Effect of Presowing Treatments on Seed and Seedling Quality Attributes of an Endemic Agroforestry Tree Acacia nilotica subsp. cupressiformis (J.L. Stewart) Ali and Faruqi

Background: Acacia nilotica var. cupressiformis is an evergreen multipurpose leguminous tree species which is suitable to agroforestry purposes and mainly distributed in Western parts of Rajasthan in India particularly Pali and its adjoining areas. The species has many advantages, however the natural germination in wild is very limited due to its hard seed coat dormancy. Methods: The experiment was conducted to study the effect of presowing treatment on seed coat of A. nilotica var. cupressiformis seeds with ten treatments in Completely Randomized Block Design at ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Regional Research Station, Pali Marwar. The treatments were replicated thrice. Result: Among the treatments, maximum germination and higher values was obtained in sand paper scarification with water soaking for 12hrs (T2) followed by mechanical scarification with sand paper (T1), acid scarification (50% for 20 min) (T7) and acid scarification (98% for 10 min) (T5). Further, the present study aims to initiate the research areas for conservation and utilization of A. nilotica var. cupressiformis in Western parts of Rajasthan and other parts of India.

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Peran Pupuk Organik dalam Peningkatan Efisiensi Pupuk Anorganik pada Padi Sawah (Oryza sativa L.)

Jurnal Agronomi Indonesia (Indonesian Journal of Agronomy) ◽

10.24831/jai.v43i1.9582 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 8

Author(s):

Totong Siwanto ◽

Sugiyanta , ◽

Maya Melati

Keyword(s):

Oryza Sativa L ◽

Block Design ◽

Organic Fertilizer ◽

Biological Properties ◽

Paddy Rice ◽

Inorganic Fertilizer ◽

Growth And Yield ◽

Research Station ◽

Randomized Block Design ◽

Two Factors

ABSTRACT<br />Application of organic fertilizer into the soil is designated as a source of macro, micro nutrients and organic acids; it also acts as soil ameliorant that improve physical, chemical and biological properties of soil. Application of high rates organic fertilizer has a constraint namely the availability and ease of application. Therefore, it is necessary to learn the use of organic fertilizer with low rates to improve the efficiency of chemical fertilizers. This research was aimed to study the effect of organic and inorganic fertilizers on growth and yield of paddy rice, as well as the efficiency of N, P, K inorganic fertilizer. Field experiment was conducted at Sawah Baru Research Station, University Farm IPB, Bogor, West Java from September to December 2013. The experiment used Randomized Block Design consisted of two factors: rates of organic fertilizer (0, 250, 500, 750, and 1,000 kg ha-1), and rates of inorganic fertilizer (0, 100, 200, 300, and 400 kg ha-1). The results suggested that the application of 1,000 kg organic fertilizer ha-1 + 400 kg inorganic fertilizer ha-1 did not show significant interaction. Application of organic fertilizer alone up to 1,000 kg ha-1 resulted in low growth and yield. Increasing rates of application up to 400 kg inorganic fertilizer ha-1 increased the growth and yield of paddy rice. The highest N efficiency was 89.19% at a rate of 500 kg organic fertilizer ha-1 + 200 kg inorganic fertilizer ha-1, whereas the highest efficiency of P and K, respectively were 69.55% and 92.52% at a rate of 750 kg organic fertilizer ha-1 + 300 kg inorganic fertilizer ha-1.<br />Keywords: NPK, organic fertilizer, paddy rice

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Identification of Economically Viable Cropping Systems for Vertisols of Northern Telangana Zone

Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology ◽

10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i3431040 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 98-106

Author(s):

Firdoz Shahana ◽

M. Goverdhan ◽

S. Sridevi ◽

B. Joseph

Keyword(s):

