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.
P. SUSMITHA*, A. PRASANNA RAJESH, M. REDDI SEKHAR AND SK. NAFEEZ UMAR Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT Mahalanobis D2 statistic was used to quantify the genetic diversity among 30 advanced breeding lines of groundnut for fifteen traits. Based on Tocher’s method of clustering, the genotypes were grouped […]
PAVANI*, K.R. TAGORE, R.P. VASANTHI AND T. RAGHAVENDRA Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT This study was conducted to determine the contribution of different traits to cane yield in sugarcane (Saccharum spp.). Nineteen early sugarcane clones were evaluated in a randomized block design with three replications at Agricultural Research […]
S.P. SHRUTHI*, M. SHANTHI PRIYA, B. SANTHOSH KUMAR NAIK AND P. KARTHIK REDDY Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT Thirty tomato genotypes were assessed in a randomized block design with three replications at S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, during rabi 2023-24, to assess the character associations between yield, Yield attributing and […]
PREETHI*, K. SUNIL KUMAR, K. MANJULA AND P. SRIVALLI Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT The present investigation was conducted to study the incidence of sesame phyllody disease in major sesame growing areas in Southern Zone of Andhra Pradesh (Y.S.R, Tirupati and Nellore districts) which revealed that the sesame phyllody incidence […]
V.P. VAMSIDHAR*, A. PRASANTHI, Y. BALACHANDRA, N.V. SARALA AND M.V.S. NAIDU Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted on sandy clay loam soils at Wetland farm, ANGRAU, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati during rabi 2023-2024 in groundnut crop to study the effect of application of organic […]
G. SAI SRAVANTHI*, M. SATHISH RAHUL, Y. PRABHAVATHI AND S.K. NAFEEZ UMAR Institute of Agribusiness Management, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT India is one of the largest producers of red chilli in the world. Andhra Pradesh is the major state in the country which occupies larger area under red chilli cultivation. The current […]
SNEHALATHA*, P. RADHIKA, K.V. HARIPRASAD, V. DINESH KUMAR, P.DURAI MURUGAN AND M.S.V. CHALAM Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT A roving survey was carried out in castor cultivating areas of Ananthapuramu district during kharif, 2023 to know the incidence of sucking pests. From the selected district, different mandals, viz., Kanekal, Belguppa, Atmakur, Narpala, Uravakonda, Ananthapuramu, […]
B. DEBASREE*, M. RAJASRI, K. DEVAKI AND D. MOHAN REDDY Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT Field screening of forty seven black gram (Vigna mungo L.) genotypes against spotted pod borer, Maruca vitrata was carried out during late rabi, 2023-24 under field conditions at S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. The genotypes were categorized based on the per cent […]
S. PADMAVATHI*, J. MANJUNATH, M. RAJASRI AND B.H. CHAITHANYA Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT A fixed plot survey was conducted to study the incidence of sucking insect pests and pink bollworm in cotton fields of Nandyal and Kurnool districts of Andhra Pradesh during 2023-2024 at monthly intervals. Among the sucking […]
B. KEERTHANA*, M.S.V. CHALAM, P. RADHIKA, P. LAVANYA KUMARI AND K. MANJULA Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT A study was carried out at the Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati on the larval taxonomy of lepidopteran pest complex in castor. Four lepidopteran larvae viz., Spodoptera litura (Fabricius), Achaea janata (Linnaeus), Ergolis merione (Cram) and Conogethes […]
R. CHELSIA*, K. MANJULA, P.N. HARATHI AND M. GURIVI REDDY Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT The pathogenicity test of unformulated entomopathogenic fungal isolate Bb. Cd (Beauveria bassiana) (Balsamo) Vuillemin isolated from Chandragiri village were conducted against third instar Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) larvae maintained at three different temperatures viz, 15°C, 25°C and 35°C under laboratory […]
M. JAHNAVI*, T. LAKSHMI, M. SATHISH RAHUL AND Y. REDDIRAMU Department of Agril. Extension Education, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT The study was conducted to know the profile of cotton growers in light soils of Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh over a randomly drawn sample of 120 cotton growers and the results revealed […]
