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 […]
ABSTRACT Ten genotypes of pigeonpea viz., ICPL 20338, ICPL 11255, ICPL 20325, ICPL 88039 (super early genotypes) and AKTE 12-04, WRG 121, TRG 111, KRG 33, WRG 93, PRG 176 (mid early genotypes) were grown on the sandy loam soils of dryland farm, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati in late kharif, 2019-20. The pigeonpea genotypes […]
B. MAMATHA*, M. SATHISH RAHUL, P. GANESH KUMAR AND C. NAGAMANI Department of Agricultural Extension Education, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502 ABSTRACT The present study was conducted on the profile characteristics of Village Agricultural Assistants (VAAs) of RBKs in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. A total of 110 respondents were randomly selected and interviewed. […]
R. DIVYA YADAV*, S. RAJESWARI, N.T. KRISHNA KISHORE AND B. RAMANA MURTHY Institute of Agribusiness Management, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati ABSTRACT The present study aimed to estimate the costs and returns and to know the financial viability of papaya nurseries in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh during 2020-21. The primary data was collected from […]
G. KRISHNA REDDY*, S. TIRUMALA REDDY, N. SUNITHA AND B. RAVINDRANATHA REDDY Department of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517502. ABSTRACT A field experiment entitled “Evaluation of navadhanya crops under strip cropping in farmer’s field” was conducted on farmer field at Sanyasipalle village in Chittor district of Andhra Pradesh during kharif 2019. Field experiment was conducted with three cropping […]
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, […]
Department of Horticulture, S. V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati – 517 502, Andhra Pradesh ABSTRACT Nanotechnology has great potential as it can enhance the quality of life through its applications in various fields like agriculture and the food system. In a world where the human population is growing rapidly, and agriculture industry is facing challenges […]
I. BHAVANI DEVI*, M. SRIKALA, V. SUBRAMANYAM AND T. ANANDA Department of Agricultural Economics, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati-517502 ABSTRACT India has recorded an export compound annual growth rate of 12.74 per cent. The compound growth rate of area was 0.15 per cent over the 40 years period. But production growth was 2.94 per cent, which […]
P. GANESH KUMAR* AND R. RATNAKAR Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kalikiri, Chittoor-517 234 Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad ABSTRACT Harnessing ICTs in agriculture received high priority which can be used vary widely in the promotion of agricultural technologies. With this technology revolution several ICT initiatives have been in operation in India. Study was formulated […]
V. DIVYA*, K. VELAYUDHAM, N. THAVAPRAKAASH AND M. DAISY Department of Agronomy, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu-641003, India. ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the “System of Crop Intensification (SCI) practices in Sesame” at Wetland farm of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore during the early summer season (January to May, 2013) […]
K. SATHISH BABU*, P. V. RAMESH BABU, M. SRINIVASA REDDY AND P. KAVITHA Department Agronomy, Agricultural College, Mahanandi – 518 502, Andhra Pradesh, India. ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted at Agricultural College Farm, Mahanandi on sandy loam soils to know the response of maize to higher levels of NPK and Zn nutrition on yield […]