Cropping Systems ◽

Block Design ◽

Cropping System ◽

Farming Systems ◽

Research Station ◽

Bt Cotton ◽

Black Gram ◽

Net Returns ◽

Lower Productivity ◽

Randomized Block Design

A field experiment was conducted during 2016-17 at AICRP on Integrated Farming Systems, Regional Sugarcane and Rice Research Station, Rudrur to diversify existing rice-rice cropping system with less water requiring crops under irrigated dry conditions for vertisols of Northern Telangana Zone. The experiment was laid out with twelve cropping systems as treatments in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications. The twelve combinations of cropping systems tested during kharif and rabi seasons were rice – rice (check), maize + soybean (2:4) – tomato, maize + soybean (2:4) - rice, maize - sunflower + chickpea (2:4), maize - chickpea, Bt cotton + soybean (1:2) on broadbed – sesame + groundnut (2:4), Bt cotton - sesame + blackgram (2:4), soybean – wheat, soybean – sunflower + chickpea (2:4), turmeric – sesame, turmeric + soybean (1:2) on flat bed – bajra and turmeric + soybean (1:2) on broadbed – sesame + blackgram (2:4). On system basis, significantly higher productivity in terms of rice equivalent yield (REY) of 23830 kg ha-1 was recorded with turmeric+soybean (1:2) BBF– sesame+blackgram (2:4) turmeric – sesame cropping sequence. However it was on par with turmeric – sesame and turmeric + soybean (1:2) on flat bed – bajra crop sequence with productivity of 23332 kg ha-1 and 21389 kg ha-1 respectively. Lower productivity was recorded with rice-rice cropping system (10725 kg ha-1). Significantly higher system net returns were recorded with Bt. cotton – sesame + black gram (2:4) on BBF (Rs222838 ha-1) closely followed by Bt Cotton + Soybean (1:2) (BBF) - Sesamum + Groundnut (2:4) (Rs221160 ha-1) and Maize+soybean (2:4)–tomato (Rs212909 ha-1). Lower system net returns were recorded in conventional rice-rice system (Rs88179 ha-1). Bt. cotton – sesame + black gram (2:4) and Bt Cotton + Soybean (1:2) (BBF)- Sesamum + Groundnut ((2:4) and Maize+soybean (2:4)–tomato were economically superior with REE of 152.71%, 150.81% and 141.45%. Rice- Rice cropping adopted by majority of farmers is less productive and economically inferior indicating wider scope of diversifying existing rice- rice cropping system with high productive, economically viable cropping systems in vertisols of Northern Telangana Zone.

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Agronomic traits and chemical composition of single hybrids of sweet corn

Horticultura Brasileira ◽

10.1590/s0102-05362011000400015 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 29 (4) ◽

pp. 531-536 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Angela Kwiatkowski ◽

Edmar Clemente ◽

Carlos Alberto Scapim

Keyword(s):

Chemical Composition ◽

Crop Yield ◽

Combining Ability ◽

Grain Quality ◽

Sweet Corn ◽

Agronomic Traits ◽

Block Design ◽

Research Station ◽

Randomized Block Design ◽

Fixed Model

In Brazil, the greengrocery market of sweet corn has been expanding along the country. In contrast, there have been few agri-industries canning sweet corn (Zea mays) because of the lack of cultivars with agronomic characteristics proper to industrial purposes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the general combining ability (GCA) of seven inbred lines of sweet corn, and the specific combining ability (SCA) of their hybrid combinations based on their agronomic traits, and the chemical composition of the grain. In the growing season 2006/2007, twenty-one single hybrids were evaluated in the Iguatemi Research Station, Maringá County, Northwestern Paraná, in Brazil using a complete randomized block design with four replications. Data were subjected to the analysis of variance and the genotypes were clustered by the Scott-Knott test. We estimated the GCA and SCA effects using the Griffing's method IV with the fixed model for plant height (PH), height of ear (EH), dehusked ears yield (DEY), reducing (RS) and total sugars (TS), starch (ST), proteins (PTN), ether extract (EE) and fibers (FB). The inbred line L4, which was originated from the 'Doce de Cuba', had the best GCA for crop yield and grain quality and therefore should be used in the next hybrid combinations. The hybrids L4xL5 and L3xL7 were the most promising with regard to crop yield and grain quality.

