A field experiment was conducted during rabi seasons of 2005–06 and 2006–07 with two varieties of wheat (PBW 343 and HUW 234), and seven dates of sowing at kalai(Aligarh), research station of C.S. Azad university of Agriculture and technology, Kanpur. Sowing dates were kept different in order to allow the crops to be exposed to different temperature conditions. Planting time influenced the maturity. Higher grain yield of wheat variety PBW 343 was recorded with planting in second week of November. Similarily variety HUW 234 yielded higher when planted in fourth week of November. The results indicated that wheat yield reduced with increase in daily mean post-anthesis temperature.

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Assessment of Spatial and Temporal Drought Severity: A Study in Transition Zone of Karnataka State in India

International Journal of Environment and Climate Change (2022)

Seedari Ujwala Rani Pramod Kumar Naveen P. Singh Dharam Raj Singh S. K. Srivastava

Rainfall data from 1979-2019 was analysed across the agro climatic zones in transition region of Karnataka. Rainfall Anomaly Index and Mean deviation methods are used to identify drought years and wet years over both spatial and temporal on time scale. The North Eastern Transition Zone can be considered as most vulnerable zone as it recorded for about 24 dry years values which indicates existence of persistence drought in this zone. The Northern Transition Zone is not vulnerable when compared to Northern Eastern Transition Zone as most of the drought year values are nearer to wet year values (RAI -0.3 to -1.2) which implies that this zone has moderate drought condition. The Southern transition zone has normal drought condition (RAI +0.3 to -0.3) which implies neither wet nor neither dry condition. But if proper conservations were not taken, this zone may come in the hit list of most vulnerable zone in near future which will harm the farming community.

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10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i730705

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INOCULATION OF APRICOT SEEDLINGS WITH INDIGENOUS ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI IN OPTIMUM PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZATION FOR QUALITY GROWTH ATTRIBUTES

Journal of Plant Nutrition (2012)

Sunil Dutt Som Dev Sharma Pramod Kumar

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, namely Glomus fasciculatum (Thaxter) Gerdemann & Trappe,G. mosseae (Nicol. & Gerd.) Gerdemann & Trappe, G. macrocarpum (Tul. & Tul.) and Sclerocystis dussii (Almeida and Schenck), were screened at nursery stage to apricot seedlings (Prunus armeniaca L.) cv. 'New Castle' to evaluate the performance on different vegetative growth parameters at 0, 25, 50 and 100 mg kg−1 levels of P fertilization in soil. To select the most effective AM fungal species in promoting the growth, the seedlings were grown in pots under controlled atmospheric conditions for a period of six months. The data were recorded on AM fungal spore count and colonization; plant height, stem diameter, dry weight of shoot and root, leaf area and stomata count, biochemical characteristics (total chlorophylls and phenols), leaf nutrient content, and uptake by seedlings. Inoculation with G. fasciculatum resulted in higher spore count, root colonization, higher growth characteristics, and nutrient status of leaf in comparison to uninoculated control. The performance of different AM fungal species increased along with phosphorus (P) fertilization in the soil. Soil inoculation of G. fasciculatum and 50 mg P kg−1 was found most effective with corresponding values (209%, 59%, 102.2%, 86.2%, 57.6%, 70.8%, and 131.5%) for higher spore count, root colonization, seedling height, stem diameter, dry weight of shoot and root, leaf area, total chlorophylls and phenolic content in leaf, respectively. This treatment had also increased phosphorus (130 mg kg−1), iron (46.8 mg kg−1), copper (76.3 mg kg−1), and zinc (64.3 mg kg−1) in leaf with corresponding uptake of 180.77, 187.38, 213.79, and 122.58% compared to the uninoculated control.

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10.1080/01904167.2012.732648

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An Overview National Agricultural Innovation Project

Indian Farming (2014)

D. Rama Rao Yasmeen Basade Pramod Kumar

The National Agricultural Innovation Project, a World Bank funded project was started to improve agricultural research and technology in India, with its various sub-projects and due emphasis on developing a mechanism of sustaining project activities beyond the project period. The NAIP has been able to direct Indian agriculture to not only orient itself in being food sufficient but also guided it towards entrepreneurship.

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An Economic Appraisal of Mango Processing Plants of Chittoor District in Andhra Pradesh

INDIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS (2010)

K. Vishwanatha Reddy Pramod Kumar

Mango (mangifera indica L.) occupies a prominent place amongst the fruits grown in India because of its great utility, and is acknowledged as the king of fruits. Various types of products/processed food are prepared from mango like pickles, chutneys, amchoor, squash, nectar, jam, cereal flakes, custard powder, baby foods, mango leather and toffee. It is an outstanding source of Vitamin-A and Vitamin-C besides it has many minerals and other Vitamins. India with a production of 125.4 lakh tonnes of mango accounts for 40 per cent of total world production (312.5 lakh tonnes). About 2 million hectares of land in India is under this crop accounting for 46.2 per cent of world area (4.37 million hectares) under mango. Among the various states of India, Andhra Pradesh ranks first both in area and production and is followed by Uttar Pradesh. Mango is one of the important fruit crop of Andhra Pradesh cultivated in an area of 3.99 lakh hectares and producing 3.19 million tonnes (Government of India, 2005). The productivity of mango in Andhra Pradesh is 8.1 tonnes per hectare and is higher than the country’s average productivity of 6.1 tonnes per hectare. Mango is perishable in nature and due to unavailability of storage and transportation facilities, considerable amount of mango fruit goes waste every year. The extent of losses in mango is estimated to be 15 per cent (Atteri, 1994). One of the methods to avoid such losses of mango fruits is to process the fresh mangoes into different products. A number of processing firms operate in Andhra Pradesh, with Chittoor district accounting for largest share of the mango processing in the state. Most of the processed produce enters into the international market. Mango processing thus generates lot of income and employment opportunities in the region. However, low capacity utilisation, fluctuation in profitability of the processing firms is an issue often raised. It is also observed that the level of efficiency varies across size class of processing firms (Joshi et al., 1999). It is therefore essential to study the economics and profitability of mango processing in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. The present study is therefore, taken up with following specific objectives: (i) to study the status of mango processing and the nature of its forward and backward linkages; (ii)

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10.22004/ag.econ.204682

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Nano-enabled Zn fertilization against conventional Zn analogues in strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.)

Scientia Horticulturae (2021)

Simran Saini Pramod Kumar Naveen Chand Sharma Nisha Sharma Dananjeyan Balachandar

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10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110016

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