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.
Ch. SHEKHAR*, K. KAREEMULLA, S. RAJESWARI AND B. RAMANA MURTHY P.G. Scholar, Department of Agricultural Economics, S.V Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati ABSTRACT The present study aims at examining the economic viability of sweet orange in Anantapuramu district of Andhra Pradesh. Forty sweet orange farmers constituted the sample for the study. Data collected from primary sources […]
C.C. HEMANTH*, M. MADHAN MOHAN, K.V. NAGA MADHURI AND P. MAHESHWARA REDDY Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati. ABSTRACT An experiment on long-term application of fertilizers and manure was initiated in the year 1981 during kharif season at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India in rainfed Alfisols under groundnut monocropping system. […]
K. CHANDHINI*, S.S. RAJU, N. VANI AND P. LAVANYA KUMARI Department of Agricultural Economics, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati. ABSTRACT The present study aimed to estimate the feed and fodder demand for the existing livestock population and supply in Andhra Pradesh. For the study the secondary data was collected from the different sources. The livestock […]
RANI KUMAR SAJANE*, M. RAJASRI, G.S. PANDURANGA AND T.N.V.K.V. PRASAD Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati. ABSTRACT In the present study essential oils like neem-azal, clove oil and acorus oil were tested at different concentrations for the management of red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst). Neem-azal at 2.0 per cent was found to be effective […]
R. CHETHAN*, G. KARUNA SAGAR, B. SANDHYA RANI AND Ch. BHARGHAVA RAMI REDDY Department of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati. ABSTRACT Field experiment entitled “Organic weed management in maize (Zea mays L.)” was conducted during rabi, 2021-22 at Wetland Farm of S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. Among all the organic weed management practices, significantly […]
G. AISHWARYA*, P. SANDHYA RANI, V. UMAMAHESH AND N.V. SARALA Department of Crop Physiology, S.V Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted during Kharif season 2021 at Dryland Farm, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, ANGRAU. To know the effect of weather parameters on proso millet crop under three dates of sowing i.e. first […]
A. NIHITH REDDY*, S. RAJESWARI, P. LAVANYA KUMARI AND B. APARNA Institute of Agribusiness Management, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati. ABSTRACT In Telangana’s Rangareddy district, research was conducted to explore the maize supply chain. Six villages were selected for the present study from which sixty farmers and ten market intermediaries were polled to discover more […]
G. NAVYA*, V. SAILAJA, P. GANESH KUMAR AND B. SANDHYA RANI Department of Agricultural Extension Education, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati. ABSTRACT The present study was carried out to know the profile of the members of the tribal FPGs in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh over a randomly drawn sample of 120 respondents. The results […]
S. SWATHI*, M. SRINIVASA REDDY, P. V. RAMESH BABU AND P. KAVITHA Department of Agronomy, Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Mahanandi ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted to study the growth and yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under different sowing beds, on sandy loam soils at College Farm, Agricultural College, Mahanandi campus of Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural […]
B. SANTHOSH KUMAR NAIK*, M. REDDI SEKHAR, P. SHANTHI, P. SUDHAKAR AND P. SUJATHAMMA Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati. ABSTRACT The experiment was conducted with 50 hybrids and fifteen parents which were developed through Line × Tester mating design using five male sterile lines and ten restorers as parental […]
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 […]
S. RAJUNAIKA, M. HEMANTHKUMARB, N.V. NAIDUC, P. LATHAD aPost Graduate student, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati – 517502. Chittoor (District), Andhra Pradesh ABSTRACT Four sugarcane varieties (87A298, Co86032, CoT8201 and 2003V46) and three explants (shoot tip, leaf roll and apicalmeristem) were used for micropropagation and observations were made on […]
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 […]
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 Forecasting models were helpful for managing and decision making in planning for the future effectively. This paper attempted forecasting univariate time series of banana production in India, the proposed Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) algorithm appears more powerful than traditional models. Used 69 years data banana production (1951-2019) in India and applied time […]