The data for the Present investigation were analyzed from records (1999-2008) of Magra Sheep research flock maintained with CSWRI, ARC, Bikaner Records of 1767 Magra lambs for growth performance and 1533 for greasy fleece yield were analyzed to assess the impact genetic group, period of birth, sex and parity. The overall least-squares means were observed to be 3.04+ 0.019, 14.20 + 0.130, 21.86+ 0.227, 25.26 + 0.261, 27.89 + 0.336 kg at birth, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months of age and 757.82 + 12.318 and 847.30 + 8.859 gm. for greasy fleece yield at clip I and II, respectively. Effects of sire and sex were found highly significantly on all traits studied. The effect of period of birth was highly significantly on all the traits except on body weight at birth and significant on clip I. The parity had highly significant effect on body weight at birth, significant at 3 months of age but non-significant on growth after 3 months of age. Regression of dam’s weight at lambing on all the growth traits and age at shearing on greasy fleece yield had highly significant effect.

The present experiment was carried out at the field of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia (West Bengal) during the year 2013-14 and 2014-15 to study the effect of transplanting dates and micronutrient complex application on yield and quality of capsicum varieties under protected condition. The experiment was laid out in Three Factor Complete Randomized Design with three replications. The highest fruit yield was obtained from transplanting on 17th November for variety Arya with micronutrient application (134.64 t/ha) and it was lowest for variety Ayesha with transplanting on 7th December without micronutrient application (79.19 t/ha) for both the year. Whereas, significantly higher total soluble solid content was obtained with 27th October transplanting of variety Arya with micronutrient application (5.230Brix) and highest β-carotene content (371.17 mg/100 g) of fruit was recorded for variety Ayesha for the same transplanting date and micronutrient complex application.

Experiment was laid out to know the effect of water soluble fertilizers on drip irrigated aerobic rice at Zonal Agricultural Research Station, Bengaluru during Kharif 2012. Drip fertigation at 1.5 PE up to maturity with 100 % RDF through WSF registered significantly higher plant height (53.6 cm), leaf area (3529 cm2), total dry matter (118.4 g hill-1), productive tillers (27.77 hill-1), panicle weight (4.23 g) total grains panicle-1 (170.80) which resulted in higher grain yield (6598 kg ha-1) and accounted 90.3 % increase in grain yield over surface irrigation with 100 % RDF. The same treatment also recorded higher water productivity of 78.2 kg-ha cm-1 by using only 844.4 mm of water. Hence, it is concluded that drip fertigation at 1.5 PE up to maturity with 100 % RDF through WSF found optimum for higher yield with reduced water use over surface irrigation.

An experiment was conducted to find out the effect of growth regulators on growth and yield of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) varieties in Gangetic alluvial plains of West Bengal at Horticultural research farm, Jaguli, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, West Bengal conducted during 2014-15 and 2015-16. Two concentrations of two plant growth regulators namely GA3 (50 ppm and 100 ppm), and Ethrel (50 ppm and 100 ppm) and five varieties namely Suguna, Alleppy Supreme, Rashmi, Rajendra Sonia and Duggirala were included in this investigation. The regulators were applied as foliar spray at 90 and 120 days after transplanting. There were altogether 25 treatments replicated thrice in RBD with factorial concept. Among the different doses of plant growth regulators maximum plant height (141.80 cm), number of tillers (2.83), number of leaves (17.15), weight of mother rhizomes (118.63 gm), length of primary rhizome (6.48 cm)), rhizome yield per plot (13.43 kg) and yield per hectare (33.60 t/ha) were observed in plants raised from foliar application of GA3 100 ppm. Among the varieties maximum plant height (136.87 cm), maximum length of mother rhizomes (6.37 cm) and primary rhizomes (6.89 cm), maximum weight of mother rhizomes (119.71 gm) and primary rhizomes (146.43 gm), maximum yield per plot (12.41 kg) and yield per hectare (31.04 t/ha) were observed in Rajendra Sonia variety. Among the interaction studies significant increase of plant height (153.28 cm), number of primary rhizomes (7.85), length of primary rhizome (7.52 cm), yield per plot (13.43 kg) and yield per hectare (33.60 t) was noticed in Rajendra Sonia variety with foliar spraying of GA3 100 ppm. Therefore, the results led to a conclusion that, from rhizome yield maximization point of view, the most effective treatment was Rajendra Sonia variety with foliar spraying of GA3 100 ppm for commercial production of turmeric in Gangetic alluvial plains of West Bengal.

An experiment examining the macro-and micro-nutrients of various soils of Chandel district, Manipur (India) was conducted to investigate the soil fertility and micro-nutrient position and association between them. Surface soil (0 to 30 cm) was examined for diethylene-triaminepentaacetate (DTPA) - extractable soils. The mean values for DTPA-extractable Zn, Cu, Mn, Fe and hot water extractable B in relation to some chemical properties in 26 representative soils. The mean values for DTPA-extractable Zn, Cu, Mn, Fe and hot water extractable B were 0.23, 0.55, 8.87, 22.93 and 0.48 mg kg-1, respectively. Existing mean values of N, P2O5, K2O and SO4-S were 495.7, 15.6, 241.3 and 1.7 kg ha-1, respectively. Allocation of Zn, Cu, Mn, Fe and B were inclined optimistically by pH, EC and Soil organic carbon content. Our investigation resulted in the fact that micro- nutrient cations were considerably associated with each other signifying the vibrant symmetry between them. Each soil sample was adequate in available micro- nutrient cations excluding zinc.