Cactus (Opuntia ficus indica) is one of the most suitable crop species to meet multiple requirements of food and forage. A field experiment was conducted at BAIF Development Research Foundation, Pune, India during the year 2015 to 2017 to study the growth and yield performance of four cactus accessions (1270, 1271, 1280 and 1308) along with different fertilizer levels and water management practices. The experiment was conducted in sandy loam soil having very low level of fertility. The growth, yield and quality parameters were monitored during study period. It was revealed that green biomass yield was ranged from 15.46 to 17.38 kg and 27.69 to 41.45 kg per plant after one and two years of plant growth respectively. Accession 1280 recorded highest biomass yield of 41.45 kg per plant at two years of plant growth. Application of chemical fertilizers has influenced the biomass yield and highest biomass yield (42.14 kg per plant) was obtained with application of 40:20:20 kg NPK/ha at two years of plant growth. Application of chemical fertilizers and irrigation has influenced the growth, biomass yield and nutritional quality of cactus. This study also indicated that cactus could be well adapted under semi-arid conditions of Western Maharashtra and have potential to provide green biomass to feed to the livestock during scarcity period

A field experiment was carried out during Rabi season of 2018-19 and 2019-20 at research farm of R.K.(P.G.) College, Shamli, under split-split plot design with three replications. Treatment consisted irrigation at four physiological stages and at six physiological stages as main plot, seed rates (100,120 and 140 kg seed/ha) as sub plot and fertility levels (F1: 100kg N : 50kg P2O5 : 40kg K2O, F2: 125kg N : 62.5kg P2O5 : 40kg K2O and F3: 150kg N : 75kg P2O5 : 40kg K2O ) as sub-sub plot. Irrigation at six physiological stages resulted significantly higher grain yield (5.25 t/ha), harvest index (0.46), effective tillers /m2(426.09), spike length (11.4 cm), spikelets per spike (19.6), grain per spike (53.9), grain weight per spike (2.3 g) and 1000 grain weight (44.6) and resulted 16.41% higher grain, 5.21% straw and 10.45% biological yield over four irrigations. Seed rates of 100 kg/ha resulted 8.10 percent higher grain yield over 140 kg seed/ha. Whereas, application of 125kg N : 62.5kg P2O5 : 40kg K2O/ha resulted 13.51%, 17.64% and 15.70% higher grain, straw and biological yield, respectively over 100kg N : 50kg P2O5 : 40kg K2O/ha. Plants nurtured with 150kg N: 75kg P2O5 and 40kg K2O, maintained higher leaf area and total chlorophyll in their leaves. Irrigation at six physiological stages resulted 33.22% higher net return over four irrigations whereas, application of 125kg N: 62.5kg P2O5:40kg K2O/ha resulted 4% higher net return over 100kg N: 50kg P2O5: 40kg K2O/ha

The experiment was conducted in the research field of Sorghum Research Unit, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola during Kharif season of 2020-21. The experiment was laid in Factorial Randomized Block Design (FRBD) with twelve treatments in three replications. The treatments Factor-A as containing four levels of soil application of FeSO4 and Factor-B consist three levels of foliar application of FeSO4. The variety of parching sorghum was PKV-Kartiki. The recommended dose of fertilizer i.e., 80:40:40 N, P2O5 and K2O kg ha-1 were applied common to all treatments. The results revealed that the green grain (hurda) yield, green fodder yield, oven dry parching grain yield, leaf-stem yield, root yield and panicle straw yield were recorded significantly highest with soil application of 30 kg FeSO4 ha-1 and with the foliar application of 1.0% FeSO4 at flowering stage which were found to be at par with treatment of soil application of 20 kg FeSO4 ha-1 and with the foliar application 0.5% FeSO4 at flowering stage respectively. The reducing sugar, non-reducing sugar, total sugar, crude fiber, ash content, fat content and protein content of parching grain were found significantly highest with the soil application of 30 kg FeSO4 ha-1 and with the foliar application of 1.0% FeSO4 at flowering stage which were found at par with the soil application of 20 kg FeSO4 ha-1 and with the foliar application of 0.5% FeSO4 at flowering stage respectively

