essential minor millet crop known as ragi or nagli. Finger millet (eleusine coracana) is a vital crop for food security, particularly in water-scarce regions of India and Africa. Finger millet is a good source of micronutrients and dietary fibers. The calcium content of finger millet is 5 to 30 t...

A study was undertaken during winter seasons of 2021-2022 to standardize spacing and nitrogen levels to realize optimum productivity of fodder oat. Treatments were laid out in factorial RBD with 9 treatments in 3 replications. Treatments consisted of three levels, each of two factors viz., row spacing at 15, 25 and 35 cm and nitrogen levels 60, 90...

A field experiment was conducted during the Rabi season at Nalanda College of Horticulture Noorsarai, Nalanda, Bihar, India to evaluate the effect of potassium (75%,100%,125%,150%) of RDF(120:90;100 N:P205:K20) and boron (0,1,2,3 kg/ha) levels on potato yield and quality during rabi season with factorial RBD design with three replication. The resul...

A field experiment was conducted during Rabi season at Nalanda College of Horticulture Noorsarai Nalanda to evaluate the production potential of potato as influenced by potassium (75%, 100%, !25%, 150%) of RDF (120:90; 100 N:P205:K20) and boron (0, 1, 2, 3 kg/ha) levels during Rabi season with factorial RBD design with three replication. The Result...

A field experiment was conducted during the summer seasons (2nd week of March to 3rd week of June) of 2019 and 2020 at the District Seed Farm, ‘AB’ block, Kalyani at Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, West Bengal, India to evaluate the effect of line sowing and broadcasting methods of different varieties of sesame for good growth and yiel...

Background: The field experiment was conducted to check the optimization of fertilizer requirement for napier grass and cowpea intercropping system at the farm of Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab during kharif season (2022). Methods: Three replications of factorial RBD design with 4 cropping patterns (I1, I2, I3 and I4) and 3 fertil...

The raising major human health hazards due to blind use of chemical fertilizers and pesticises in India trigger cancer patients. To check major health problems there is an urgent need of INM aplications in our major coarse gain crop viz., maize (Zea mays) and furthermore, to improve soil fertility and health under agroforestry system. Hence, the pr...

The field investigation entitled “Evaluation of pigeonpea var. BSMR 853 under different planting methodsto land Configuration” conducted at Department of Agronomy, Vilasrao Deshmukh College of Agricultural Biotechonology, Latur. The soil was clayey in texture, moderate in available nitrogen, low in available phosphorus, high in available potassium...

The climatic conditions in Haryana are favorable for fennel cultivation but it is cultivated only in a limited area due to lack of awareness and knowledge among farmers about the cultural practice and nutrient requirement for effective cultivation. Therefore, the current investigation was carried out during the Rabi season of 2021-2022 at research...

A field experiment was carried out during kharif seasons of 2017 and 2018 to study the growth, development and profitability of rice varieties at different phenological stages under varying growing environments. The treatment had three cultivars viz., HPR 1068, HPR 2880 and HPR 2143 with five dates of transplanting viz., 15 th June, 25 th June, 5 t...

An experiment was carried out at Vegetable Experimental Farm, Division of Vegetable Science, SKUAST Jammu during Rabi season of 2022-2023. The experiment was laid out under factorial RBD design with three replications comprising of sixteen treatments. The treatments consisted of four doses of Potassium i.e., 40, 50, 60 and 70 kg/ha and four concent...

Elimination of rainy-season crops is pivotal to encourage winter crops in guava. In general, rainy-season guava fruits are of poor fruit quality, insipid in taste, have poor shelf life, and mostly affected by many insect pests. Pruning is also considered one of the most eco-friendly methods for crop regulation. To fully comprehend the impact of pru...

An experiment was conducted during the Kharif season at the Agricultural Research Farm, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh). The experiment was carried out in Factorial RBD and replicated thrice, the treatments were taken as three crop geometry levels (G1 =15 × 15, G2 =20 × 11.25, G3 =25 ×9 cm2 ),...

