Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is an important oilseed crop in tropical and sub tropical areas of the world. It is mainly grown as oil seed crop in India occupies 35 percent of the total cropped area and 40 percent of total production. Collar rot is caused by Aspergillus niger Van Tiegham is an important disease of groundnut and widely distributed in most of the groundnut growing areas, causes annual world yield losses is more than 10 percent and up to 85 percent crop losses as recorded in India. Locally the collar rot of groundnut is also known as “Kalya” in Dausa is seed and soil borne disease. Field surveys were made on the status of collar rot in the major groundnut growing areas of Dausa district of Rajasthan undertaken during 2013 to 2017. The average collar rot incidence in different blocks of district varied from 7.08 to 11.92 percent. The maximum collar rot incidence (11.92%) was observed in Lalsot block and minimum incidence (7.08%) in Sikrai block where is groundnut is shown as rainfed crop. During five years survey maximum collar rot was in 2015 (11.7%) and minimum (7.1%) was observed in 2017. Front line demonstration (FLDs) play a vital role in boosting up the yield of crop production at farmers field, under the close supervision of KVK`s scientists. Thus, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dausa conducted FLDs on management of collar rot with Trichoderma viride used as seed dresser @ 10 g/kg kernel during 2009 and 2013 at farmers’ fields in three sample villages (Khatwa, Ramjipura and Didwana). The average yield in demonstration (14.47 q/ha), while on farmers` practice field it was (13.23 q/ha) and percent increase in yield was 9.37. Therefore, the use of Trichoderma as seed treatment is found effective for collar rot management in groundnut.

The present paper aims to find out the awareness program for adolescent girls of Bikaner district about the Home Science Education and to assess the perception of 11th and 12th standard girls regarding Home Science subject, its objectives and future options. The purposive random sampling procedure used for the data collection. Both Govt. and CBSE schools were selected for the study. Interview schedule used for the girls and the tool was developed for their existing knowledge and easily understandable. Results depicts that girls have less known about career option in home science subject because they thought home science is only stitching and food making subject. More girls have clear understanding regarding the objective of the subject future option after this awareness program organized by the researcher.

The problem of indebtedness is age-old and the disheartening aspect is; it has been aggravated further in the recent years. Borrowings and indebtedness are the two sides of the same coin, while borrowing is the cause, indebtedness is the result. Increase in borrowings need not increase the indebtedness, unless persistent problems affect the agricultural prospects. The present study was carried-out with specific objectives; assessing the extent and magnitude of agricultural credit, estimating the composition of agricultural credit, calculating the targets and achievement of agricultural credit and suggesting possible ameliorative measures. Secondary data for the period 2013-14 to 2017-18 pertaining to total agricultural credit advanced, credit targets and achievements by the major financial institutions in the district were collected from Debt and investment survey reports of RBI etc. Tabular analysis viz., Averages and Percentages, were used to analyse the data. Results reveal that, Credit supply by institutional agencies to total agriculture had increased from 2013-14 to 2016-17. In crop loans and agricultural term loans; the share of commercial banks and co-operative banks were increased, whereas, other banks decreased from 2013-14 to 2016-17. Majority of banks nearly (>90%) had achieved their targets in plain areas; whereas, they are still struggling to achieve their targets in tribal and hill areas. The role of cooperative sector vis-à-vis commercial sector is low; this needs immediate strengthening of co-operative institutions on war-footing. The cumbersome procedure for availing loans from institutional sources should be simplified and further adequate loans should be provided at affordable rates of interest.

A scale to measure the lease-in behaviour of tenant farmers was developed using the Likert’s method of summated rating. A tentative list of seventy statements each expressing the lease-in behaviour of tenant farmers were collected from available literature, in consultation with the tenant farmers and extension personnel. The statements were framed such that they expressed positive and negative behaviour. The respondents were asked to specify their degree of agreement or disagreement with each statement on a five-points scale ranging from strongly - agree to strongly - disagree. The score of each individual item on the scale was obtained by summing up all the scores of the individuals pertaining to the item. Based on the total scores, the respondents were arranged in descending order. The top 25 percent of the respondents with their total scores and the bottom 25 percent of the respondents with their total scores were considered as the high-group and low-group respectively. The scale so developed finally consisted of twenty statements

