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.
G.R. SONIYA*, I. BHAVANI DEVI, B. APARNA AND B. RAMANA MURTHY Department of Agricultural Economics, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati. ABSTRACT The primary objective of this study is to assess the business performance of a selected Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. For this purpose, Two FPOs under Andhra Pradesh Rural […]
T. RAGHAVENDRA*, P. SUDHAKAR, P. SANDHYA RANI, V. JAYALAKSHMI AND B. RAVINDRA REDDY Department of Crop Physiology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati. ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Nandyal during rabi season of 2018-19 and 2019-20 to find out optimum time of sowing and suitable genotypes of chickpea in scarce […]
P. KAVYA*, N. VANI, RAJESWARI AND B. RAMANA MURTHY Department of Agricultural Economics, S,V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati ABSTRACT The study was conducted during the year 2018-19 in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh in which 4 mandals were selected on the basis of highest average man days per household per year. Using the same criteria […]
S. VANDANA*, P.V.R.M REDDY, K.V. NAGAMADHURI AND P. MAHESWARA REDDY Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati. ABSTRACT Two hundred fifty representative soil samples from seventy three villages of Gudipala mandal in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh were collected at 250 m grid interval leaving hills and water bodies and […]
K. VASANTHA*, B. APARNA, N. VANI AND G. MOHAN NAIDU Department of Agricultural Economics, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati. ABSTRACT The study was carried out during the year 2018-19. The purpose of selecting Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh for the study was, because of its highest area and production under Rabi jowar when compared to […]
K. VISHNU PRIYA*, A.R. NIRMAL KUMAR, V. UMAMAHESH AND K.V. HARIPRASAD Department of Crop Physiology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati. ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted during rabi, 2019 at dry land farm of S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati to study the effects of foliar application of salicylic acid and boron in enhancing the source-sink relationship […]
K. PRABHAKAR*, V.SUMATHI, T. GIRIDHARA KRISHNA, P.SUDHAKAR, S. JAFFAR BASHA AND G. KARUNA SAGAR Department of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati ABSTRACT A field experiment was undertaken Regional Agricultural Research Station, Nandyal during 2018-18 and 2019-20 to study the effect of crop residue incorporation, sowing time and irrigation on chickpea (Cicer arietinum. L.) under […]
B. KESINI*, K. DEVAKI , M.S.V. CHALAM, V.L.N REDDY, B. RAMANAMURTHY AND N.C. VENKATESWARLU Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati ABSTRACT The parasporal crystal toxins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis are the most widely used natural insecticides in pest control in agriculture and vector control of public health. B. thuringiensis was isolated from soil […]
KENANAO NTSUAPE*, P. BALA HUSSAIN REDDY, S.V. PRASAD AND G. PRABHAKARA REDDY Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati. ABSTRACT The study was conducted in two colleges of Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University i.e. S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, Chittoor district and Agricultural College, Mahanandi, Kurnool district. To study the perception of students towards […]
C. HARITHA*, P. SANDHYA RANI, P. LATHA AND S. HEMALATHA Department of Crop Physiology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati. ABSTRACT Laboratory experiment was conducted to screen fifty blackgram genotypes for high temperature tolerance using Temperature Induction Response (TIR) technique with nine tolerant blackgram genotypes viz., LBG 977, PU 1504, LBG 982, LBG 977, ABF 04, […]
S. KRISHNA VENI, K. MANJULA* AND T. MURALI KRISHNA Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati-517 502, Andhra Pradesh, India ABSTRACT Grain formulations of N. rileyi were prepared by mass producing the fungus on six different grain media viz., rice, wheat, jowar, bajra, maize and ragi for evaluating the viability of N. rileyi conidia during […]
KARANAM NAVYA JYOTHI*, V. SUMATHI, N. SUNITHA AND B. RAVINDRA REDDY Department of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati-517502, Andhra Pradesh ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted during kharif, 2014 at S.V. Agricultural College Farm, Tirupati with four foxtail millet varieties (SiA 3088, SiA 3085, SiA 3156 and Srilaxmi) in combination with three nitrogen levels (0, […]
B. KRANTHI KUMARI*, S.V. PRASAD, P.V. SATHYA GOPAL AND G. MOHAN Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati-517 502 ABSTRACT The present study determines the constraints faced by the farmers in adaptability measures to climate variability and suggestions expressed by the farmers to overcome the same in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh, India. A […]
I. BHAVANI DEVI, M. SRIKALA*, T. ANANDA AND V.SUBRAMANYAM Research Scholar, Department of Agricultural Economics, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati – 517 502. ABSTRACT The total cost of cultivation of rice per ha in Kharif 2010-2011 worked out to 67,899 of which operational costs formed 70.20 per cent and the remaining fixed costs. Human labour was […]
SYED SHAMEER AND T.N.V.K.V. PRASAD* Institute of Frontier Technologies, Nanotechnology Laboratory, RARS, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502, Chittoor Dt., A.P. ABSTRACT Microorganisms live almost everywhere including the harsh habitats on earth. In order to survive in these environments the microbes produce a variety of metabolite productcs and polymeric compounds which confer the ability to survive and thrive […]
P. APARNA*, M. SHANTHI PRIYA, D. MOHAN REDDY AND P. LATHA S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502, Chittoor Dt., A.P. ABSTRACT Correlation and path co-efficient analysis were carried out for pod yield and its contributing characters in 168 germplasm lines and five checks of groundnut. Correlation studies indicated that pod yield per plant was significantly […]
K. SWATHI*, P. SEETHA RAMU1, S. DHURUA2 AND M. SURESH3 Department of Entomology, Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Naira 532 185, Andhra Pradesh ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted at Agricultural College Farm, Naira, on seasonal incidence of spotted pod borer on rice fallow blackgram in North Coastal Andhra Pradesh during rabi 2017-2018. The incidence of M. […]
Y. LAKSHMI PRASANNA,V. RAJARAJSWARI, P. RAGHUVEER RAO, V. UMAMAHESH AND M. SREENIVAS PRASAD Department of Crop Physiology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati– 517502, Chittoor (Dist), Andhra Pradesh ABSTRACT An artificial blast screening nursery experiment was conducted in blast screening nursery at Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Hyderabad during kharif 2015 to study the efficacy […]
L. GEETHANJALI*, M. S. V. CHALAM, S. R. KOTESWARA RAO and G. MOHANNAIDU Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati – 517502, Chittoor Dt., A.P., India ABSTRACT Six planthopper species were collected, identified and described from sorghum crop ecosystem of southern and scarce rainfall zones of Andhra Pradesh. The planthopper fauna collected from sorghum […]
E. ARUNA*, G. KARUNA SAGAR AND A. PRATAP KUMAR REDDY Agricultural Research Station, Utukur, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Utukur, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh during summer season of 2018 to test the efficiency of pendimethalin, quizalofop ethyl and metribuzin herbicides in broadcasted sesame. The experiment comprised of ten […]