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Impacts of Elevated Ozone and Ozone protectanton Plant Growth, Nutrients, Biochemical and Yield properties of Turnip (Brassica rapa)

10.21203/rs.3.rs-213024/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Boomiraj Kovilpillai ◽

Sethupathi Nedumaran ◽

Sudhakaran Mani ◽

Jayabalakrishnan Raja Mani ◽

Sritharan Natarajan ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Plant Growth ◽

Block Design ◽

Ozone Exposure ◽

Research Station ◽

Growth Physiology ◽

Elevated Ozone ◽

Randomized Block Design ◽

Size Tuber ◽

The Impact ◽

Total Potassium

Abstract An experiment was conducted at woodhouse farm, Horticultural Research Station, Ooty, in the period of October 2017 to March 2018, to quantify the impact of elevated ozone and ozone protectants spray on plant growth, nutrients, biochemical and yield properties of turnip crop in a factorial completely randomized block design replicated thrice. The elevated ozone exposure significantly reduces the plant height, tuber size, tuber weight, Chlorophyll ‘a’, Chlorophyll ‘b’, Total chlorophyll, total nitrogen, total potassium, total Manganese, Iron, Zinc, Copper inturnip. Meanwhile, the elevated ozone exposure significantly increased the total phosphorous, catalase and peroxide activity inturnip. However, ozone protectants played a major role to nullify the tropospheric ozoneeffect on growth, physiology, development and yield of turnip and among them panchagavya performed well followed by neem oil and ascorbicacid.

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Establishment Techniques on Yield and Economics of Pigeon Pea [Cajanus cajan (L.)] in North Western Zone of Tamil Nadu

Legume Research - An International Journal ◽

10.18805/lr-4261 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

C. Sivakumar ◽

A. Krishnaveni ◽

M. Pandiyan ◽

N. Tamilselvan

Keyword(s):

Cajanus Cajan ◽

Tamil Nadu ◽

Field Experiments ◽

Block Design ◽

Pigeon Pea ◽

Research Station ◽

Net Income ◽

Randomized Block Design ◽

Western Zone ◽

North Western

Field experiments were conducted to study the effect of establishment techniques on yield and economics of red gram [Cajanus cajan (L.)] under irrigated condition at Regional Research Station, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Paiyur - 635 112,Tamil Nadu, India during Kharif season of 2013-14 and 2014-15 respectively in randomized block design with four replications. The treatments are line sowing/dibbling of seeds, sowing behind the country plough, sowing in polybag and transplanting at 25 and 40 DAS, sowing in portrays and transplanting in 25 and 40 DAS. The redgram variety LRG 41 was used for study. The results revealed that, dibbling of seeds in lines recorded higher grain yield of 2351 kg ha-1, net income of Rs.99495/- and B:C ratio of 3.39. Thus, dibbling of seeds in lines recorded 6% higher over sowing in poly bag and transplanting at 25 DAS and 27% higher yield over sowing behind the country plough. Considering yield and economics, line sowing seems to better option for the farmers followed by sowing in polybags and transplanted in 25 DAS. Under transplanted situation, transplanting of seedlings at 30 DAS was more suitable where the monsoon was delayed for 30 to 45 days under rainfed situation.

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UJI AKTIVITAS INSEKTISIDA BEBERAPA EKSTRAK TANAMAN PADA HAM A LIRIOMYZA SATIVAE (BLANCHARD)

AGRICA ◽

10.37478/agr.v1i2.482 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 44-49

Author(s):

Karolus A.N. Nainiti ◽

I Wayan Supartha ◽

IG.M.Oka Nurjaya

Keyword(s):

Organic Compounds ◽

Plant Extract ◽

Seed Coat ◽

Plant Extracts ◽

Plant Disease ◽

Block Design ◽

Liriomyza Sativae ◽

Randomized Block Design ◽

Insecticide Activity ◽

Agricultural Faculty

The usage of herbal insecticide for leafminer control is based on the principle that organic compounds that are produced by plants to survive from the leafminer are selective, can be digested by the organism, and also can be broken down by heat, oxygen, and sunshine. This study was to test the activity of 15 plant extracts to find out which kinds of plant extracts had insecticide activity to Liriomyza Sativa. The study design was a randomized block design, with 17 treatments (15 kinds of plant extract and two controls), and was replicated five times. The trials were done at the glasshouse of Pest and Plant Disease Department of Agricultural Faculty at Udayana University. The results of the study showed that each plant extract that was used in this trial had different insecticide activity to L Sativa. The seed coat extract from the seed A. occidentale L. and the extract of P. retrofractum Vahl had the highest insecticide activity to L sativae.

