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1973 Tree-ring Width of Teak (Tectona grandis L. F.) and Its Relationship with Rainfall and Temperature 1 Satish Kumar Sinha 1974 Land Transformation and Urban Sprawl Mapping Using Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies - A Case 6 Study of Amritsar City, India Minakshi*, N.S. Tur, Amardeep Singh, Deepak Mehra, Harpinder Singh, Virrat Devaser and Rajneesh Kumar 1975 Agro-Climatic Resource Inventory Characterization of Punjab State in Spatial Domain 11 S.K. Bal, J. Mukherjee, Gurjot Singh, Anil Sood, B. V Choudhury Harpreet Singh and Prabhjyot Kaur 1976 Economic Impact of Insecticide Resistance Management (IRM) strategies in cotton in Muktsar district 18 (Punjab) AK. Dhawan, Vijay Kumar, Amardip Singh, Jasbir Singh and Amrik Singh 1977 Effect of Foliar Feeding of GA3, Triacontanol and Calcium Salts on Shelf-Life in Kinnow Mandarin 23 Tanjeet Singh Chahal, J. S. Bal and Kiran Kour 1978 Effect of Sodium Sulphite-Microwave Pretreatment on Paddy Straw Digestibility 27 Urmila Gupta Phutela, Karamjeet Kaur and N.K. Khullar 1979 Evaluation of Quality Parameters of Low Alcoholic, Self Carbonated Fermented Beverage 32 P Sahota, G. Pandove and T S. Dhillion 1980 Impact of a Paper Mill on Surrounding Epiphytic Lichen Communities Using Multivariate Analysis 38 Pulak Das, Santosh Joshi, Jayashree Rout and D.K. Upreti 1981 Effect of pH upon Copepoda and Cladocera under Laboratory Conditions 44 C.B. Tiwary and Kamlakant Thakur 1982 Diversity of Molluscan Fauna Inhabited by River Chenab-fed Stream (Gho-Manhasan) 48 K.K. Sharma and Samita Chowdhary 1983 Diurnal Variation of Phytoplankton in the Kali Estuary, Karwar, West Coast of India 52 U.G. Naik, V.V. Nayak and N. Kusuma 1984 Heavy Metal Content in Soils and Crops Irrigated with Untreated Sewage Water in Sangrur District of Punjab 58 MP.S. Khurana, Kuldip Singh and Dhanwinder Singh 1985 Interactive Effect of Cobalt, Boron and Molybdenum on Yield Attributes of Pea (Pisum sativum L.). 63 D. K. Singh, P Kumar and S.K. Singh 1986 Micro-nutrient status of pear orchards in Kashmir 67 M A Dar, J. A Wani, S.K. Raina, MY. Bhat and MA Malik 1987 Evaluation of a Customized Fertilizer on Wheat 71 B.S. Sekhon, Satwinderjit Kaur, and Pritpal Singh 1989 Effect of Organic Nitrogen Management on Yield and Quality of Produce in Rice-Vegetable based Cropping 76 System R. N. Meena and Kalan Singh 1990 Effect of Biofertilizers on Yield and Quality Traits of Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.) 82 N.S. Gill, J. S. Bal and D. S. Khurana 1991 Effect of Nitrogen Levels, Cultivars and Weed Control Treatments on Smothering Potential of Canola Gobhi 86 Sarson (Brassica nap us L.) Lovreet Singh Shergill, B. S. Gill and P S. Chahal 1992 Vertical Distribution of Readily and Slowly Available Potassium in a Typic Haplustept under Different 91 Cropping Sequences H.S. Jassal, Raj Kumar, Kuldip Singh and N.S. Dhillon 1993 Forms and Quantity-Intensity Parameters of Potassium Applied to Wheat under Temperate Conditions of 98 Kashmir J.A Wani, MAMalik, MA Oar, Farida Akhter and MA Bhat 1994 Evaluating Impact of Watershed Development Programme on Land Resources in Shiwalik Hills of J&K 102 Narinder Deep Singh 1995 Nitrogen and Spacing Requirements of Promising Hybrids of Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea L. Czern & 108 Coss) Parminder Singh Sandhu, S. S. Mahal and Virender Sardana 1996 Studies on Growth, Yield and Yield Attributes of Wheat-Mentha Intercropping System in Relation to 112 Planting Methods and Nitrogen Levels Sumedh Chopra, Jaspal Singh and Satpal Singh
