Introduction Rapeseed – mustard is one of the most important cruciferous crops. This crop is basically cultivated for oils and vegetables during winter season in Manipur. This…
Introduction Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the main food for more than half of the world’s population. Globally, rice production is more than 470 million metric tons where India is…
Introduction Cajanus cajan is one of the major legume (pulse) crops of tropics and sub tropics. It is grown in many developing countries, it fixes atmospheric nitrogen in the…
Introduction In India, citrus is the third largest fruit industry and acid lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) contributes 25 per cent of the total citrus area. It is grown on…
Introduction Arunachal Pradesh is situated in the Eastern Himalayan region of India. It is the region where the pre-tertiary Tethys Sea first began to close, opening up a pathway…
Introduction The agriculture, as the primary sector in most developing nations of the world play a significant role for the development and growth of nations. Successful…
Introduction Agricultural practices depend on the various factors like rain fall, weather conditions, soil fertility and the presence of pests such as weeds. Weeds are unwanted…
Introduction Agricultural drought is common in Dry land agriculture. Soils of shallow depth, low fertility, and poor water holding capacity and the resultant soil moisture stress…
Introduction Egg parasitoids of the genus Trichogramma sp. are important natural enemies that have been successfully used in biological control programs for the management of…
Introduction Dry flowers and foliage have a great potential as a substitute of fresh flowers owing to their natural appearance with added benefit of long lasting nature as well as…
Introduction Asalio is a polymorphous species, also known popularly as Garden cress and is believed to have originated primarily in the high land region of Ethiopia and Eritrea.…
Introduction Barnyard millet (Echinochloa sp.) belongs to the sub-family panicoideae, family poaceae consisted of Japanese barnyard millet (E. esculenta (A. Braun) H. Scholz) and…
Introduction The growth of microorganisms in an artificial medium is influenced by several physical and chemical factors. A nutrient material prepared for the growth of…
Introduction Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the second most important cereal crop after wheat based on global consumption and utilization. As such, the crop is becoming increasingly…
Introduction The mighty mahseers (Tor spp) are coldwater fishes and acclaimed as famous sport and food fishes of India.1 It is known as tiger in rivers, because of the fight it…
Introduction Oilseed and pulses are the important part of human diet as they are rich sources of proteins and quality nutrition. There are several pulse and oilseed crops sown as…
Introduction Tomato is one of the commercially grown vegetable crop stands third position after potato and sweet potato, occupying an area of 4.81 million hectare with an annual…
Introduction Gujarat is having tropical climate, with temperature ranging from 130C to 270C in January and a maximum of 450C in May- June. The normal annual rainfall of Gujarat…
Introduction India is one of the largest producers of spices in the world. Garlic (Allium sativum) is used as a spice throughout India. It is also important foreign exchange…
Introduction Agricultural machinery are often encountered with sudden jerks and forces due to the harsh field conditions during tillage operation. When the stress induced due to…
Introduction Trace metals are ubiquitous in the environment and present in small amounts in normal condition. Contamination of trace metals refers to their anthropogenic…
Introduction Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] popularly called as jowar, is the “king of millets” and is the fifth in importance among the world’s cereals after wheat,…
Introduction Maize (Zea mays L.; 2n=20) is one of the most important economic cereal crops of the world. It was domesticated over the past 10,000 years from the grass teosinte in…
Introduction Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) is the second most important cole crop after cauliflower. Cabbage falls under cole group and all cole crops have one common…
Introduction Seed germination is usually the most critical stage in seedling establishment determining successful crop production.1, 2 The germination of seed is a complex…
Introduction From the era of Green Revolution, energy consumption has increased tremendously in agriculture and farming has become very energy intensive. Presently, farmers are…
Introduction The cactus pear (Opuntia spp.) is a plant genus native to arid and semi-arid regions of Mexico.1 It belongs to the family Cactaceae, which is consisting of about…
Introduction National Food Security Mission (NFSM) is being run at present in all 13, 33 and 12 districts of Rajasthan under the component of wheat, pulses and course cereals,…
Introduction Anthurium, a genus of the family Araceae, is indigenous to tropical America. It is popular cut flower in tropical and subtropical countries. Numerous Anthurium…
Introduction With invention of internal combustion engines and further advances in engine technology, the problem of un-necessary sound and vibration are arisen. Vibration enters…