The increase in world population must be accompanied by the increase of food production. Diversification of food is also needed to support a healthy and productive world community. Increasing food diversification is conducted by increasing soil fertility. Improvement of soil fertility was carried out by using soil amendments and NPK fertilization,...

The field experiment was conducted to check the optimization of fertilizer requirement for napier grass and cowpea intercropping system at the farm of Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab during kharif season 2022. Study was conducted on total twelve treatment combinations, I1 (Sole Napier with 100, 75, and 125% RDF), I2 (Sole Cowpea wi...

The present investigation entitled “Effect of different concentrations of foliar nutrition on the growth, yield and quality of gerbera” was conducted during 2022-23 at IcR farm for field experimentation, for the assessment of three objectives: (a) to study the effect of foliar nutrition on the growth, yield and quality of gerbera, (b) to study t...

The research work is conducted on research farm Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow (U.P.) during Rabi session 2019-20 in factorial RBD. With 16 treatment varieties (V1 Chandrika, V2 Pusa Jyoti, V3 All Green, and V4 Palak Katadar) and cutting (C0 no cutting, C1 cutting 1, C2 cutting 2, and C3 cutting 3). We investigate the effect of diffe...

Maize is the one of main kharif season crop in the Uttarakhand hills. In hilly cultivated regions the lower maize productivity (976 kg/ha) might be due to delayed sowing, insect pest pressure and poor nutrient management practices. Evidences from global studies have shown that application of mineral fertilizers as sources of nutrients have signific...

A field experiment was conducted at CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana), India to test the impact of three graded levels of nitrogen (80, 120 and 160 kg/ha) on yield, quality and economics of seven fodder maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes (four test entries viz. DFH-2, HQPM-28, PFM-13, AFH-7 and three checks viz. African Tall, J-1006 a...

Indiscriminate use of inorganic fertilizers has bought threat to soil health in respect to physical, chemical and biological properties of soil. Therefore, it is necessary to minimize the usage of inorganic fertilizers by substituting with organics. It is well established fact that the improvement in quality and productivity of the crops could be m...

The present experiment was conducted in the Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, during the year 2021-2022. The trial was laid out using two factorial RBD replicated thrice. Assam lemon trees were pruned at 25% (P 1), 50% (P 2) from the top apex and soil drenching with Pseudomonas fluoresce...

The present experiment was conducted in the Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, during the year 2021-2022. The trial was laid out using two factorial RBD replicated thrice. Assam lemon trees were pruned at 25% (P1), 50% (P2) from the top apex and soil drenching with Pseudomonas fluorescens...

A study was carried out after harvest of rabi season crop during 2020-2021 to find out the vertical variability in status of physical properties in Vertisol and Inceptisol under different land uses. Samples were collected in triplicate from six different land use practices (forest, uncultivated, soybean-wheat, rice-wheat, soybean - chickpea and mai...

Crop productivity and health of human and animals are greatly influenced by availability of micronutrients in the soil. Understanding the nature and extent of deficiency problems of these nutrients is useful in improving the fertilizer recommendations by inclusion of micronutrients in the fertilization schedule. This investigation carried out to ev...

Water conservation as an effort to efficiently use water is the main goal in overcoming drought/water scarcity for agriculture. One solution to overcome this condition is to use the Partial Rootzone Drying (PRD) technique, namely water application to some of the root zones. This study aimed to obtain the effective frequency of watering, the best to...

The present investigation on "Performance of macro-propagated and sucker grown plants of banana CVS. Jahaji (AAA) and Barjahaji (AAA)" was carried out at the Horticulture Experimental Farm, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat during the year 2017-18 and 2018-19, respectively. The main objective was to see the comparative performance of macro-prop...

during kharif (July to January, 2021-22)to optimise the planting density and nitrogen dose on cotton yield and economics. The experiment was laid out in factorial RBD consisting of four levels of planting densities viz. 90×15 cm 2 , 90×20 cm 2 , 90×30 cm 2 and 90×60 cm 2 as factor I treatments and 4levels of nitrogenviz., 90, 120, 150,180 kg N ha-1...

