A field study was conducted to investigate the effect of different alternate wetting and drying irrigation regimes to nitrogen management practices on the growth attributes, yield attributes and yield of Rice. The experiment was laid out in a split –plot design with three replications. Main plots were assigned with five irrigation regimes as i.e., I1- Conventional practice of Irrigation (CI) (5 cm depth of irrigation one day after the disappearance of previously ponded water), I2, I3, I4- i.e., AWDI at 10, 15 and 20 cm drop of below surface water using monitoring device field tube and I5- SRI irrigation practice (2.5 cm depth of irrigation and reirrigation given after the formation of hair line cracks). The sub plots were experimented with nitrogen management practices viz., N1-two equal split application of 100 % RDN at basal and Panicle Initiation (PI) stages, N2- four equal split application of 100 % RDN at basal, Active Tillering (AT), PI and heading stages, N3- three equal split application of 75 % RDN at AT, PI and heading stages and N4- LCC based N application. Among the irrigation regimes SRI method of irrigation practice on bar with AWDI at 10 cm and CI recorded higher growth attributing characters viz., Plant height, Root length, LAI, Dry Matter production, total tillers m 2 and yield attributing characters viz., panicles m 2, panicle length, number of grains panicle 1, ill-filled grains percentage, grain and straw yield. The nitrogen management practices also strong influence on the growth and yield. The four equal split application of 100 % RDN fertilizer at basal, AT, PI and heading stages and LCC based N application to be the better managements among the nitrogen management treatments. And also the higher water use efficiency was recorded in AWDI at 15 cm drop of water table it because of the maintenance of optimum level of yield.

An experiment was conducted to assess the effect of protein synthesis modulator and heat stress on serum biochemical parameters in broiler chicken. A total one hundred ninety two of CARI-BRO Vishal broiler chicken were reared up to five weeks of age on standard uniform condition and 36th day of age divided into three treatments including control, enhancer and inhibitor, receiving intraperitoneally normal saline (0.5 ml), glutamine (0.75 mg/Kg of BW) and quercetin (5 mg/kg of BW) respectively. After, 24 hours later each they were exposed to acute heat stress for 0, 2, 5 and 10 hours under 40±1°C; 55% RH. After exposure of heat stress immediately collected blood sample and serum were separated after that stored at -20°C until analyzed. The observations were analyzed by 2x3x4 factorial method for both interaction and main effect. Protein synthesis modulator at different period of heat stress (interaction effects) significantly (P<0.05) increase the serum triglycerides and glucose level but under main effect of Protein synthesis modulator glutamine, significantly (P<0.05) decrease the serum triglycerides level. Exposure and duration of heat stress significantly (P<0.05) increased the level of both serum glucose and serum triglycerides but the total protein level were unaffected

In this research, the effects of integrated weed management practices on weed dynamics, growth and yield of pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) Br. Emend. Stuntz.] were studied at different growth stages. Weed density and dry weight were recorded thrice at 25 and 50 DAS and at harvest. The lowest density and dry weight of weeds were observed with hand weeding twice at 20 and 40 DAS, which was at par with pre-emergence application of atrazine @ 750 g a.i./ha fb hand weeding at 30 DAS. The observations on growth and yield attributes by plants were recorded at harvest. Hand weeding twice at 20 and 40 DAS and pre-emergence application of atrazine @ 750 g a.i./ha fb hand weeding at 30 DAS recorded 86.5 and 83.8% higher grain yield over weedy check. Pre-emergence application of oxyfluorfen @ 100 g a.i./ha resulted in poor weed control and grain yield and was reported to be phytotoxic to the crop. Integration of post-emergence herbicides viz., ethoxysulfuron @ 37.5 g a.i./ha or almix @ 8 g a.i./ha at 25 DAS with any of the pre-emergence herbicides viz., atrazine and oxyfluorfen did not have any significant effect on weed control and grain yield of pearl millet. Integration of pre-emergence application of atrazine with hand weeding effectively controlled the weed population and increased the grain yield of pearl millet, significantly over other integrated weed management practices

