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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
K. VISHNU PRIYA*, A.R. NIRMAL KUMAR, V. UMAMAHESH AND K.V. HARIPRASAD Department of Crop Physiology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati. ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted during rabi, 2019 at dry land farm of S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati to study the effects of foliar application of salicylic acid and boron in enhancing the source-sink relationship […]
B. KESINI*, K. DEVAKI, M.S.V. CHALAM, V.L.N REDDY, B. RAMANAMURTHY AND N.C. VENKATESWARLU Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati ABSTRACT The parasporal crystal toxins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis are the most widely used natural insecticides in pest control in agriculture and vector control of public health. B. thuringiensis was isolated from soil samples […]
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 […]