A field experiment was conducted at IARI Regional Station Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar during 2017-2022 to study the performance of different rabi pulses and their genotypes under varied management practices for higher productivity and profitability. The treatment consists of two tillage methods i.e. conventional tillage, ZT with residue mulch @ 3 ton/h...

An experiment was conducted at Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, India to study the effect of planting technique of offsets on growth and development of Bambusa vulgaris. It was laid out in Factorial RBD consisting of 12 treatment combinations (4 sized offsets × 3 sized pits). Offset sizes were : Offsets with 1, 2, 3 and...

An experiment was conducted at Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, India to study the effect of planting technique of offsets on growth and development of Bambusa vulgaris. It was laid out in Factorial RBD consisting of 12 treatment combinations (4 sized offsets × 3 sized pits). Offset sizes were : Offsets with 1, 2, 3 and...

Weeds are unwanted and undesirable plants that absorb nutrients faster and in greater quantities than crop plants, reducing crop yield even at higher fertilizer rates. Consequently, promising weed management approaches are required to enhance wheat productivity. Keeping this in mind, afield experiment was conducted at Research Farm, Division of Agr...

Field experiment was conducted to study the effect of pre-harvest spray of insecticides and botanicals for control of field infestation of pulse beetle in mung bean at Post Graduate Institute Farm, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, during kharif 2020 and summer 2021. The experiment was laid out in Factorial RBD comprising of four treatments...

The field study was conducted in rabi 2019-20, experiment was comprised of four growing environment under Hisar condition i.e. as factor (A) namely (D1)-15 th November, (D2)-30 th November, (D3)-15 th December and (D4)-30 th December, comprising four different cultivars factor (B) viz. (V1)-BH 393, (V2)-BH 902, (V3)-BH 946 and (V4)-BH 885. As preva...

A field experiment was conducted to assess the impact of four graded levels of nitrogen (40, 80, 120 and 160 kg/ha) on yield, quality and economics of four fodder maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes (J-1006, African Tall, COHM-8 and PFM-12) at Hisar (Haryana), India during kharif (rainy) season of 2021 using factorial RBD design with three replications....

A field experiment was carried out at the present experiment entitled “Productivity and profitability of sprouting broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica Plenck) under different major nutrient management with organic sources” was conducted at Vegetable farm, Chandra Shekhar Azad University Of Agriculture And Technology, Kanpur during rabi season...

An investigation was performed during Rainy (Kharif) season of 2018-19 at agricultural research farm of R.G.S.C., Banaras Hindu University, India in order to explore the effect of nitrogen and sulphur on sesame under bael based agri-horti system. The texture of the soil of experimental field is sandy loam and comes under rainfed with invariably poo...

A field experiment entited “Effect of different sowing dates and varieties on growth and yield of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Under Prayagraj conditions” was conducted during the Rabi season of 2021-2022. The experiment was set at forestry field of Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Science Prayagraj U.P. The experiment was l...

A field experiment was conducted during the winter seasons of 2021-22 at the Research farm of the college of forestry Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Science Prayagraj (U. P) to investigate the effect of different sowing dates and varieties on Mustard growth and yield in Prayagraj conditions Keeping in this view experiment...

Citrus (Citrus sp.) is one of the world's major fruit crop, grown in many tropical and subtropical nations with diversified cultivated species. It is a member of the Rutaceae family, which comprises 140 genera and 1300 species. Fruits of lemon (Citrus limon Burm.) are evident in variety of shapes, commercially produced in Assam followed by Bihar, W...

The field experiment was conducted to study the "Response of timely and late sown wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in relation to different foliar applied nutrients, growth regulators and their spraying schedule on leaf area index, relative water content and canopy temperature" during 2020-21 and 2021-22 in Rabi season at G. B. Pant University of Agric...

