Jahan, M.A.H.S. Hossain, Akbar Timsina, Jagadish Sarkar, M.A.R. Salim, M. Farooq, M. Das, Shilpi Chaki, A.K. Hossain, M.M.
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Inherently poor soil fertility and non-adoption of fertilizer recommendations based on soil test and yield targets by farmers limit the productivity and profitability from monsoon rice in Bangladesh and much of South Asia. In the Level Barind Tract (LBT; AEZ-25) and the High Ganges River Floodplain (HGR; AEZ-11) agro-ecological zones (AEZs) of Bang...
Nicolay, Gian L.
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Science should be capable of covering issues as diverse as farming systems, technology, innovation, climate change adaptation, poverty alleviation, extension, policy and practice, as they all relate to sustainable agriculture and development. Some years ago, the call for a new farming systems approach was raised to accommodate the principles of int...
Timalsina, Pratiksha Prajapati, Reena Bhaktaraj, Sabina Shrestha, Razina Shrestha, Susmita Mitra, Pranabendu
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Sweet potatoes are nutritionally rich and can be converted into chips using a simple frying technique. However, frying processing variables affect the quality of chips significantly and optimization of processing variables is necessary to produce the desired quality chips. The objective of this study was to optimize the pre-drying time and the fryi...
Chaudhary, Amit Adhikari, Bishnu Bilash Shrestha, Jiban
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Weeds compete with rice for water, nutrients, space and light. The effect of weeds on productivity of rice genotypes were studied at research field of Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Lamjung Campus, Lamjung, Nepal in 2016. Eight rice genotypes (IR-87684- 18-1-2-3, IR-83388-3-3-140-4, IR-8839-39-1-6-4, IR-87759-7- 1-2-3, IR-88966-22-1-1...
Hatamian, Mansoure Souri, Mohammad Kazem
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Nitrogen (N) forms and N levels can have a great impact on growth and quality of agricultural crops. Postharvest N treatments may also affect the quality of products. This study was conducted under laboratory conditions to evaluate the changes in postharvest quality characteristics of cut roses (Rosa hybrid cv ‘Utopia’) under different nitrogen con...
Bibi, Fatma Ahmad, Iftikhar Bakhsh, Allah Kiran, Sidra Danish, Subhan Ullah, Hameed Rehman, Asif-ur
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Poor uptake of nutrients not only deteriorates the quality but also the yield of horticultural crops. Among various macro and micronutrients, the role of K, Ca and B is very important. Therefore, balanced application and uptake of K and Ca and B can improve the quality and yield of mango trees. So, a field study was conducted with the hypothesis th...
Kumar Pankaj, Yaswant Jagadale Vasantrao, Mahesh Prakash, Nilmani Kumar Jat, Raj Kumar, Rajesh Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Pankaj
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The current study focuses and emphasis on the potential of heat stress to negatively affect crop physiology. Here, we have screened 19 wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes for their tolerance of heat stress. Significant differences were observed among the genotypes for all the traits under consideration. Exploitable extent of genetic variability ...
Vaitkevičienė, Nijolė Jarienė, Elvyra Ingold, Reto Peschke, Jasmin
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The aim of this research, which was undertaken in three years (2013-2015), was to evaluate the effect of biodynamic (BD) preparations 500 and 501 on soil biological and agrochemical properties and potato tuber quality. The soil samples were analyzed for: available phosphorus, available potassium, ammonia nitrogen, nitrogen (sum of nitrate and nitri...
Sharma, Ratnesh Kumar, Shiv Ranjan Chouhan, Surpal Singh Yadav, Udit
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In India agriculture is one of the most important sources of employment for the farmers and almost everything depends on agriculture. Root vegetables and crops are hard to remove from the soil and it takes much of the farmer’s time. Even after removing these crops manually farmers are not able to achieve 100% recovery of the crops. When these crops...
Smarzyński, Krzysztof Sarbak, Paulina Musiał, Szymon Jeżowski, Paweł Piątek, Michał Kowalczewski, Przemysław Łukasz
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The growing interest in insects as food ingredients on the one hand is controversial, on the other is in line with the recommendations of international organizations, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Crickets, as well as cricket powder (CP), are a source of high quality protein, fat, vitamins and minerals. This p...
