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.R. NIRMAL KUMAR*, C. VIJAYALAKSHMI AND D. VIJAYALAKSHMI Department of Crop Physiology, TNAU, Coimbatore, TN 641 003 ABSTRACT The effect of short term natural high temperatures above 35oC and drought in the range of – 50 to – 70 kPa was assessed on grain quality parameters in three rice cultivars (ADT 43, TKM 9 and […]
M. HEMANTH KUMAR*, G.L.K. REDDY AND M.R. SEKHAR Agricultural Research Station, Perumallapalle, ANGRAU, AP 517 505 India ABSTRACT Fifty-four groundnut genotypes were evaluated for ten morphological and biochemical characters related to quality. For morphological characters like high kernel yield, high shelling percentage, high 100 seed weight, desirable testa colour and elongated shape, the genotype, TPT […]
L.P. VENKATA REDDY*, K.V. HARIPRASAD, T. MURALI KRISHNA, P. LATHA AND S. KHAYAUM AHMMEED Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, A.P. 517 502 Laboratory rearing and continuous supply of insects is a pre-requisite for undertaking studies on various IPM tools such as germplasm evaluation as a part of host plant resistance studies (Sharma et […]
T. NARESH*, P. RAJASEKHAR, K.V. HARI PRASAD, V.L.N REDDY, B. RAVINDRA REDDY AND N.C. VENKATESWARLU Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati – 517502, Andhra Pradesh ABSTRACT Role of synergist for countering the insecticide resistance mechanism was studied in both baseline and field populations during rabi 2018-19 at Insectary, Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural […]
M. SHANTHI PRIYA*, K.H.P. REDDY, M. HEMANTH KUMAR, V. RAJARAJESWARI, G. MOHAN NAIDU AND B. RUPESH KUMAR REDDY Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati-517 502. ABSTRACT Seventy-seven genotypes of sugarcane selected from the first clonal stage were evaluated at Agricultural Research Station, Perumallapalle, Andhra Pradesh, from 2011 to 2012 for diversified […]
T. BHAGAVATHA PRIYA*, V. CHANDRIKA, V. SUMATHI, K.V. NAGA MADHURI, C. RAMANA AND V. UMAMAHESH Ph.D Scholar, Department of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati – 517502 ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted in sandy clay loam soils of Dryland farm at S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati campus of Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Andhra Pradesh in […]
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 […]
K. REVATHI*, S. RAJESWARI, N. VANI AND G. MOHAN NAIDU Department of Agricultural Economics, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, A.P. 517 502 ABSTRACT Financial inclusion played a major role in driving away the poverty from the country. Financial inclusion is the process of ensuring access to appropriate financial products and services needed by all section of […]
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 […]
M.S. MIKHINA*, P. SANDHYA RANI, P. LATHA AND V. CHANDRIKA Department of Crop Physiology, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, A.P. 517502 ABSTRACT A field experiment was carried out during rabi 2018-19 at Dry land farm, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati to know the “Effect of silicon and salicylic acid on growth and yield of groundnut under moisture […]
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 […]
K*. MUNIKANTH, G.V.CHALAM, I.BHAVANI DEVI AND B.RAVINDRAREDDY Institute of Agribusiness Management, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati 517 502, Chittoor Dt., Andhra Pradesh ABSTRACT Study was carried out in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. Three commercial banks were selected for the study wherein bankers and farmers were surveyed to obtain information about working of Kisan Credit […]
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 […]
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 […]
U.VIJAYABHASKAR REDDY, G. PRABHAKARAREDDY, M. SRINIVASAREDDY,V. RAJARAJESWARIAND P.KAVITHA Dept. of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517502, Chittoor (Dist.), Andhra Pradesh Abstract A field experiment was conducted during two consecutive kharif seasons of 2014 and 2015 to evaluate the effect of different levels of nitrogen (200, 250 and 300 kg ha-1) and phosphorus (40, 60, and […]