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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
NOORHABIB*, S.V. PRASAD, P.V. SATYA GOPAL and A. PRATAP KUMAR REDDY Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU,Tirupati -517502, Chittoor Dt., A.P. ABSTRACT The present investigation was conducted to study the relationship between profile characteristics of wheat farmers in Khas Kunar district of Kunar province in Afghanistan This province was purposively selected for conducting […]
Y. SIVA KUMAR, S. HEMALATHA*, V. CHANDRIKA, P. LATHA AND G. KARUNA SAGAR Department of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, 517 502, India ABSTRACT A field experiment was carried out during summer, 2019 on sandy loam soils of wetland farm of S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati campus of Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University. The […]
K. VASANTHA*, B. APARNA, N. VANI AND G. MOHAN NAIDU Department of Agricultural Economics, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati. ABSTRACT The study was carried out during the year 2018-19. The purpose of selecting Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh for the study was, because of its highest area and production under Rabi jowar when compared to […]
B. RAVINDRA REDDY*, V. MEENA KUMARI, G. MOHAN NAIDU, P.N. HARATHI AND M. MAHESH KUMAR Department of Statistics and Mathematics, ABSTRACT This paper presents the rice Bacterial Leaf Blight (BLB) severity and the influence of climatic factors in rice growing in SPSR Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. The data analysis on BLB incidence with the […]
SWATANTRA MISHRA*, M. SHANTHI PRIYA, M. REDDI SEKHAR AND G. MOHAN NAIDU S.V. Agricultural College Tirupati-517502, Andhra Pradesh, India ABSTRACT The experiment was conducted during Kharif, 2014 to estimate genetic variability and genetic parameters in 48 diverse genotypes of clusterbean for 16 quantitative characters. The analysis of variance revealed significant differences among all 48 genotypes […]
P. KARTHIK REDDY*, N.C. MAMATHA, PRASHANTH NAIK, V. SRILATHA AND PAVAN KUMAR P. 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 […]
M. NAGALAKSHMI DEVAMMA, S. THAHIR BASHA AND N.P. ESWARA REDDY* Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, S.V. Agricultural College, Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, Tirupati-517502, India ABSTRACT Mango is the most important fruit covering about 35 per cent of area and accounting of 22 per cent total production of total fruits in India, which […]
P.V.R.M. REDDY*, K.V. NAGA MADHURI AND T.N.V.K.V. PRASAD Institute of Frontier Technologies, RARS, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502, Chittoor Dt., A.P. ABSTRACT Soil nutrients denotes the soil fertility status and play a vital role in crop production for sustainability. Based on geo-statistics and GIS, the spatial variation of pH, EC, available nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and DTPA extractable […]
K. APARNA*, V. RAJA RAJSWARI, M. SUBBARAO, Y. REDDIRAMU, A. RESHMA AND Y. YOHAN Department of Crop Physiology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502, Chittoor Dt., Andhra Pradesh. ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted during kharif, 2015 at Agricultural Research station (Millets), ANGRAU, Tirupati. Field experiment was laid out in factorial randomized block design, replicated […]
O. SARADA Senior Scientist (Extension) DAATTC, ANGRAU, ONGOLE – 523 002 ABSTRACT The present investigation was carried out in Prakasam District of Andhra Pradesh during the year 2015-16. An ex-post-facto research design was used to analyze technological gap in Bt cotton production technology. One hundred and twenty farmers from eight villages of four major Bt […]