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 […]
MOHANKUMAR AND D.N. KAMBREKAR* Department of Agricultural Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad-580 005, Karnataka ABSTRACT Studies on the field efficacy of different new insecticide molecules and botanicals against safflower leaf eating caterpillar Perigea capensis Guenée under field condition was conducted during 2014. All the treatments rendered significant suppression of leaf eating caterpillar compared to […]
T. RAMU KUMAR*, S.V. PRASAD AND P.V. SATHYA GOPA Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V.Agricultural College, Tirupati-517502, A.P. ABSTRACT The study was conducted in the Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh during the year 2014-15. The study has focused on factors affecting technological gap of rice growers in adoption of recommended rice production technology. A sample of […]
B. RAJITHA*, P. LATHA, V. UMAMAHESH, V. CHANDRIKA AND K. SUJATHA Department of Crop Physiology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502, A.P. ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted at Dryland Farm of S.V. Agricultural College, Regional Agricultural Research Station, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Tirupati during rabi season, 2014-15. The study aimed to enhance drought […]
V. NAGARJUNA* AND D. MUTHUMANICKAM Department of Soil Science and Agril. Chemistry, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India ABSTRACT A mathematical model, based on the first order rate equation derived to determine the critical nutrient level in soil and plants. The model has been used to determine the critical level by characterizing plant growth as […]
D. RAJANI*, A. MANOHAR RAO, D. SRI HARI AND SURESH KUMAR KARNAM Assistant professor, Dept. of Horticulture, Agricultural College, Palem, PJTSAU, Telangana ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of plant growth regulators on growth, flowering, yield and quality of French bean cv. Arka Komal at student’s farm, College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, […]
R. RAKESH NAIK, Y. REDDI RAMU*, N. SUNITHA, V. UMAMAHESH AND A.P.K. REDDY Department of Agronomy, S.V Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted durring rabi, 2015 to optimize the nutrient management strategy for enhancing the growth and yield of hybrid maize. The experiment was laid out in a […]
M.I.C. PREMDAS*, K.V. HARIPRASAD, K. MANJULA, D. MOHAN REDDY AND P. SUMATHI Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502, Chittoor Dt., Andhra Pradesh ABSTRACT Field studies on management of lepidopteran insect pests of sesame with certain insecticides were carried out during summer 2017 at wet land farm, S. V. Agricultural College, Tirupati. Sesame […]
G.D. NANDINI*, K.JOHN, M. REDDISEKHAR AND P. LATHA Dept. of Genetics and Plant Breeding, S.V. Agricultural college, ANGRAU, Tirupati, Chittoor Dt.517502, Andhra Pradesh, India ABSTRACT Forty diverse genotypes of Spanish bunch groundnut were evaluated during kharif 2017 for variability studies. The genotype TCGS-1847 registered higher mean values for pod yield per plant, kernel yield per […]
BLESSY T THOMAS, P. V. SATYA GOPAL*, S.V. PRASAD AND A.V. NAGAMANI Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati – 517502, Chittoor dt.,Andhra Pradesh ABSTRACT The present investigation was carried out to study the profile characteristics of socially backward fanning community in Idukki district of Kerala. Ex-post facto research design was followed for […]
L. MADHAVILATHA*, M. SUBBA RAO, M. SHANTHI PRIYA AND M. HEMANTH KUMAR Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Agricultural Research Station, Perumallapalle, Tirupati – 517 505. ABSTRACT An experiment was carried out with fifty little millet elite germplasm lines to estimate genetic parameters, character association and path analysis for nine quantitative traits. High GCV and […]