G. RAMYA RISHITHA*, I. PARAMASIVA, M.S.V. CHALAM AND P. MADHUSUDAN Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT The level of insecticide resistance acquired by field collected brown plant hopper populations, Nilaparvatha lugens after 24 hours and 72 hours exposure to four insecticides thiamethoxam, pymetrozine, dinotefuran, and acephate was studied in comparison with the laboratory […]
P.V. MADHUSUDHAN*, M. SHANTHI PRIYA, I. SUDHIR KUMAR AND N.V. SARALA Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT Combining ability for yield and yield attributing traits was studied in 60 crosses made by using Line × Tester mating design involving 30 lines and 2 testers which were evaluated along […]
R. BHARGAVI*, K. RAGHAVENDRA CHOWDARY, T. LAKSHMI AND G.L. SIVA JYOTHI Department of Agricultural Extension Education, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT The present investigation was carried out in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. The study was purposively conducted in the Chittoor district as it is the hub for many Agri and allied sector […]
I. NAGARAL, V. B. KULIGOD* AND J. NIRMALNATH Department of Soil Science and Agriculture Chemistry, College of Agriculture, UAS, Dharwad-580 005, India ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted during kharif 2011 at a farmer’s field in Koliwad (Hubli taluk) village in Northern transitional Zone of Karnataka between 15° 21′ N latitude and 75° 24′ E […]
J. SWAMANNA, P. KAVITHA*, M. SREENIVASA CHARI AND M. SRINIVASA REDDY Department of Soil Science and Agriculture Chemistry, Agriculture College, Mahanandi, ABSTRACT An investigation was carried out to study the different forms of potassium and their relationship with soil properties in rice growing soils of Kurnool district. The mean values of water soluble K, available […]
V. SRILATHA*, Y.T.N. REDDY AND P. KARTHIK REDDY University of Horticultural Sciences, GKVK Campus, Bengaluru-65 ABSTRACT A study was conducted to evaluate the effects of pruning (current or previous season’s vegetative growth) and paclobutrazol (PBZ) @ 3 ml m-1 canopy diameter on the fruit yield and fruit quality of mango cvs. Raspuri, Dashehari and Amrapali […]
V. VISALAKSHMI*, K. MADHU KUMAR, A. UPENDRA RAO AND N. HARI SATYANARAYANA Agricultural Research Station, Amadalavalasa, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh ABSTRACT Thirty six early duration rice varieties were evaluated during kharif, 2015 under natural field conditions for resistance to stem borer and their yield potential in late sown situation. The highest incidence of stem borer as […]
K. SURESH KUMAR*, R. CHANDRA SHEKAR AND D. RAJANI Subject Matter Specialist (Hort), KVK, Madanapuram ABSTRACT Studies were conducted on the effect of plant growth regulators on dormancy and flowering in gladiolus cvs. American Beauty and White Prosperity during rabi 2009. The plant growth regulators, Gibberellic acid (GA3) at 75, 100 and 125 ppm, Benzyl […]
T. SRI CHANDANA*, P.V. SATHYA GOPAL, V. SAILAJA, A.V. NAGAVANI AND S.V. PRASAD Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502, Chittoor Dt., A.P. ABSTRACT The present investigation was carried out in Nellore, Srikakulam, Ananthapur districts of Andhra Pradesh during 2016-17. The main objective of the study was to analyze the constraints faced […]
M. MAHENDRA, M. REDDI KUMAR*, C.P.D. RAJAN AND P. SUMATHI Department of Plant Pathology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati – 517 502, Chittoor Dt., Andhra Pradesh ABSTRACT Six isolates of Trichoderma spp. were tested for their antagonist potential against four isolates of M. phaseolina, incitant of groundnut dry root rot by following dual culture technique […]
A. SUDHEER VARMA, V. TULASI DAS, I. BHAVANI DEVI AND G. MOHAN NAIDU Institute of Agribusiness Management, S.V Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517502, Chittoor Dt. Andhra Pradesh, India ABSTRACT The commercial cost of cultivation incurred to raise one hectare of oil palm during its life span of 25 years stood at Rs.2799460.24. The gross income realized […]
ABDUL SHAKOOR KARRIMI*, A. PRATAP KUMAR REDDY, Y. REDDIRAMU AND V. UMAMAHESH Department of Agronomy, S.V Agricultural College, Tirupati, ANGRAU, Andhra Pradesh, India. ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted during kharif, 2017 to study theyield and economics of Sweet corn(Zea mays L.) as influenced by zinc and Iron fortification. Higher yield of sweet corn was […]
P. MAHESWARA REDDY*, G. KRISHNA REDDY, B. RAVINDRA REDDY, K.V. NAGAMADHURI, G. PRABHAKAR REDDY AND P. SUDHAKAR Department of Agronomy, Regional Agricultural Research Station, Tirupati-517502 ABSTRACT Nursery management experiment was carried out at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Tirupati campus of Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University during rabi, 2014-15 for the standardization of suitable bedding material […]