Present investigation reports on effect of some newer molecular insecticides viz., Novaluron 10 EC @ 75 g a.i./ha , Flubendiamide 20 WG @ 40 g a.i./ha, Indoxacarb 4.5 SC + Novaluron 5.25 SC @ 80 g a.i./ha, Indoxacarb 14.5 SC @ 60 g a.i./ha , Acephate 75 SP @ 600 g a.i./ha, Cartap hydrochloride 50 SP @ 450 g a.i./ha and Rynaxypyr 18.5 SC @ 30 g a.i./ha was tested against Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus) on cauliflower during Aug-Dec, 2014-15 at Thondamutur, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Cartap hydrochloride@ 450 g a.i./ha was found most effective in reducing the larval population(91.53%) and also recorded highest yield(27.25 t/ha) among all the 7 insecticides tested. Minimal yield was observed in the control plots (14.00 t/ha).Cartap hydrochloride also showed highest acute toxicity towards both the parasitoids with LC 50 value (0.0099& 0.0043) for Trichogramma chilonis Ishii and Chrysoperla zastrovi silemi (Esben-Petersen)respectively.

The present investigation was under taken with the basic objective to know the constraints faced by the farmers and dealers in purchasing and selling fertilizers. The multistage random sampling technique was employed for the study. The study was conducted in Banaskantha district of Gujarat state. Three talukas namely Deesa, Dantiwada and Tharad were selected randomly from the district. In the next stage, four villages from each taluka were selected randomly. Thus, total 12 villages were selected through random sampling technique. In the last stage, 10 farmers were selected randomly from each village for making a sample size of 120 farmers. Further, 10 dealers from each taluka were selected randomly. Thus, total 30 dealers were selected through random sampling technique. The primary data were collected from the respondents through a pre-structured interview schedule by personal interview technique. The statistical tools such as frequency and percentage were used. The major constraints faced by the farmers in purchase of fertilizers were high price and non-availability on required time of the fertilizers. Large majority (86.67%) of the dealers faced constraint of less bonus on more sales.

In Indian scenario, Chrysanthemum white rust is an emerging disease, which is reported during 2015 under Bengaluru conditions, India. The occurrence of this disease coincides with post-monsoon season followed by winter spell. In this paper, we are reporting occurrence of this disease during monsoon season. This occurrence is correlated with the prevailing weather conditions during same period. We found that due to pre-monsoon rain, the temperature falls down and become favorable for white rust initiation. Popular variety of chrysanthemum among farmer of called ‘Marigold’ was found severely infected with white rust.

Investigations consisted of two trials viz., effect of grafting methods and curing period of scion on success of graft union and growth of grafts and effect of age of rootstock on success and growth of softwood grafting. Among the three grafting methods under study, epicotyl grafting recorded the highest per cent of graft success (48.08%) as compared to softwood grafting (35.55%) and approach grafting (9.17%). With regard to scion curing, 10 days old cured scion registered significantly the maximum per cent of graft success (37.75%). The interaction effects were significant with the highest success recorded in epicotyl grafting with ten days old cured scion (ET2) (64.00%).The minimum number (17.99) of days taken for bud sprouting was in case of epicotyl grafting, among the various methods tried. Whereas, among the interaction effect, least number of days (17.50) was recorded with epicotyl grafting with ten days old cured scion. Growth parameters like number of leaves, number of buds, number of branches, length and girth of shoot were the maximum in scions cured for ten days. Among the grafting methods and interaction effect, number of leaves, number of branches and length of shoot were maximum in epicotyl grafting with scion cured for ten days. Vigour of grafts expressed in terms of number of buds and girth of shoot were maximum in softwood grafting with ten days old cured scion. The least mortality (32.20%) was recorded in epicotyl grafting with ten days old cured scion.

