Evaluation of Various Rosa Damascena Mill. Genotypes Grown under Rainfed Semi-arid Condition

Field experiments under zero-till rainfed ecosystem were conducted during 2010-11 and 2011-12 at Indian Agricultural Research Institutive New Delhi for identifying the agronomic performance, weed dynamics, nutrient uptake and profitability of clusterbean based cropping systems (clusterbean-wheat, clusterbean-mustard and clusterbean-chickpea) as influenced by three residue management practices (no residue, crop residues and Leucaena twigs) applied to both summer and winter seasonal crops. Randomized Complete Block Design with four replications were used to conduct the trials. Significantly higher green-pod yield of clusterbean (10.08 t ha-1 and 6.70 t ha-1) was recorded with the application of Leucaena twigs, followed by crop residue mulching and the least with no-residue application in 2010 and 2011, respectively. Wheat and chickpea as preceding crops produced significantly higher clusterbean green-pod yield (6.54 t ha-1 and 6.43 t ha-1) than mustard (5.18 t ha-1). The yield attributes viz. pod-clusters and weight of pods per plant showed significant variation. Significantly higher dry matter yield (299.9 g m-2) of Cyperus iria was recorded with mustard residues followed by chickpea (253.1 g m-2) and wheat (194.0 g m-2) residues. The nutrient uptake showed the same trend as that of dry pod and stalks yields and resulted significant influence due to residue management and preceding crops. Economic analysis exhibited the highest returns and net returns per Rupee invested under wheat with Leucaena twigs followed by chickpea with Leucaena twigs. Clusterbean after wheat and chickpea with Leucaena twigs was high yielding and profitable for rainfed areas under zero-till semi-arid condition.

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Comparative Study on Baits and Dust Formulation of Insecticide Against Fruit Flies (Diptera:tephritidae) on Melon (Cucumis melo) under Semi-arid Condition of Dera Ismail Khan

Asian Journal of Plant Sciences ◽

10.3923/ajps.2002.554.555 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 1 (5) ◽

pp. 554-555

Author(s):

Abdul Latif ◽

Khalid Abdullah ◽

Ghulam Shabir Shah ◽

Sabahat Hussain .

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Cucumis Melo ◽

Fruit Flies ◽

Arid Condition ◽

Semi Arid

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Sulphur management in groundnut for higher productivity and profitability under Semi-Arid condition of Rajasthan, India

Legume Research - An International Journal ◽

10.18805/lr-3986 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Nagesh Yadav ◽

S. S. Yadav ◽

Neelam Yadav ◽

M. R. Yadav ◽

Rakesh Kumar ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Protein Content ◽

Oil Content ◽

Elemental Sulphur ◽

Oil Yield ◽

Pod Yield ◽

Net Returns ◽

Arachis Hypogaea L ◽

Arid Condition ◽

Semi Arid ◽

Gypsum Application

The present study was planned to evaluate the performance of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) under varying levels of sulphur and its sources under Semi-Arid condition of Rajasthan. Application of 60 kg S/ha resulted 8.8, 23.8 and 59.6% more pod/plant than 45, 30 and 15 kg S/ha, respectively. Gypsum as a source of S recorded 15.4 and 50.4% higher pods/plant over SSP and elemental sulphur, respectively. However, number of kernels/pod increased significantly upto 45 kg/ha only. Gypsum and SSP improved the kernels/pod by 14.2 and 11.2% over elemental sulphur, respectively. Application of 60 kg S/ha resulted in 140, 345 and 744 kg/ha and 127, 319 and 616 kg/ha higher pod and kernel yield over 45, 30 and 15 kg/ ha, respectively. Sulphur application through gypsum recorded the highest pod yield (1872 kg/ha) of groundnut that was 13.1 and 32.0 percent more than obtained under SSP and elemental sulphur treatment, respectively. Application of sulphur at 75 kg S/ha was recorded highest shelling% (72.13%) which were 7.0 and 10.9 per cent higher over 30 and 15 kg S/ha. The application of S at 45 kg/ha exhibited 7.6 and 17.0% higher protein content over 30 and 15 kg S/ha, respectively. Among sources, the highest protein content (23.75%), oil content (44.49%) and oil yield (597.76 kg/ha) was obtained with gypsum. Application of 60 kg S/ha increased oil yield by magnitude of 70.3, 175.1 and 316.9 kg/ha over 45, 30 and 15 kg S/ha, respectively. Sulphur application at the rate of 60 kg/ha increased the margin to the tune of 6343, 15867, 34062 /ha over 45, 30 and 15 kg S/ha, respectively. Likewise, graded increment in levels of sulphur resulted in significantly higher BCR upto 60 kg/ha over lower levels. The maximum net returns (55358/ha) and BCR (1.68) were obtained with gypsum.

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Meat Production Potential of Small Ruminants Under the Arid and Semi-arid Conditions of Pakistan

Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences [JAMS] ◽

10.24200/jams.vol15iss0pp33-39 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 15 ◽

pp. 33 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mohamed Fatah Ullah Khan ◽

Faisal Ashfaq

Keyword(s):

Small Ruminants ◽

Meat Production ◽

Good Prospect ◽

Annual Growth Rate ◽

Economic Activities ◽

Arid Condition ◽

System Functioning ◽

Increasing Demand ◽

Per Capita Consumption ◽

Semi Arid

Sheep and goat production is one of the major economic activities under the arid and semi-arid condition of Pakistan. The country has 53.8 million goats and 26.5 million sheep. The main purpose of raising these small ruminants in the country is meat production. The small ruminants share about 40% of total red meat produced in the country. It has been observed that in the last several years the overall per capita consumption of the animal food products is increasing. Overall annual growth rate of goats in Pakistan is 4%, which is the highest in Asia. Pakistan ranks third in Asia in small ruminant population. Some famous sheep and goat breeds of Pakistan which have potential for mutton production will be discussed in the paper. There is no feedlot fattening system functioning in the country on a commercial level. The indicators suggest that there are good prospect for sheep and goat to be used as meat animals. In order to meet the increasing demand of mutton locally as well as for export, feedlot operations are required to be introduced among the farmer communities and in the privatesector in Pakistan.

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