Green gram is the third most important pulse crop after chickpea and pigeon pea in India. Fertilizer management is one of the important agronomic practices for increasing crop yield and maintaining soil fertility. Growth and development of crops largely depend on the development of root system. A field experiment was conducted during 2021 to study...

A field experiment was conducted during the Rabi seasons of 2020-21 and 2021-22, to evaluate the effect of micronutrients and their application modes on soil physical property and availability of different nutrients after harvest of wheat crop [Triticum aestivum (L.)] at the Crop Research Centre of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture...

Present experiment carried out at Vegetable Farm, FOA (SKUAS-K) Wadura, Kashmir (India) to determine the influence of Farmyard manure (FYM) and Zinc nutrition on pea productivity. The experiment was set up in Factorial RBD with sixteen treatments and three replications. Pea variety PS-1100 was taken as experimental material. Growth height, yield at...

The study was conducted to determine the changes in nutrient composition of both affected by canopy heights, planting densities, and their interactions in comparison with both rainy and winter seasons. The experiment was composed of 4 different canopy heights [1.25m (H1), 1.5m (H2), 1.75m (H3), and unpruned (H4)] and 3 planting densities [5555 (D1)...

Factorial experiments involve simultaneously more than one factors and each factor is at two or more levels. Several factors affect simultaneously the characteristic under study in factorial experiments and the researcher is interested in the main effects and the interaction effects among different factors. Digital tool is transforming institutions...

Ginger was cultivated in under Bamboo (Dendrocalamus strictus) plantation and in open i.e. without tree, atresearch farm of Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G.) in 2018-19. The experiment was laidout in Factorial RBD with four replications in 24 plots of 6 x 3m size. The growth performance of gingershowed that maximum number of tille...

This Excel based program was developed first during 2007 for analysis of data generated from experiments laid out Since then it is being used by agricultural professionals, students, researchers, extension workers etc. CVSTAT is a MS Excel based tool to analyse data and provides information about F-test significance and generate rel mean, critical...

Area under organic cultivation of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is increasing in India. The present two-year study was carried out during 2017–18 and 2018–19 to observe the yield performance of wheat with application of silicon solution (amorphous silica SiO2) under sub-humid conditions of southern plains and Aravalli Hills of Rajasthan. Factorial R...

The experiment was conducted to study the influence of canopy height, planting density, and their interactions on the post-harvest quality of guava. The experiment consisted of 4 different canopy heights [1.25m (H1), 1.5m (H2), 1.75m (H3), and unpruned (H4)] and 3 planting densities [5555 (D1), 3333 (D2), and (D3) 4444 plants ha-1 ] with total 12 t...

Aims: To study the competitive ability of new varieties of Indian mustard with weeds during rabi season at Jammu Study Design: Factorial RBD Design. Place and Duration of Study: Oilseed Experimental Area, Research Farm, SKUAST-Jammu, Chatha, Jammu & Kashmir (UT). Methodology: A field experiment was conducted at the Research farm, Chatha, Jammu duri...

A field experiment was conducted under AICRP on Maize Improvement Project Scheme at Agricultural Research Station, Karimnagar, Telangana state during Kharif, 2012-13. The experiment was conducted in factorial RBD with factor A as four dates of sowings, 1) 20th June (15 Days advance from normal date of sowing). 2) 5th July (normal date of sowing). 3...

This experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Karimnagar during Kharif, 2020-21 in red sandy loam soils. The initial soil status indicated of medium available N, P, K. This experiment was carried out in two sub experiments. Experiment I: Intercropping based strategies Factorial RBD Design has been conducted in 3 eplications during...

An investigation on impact of heat stress on yield and yield components of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) genotypes with 4 different dates of sowing and 4 genotypes under factorial RBD was under taken in 2015 (kharif). The obtained results revealed that 23 rd standard week (D 1 temperature regime) recorded higher value in pod yield (3,504 kg ha-1)...

