GENOTYPIC VARIATION FOR ROOT TRAITS TO PHOSPHORUS DEFICIENCY IN GROUNDNUT (Arachis hypogaea L.)

P. LATHA*, K.V. NAGA MADHURI, A.R. NIRMAL KUMAR, P. SUDHAKAR, R.P. VASANTHI AND K. JOHN Institute of Frontier Technology, RARS, ANGRAU, Tirupati- 517 502, Andhra Pradesh, India. ABSTRACT A pot culture experiment was conducted to screen 20 groundnut genotypes for high root mining ability under phosphorus (P) deficient conditions. Significant genotypic variation was observed among […]

CHEMICAL WEED CONTROL IN BROADCASTED SESAME

E. ARUNA*, G. KARUNA SAGAR AND A. PRATAP KUMAR REDDY Agricultural Research Station, Utukur, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Utukur, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh during summer season of 2018 to test the efficiency of pendimethalin, quizalofop ethyl and metribuzin herbicides in broadcasted sesame. The experiment comprised of ten […]

EFFECT OF SPACING AND FERTILIZER LEVELS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF LITTLE MILLET (Panicum sumatrense) IN SOUTHERN AGRO-CLIMATIC ZONE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

N.V. SARALA*, M. HEMANTH KUMAR, L. MADHAVILATHA, B. VAJANTHA AND T.M. HEMALATHA Agricultural Research Station, Perumalapalle – 517 505 ABSTRACT An experiment to study effect of spacing and fertilizer levels on growth and yield of little millet was conducted in Agricultural Research Station, Perumallapalle during kharif, 2018 with an objective of to optimize the fertilizer […]

EFFECT OF PLANT GROWTH-PROMOTING STREPTOMYCES SP. ON PLANT GROWTH AND YIELD OF TOMATO AND CHILLI

V. SRINIVAS, S. GOPALAKRISHNAN*, J. PRASAD KAMIDI AND G. CHANDER International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru 502 324, Telangana, India ABSTRACT The family Solanaceae contains many vegetable species having great economic importance in agriculture. Tomato and chilli are the two most important vegetable crops in this family that are rich in […]

EFFECT OF WEED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON WEED GROWTH AND YIELD OF RABI MAIZE IN SCARCE RAINFALL ZONE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

B. SANDHYA RANI*, V. CHANDRIKA, G. PRABHAKARA REDDY, P. SUDHAKAR, K.V. NAGAMADHURI AND G. KARUNA SAGAR Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati – 517 502, Andhra Pradesh ABSTRACT Field experiment was conducted during rabi, 2017-18 at wetland farm of S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. The experiment was laid out in a […]

SUITABLE INGREDIENTS FOR PREPARATION OF CHATS SUPPLEMENTED WITH JACKFRUIT SEED PASTE

A.D. AKKAMAHADEVI*, N. ANNAPURNA, R.S. PATIL AND M. SHIVASHENKARAMURTHY ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dharwad, Karnataka, India ABSTRACT Jackfruit is potential source of starch and has very good water and oil absorption properties which has potential applications in food industry. Every year huge quantity of jackfruit produce wasted because of its perishable nature and seasonal glut. To […]

VARIABILITY, CHARACTER ASSOCIATION AND PATH ANALYSIS STUDIES IN LITTLE MILLET (Panicum sumatrense)

L. MADHAVILATHA*, M. SUBBA RAO, M. SHANTHI PRIYA AND M. HEMANTH KUMAR Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Agricultural Research Station, Perumallapalle, Tirupati – 517 505. ABSTRACT An experiment was carried out with fifty little millet elite germplasm lines to estimate genetic parameters, character association and path analysis for nine quantitative traits. High GCV and […]

INTERRELATIONSHIPS AMONG YIELD, YIELD COMPONENTS AND WATER USE EFFICIENCY RELATED TRAITS IN F2 POPULATION OF LM 95 × EC 362096 CROSS IN MUNGBEAN

B. RUPESH KUMAR REDDY*, K.H.P. REDDY, D.M. REDDY, P. SUDHAKAR AND B. RAVINDRA REDDY Assistant Professor, Dept. of Genetics and Plant Breeding, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati ABSTRACT Path coefficient analysis was carried out in F2 populations of selected superior cross LM 95 × EC 362096 in mungbean for fourteen quantitative characters to estimate the direct […]

EFFECT OF LONG TERM APPLICATION OF FERTILIZERS AND MANURE ON SOIL PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES IN RAINFED GROUNDNUT

KHALID AHMADY*, K.V. NAGA MADHURI, P.V.R.M. REDDY AND S. HEMALATA Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati, India – 517 502 ABSTRACT An experiment on long -term application of fertilizers and manure was initiated in the year 1981 during kharif season at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India […]

IN VITRO STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT FUNGICIDES AGAINST MYCELIAL GROWTH OF Sclerotium rolfsii, THE CAUSAL AGENT OF STEM ROT IN GROUNDNUT

B. RAGHAVENDRA* AND T. SRINIVAS Department of Plant Pathology, S.V Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502 ABSTRACT Groundnut is an important oil seed crop and is regarded as ‘king of oil seeds’. Among several biotic stresses of groundnut, stem rot caused by Sclerotium rolfsii causes up to 80 per cent yield loss. Saprophytic nature, broad host […]