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Volume : 1, Article : 15
Genomic Selection in Plant Breeding
Author : Santosha Rathod, Gireesh C and Ananntha M S

ABSTRACT GS consists of genotyping (markers) and phenotyping individuals in the reference (training) population and, with the help of statistical machine learning models, predicting the phenotypes or breeding values of the candidates for s...

Volume : 1, Article : 16
Rapid decomposition of paddy straw: An overview
Author : Hemant S Maheshwari, SmruthiSagarika Mahapatra, and Abhishek Bharti, Laxman Singh Rajput, and Sanjeev Kumar

ABSTRACT The burning of paddy straw causes deterioration of soil, air, and human health. The consortium of bacterial and fungal microorganisms degrades the complex polymer by the action of their microbial enzymes. Thus, paddy straw can be ...

Volume : 1, Article : 17
Role of Statistics in Sericultural Research
Author : Amit Saha, Manjunatha G R, Pankaj Tiwary, NGS Selvaraju, G S Geetha and Joycy Rani D

ABSTRACT Statistics lead with collection, presentation, analysis and interpretation of data in a meaningful manner. The subject Statistics is inevitable in every arena of research to execute and end. The statistics is dealing with all type...

Volume : 1, Article : 18
Green Manure: A complete nutrient source for sustainable soil health in modern agriculture
Author : Amrit Lal Meena, Minakshi Karwal, Raghavendra K J and Sunil Kumar

ABSTRACT The recent advancement of agricultural technologies has undoubtedly increased the agricultural production and productivity across the world. However, excess use of synthetic fertilizers and other agro-chemical have led to degradat...

Volume : 1, Article : 19
Plant-microbe interactions in a changing world
Author : Debarshi Dasgupta, G. P. Brahmaprakash, Abir Dey2

ABSTRACT Growing body of research is shedding light upon the importance of plant-microbe interactions in ecosystem structure and functions. We need to understand the network interactions of microbial communities living on, in or near plant...

Volume : 2, Article : 1
Agricultural News Updates January 2021
Author : Bhagirath Das, Poulami Ray, Sougata Bhattacharjee, Aiswarya S,

Highlights:  Singapore as the First Country Approves Sale of Lab-Grown Meat  ICAR conferred with King Bhumibol World Soil Day Award 2020  Pakistan Objects to GI Tag for Indian Basmati in European Union  Researchers Develop Devic...

Volume : 2, Article : 2
Rehabilitation of degraded lands through different planting techniques in Melia dubia Cav.
Author : Dinesh Jinger, Vijaysinha Kakade, Rajesh Kaushal, D Dinesh, P R Bhatnagar and Vibha Singhal

ABSTRACT The soil erosion is the single largest contributor to land degradation. In this process, land converts into degraded land due to poor management of arable land and other resources. These lands having problems of serious soil erosi...

Volume : 2, Article : 3
Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase: A prime regulator of signal transduction and stress responses
Author : Kousik Atta, Saptarshi Mondal, Subhasis Mondal

ABSTRACT Environmental stresses, such as biotic, abiotic, and other environmental extremes have key impact on low crop yields, reduced plant growth as well as biomass production, thus, causing drastic loss in crop productivity. Signal tran...

Volume : 2, Article : 4
Multi-coloured and Nutra-rich Broccoli cultivation in Sub-tropical Region of India
Author : Shubham Singh, Shatrunjay Yadav, Sandeep Yadav, Abhilash Singh

ABSTRACT Vegetable consist an important component of the balance diet for human beings. They supply important vitamins and minerals that the human body need for the healthy and active life. Broccoli is the most nutritious member of cole gr...

Volume : 2, Article : 5
Heat stress tolerance breeding in tomato: a viable option towards climate resilience
Author : Kumari Shubha, Anirban Mukherjee, Nongmaithem Raju Singh, Ramnath K. Ray and Ujjwal Kumar

Heat stress is a major limiting factor for tomato production in open field conditions in developing countries like India.  To adapt to existing heat stress, the development of cultivars with increased resilience is the need of the hour...