Propagation through seed is the easiest method of propagation for Seabuckthorn (Hippophae salicifolia D. Don). However, this method is not preferred for commercial cultivation because of dioecious nature of plant and the seedling originated plants also takes about 4-5 years to start flowering. The sex of the plant cannot be distinguished until they...

This research was aimed at obtaining varieties of soybean adaptive to acid soils and to obtain Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) isolates that can improve the agronomic characteristics of soybean and increase the ultisols fertility. This research was conducted in two-stages research on Sampali Village, Percut Sei Tuan sub-District, Deli S...

Background: Green gram is one of the important pulse crops of chief protein source, with ability to fix nitrogen. Erratic rainfall, while it’s grown as rainfed crop, leads to the yield loss due to water stress. Plant root system architecture is plastic and is important sink of photosynthates. In general, the ability of plants to change its root dis...

Large area of field bunds remains unused in the areas dominated with rice cultivation. These available spaces in the form of bund can be utilized for additional income besides the main crop by planting flower crops. An investigation was carried out to develop an economically suitable model for utilization of field bunds through flower cultivation....

To assess the effect of cutting frequencies and foliar application of macro and micro nutrients on growth and seed yield in spinach beet (var.) the experiment was carried out consecutively for two years at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Beta vulgaris bengalensis Sciences and Technology Jammu. The experiment was designed in factorial RBD...

The assessment of the energy requirements of Bt cotton was carried out during kharif 2021-22 at College farm, PJTSAU, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. The aim of this research is to determine the energy input and output involved in Bt cotton production. The average energy consumption of Bt cotton production investigated in this study was 18302 MJ ha-1. Th...

A field experiment was conducted at AICRP on Forage Crops and Utilization, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala during October 2020 to April 2021 to study the influence of variation in levels and frequency of magnesium fertilization on yield and nutrient uptake of Bajra Napier hybrid. The experiment was laid out in factorial...

A field study was conducted at Research Farm of the Department of Vegetable Science and laboratory studies were conducted in the Department of Seed Science and Technology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. The three levels of farmyard manure 0, 10 and 20 t/ha and 0, 50 and 100% neutralization of sodic water by gypsum were laid out in fact...

Irrigation water is one of the most critical and scarce resource for vegetable production in arid and semiarid regions of India. The lack of good quality water supply for irrigation is now becoming a major issue that forcing the farmers to use low quality water. Keeping view, a field trial was conducted for two years at Research Field of the Depart...

p>Kenikir dapat dimanfaatkan sebagai sayuran dengan cara mengonsumsi pucuknya. Kenikir banyak dijumpai sebagai tumbuhan liar sehingga diperlukan upaya untuk meningkatkan produksi pucuk kenikir. Produksi pucuk kenikir dapat dioptimalkan dengan melakukan perbaikan teknik budidaya, salah satunya pengaturan komposisi media tanam dan interval panen pucu...

The response of treatments comprising three levels each of farmyard manure (0, 10 and 20 tonnes/ha) and gypsum (0, 50 and 100% neutralization of RSC) were laid out in a factorial RBD with three replications in a net plot of 3.0 m × 3.0 m at Research Farm of the Department of Vegetable Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, during 2017...

The present experiment was conducted at Research Farm and in Laboratory of the CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar during spring summer 2014–15 and 2015–16 to study the influence of low plastic tunnels, transplanting dates and mulching on quality characteristics of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). The treatments comprise two types tunnels,...

Background: The black soils (vertisols) are often considered to be high in potassium content however; under intensive cultivation of high nutrient demanding crop like maize; the soil available potassium might not be sufficient to fulfil the demand. Moreover; the interaction between potassium and micronutrients like zinc has to evaluated for higher...

This study aims to determine the influence of the combination of soil planting media, compost, husk charcoal, determine the influence of local microorganism concentrations and determine the interaction of the two on the growth and yield of leek plants. The research design used randomized block design arranged in factorial (RBD) with 2 factors. The...