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Optimization of Irrigation and Fertigation Scheduling for Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) through Subsurface Drip Irrigation in Western Zone of Tamil Nadu

Current Agriculture Research Journal ◽

10.12944/carj.7.1.14 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 117-121

Author(s):

M. Manikandan ◽

G. Thiyagarajan ◽

S. Thenmozhi ◽

S.K. Natarajan ◽

J. Bhuvaneswari ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Drip Irrigation ◽

Tamil Nadu ◽

Agricultural Research ◽

Block Design ◽

Field Trials ◽

Climatic Zone ◽

Research Station ◽

Pan Evaporation ◽

Randomized Block Design ◽

Surface Drip Irrigation

Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) under Sub Surface Drip Irrigation (SSDI) is gaining momentum among the farmers because of more output with less input. Even though the benefits of SSI under SSDI are realized by farmers, development of optimal irrigation and fertigation schedule is need of the hour for Western Agro-climatic zone of Tamil Nadu. Field trials were carried out at Agricultural Research Station, Bhavanisagar from 2014 to 2017 to develop an optimal irrigation and fertigation schedule for SSI for Western Agro-climatic zone. The experiment was taken in a randomized block design with three replications. The experiment consisted of eight treatments of which six treatments comprised of SSDI with three irrigation regimes of 100, 80 and 60 percent pan evaporation and two fertigation levels of 100 and 75 percent of recommended N & K and two treatments in surface drip irrigation (SDI) with 100 percent pan evaporation (PE) + 100 percent RD and 100 percent PE + 75 percent RD of N&K through fertigation. The results of this study revealed that SSDI with 60 per cent PE + 100 per cent RD of N&K through fertigation recorded lower water use (1004 mm) and higher WUE (113 kg/ha-mm). However, significantly higher and comparable yield of sugarcane (148 t/ha) was recorded in SSDI with 100 per cent PE + 100 per cent RD of N&K through fertigation and surface drip irrigation with 100 per cent PE + 100 per cent RD of N&K through fertigation. The net return (Rs. 2,09,405 per ha) and B:C ratio (2.6) was higher in SSDI with 100per cent PE + 100 per cent RD of N&K through fertigation treatment.

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Skarifikasi Awal Dan Penambahan Beberapa Jenis Zat Pengatur Tumbuh Untuk Percepatan Perkecambahan Benih Kayu Kuku (Pericopsis moonianna Thw)

EnviroScienteae ◽

10.20527/es.v16i2.9661 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 296

Author(s):

Neneng Laila Romdyah ◽

Melya Riniarti ◽

Ceng Asmarahman ◽

Slamet Budi Yuwono

Keyword(s):

Seed Coat ◽

Block Design ◽

Hot Water ◽

Index Number ◽

Randomized Block Design ◽

Bamboo Shoots ◽

Vigor Index ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Number Of Leaves ◽

Germination Vigor

Scarification was the destruction of the seed coat to softening seed coat and became permeable to water and gas. The purpose of this study was to obtain the best scarification techniques, types of growth regulatory substances and the combination of scarification treatments and addition of growth regulatory substances to accelerate the germination of Pericopsis mooniana seeds. The study was conducted using factorial randomized block design with three replications. The first factor was the scarification technique, with hot water, and broken the seed skin. The second factor was the addition of growth regulatory substances (coconut water and, bamboo shoots) shoot water and artificial growth regulatory substances Dates analyzed with variance and continued with the tukey test at 5% level. The results showed that the scarification technique by broken seed skin significant differences in the percentage of sprouts, germination, average days of germination, vigor index, number of leaves, and seedling height. The addition of growth regulatory substances did not show a significant difference in all observed variables.

