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.
M. SUNIL KUMAR*, R. SARADA JAYALAKSHMI DEVI, K. VEMANA, T. MURALI KRISHNA AND L. PRASANTHI Department of Plant Pathology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati. Tobacco streak virus (TSV) is the type member of Ilarvirus genus in the family Bromoviridae (Fauquet et al., 2005). The genus Ilarvirus is one of the six genera included in the […]
A. NIKHITHA, P. BALA HUSSAIN REDDY, V. SAILAJA AND Y. REDDI RAMU Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati ABSTRACT The present study was carried out to know the profile of CFLDs beneficiary and non-beneficiary farmers in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh over a randomly drawn sample of 120 respondents. The results revealed […]
C. MUTHU LAKSHMI BAVITHRA*, G.S. PANDURANGA, A. RAJESH, P. KARTHIK REDDY AND B. RAMANA MURTHY ABSTRACT Maggots of melon fruit fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae were mass reared on seven semi-synthetic fruit based diets. Biological parameters of melon fruit fly were recorded and compared with control diet to develop an effective semi-synthetic fruit based diet for mass […]
V. KARTHIGA*, T. LAKSHMI, S.V. PRASAD AND A.V. NAGAVANI Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati ABSTRACT The study was conducted to study the profile of turmeric growers in Erode district of Tamil Nadu. The results revealed that majority of the turmeric growers were middle age (55.83%), educated up to middle school (50.00%), […]
T. MAHESH BABU*, T. LAKSHMI, S.V. PRASAD, V. SUMATHI AND B. RAMANA MURTHY Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati. ABSTRACT Assessing the relationship between profile of FPO members with performance of FPO would help to understand how the profile characteristics will influence the performance and socio-economic benefits of the FPO members after joining […]
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 […]
V. SRINIVAS, A. SRAVANI, S. PRATYUSHA AND S. GOPALAKRISHNAN* International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru 502 324, Telangana ABSTRACT Biological degradation and conversion of agricultural or herbal wastes by earthworms and microorganisms, called vermicomposting, is becoming a favored method of recycling biodegradable wastes. Application of vermicompost prepared from the herbals not […]
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 […]
BHADRE CHANDRABASHI KASHINATH, N. SUNITHA*, A.V. NAGAVANI AND G. PRABHAKARA REDDY Department of Agronomy, S.V.Agricultural College, Tirupati 517 502 ABSTRACT An investigation on the performance of fodder maize to varied crop geometry and nitrogen levels was conducted during kharif, 2013 at S.V.Agricultural College, Tirupati on sandy loam soil. There were eighteen treatment combinations consisted of […]
M. JYOSTNA KIRANMAI, N. SUNITHA*, Y. REDDI RAMU, A. PRASANTHI AND G. PRABHAKARA REDDY Department of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati-517502, Andhra Pradesh ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted during rabi, 2014-15 to study the effect of different nitrogen levels and time of nitrogen application on growth and yield of white grain finger millet. The experiment […]
M. KAVITHA* AND K. LALITHA KUMARI *Scientist, Citrus Research Station, Petlur, Venkatagiri, Dr. Y.S.R. H.U., Andhra Pradesh ABSTRACT Field experiments were carried out for three consecutive years i.e. 2009-2010, 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 at Horticultural College and Research Institute, Anantharajupeta, to study the effect of different fungicides for the management of foliar blight of chrysanthemum. Among […]
K. HANUMANTHA*, V. SAILAJA, P.V. SATHYAGOPAL, K.N. RAVIKUMAR AND S.V. PRASAD Department of Agricultural Extension and Economics, Agricultural College, Mahanandi – 518 502, A.P. ABSTRACT The study was conducted in Ananthapuramu district of Andhra Pradesh to study the attitude of beneficiaries towards MGNREGS. The study revealed that education, size of the family, socio-politico participation, sources […]
A.R. NIRMAL KUMAR*, C. VIJAYALAKSHMI AND D. VIJAYALAKSHMI Department of Crop Physiology, RARS, ANGRAU, Tirupati – 517 502, Chittoor Dt., A.P. ABSTRACT Floral anatomy, which determines the yield in rice, is greatly affected by heat and drought stresses during reproductive phenophase. Trials under controlled environmental conditions and field experiments under rain out shelter facility were […]
P. BALAHUSSAIN REDDY*, P.V.K. SASIDHAR AND T.P. SASTRY Programme Coordinator, KVK, ANGRAU, Kalikiri, Chittoor Dt., Andhra Pradesh ABSTRACT The knowledge test was developed to measure the knowledge of Rice farmers in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. Relevant items covering all aspects of Rice cultivation were collected from literature available and in consultation with scientists of […]
J. MANJUNATH1, K. MANJULA1, K. V. HARI PRASAD1, T. MURALI KRISHNA2, T. N. V. K. V. PRASAD2, B. RAVINDRA REDDY1 1Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati – 517502. Chittoor (District), Andhra Pradesh 2Institute of Frontier Technology, Regional Agricultural Research Station, Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Tirupati – 517 502, A.P,India ABSTRACT An […]
MAITRI PANIGRAHI*, L. PRASANTHI, K. HARIPRASAD REDDY AND A. R. NIRMAL KUMAR Dept. of Genetics and Plant Breeding, S.V. Agricultural college, ANGRAU, Tirupati, Chittoor Dt.517502, Andhra Pradesh, India ABSTRACT An experiment was carried out to estimate the genetic parameters such as variability, heritability and genetic advance, character association and path analysis for eleven quantitative characters […]
V. RAGAMALIKA*, S. RAJESWARI, B. APARNA AND B. RAVINDRA REDDY Department of Agricultural Economics, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, A.P. 517502 ABSTRACT The present study was aimed to know the direction of cropping pattern changes in the selected districts of Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh by using Markov chain analysis. Time series data on area under […]
SWATANTRA MISHRA, M. SHANTHI PRIYA*, M. REDDISEKHAR AND G. MOHAN NAIDU Department of Statistics and Mathematics, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati. ABSTRACT Evaluation of 48 genotypes of cluster bean was taken up in dry land farm of S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati in a randomized block design with three replications during kharif, 2014. Based on Mahalanobis […]