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Volume : 1, Article : 13
Gynautocera papilionaria (Lepidoptera:Zygaenidae) : a newly reported pest of Muga silkworm host plant (Soalu) in Brahmaputra valley of Assam
Author : Dinata Roy and Kh. Subadas Singh

Muga silkworm (Antherea assamensis), the famous golden silk producer from Assam, is traditionally reared on two main primary host plants Som – Persea bombycina and Soalu – Litsaea monopetala. Silk production is directly dependen...

Volume : 1, Article : 14
Trichoderma spp. : an effective bio-control agent for plant diseases management
Author : Ajeet Kumar, Amarjeet Kumar, Bal Krishna, Uday Kumar, Hansraj Hans and Rakesh Kumar

This article explained the benefits, mode of action, and treatment method of Trichoderma spp. in sustainable agriculture production system. The chemical-based pesticides are used in a very large extent in agriculture, it control plant disea...

Volume : 1, Article : 15
How to apply fertilizers, based on soil test? A step by step guide
Author : S.K. Samal, Laxmi Prasad and Ravi Kumar

  Soil provides platform for all fundamental agricultural activities. Thus, for sustainable crop production maintaining optimum soil health is important. Over the years use of synthetic fertilizers have helped the farmers to increase ...

Volume : 1, Article : 16
Soil Health Card Helping Farmers’ in Efficient Farming
Author : Ashish Rai, Arvind Kumar Singh, Anshu Gangwar and Sanjay Kumar

Soil Health Card Scheme is a very advantageous scheme for the farmers. There are so many farmers in India they are not much aware about which types of crops they should grow to get maximum yield with good soil health because they do not kno...

Volume : 1, Article : 17
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on agriculture sector
Author : O Siva Devika, Sanam Kumari and Sonam Singh

ABSTRACT Agriculture is unavoidable even under pressure of pandemic. In agriculture, calendar of operations cannot be postponed for much time even under difficult situations. Delay of agricultural operations may leave a lasting impact and ...

Volume : 1, Article : 18
Plant engineering for tolerance to salinity in problematic soil
Author : Jyoti Prakash Sahoo, Ambika Prasad Mishra and Kailash Chandra Samal

ABSTRACT Salinity is important environmental stress and it is a constraint to crop production. Increased salinization of arable land is anticipated to have devastating global effects. High salinity stress causes both hyper-ionic and hyper-...

Volume : 1, Article : 19
Potential of plant growth promoting rhizo-bacteria in increasing crop yield
Author : G. S. Laha, G. S. Jasudasu, K. Basavaraj, V. Prakasam and D. Ladhalaxmi

ABSTRACT Microbes of the rhizomicrobiome play key roles in nutrient acquisition and assimilation, improved soil texture, secreting, and modulating extracellular molecules such as hormones, secondary metabolites, antibiotics, and various si...

Volume : 1, Article : 20
Rooftop bottle gourd farming for additional income of the small farmers in Bihar
Author : Anup Kumar, Ajay Kumar

ABSTRACT According to the national horticultural board (NHB) the average production of the Bottle gourd in year 2017-18 was highest in Bihar with 649.69 tons and second was Uttar Pradesh with production 427.81 tons. In India, Bottle gourd ...

Volume : 1, Article : 21
Phytoseiid, the boon of predatory mites
Author : Sunil Kumar Yadav & Sagarika Bhowmik

ABSTRACT Predatory mites are beneficial mites, which have high potential to keep a check on the population level of pest species. Their target host mainly comprises of phytophagous mites and small insect pests. Predatory mites comprise of ...

Volume : 1, Article : 22
Possible improvement of Biopolymer based Packaging Film
Author : Om Prakash, Saurabh Swami, Shiran K, Shekh Mukhtar Mansuri and Shaghaf Kaukab

Packaging materials has become an essential component in the present era of marketing. Although cheaper materials are abundantly available, research is heading towards green alternative of the same with comparable characteristics. Biopolyme...