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Precision Nitrogen Management for Enhancing Yield and Quality of Fodder Maize

International Journal of Plant & Soil Science ◽

10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i1830593 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 236-241

Author(s):

Zahida Rashid ◽

N. S. Khuroo ◽

Tanveer Ahmad Ahngar ◽

Shabeena Majid ◽

Sabiya Bashir ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Growth Parameters ◽

Block Design ◽

Critical Value ◽

Nitrogen Management ◽

Research Station ◽

Dry Land ◽

Forage Maize ◽

Randomized Block Design ◽

Fodder Yield ◽

Spad Meter

A field experiment was conducted during Kharif 2020 at Dry land Agriculture Research Station, Rangreth, Srinagar, Kashmir on Precision Nitrogen Management for enhancing fodder yield and nitrogen use efficiency in forage maize variety SFM-1 (KDFM-1) planted in a spacing of 30 x10 cm. The treatments consisted of T1 (No N), T2 50 kg N/ha (40% N basal) + remaining based on SPAD meter critical value of 40, T3 50 kg N/ha (40% N basal) + remaining based on SPAD meter critical value of 50, T4 50 kg N/ha (40% N basal) + remaining based on LCC 4, T5 50 kg N/ha (40% N basal) + remaining based on LCC 5, T6 100 kg N/ha (40% N basal) + remaining based on SPAD meter critical value of 40, T7 100 kg N/ha (40% N basal) + remaining based on SPAD meter critical value of 50, T8 100 kg N/ha (40% N basal) + remaining based on LCC 4, T9 100 kg N/ha (40% N basal) + remaining based on LCC 5, T10 150 kg N/ha (40% N basal) + remaining based on SPAD meter critical value of 40, T11 150 kg N/ha (40% N basal) + remaining based on SPAD meter critical value of 50, T12 150 kg N/ha (40% N basal) + remaining based on LCC 4, T13150 kg N/ha (40% N basal) + remaining based on LCC 5, T14 As per recommended package of practices (50% N as basal, remaining 50% at 30 days after sowing).The treatments were replicated thrice in a randomized block design. The results recorded during the year indicated that production of fodder maize was better with the treatment T13 (150 kg N/ha (40% N basal) + remaining based on LCC 5. It recorded 470.01 q green and 135.02 q dry matter yield per hectare. The growth parameters namely; plant height; number of leaves per plant and quality were also improved with this treatment as compared to other treatments.

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122 Minimizing Fertilizer Input for Nitrate Management and Optimum Growth of Ilex verticillata L.

HortScience ◽

10.21273/hortsci.34.3.462e ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 34 (3) ◽

pp. 462E-462

Author(s):

T.L. Schultz ◽

U.K. Schuch

Keyword(s):

Controlled Release ◽

Nitrate Leaching ◽

Block Design ◽

Dry Weight ◽

Research Station ◽

Optimum Growth ◽

Liquid Fertilizer ◽

Controlled Release Fertilizer ◽

Randomized Block Design ◽

Container Nurseries

Nitrate nitrogen is becoming a major pollutant in much of our nation's water supply. High levels of nitrate runoff are commonly found to occur from intense agricultural areas such as container nurseries. The objective of this study was to investigate combinations of liquid fertilizer (LF) plus controlled-release fertilizer (CRF) that would both minimize nitrate runoff and provide nutrient levels for optimum growth of Ilex verticillata L. The experiment was established in 1998 at the Iowa State Univ. Horticulture Research Station, Ames. Six fertilizer treatments were arranged in a randomized block design with eight replications. Treatment combinations of liquid fertilizer (LF) and controlled-release fertilizer (CRF) were [LF (mg/L)/CRF (g)]: 90/0, 90/8.5, 90/17, 180/0, 180/8.5, 180/17 (Peter's Excel 21-5-20 and Osmocote 18-6-12, 9-month release, respectively). Analysis of nitrate leaching showed that in 12 out of 16 weeks, the 180 mg/L LF treatments resulted in twice the amount of nitrate leached compared to the 90 mg/L LF. In 3 out of 16 weeks, treatments containing 0 g CRF leached significantly less nitrate than those containing 17 g CRF. None of the treatments produced a difference in total dry weight or caliper of Ilex verticlillata L. This data suggests that plant growth remains similar over a range of fertilizer input and higher rates of applied LF result in higher nitrate leaching.

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