SREEDHAR DEVARAKONDA*, NAGARAJU RACHAKUNTA AND CHANDRA SEKHAR HRS, Anantharajupeta, Dr. Y.S.R.H.U, Railway Kodur, Kadapa Dt., A.P. ABSTRACT Worldwide, a significant increase in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus [Thunb.] Matsum. & Nakai) growing areas has been registered in the last few years. Though it is a potential vegetable crop, there is not much standardized scientific cultivation technology available […]
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 […]
A. RAJESH*, T. MANOHARAN AND G. RANJITHA Department of Agricultural Entomology, TNAU, Coimbatore – 641 003, T.N. ABSTRACT Supervised field experiments were conducted in rice for two seasons to evaluate the bioefficacy of carbosulfan 25 EC (New Source) as foliar spray against green leafhoppers (GLH) (Nephotettix virescens Distant. and Nephotettix nigropictus Stal.) in rice ecosystem. […]
P. SWARNA*, R. PRASANNA LAKSHMI, P. GANESH KUMAR AND P. BALA HUSSAIN REDDY KVK, ANGRAU, Kalikiri – 517 234, Chittoor Dt., A.P. ABSTRACT Millets are small seeded grasses that are hardy and grow well in dry areas as rain-fed crops, under marginal conditions of soil fertility and moisture. Millets have certain intrinsic qualities suited for […]
MARISETTI HEMANTHKUMAR*, AMINENI UMAMAHESWARI,DIBYABHABA PRADHAN AND MANNE MUNIKUMAR ARS, ANGRAU, Perumallapalle-517 507, Chittoor Dt., A.P. ABSTRACT Inversion of sucrose, impairing sugar recovery from harvested sugarcane leads to reduction in sugar production. The inver-sion or sucrose catabolism in sugarcane stalks mostly is due to the enzymatic activity of soluble acid invertases. With an objec-tive to save […]
K. SUNEETHAMMA*, K.V. HARI PRASAD, P. RADHIKA AND P. ANIL KUMAR Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502, Chittoor Dt., A.P. ABSTRACT Investigations were carried out on “Biology and morphometrics of Lasioderma serricorne Fabricius on fennel and corian-der” during 2015-2016 at Department of Entomology, S. V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, at prevailing […]
G. KRISHNA REDDY*, A. MUNEENDRA BABU, P. MAHESWARA REDDY AND T. PRATHIMA Principal Scientist, RARS, ANGRAU, Tirupati – 517 502, Chittoor Dt., A.P. ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted for three consecutive years (2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13) on sandy clay loam soils at RARS farm, Tirupati during rabi season to study the response of maize […]
SYED SHAMEER AND T.N.V.K.V. PRASAD* Institute of Frontier Technologies, Nanotechnology Laboratory, RARS, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502, Chittoor Dt., A.P. ABSTRACT Microorganisms live almost everywhere including the harsh habitats on earth. In order to survive in these environments the microbes produce a variety of metabolite productcs and polymeric compounds which confer the ability to survive and thrive […]
MOHANKUMAR AND D.N. KAMBREKAR* Department of Agricultural Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad-580 005, Karnataka ABSTRACT Studies on the field efficacy of different new insecticide molecules and botanicals against safflower leaf eating caterpillar Perigea capensis Guenée under field condition was conducted during 2014. All the treatments rendered significant suppression of leaf eating caterpillar compared to […]
S. SATYANARAYANA, V. SAILAJA* AND S.V. PRASAD Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati 517502, A P. ABSTRACT With a view to know the utilization and credibility of various inter-personal localite sources as perceived by the rice growers, the study was conducted with Ex-post facto research design in SPSR Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh […]