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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

PERFORMANCE OF CHICKPEA (Cicer arietinum L.) VARIETIES TO IRRIGATION AND PHOSPHOROUS LEVELS IN VERTISOLS UNDER RAINFED CONDITION

S. JAFFAR BASHA*, V. JAYALAKSHMI, S. KHAYUM AHAMMED, N. KAMAKSHI AND A. TRIVIKRAM REDDY Regional Agricultural Research Station, ANGRAU, Nandyal-518502, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh, India ABSTRACT Field investigation was undertaken for two consecutive years (2017-18 and 2018 -19) at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh during rabi on vertisols to estimate growth parameters, yield […]

TREND AND SEASONAL VARIATION IN ARRIVALS AND PRICES OF ONION IN MAJOR MARKETS OF TAMIL NADU

C. TAMIL SELVI*, G. MOHAN NAIDU, B. RAMANA MURTHY AND S. RAJESHWARI Department of Statistics and Computer Applications, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, India – 517 502. ABSTRACT The present study was conducted to analyse the behaviour of onion arrivals and prices in major markets of Tamil Nadu. The secondary data pertaining to monthly arrivals (qtls) […]

PERFORMANCE OF SESAME (Sesamum indicum L.) VARIETIES UNDER VARIED LEVELS OF SULPHUR

R. KALYANI*, A.V. NAGAVANI, V. CHANDRIKA, A. PRASANTHI AND G. KARUNA SAGAR Department of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517502, Chittoor Dt., A.P. ABSTRACT A field experiment was carried out during summer, 2019 on sandy clay loam soils of wet land farm of S. V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University. The experiment […]

FIELD EVALUATION OF COORDINATED ENTRIES OF SUNFLOWER FOR IMPORTANT DISEASES

K.VENKATARAMANAMMA* AND K. PRABHAKAR Regional Agricultural Research Station, ANGRAU, Nandyal – 518 502, Kurnool Dt., A.P. ABSTRACT A total of 32 coordinated entries of sunflower screened in Kharif and rabi seasons of 2018-19 for important diseases of sunflower like necrosis, leaf curl, Alternaria leaf spot and powdery mildew under field conditions. Susceptible check KBSH-44 was […]

Farmers’ Pesticide Buying Behaviour: Estimating the Influential Factors and Constraints in Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh

C. YASWANTH, N. VANI, B. APARNA AND B. RAMANA MURTHY Institute of Agribusiness Management, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati ABSTRACT The present study was to know the factors that influence the farmers buying behavior towards pesticides and constraints faced by them in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. Kurnool district was purposively selected as it occupies […]

GROWTH AND YIELD OF SUMMER BLACKGRAM (Vigna mungo L.) AS INFLUENCED BY MOISTURE STRESS AND FOLIAR NUTRITION

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 […]