1997 Evaluation of Bt Cotton as an Integral Component of Integrated Pest Management 118 Vikas Jindal, Naveen Aggarwal and Vikram Singh 1998 Farmers perceived constraints in the uptake of cotton IPM practices 123 Rajinder Peshin, AK. Dhawan, Kamaldeep Singh and Rakesh Sharma 1999 A Case-Study of Two Sunscreens that May Prevent Apoptotic Sunburn 131 Chanda Siddoo Atwal 2000 Melia dubia: A Potential Species for Agroforestry Under Different Agro-Climatic Conditions of Haryana State 135 of India 135 Jagdish Chander 2001 Response of Potting Media and Sunshine on Bougainvillea Cultivars 138 Ravipal Singh and R.K. Dubey 2002 Efficient In vitro Sterilization Technique for Micropropagation of Banana (Musa acuminata) cv. 'Grand 141 Naine' Pooja Manchanda, Ajinder Kaur and S.S. Gosal 2003 Effect of Some Bio-pesticides and Chemical Pesticides on Survival of Larval Parasitoid Bracon hebetor 143 Say (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Lakshman Chandra Patel and Anirudhya Pramanik 2004 Adsorption and Leaching Behaviour of Sulfosulfuron 145 S. K. Randhawa and Amandeep Singh Brar 2005 Screening of Seed Sources and Development of Powdery Mildew of Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. 148 K.S. Ahlawat, J.C. Kaushik, o.p Lathwal and Avtar Singh 2006 Management of root-knot Nematode Meloidogyne javanica in Pigeonpea through Seed Treatment 151 Tarique Hassan Askary 2007 Standardization of Method for Soil Arthropods Extraction by Tullgren Funnel 153 Romila Akoijam and Badal Bhattacharyya 2008 Strategies to Enhance Fish Production from Ox-bow Lakes of Muzaffarpur, Bihar 156 Sujeet Rajak, Arpita Sharma, S.K. Chakraborty, S.C. Rai, Dilip Kumar and AK. Jaiswar 2009 Effect of Residue Management Practices and Nitrogen Levels on Soil Properties, Yield and Uptake 158 of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium in Soybean Sown after Preceding Wheat Crop K. S. Saini and S. K. Chongtham 2010 Sowing Time, Seed Rate and Planting Method effect on Nitrogen Uptake and Quality of Bread Wheat 160 Balkaran Singh, R.S. Uppal and R.P Singh 2011 Performance of Direct Seeded Rice as Influenced by Variety and Date of Sowing 164 U. S. Walia, S. S. Walia and Shelly Nayyar 2012 Effect of Fruit Maturity and Temperature on Seed Germination in Summer Squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) 167 Namarta Gupta, S.S. Bal and H.S. Randhawa 2013 Evaluation of N, P, Zn Complex Fertilizer for its Efficiency using Wheat as Test Crop in Indo-Gangetic Alluvial 169 Soils of Northwestern India B.S. Brar, D.S. Benipal and Jagdeep Singh 2014 Effect of Bio-fertilizers in Combination with Chemical Fertilizers on Growth and Yield of Broccoli 172 (Brassica oleracea Var. italica Plank) Pradeep Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Yogesh Chandra Yadav and Adesh Kumar