This study was aimed at developing a healthy, diabetic friendly, low calorie recipe for jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam) halwa (sweet meat), involving ripe jack fruit, jack seed flour, virgin coconut oil, coconut milk, jaggery, honey and other natural ingredients, and evaluating its acceptability by consumers. Twelve untrained panelists performed sensory and general acceptability test using 9 points hedonic scale of jack halwa together with a commercial halwa as control. The results revealed significant difference in hedonic score between jackfruit halwa and control. Overall acceptability of jack halwa varied from 7.25 to 7.81 and control has 6.05. The organoleptic studies showed significant differences (P>0.05) in sweetness, aroma and color attributes between jackfruit halwa and the commercial halwa. Jackfruit halwa had mild yellow to brown color, it spread well and had strong jackfruit aroma compared to control. The panelists preferred the taste of jack fruit halwa prepared from jaggery than the sweetness of commercial halwa derived from cane sugar. Jack seed flour was subjected for proximate analysis and was added as an ingredient in different proportions. The study indicated that jack seed flour at 10.0% and fruit pulp at 90.0 percent yielded best results with respect to color, flavor, consistency and overall acceptability of the product by the panelists. The information obtained from this study concluded that jackfruit (A. heterophyllus) and its seed powder has exhibited favorable sensory attributes that can be used for making halwa and other processed products along with other natural ingredients to add value to the fruit.

The study was carried out in Chhattisgarh plains where 320 respondents were taken for the data collection. Most of the respondents were educated up to high school. A maximum respondent belongs to OBC and family was medium. All respondents were well experienced in the cultivation of rice. Maximum areas of land were irrigated. Respondents were engaged in different occupation but they highly (97.81%) engaged with agriculture occupation as the main occupation. Education, land holding etc affected knowledge about IGKV released rice varieties, as well as they, also affected the adoption area of IGKV released rice varieties.

The present study was undertaken to observe the nutritional and health status of farm women in Banaskantha District of North Gujarat. One thousand two hundred fifty farm women were included in the present investigation. The farm women belonged to nuclear family and had small family size. The educational status of farm women was low and engaged largely on agricultural labour work, had very less annual income and lived in Kachcha house. Apart from the diet, low socio-economic status and poverty, high level of illiteracy, physical work load, unavailability of different foods, ignorance and superstitions, lack of medical facilities, lack of use of modern contraceptives.

Use of paclobutrazol (PBZ), grafting with suitable size controlling rootstock and pruning are strategic tools for optimizing tree growth and fruit production. However, not much information on their combined effects on vigour regulation and associated physio-biochemical changes is available. Thus, studies were made on combined effects of rootstocks (Olour and Vellaikolamban), pruning (current or previous season’s vegetative growth) and PBZ (0.75 g a.i./m canopy diameter) on tree vigour, flowering, fruit yield and physio-biochemical changes in mango cv. Alphonso maintained under ultra-high-density planting. The plant height, trunk girth and canopy spread in Vellaikolamban grafted trees showed greater decline and produced shoots of shorter length and girth as compared to pruning of current season’s growth and PBZ treatments. Flowering and yield attributes differed significantly with pruning and PBZ treatments alone rather than their interaction effects. Also, trees pruned to current season’s growth and under PBZ treatments recorded less number of days for 50 % flowering, high % flowering shoots, less number of days from flowering to harvest and high yield/tree. Irrespective of the rootstock, Alphonso trees treated with PBZ and pruned to current season’s growth showed early flowering and better fruit yields with distinct increase in C: N ratio, leaf water potential and ABA content along with decreased GA3 content. The study thus revealed that grafting on Velliakolamban rootstock, pruning of current season’s growth and PBZ were ideal for better canopy management without compromising fruit yields under ultra-high-density planting in Alphonso mango.

The present investigation of vegetation carbon pool was carried out at Tanda, Bhakda and Pipalpadao forest ranges of Tarai Central Forest Division, Western Circle, Uttarakhand, India during 2013-14. Random sampling of forest was done in the sample plot size 10m×10m. The sampling was done for plant inventory like LAI, height, DBH, wood density and plant density. ENVI 4.8 software was used for processing of satellite image. NDVI of forest ranged from 0.615 to 0.866 according to vegetation type. The linear regression model was developed between NDVI and calculated aboveground biomass having R² value 0.788 & 0.803 with r (correlation coefficient) 0.888 & 0.896, RMSE 198.47 t/ha & 134.12 t/ha for evergreen and deciduous forests respectively. Total vegetation carbon was 3.113, 1.85 and 2.715 million tons (mt) in Tanda, Bhakda and Pipalpadao range respectively.

The research study was carried out in Imphal East district of Manipur during the year 2016-17. Following the simple random sampling, 120 respondents were selected from four villages. The post-harvest losses at farm level were quantified, which accounted for about 8.44 percent loss. Losses at wholesale market including transportation accounted for about 4.93 percent. The losses at retailer, storage unit and consumer level accounted for about 5.46 percent, 3.19 percent and 6.82 percent respectively. The post-harvest losses at different stages from farm level up to the consumer accounted for about 34.49 percent.