India being an agrarian country, depending on farming sector for livelihood of more than 70 percent of the population. The food grain production increasing over a period of time since independence and achieved self-sufficiency through the contribution of the farming community using modern technologies. Besides providing food for the growing population it has also contribution towards economic development of the nation. Its contribution to GDP is around 15 percent. The country’s growth predominantly depends on growth of agricultural sector even there are many issues and challenges before this sector which draws attention of policy makers

Mustard greens is a popular leaf vegetable of North East India. An experiment was conducted in the Research Farm of the Arunachal University of Studies to evaluate the performance of different mustard greens cultivars on different sowing time under Namsai conditions of Arunachal Pradesh. Three local varieties of mustard greens (Namsai Local, Yazali Local and Ziro Local) were evaluated during rabi season 2019-20 in replicated factorial randomized block design, with monthly sowings during the month of September, October and November 2019. Statistical analysis revealed that the varieties differed significantly with respect to various growth and yield parameters in three different sowing dates. Among the three cultivars, Namsai Local recorded the highest plant height (17.13 cm) at 45 days after sowing (DAS) and at time of seed harvest (135.27 cm). Namsai Local also recorded the largest leaf length (16.50 cm) and leaf width (10.87 cm). The varieties differed significantly for days to 50% flowering, leaf area index (LAI) and leaf morphology. Ziro Local reported no flowering, no production of secondary branches, pods and seed formation. Variety Namsai Local reported the highest leaf yield (680 g/ plot), the highest number of siliqua per plant (258.18) and maximum number of seeds per siliqua (16.06). Variety Yazali Local recorded the highest seed yield (544.77 kg/ha). Sowing in October 15th recorded the tallest plants (18.42 cm) at 45 DAS, largest leaf width of 11.13 cm, maximum number of siliquae (168.84 nos.), number of seeds per siliqua (11.42 nos.), and seed yield (386.39 kg/ha). Sowing in September 15th reported the highest LAI (120.37 cm2) and the highest number of leaves (8.90) per plant. In terms of interaction effect of variety and sowing time, the highest leaf yield at first harvest was recorded in Namsai Local sown on 15th September (83 g), whereas the highest leaf yield at second harvest was recorded in Yazali Local sown on 15th October (1253.67 g). Total yield did not differed significantly

Vigna radiate, a plant species, belongs to the legume family commonly known as mungbean is important not only for nutritious point of view but also economic point of view for pulse growers in India. This research, thus, concentrated on the studies on genetic variability, correlation and path analysis in mungbean (Vigna radiata (l.) wilczek) for developing high yielding variety. The estimates of genotypic coefficient of variability, heritability and genetic advance were high for seed yield per plant, 100-seed weight, number of seeds per pod, number of pods per plant and number of nodes on main stem. A positive and significant correlation was noticed with number of pods per plant, 100-seed weight, days to first picking maturity, primary branches per plant and number of pods per cluster. Path coefficient analysis is indicated that number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, number of clusters per plant had maximum direct contribution on seed yield. The analysis of variant indicates that the mean square due to treatments is highly significant for all the character at 1 % level of significant

A field experiment was conducted at the AICRP on Integrated Farming System Field, Department of Soil Science and Agriculture Chemistry, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani during rabi season 2019-20 to assess Influence of INM on soil physico- chemical properties in wheat (NIAW-1994) under vertisol. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with seven treatments and three replications. Results revealed that highest grain yield (2496.24 kg ha-1) and straw yield (4375.47 kg ha-1) recorded in the treatment T6- 25% RDF through chemical fertilizer + 100% RDF through organic manures. The lowest bulk density, particle density (1.14 Mg m-3, 2.21 Mg m-3) respectively, highest porosity (48.11 %), slightly neutral pH (7.40) and lowest electrical conductivity (0.17 dSm-1) found in the treatment T1- 100% RDF through organic manures followed by treatment T6- 25% RDF through chemical fertilizer + 100% RDF through organic manures. The highest organic carbon, available nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium (7.52 g kg-1, 220.69 kg ha-1, 18.67 kg ha-1, 700.00 kg ha-1) respectively and lowest calcium carbonate (3.58 %) was found in the treatment T6- 25% RDF through chemical fertilizer + 100% RDF through organic manures followed by T5- 25% RDF through chemical fertilizer + 75% RDF through organic manures. Combine application of organic and inorganic nutrient sources with RDF suggested for soil physico- chemical properties