Rice is the most important staple food crop. Aerobic rice is a new method of growing rice characterized by direct seeding condition without standing water. Nitrogen nutrition is the major agronomic practice that affects the yield and quality of rice crop. Water use efficiency or water productivity is the ratio of grain yield to total water input was found to be increasing with the increasing levels of nitrogen. Significantly higher water use efficiency was noticed with the application of 125 kg N ha-1 (57.59 kg hacm-1) followed by application 100 kg N ha-1 (53.43 kg hacm-1) and significantly superior over 75 kg N ha-1 (49.00 kg hacm-1). Application of nitrogen in 4 splits (25%N at basal dose + 25% N at tillering + 25% N at PIstage +25%N at PE) resulted in higher water use efficiency (59.32 kg hacm-1) followed by 3 splits application (33 % N at basal dose + 33% N at tillering +33 % N at PI stage) (55.71 kg hacm-1) and lower water use efficiency was with nitrogen in 2 splits (50 % N at 15 DAE + 50 % N at PI stage) (47.23 kg hacm-1).

Thirty (30), twenty (20) and twenty three (23) numbers of GPS- referenced representative surface soils (0 - 15 cm) were collected respectively from Motidabdar, Chikhalda and Daguniya villages situated in undulating hilly terrain of Dang district (Gujarat). Samples were analyzed for the status of available phosphorous, potassium and DTPA- extractable micronutrients (Fe, Mn, Cu and Zn) including some basic soil properties (PH, EC and organic carbon) following standard procedures. The result revealed that soil pH varied widely from 5.30 to 6.80, 6.00 to 7.70 and 5.80 to 6.80 respectively in Motidabdar, Chikhalda and Daguniya villages, while soil EC values indicated that all surface soils were normal. Soil organic carbon (SOC) varied widely from low to high showing 30, 6.7 and 4.5 per cent samples with low status and 35, 26.6 and 21.7 per cent samples with medium status respectively in Motidabdar, Chikhalda and Daguniya village. Both available phosphorus and potassium varied widely from low to high, while with respect to available P2O5, 73.3, 65.0 and 69.6 per cent samples were found to belong under low status and 23.3, 30.0 and 30.4 per cent samples with medium status respectively in Motidabdar, Chikhalda and Daguniya villages and only 10.0 per cent soils of Motidabdar, 70.0 and 5 .0 percent soils respectively from Chikhalda and Daguniya villages, came under medium status of available K2O. DTPA- Fe and Mn exhibited high status in all soils and 53.3, 30 and 30.4 per cent soils depicted low status with respect to DTPA-Zn respectively in Motidabdar, Chikhalda and Daguniya villages. However, >90 % soils of these villages were high in DTPA- Cu status. Soils with deficient/ low in available nutrient status in all three villages call for management of these nutrients for higher crop yield and sustaining soil health. Some important significant simple correlations (r) among different parameters were worked out and discussed.

The study was conducted in 20 purposively selected villages of four blocks of Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh state. A total of 160 respondents were randomly selected from the selected villages to assess the extent of adoption of recommended groundnut production technology by the groundnut growers. The findings revealed that majority of the groundnut growers were medium adoption category (61.88%). In case of practice wise level of adoption, majority of the groundnut growers had high level of adoption regarding time of sowing (75.00%), seed rate (68.12%) and harvesting (66.25%), whereas medium level of adoption the practices were preparation of land (76.25%), spacing (62.50%) and use of fertilizer (61.88%) and regarding low level of adoption the practices were earthing up (68.12%) and intercropping (62.50%). Among the selected independents variables, six variables i.e. education, land holding, annual income, contact with extension agencies, sources of information and knowledge towards groundnut production technology had positive and highly significantly correlated with the extent of adoption of recommended groundnut production technology. In case of regression analysis of selected independent variables only one variable knowledge towards groundnut production technology showed highly significant and positive contribution towards adoption at 0.01 per cent level of significance.