Andhra Pradesh Journal of Agricultural Sciences is an official publication of the ‘Society of Agricultural Scientists’ published quarterly (March, June, September and December) from Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. The journal publishes original research in the fields of agricultural Sciences including Plant sciences, Food science, Social sciences and Agricultural Engineering. Critical review articles from the authors having substantial experience of research in the respective areas of specialization are also considered for publication. So far the society was successful in bringing out the journal regularly since 2015. The journal is open to the active members only (life members and annual members). All the authors and co-authors must become members for processing the articles for publication in the journal.
S. GLORY MADHURI*, K. NAVYA JYOTHI, C. NAGAMANI, M. RAVEENDRA REDDY AND V. CHANDRIKA Department of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted during rabi, 2024-25 at Dryland farm, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati campus of Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Andhra Pradesh, India to study the effect of different levels […]
NAGABHUSHANA*, D. BHARATHI, P. SRIVALLI, B. RUPESH KUMAR REDDY AND M. REDDI SEKHAR Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT One hundred sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) genotypes were evaluated for twenty morphological traits using DUS descriptors in an Alpha Lattice Design with two replications during the rabi season 2024–2025 at the Regional […]
G.TEJASWINI*, K. NAVYA JYOTHI , B. SANDHYA RANI , P. LAVANYA KUMARI AND V. CHANDRIKA Department of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT A field experiment was carried out during summer, 2024 on sandy loam soils of dryland farm, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, to study the Effect of liquid biofertilizers on productivity of […]
ASWATHI S NAIR*, P. GANESH KUMAR, P. BALA HUSSIAN REDDY AND V. SUMATHI Department of Agril. Extension Education, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT The present study was conducted in Palakkad district of Kerala to study the profile of men and women involved in banana value chain. A total of 112 respondents (80 farmers, […]
UPPALA SAI RAM*, B. SANTHOSH KUMAR NAIK, R. NARASIMHULU, D. VENKATESH BABU AND M. REDDI SEKHAR Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT Forty foxtail millet germplasm accessions including two checks (SiA 3156 and SiA 3159) were studied for 18 yield and morpho-physiological traits to estimate genetic parameters, including […]
B. KAMESWARA RAO*, A. RAJESH, P. DURAIMURUGAN, G. MOHAN NAIDU,G. NARAYANA SWAMY AND M. RAJASRI Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT Castor (Ricinus communis) is a perennial shrub and a vital industrial non-edible oilseed crop in India. The castor whitefly, is a polyphagous tropical insect pest, feeds undersurface of leaves. Among twenty-five […]
B. NARAYANA REDDY*, D. BHARATHI, B. RUPESH KUMAR REDDY, G. MOHAN NAIDU AND B. SANTHOSH KUMAR NAIK Department of Seed Science and Technology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT The aim of the present study is to assess 100 sesame genotypes based on DUS descriptors. The experiment was conducted in Alpha Lattice Design with […]
S. BHAGYA LAKSHMI*, K. SUNIL KUMAR, K. DEVAKI, P. MADHUSUDHAN AND M. RAJASRI Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT Roving surveys were conducted during kharif season of 2024 in major rice growing areas of Y.S.R. Kadapa, Nellore, and Annamayya districts to assess the incidence of major insect pests in rice. Insect pest incidence […]
CH. BHARGAVI*, A. PRASANTHI, CH. BHARGAVA RAMI REDDY, K. NAVYA JYOTHI AND M.V.S. NAIDU Department of Soil Science, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT An investigation was carried on “Impact of conjunctive use of organic and inorganic fertilizers on nutrient availability in soil, yield and yield attributes of maize (Zea mays L.)” during kharif 2024 […]
K.A. REKHASREE*, P. MAHESWARA REDDY, S. TIRUMALA REDDY, M. MADHAN MOHAN AND V. CHANDRIKA Department of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT Field experiment entitled “Weed management in rabi sesamum (Sesamum indicum L.)” was conducted in sandy loam soils during rabi 2024-25 at S.V. Agricultural College Farm, Tirupati in randomized block design (RBD) with three replications. […]
P. NANDHINI*, K. UMA DEVI, N. VANI AND S.K. NAFEEZ UMAR Department of Agricultural Economics, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT Rice is a staple food crop in Tamil Nadu. Ramanathapuram district has 68 percent of rice cultivation area and 82.12 percent of total demand of water. In this study, an attempt was made […]
A.P. JAGADEESH*, S. TIRUMALA REDDY, V. CHANDRIKA AND A.R. NIRMAL KUMAR Department of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted at Dryland farm, S.V. Agricultural college, Tirupati during kharif season of 2023 on sandy loam soils. The experiment was laid down in the randomized block design with factorial concept and replicated […]
