YIELD POTENTIAL OF CEREAL CROPS

The chemical and biochemical composition of the local variety of amaranth seeds has been evaluated. The content of lipids, proteins and starch in the composition of amaranth seeds was determined. The composition of fatty acids of amaranth seeds of different variety is given.

Drought is a major abiotic stress that causes a great reduction in the yield of the key cereal crops including sorghum. As the crops are sessile, they evolved several drought tolerance component traits to combat the water stress. Among the drought adaptive traits, root architecture plays a major rol[r]

identify them as having been grown under GAP guidelines and free from excessive pesticide residues. The stickers were supported by in-store posters and training on postharvest handling and marketing present by John Baker to farmers and retail staff from Metro Hanoi. (v) Dr Rogers was invited to att[r]

Training was delivered on agronomy, supply and marketing of cabbage in preparation for the coming winter crop in the form of Farmer Field Schools. Crop supply scheduling tools were developed which can be used to assist farmers in developing planting schedules to meet retail orders and[r]

1 Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development CARD Project Progress Report 021/06VIE Reducing pesticide resides, improving yield, quality and marketing of vegetables crops in Northern Central Vietnam through improved varieties, GAP principles and farmer focuse[r]

The major constraint is low productivity of vegetable crops by following the nonrecommended cultivation techniques. The results of front line demonstration revealed that average yield of 225, 325, 138 and 250 q/ ha was obtained in Ropar, Nurpurbedi, Sri Anandpur Sahib, Chamkaur Sahib and Morinda blo[r]

Considering the fast decline of irrigation potential and increased demand for water from different sectors, many initiatives have been introduced to conserve the scarce water resources in India. One of the methods introduced to save water consumption in agriculture was drip method of irrigation (DMI[r]

Introduction of multipurpose trees plays an important role in agroforestry systems. It enriches the soil by providing soil cover thus providing habitat for soil flora and fauna. However, integration of trees with various crops needs to be evaluated for its allelopathic potential before its introduct[r]

This paper analyses the growth rates and instability indices of major pulses in Andhra Pradesh. Decomposition analysis was carried out to measure the relative contribution of area and yield to the growth in total production of major pulses. The study period has been divided into two sub periods for[r]

This paper does the comparative evaluation of automated and non-automated fertigation systems inside the poly house. The main crop growth parameters like height of the plant, days to first flowering, days to 50 percentage flowering, days to initial budding, days to first harvest and leaf area index[r]

Fox nut (Euryale ferox Salisb,) is an important non-cereal staple aquatic food crop, commercially cultivated in Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains (EIGP) and thereby supports the livelihood of more than 2 million resource poor farmers. Its traditional method of cultivation and post-harvest handling depend[r]

An Assessment of Health and Sustainability 193signicant decline in the number of the LUUs classied as having high yield per acre of indicator cash crops. It is more likely that improved reporting by farmers (reduction in recall bias) would result in an increase i[r]

Field studies were conducted at Agricultural Research Station (ARS), Vizianagaram in red sandy loam soils during rabi 2017-18 with different crops viz., finger millet (variety, Sri Chaitanya), horse gram (variety, VZM-1) and sunnhemp (variety, SH-4). Cost economics was worked out to study the suitab[r]

protein respectively. The moist and dry gluten, the gliadin and the glutenin, all of which make possible the best and most nourishing kinds of bread, are present in largest quantity and best proportion in flours made from wheats grown under typical dry-farm conditions. The by-products[r]

Soybean has great potential as an exceptionally nutritive and very rich protein food, which is one of the five most important oil seed crops of the world. Over hundreds of pathogens are known to affect soybean, of which 66 fungi, six bacteria and eight viruses have reported to be associated with soy[r]

Microclimate of green houses is important for better plant growth and greater yield. The dynamic behavior of the greenhouse microclimate is a combination of physical processes involving energy transfer and mass balance. The greenhouse microclimate can be manipulated by control actions, such as heati[r]

Potential of Jatropha curcas L. for producing energy from marginal land without inputs has recently drawn the attention, resulting in the planning of large commercial plantations in India and other countries. Major challenge for the extended use of J. curcas seems to be the lack of information on ag[r]

Alternaria blight caused by Alternaria brassicae (Berk.) Sacc. has been reported as one of the most serious threat to the production of rapeseed and mustard which is reflected in various yield attributing factors eventually affecting the yield. The matter is of grave concern as both the crops have e[r]

1 Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development Project Progress Report 021/06VIE Reducing pesticide resides, improving yield, quality and marketing of vegetables crops in Northern Central Vietnam through improved varieties, GAP principles and farmer focused tr[r]

Pre harvest forecast of agricultural production is essentially required for food security point of view. In this paper attempt has been made to develop model for forecasting the yield of kharif (Groundnut, paddy, maize) and rabi (wheat and mustard) crop of different district of middle Gujarat and no[r]