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.
VIJAYA BHASKAR REDDY UPPALURU*, PRABHAKARA REDDY GADDAM, SRINIVASA REDDY MALLU AND P. KAVITHA Department of Agronomy, Sugarcane Research Station, Vuyyuru ABSTRACT During rabi, 2014 and 2015 at Agricultural College, Mahanandi the yield attributes viz., number of cobs plant-1, cob length and hundred grain weight of maize were not influenced significantly due to residual nutrients, nutrient doses ± crop […]
M. LOKESWARIDEVI*, K.V. HARI PRASAD, G.S. PANDURANGA, L. MADHAVI LATHA AND T.M. HEMA LATHA Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT. A field trial was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Perumalapalle, Tirupati District, Andhra Pradesh, India for evaluating 100 finger millet genotypes along with four varieties as check entries (Vakula, Tirumala, Indravati, […]
A. PRUTHVI ROYAL*, M. RAVI KISHORE, N.T. KRISHNA KISHORE AND P. LAVANYA KUMARI Institute of Agribusiness Management, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT The purpose of the study is to find the challenges hindering the performance of FPOs. The study was carried out with the members and the Board of Directors from the FPOs […]
K. ANANTHA DAMODARA REDDY*, P. BALA HUSSAIN REDDY, V. SAILAJA AND SHAIK NAFEEZ UMAR Institute of Agribusiness Management, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT The present study was conducted to analyze the constraints faced by the farmers while using the products offered by Rythu Bharosa Kendra’s (RBKs) particularly in the Prakasam district of Andhra […]
D. THABASUM NAZ*, P. BALA HUSSAIN REDDY, N. VANI AND SHAIK NAFEEZ UMAR Institute of Agribusiness Management, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT Tomato, one of the most viewed crops in studies and NEWS reflects instability and frequent fluctuations in case of market related aspects starting from facilities for grading and packaging to sources […]
SHAREEF JENNADA*, V. SAIDA NAIK, K. BAYYAPU REDDY AND S. VASUNDHARA Department of Seed Science & Technology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT The present experiment was conducted to know the impact of seed priming with chemicals on seed quality of chickpea, by subjecting seed of chickpea to various priming treatments viz., hydration, hydration followed […]
P. KALAVATHI*, M.K. JYOSTHNA, P. MADHUSUDHAN AND K.V. HARIPRASAD Department of Plant Pathology, KV.K, Kalikiri, Chittoor-517234. ABSTRACT A roving survey was conducted during rabi, 2020-2021 in Nellore and Chittoor districts of Andhra Pradesh to assess the disease severity of sheath blight disease in rice. The per cent disease severity ranging from 6.11 to 13.44 per cent […]
K. DINESH KUMAR*, M. SREEVALLI DEVI, CH. SREELAKSHMI AND I. PARAMASIVA Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT In this investigation genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance was studied in 39 indigenous landraces of rice along with two checks for evaluation of yield and quality traits during kharif, 2021. […]
P.V.L. PRAVALIKA*, K. DEVAKI, P. LATHA AND K. MANJULA Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT Seed treatment was done at the time of sowing with imidacloprid 600 FS and thiamethoxam 30 FS. Among the different treatments, seed treated with imidacloprid 600 FS @ 2.0 ml kg-1 (+ 4 ml water) seed […]
I. PRAVEEN KUMAR*, M. SHANTHI PRIYA, L. MADHAVILATHA AND P. LATHA Department of Plant Pathology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT In the present study 70 pearl millet inbred lines were evaluated for 21 quantitative traits. Analysis of variance for 70 pearl millet inbred lines revealed significant differences among the germplasm lines for all […]
T . PALLAVI*, T.S.S.K. PATRO, K.B. PALANNA, M. GURIVI REDDY AND M. SHANTHI PRIYA Department of Plant Pathology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT An in vitro experiment was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of different chemicals viz., tebuconazole + trifloxystrobin 75WG @ 0.05%, propiconazole 25 EC @ 0.1% and biocontrol agents viz., Trichoderma asperellum, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Bacillus subtilis on Rhizoctonia […]
Y.V.S. JYOTHIRMAI*, M. SREEVALLI DEVI, K. JOHN AND B. RAMANA MURTHY Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT The experiment was conducted at dryland farm of S. V. Agricultural College, Tirupati during kharif, 2021. In the cross Kadiri 6 × J 11, number of primary branches plant-1, number of mature pods […]
BHAVANI*, G. KRISHNA REDDY, P. MAHESWARA REDDY, LAVANYA KUMARI AND G. KARUNA SAGAR Department of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted during summer, 2022 at S.V. Agricultural College Farm, Tirupati. The experiment was laid out in split-plot design and replicated thrice. The treatments consisted of three methods of sowing […]
K. TEJASWINI*, P. BALA HUSSAIN REDDY, T. LAKSHMI AND P. MAHESWARA REDDY Department of Agricultural Extension Education, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT The present study was conducted in the district of SPSR Nellore. To study the profile of groundnut farmers in coastal sandy soils, a total of 90 respondents were randomly selected and […]
G. RAVITEJA*, B. VAJANTHA, A. PRASANTHI, M. RAVEENDRA REDDY, M.V.S. NAIDU AND G.P. LEELAVATHY Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Perumallapalle, Tirupati, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Andhra Pradesh, India during 2021-22 to study the effect of fertilizers […]
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 […]