Efficient use of water and fertilizer is extremely critical to sustain the agricultural production, in the context of declining per capita land and water availability, pollution and increasing cost of fertilizers. A field experiment was conducted at Vegetable Research Centre of G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakh...

Heat stress is one of the major abiotic stress plants experiencing now a day due to the changing climate. There may be a natural or manmade reason behind this but its impact on living organisms is vicious. The primarily important sector, Agriculture is the highly affected sector among all. Especially the noticeable reduction in quantity as well as...

An experiment was carried out to know the influence of carrier and liquid biofertilizers on yield attributing characters and yield of guava cv. Taiwan White at College of Horticulture, Dr. YSRHU, V.R. Gudem, Andhra Pradesh during 2019-20 and 2020-21 on three year old guava trees planted at 2.8 x 2.8 spacing. The experiment was carried out in a fact...

The experiment was conducted during the kharif season of 2018 at the Agricultural Research Farm, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh). The experiment was carried out with factorial RBD design with three replication, three crop geometry levels (15 × 15, 20 × 11.25, 25 ×9 cm) and four nitrogen rates (...

Aim: Assess the effect of silicon and nitrogen application on chemical nutrition of plant and soil grown in Typic Ustifluvent soil Study design: Factorial RBD Place and duration of study: Field experiments was conducted in farmers holding in Kuttalam Block, Mayiladuthurai district. The experiment was conducted for two seasons Methodology: Field exp...

The objective of the research is to identify the growth response of binahong accessions from lowland and highland as affected by technological packet. This study used a factorial RBD with two treatments. Factor I: Plant accession named A1 from lowland medan johor; A2 from highland barus jahe karo; A3 from lowland medan sunggal. Factor II: binahong...

Bulb propagated from true seed shallot (TSS) has a potency to become a good seed bulb. This study aimed to analyze the growth and production of seed bulbs from TSS planted on dry low land in rainy season. The study was conducted from November to December 2014 in Grobogan Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. A group of G0 bulbs, called Trisula and Tuk...

A field experiment was conducted to assess the effect of seeding methods and weed management practices on yield of aerobic rice and nutrient removal by the weeds under direct seeded aerobic rice. Among the seeding methods line sowing increased the grain yield than the broadcasting method. Among weed management all the weed management practices were...

An experiment was conducted on "Effect of soil and foliar application of compost tea on growth characters, quality and nutrient content of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill" crop was undertaken at Organic Farm, RCA, Udaipur to get knowledge on influential effects of soil and foliar application of compost tea on the growth characters, quality and ec...

A field experiment was conducted during the kharif season of 2018-19 on sandy-loam soil at G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, to study the "Performance of promising pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp] genotypes at different rates of fertilization in tarai region of Uttarakhand." with an objectives to optim...

Red gram [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] is a new introduction in the southern laterites of Kerala. The field experiment was laid out in factorial RBD to assess the performance of the short duration varieties of red gram, APK 1 and Vamban (Rg) 3 under two spacings (40 cm x 20 cm and 60 cm x 30 cm) and three nutrient levels (40:80:40, 30:60:30 and 20:4...

The experiment was conducted at Horticultural Research Station, Mondouri, BCKV during 2015-2017 to find out the effect of mulching and supplementary irrigation on physical and chemical properties i.e fruit weight, length, diameter, pulp percentage, TSS, acidity, vitamin-C, anthocyanin etc. of Bael (Aegle marmelos Correa.) The experiment was put on...

Cosmos caudatus can be used as vegetable by its shoots. Cosmos are found as wild plant so that efforts are needed to increase shoot production. Shoot production can be optimized by media composition and harvesting interval. This research objective was to investigate planting media composition and harvesting interval effect on growth and shoot produ...