E. KUMAR*, N. SUNITHA, B. SANDHYA RANI, CH. BHARGAVA RAMI REDDY AND V. CHANDRIKA Department of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted during summer season of 2024 on sandy loam soils at Dryland Farm, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati campus of Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Andhra Pradesh, India. […]
N. VENKATA KALYANI*, Y. PRABHAVATHI, P. NAGI REDDY AND P. LAVANYA KUMARI Institute of Agribusiness Management, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT Agriculture is undergoing a significant transformation from fragmented production and marketing to integrated marketing systems. This transition driven by the need for enhanced competitiveness, efficiency and productivity in the global marketplace, underscores […]
S. ARSHA RAJ*, M.S.V. CHALAM, K. MANJULA AND M. GURIVI REDDY Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT Major paddy growing districts of Kerala viz., Alappuzha, Palakkad, Thrissur, Malappuram, Kottayam and Ernakulam were surveyed and planthoppers were collected, identified and described. The taxonomic characterization was undertaken by studying external morphological features and male genital characters. […]
B. NARENDRA KUMAR*, P. VINOD KUMAR, L. NARAM NAIDU AND M. RAJASEKHAR Horticultural Research Station, Venkataramannagudem Dr YSR Horticultural University, VR Gudem, West Godavari Dist., Andhra Pradesh. ABSTRACT The different cultivars of sapota namely Cricket Ball, Singapore, CO-1, CO-2, PKM-1, PKM-2, PKM-3, DHS-1, DHS-2, Kalipatti and Pala took about 6-9 months from fruit set to […]
M. PARAMESH*, D.M. REDDY, M. SHANTHI PRIYA, M. REDDI SEKHAR, P. SUDHAKAR, K.H.P. REDDY AND S.J. MALLIKARJUNA Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati. ABSTRACT An experiment was carried out to know the nature and magnitude of association among various yield and drought related traits using thirty one mungbean genotypes. Estimates of […]
B. MEENA KUMARI* AND K. GANESAMURTHY Centre for Plant Breeding and Genetics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore – 641 003. ABSTRACT An experiment was conducted to study the expression of heterosis for ten characters in forty five crosses of sesame developed by crossing five lines with nine testers in Line x Tester mating design. The […]
G. FAREEDA* AND V. MUNASWAMY Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati – 517 502, A.P. ABSTRACT Natural products have provided key guidelines for new drug discovery. The search for novel natural products with interesting bioactive properties is an ongoing discipline. Thousands of bioactive compounds have the potential or have […]
K. SURESH KUMAR*, R. CHANDRA SHEKAR AND D. RAJANI Subject Matter Specialist (Hort), KVK, Madanapuram, PJTSAU, Telangana ABSTRACT Effect of chemicals on corm and cormel production in gladiolus cvs. American Beauty and White Prosperity were studied in herbal garden at College of Horticulture, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. The chemicals, Potassium nitrate (KNO3) at 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 […]
K. SIVA HARI BRAHMA AND M.S.V. CHALAM* Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati – 517 502, Chittoor Dt., Andhra Pradesh ABSTRACT Nine planthopper species viz., Cemus sp.; Euidella sp.; Peregrinus maidis (Ashmead); Perkinsiella sp.; Perkinsiella sinensis Kirkaldy; Sardia rostrata (Melichar); Sogatella kolophon (Kirkaldy) Sogatella vibix (Haupt) and Tagosodes pusanus (Distant) were reported from […]
ABDUL SHAKOOR KARRIMI, A. PRATAP KUMAR REDDY, Y. REDDIRAMU AND V.UMAMAHESH Department of Agronomy, S.V Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati – 517502, Chittoor (Dist.,),Andhra Pradesh ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted during kharif, 2017 to study the fortification effect of zinc and iron on growth yield of sweet corn (Zea mays L.).The Growth parameters of sweet […]
P. N. HARATHI,1 P. RAJA SEKHAR2, K. V. HARI PRASAD1, B. V. BHASKAR REDDY2 AND B. RAVINDRA REDDY1 Dept. of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502, Chittoor Dt., Andhra Pradesh, 1 Regional Agricultural Research Station2, ANGRAU, Tirupati ABSTRACT Identification of Asian rice gall midge, Orseolia oryzae (Wood-Mason) biotype was carried out during 2016- 18 […]
M. CHARWAKA*, Y. PRABHAVATHI, N. VANI AND G. MOHAN NAIDU Institute of Agribusiness Management, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, A.P., 517 502. ABSTRACT Tobacco is one of the commercial crops grown in India and and in many other countries. Nicotiana tabacum and Nicotiana rustica are the commercially cultivating species of tobacco. Tobacco is contributing a significant […]
ABSTRACT An experiment was carried to evaluate the performance of eighteen pigeonpea genotypes under drought stress. Drought stress was imposed at two phenophases of growth such as flowering and pod maturation stages. The parameters such as Chlorophyll a, b, a : b ratio, soluble protein, leaf epicuticular wax (ECW) and yield were recorded at flowering […]