An experiment was conducted at Horticultural Research Station, Mondouri, BCKV during 2015-2017 to find out the effect of mulching and supplementary irrigation on fruit set, fruit drop, fruit retention and yield of Bael (Aegle marmelos Correa.). The experiment was put on factorial RBD consist of nine treatments viz. M 0 I mulching + basin irrigation...

Field experiment was conducted at Coconut Research Station Balaramapuram during Kharif season 2017 with an objective to evaluate the effect of nutrient levels and schedule of nutrient application on the nutrient uptake, nutrient availability and yield of upland rice. The experiment was laid out in factorial RBD with nutrient levels as first factor...

Water and nitrogen are two primary limiting factors for wheat yield. In consonance with this, field experiment was conducted at Norman Ernest Borlaug Crop Research Centre in Pantnagar (Uttarakhand) during Rabi season of 2017-18 to analyze the performance of CSM-CROPSIM-CERES-wheat model for wheat cultivar (PBW-502) grown under different stress cond...

Field experiments were conducted to identify the best source of nutrients and bio-mulch for fruit yield, quality and soil properties of organic okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) at u b K V, Pundibari, West bengal, india during February-may 2017-18. the experiment was laid out in Factorial rbD comprising of two factors, viz. organic nutrient sources (n)...

A field experiment to assess the effect of different fertilizer levels on production, productivity, quality and economics of single cut forage sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] genotypes was conducted at Hisar (Haryana), India during kharif season of 2019. Nine forage sorghum cultivars (SPH 1890, SPH 1891, CSV 30F, CSV 32F, SH 1514, SHH 1513, H...

The study on effect of planting time and IBA levels on rooting of phalsa (Grewia asiatica L.) woody cuttings under mist house condition was undertaken in Horticulture Research Centre, Chauras Campus. HNBGU, Srinagar, Garhwal during 2013. The experiment was laid out in Factorial RBD with three replications. Cuttings were collected during winter seas...

Water and fertilizers play an important role in deciding the productivity of crops. The right combination of water and nutrient is a key for higher yield and quality of produce. Drip fertigation optimize the use of water and fertilizer to harness high yield potential of crop by applying fertilizer at specific growth stage in the correct doses, simu...

A field experiment was carried out at ‘A-B’ Block farm of BCKV, West Bengal, during subsequent winter seasons of 2017-18 and 2018-19 with grass pea variety Ratan (Bio L-212). Ten treatment combinations were laid out in a factorial RBD consisting seed priming with Ammonium molybdate @ 0.5 g kg-1 seed and foliar feeding at pre-flowering or a second s...

The present investigation entitled "Performance of Cauliflower varieties under different spacings in Chhattisgarh plain" was carried out in Horticulture Research Farm of Barrister Thakur Chhedilal College of Agriculture with the aim of investigate to performance of different cauliflower varieties under different spacing. The experiment had two fact...

A field experiment was conducted during 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 to study the Effect of N & P management with and without bio organics on growth and yield parameters of kharif sorghum under South Gujarat conditions. There were fifteen treatments comprising of three fertilizer levels of N & P [60+30kg/ha (F1), 80+40 kg/ha (F2) and 100+50 kg/ha (...

Field experiments were conducted during 2013-2015 under coconut plantation at Sipighat Research farm, ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair. The experimental design was factorial RBD with two factors viz., varieties/genotypes and plant geometries. Four red gram varieties/genotypes (Co-6, Bahar, ANP-11-21 and ANP-12-02) wer...

Exogenous application of elicitors is a good strategy to induce physiological changes in grapevines. Methyl jasmonate is one of the potential elicitor trigger the synthesis of phytochemical compounds in grapes. Therefore, an experiment was conducted to study the influence of preharvest application of methyl jasmonate (MeJA) on nutritional quality o...

A field experiment was conducted in factorial RBD with three replications during kharif, 2010–2012 at Bhilwara, India to study the effect of time and intensity of detassling of rainfed maize on its productivity, economics and rainwater use efficiency. Maize was detassled for 3 time series namely Just after emergence (JAE), 3 Days after emergence (3...