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2015 Integrating Digital Terrain Map and Soil Hydraulic Conductivity Field Data in Characterizing Variable 174 Source Area for Surface Runoff Generation in a Himalayan Watershed Amarinder Singh, Suresh Kumar and Dhruba Pikha Shrestha 2016 Seasonal Studies on Prevalence of Fresh Water Snails in Different Habitats of Madhya Pradesh 182 Chitra Mishra and K. Pateriya 2017 Integration of Papaya in the Farmland: Production and Contribution to Household Income in Ethiopia 186 Fikirte Asrat Gelaw and Agena Anjulo Tanga 2018 Perception of Rural Women about Improved Cooking Stoves in Bundi District of Rajasthan 192 B.L. Dhaka, K. Chayal and M.K. Poonia 2019 Cultivation of Blue Oyster Mushroom, Hypsizygus ulmarius (BulL) Redhead in Plains of Northern India 195 Shikha Sethi, H.S. Sodhi, S. Dhanda and S. Kapoor 2020 Value Addition of Gold Fish Carassius auratus (Unnaeus) var. Comet through Colour Enhancement 200 Vaneet Inder Kaur, Asha Dhawan and Meera D. Ansal 2021 Use of Probability Distribution in Consecutive Days Maximum Rainfall Analysis at Raichur, Karnataka 204 C.M., Pradeep, Yasmin and G. V Srinivasareddy 2022 Physico-Chemical Factors, Primary Productivity and Phyco-Profile of a Natural Impoundment of Water 209 Divya Tiwari and Rakhi Bajpai 2023 Effect of Sewage Sludge Application on Heavy Metal Accumulation and Response of Marigold (Tagetes 213 erecta L.) S.K. Singh, Y V Singh, Archana and A.M. Latare 2024 Effect of Zinc, Iron and Boron on Growth Parameters, Yield and Quality of Groundnut in Vertisol 219 R.S. Bagal, B.S. Inulkar and M.S. Waghmare 2025 Maximising Production and Profitability Under Drip Irrigated and Fertigated Potato (Solanum tuberosum 222 L.) Rakesh Sharda, Mukesh Siag, Kirandeep Kaur, Nilesh Biwalkar, Kulbir Singh, Amanpreet Kaur Chawla, Sudhir Thaman and Chaturjeet Singh 2026 Phenology and Growth Dynamics of Sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) Cultivars Under Different Dates of 226 Sowing in Punjab Prabhjyot Kaur, P.K. Kingra and Bhupesh Joshi 2027 Growth, Yield Attributes and Yield of Winter Maize (Zea mays L.) as Affected by Age of Seedling, Date and 231 Method of Transplanting Harmeet Singh and Jagrup Singh 2028 Response of Nitrogen and Phosphorus on Growth and Yield of Greengram in Eucalyptus tereticornis 236 Based Agri-silvicultural System K.S. Ahlawat, Bimlendra Kumari, OF Lathwal, A.K. Singh, Avtar Singh and Dilbag Singh 2029 Effect of Irrigation and Nitrogen Management on Available Nutrients and Nitrogen Balance in Potato- 242 Maize Cropping System S.K. Verma and L.K. Idnani 2030 Soil Temperature, Crop Emergence and Water Productivity of Bed Planted Soybean (Glycine max (L.) 247 Merrill) as Influenced by Mulching and Irrigation Regimes Amarinder Singh and Krishan Kumar Vashist 2031 Effect of Eco-Friendly Manures and Cutting Types on Rhizome Production of Acarus calamus L. 252 S. Upadhyaya and L.R. Saikia 2032 Competitive Ability of Wheat Cultivars Against Phalaris minor (Retz.) in Relation to Crop Geometry 255 Neeraj Sharma and Tarundeep Kaur 2033 Analysis of Herbicide Residues in Celery Seeds 258 Rupinder Kaur and B.S. Gill 2034 Constraints in Kinnow Orchards of Arid-Irrigated Zone of Punjab 261 Yogesh Kumar, Harinder Singh Rattanpal, Wasakha Singh Dhillon, Gobinder Singh and Parkash Singh 2035 Effect of Vine Trellising on Growth, Yield and Quality of Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia L.) 267 Kulbir Singh Brar, Kulbir Singh and D. S. Khurana 2036 Genetic Divergence in Soybean (Glycine Max (L.) Merrill) Grown in Over Environments 272 S.D. Tyagi, M.H. Khan and V Tyagi
2037 Studies on Genotype x Environment Interaction for Some Traits of Economic Importance in Lentil 276 R.K. Gill, Manpreet Singh, Sarvjeet Singh and Sunita Sharma 2038 Identification of Traits for Indirect Selection for Improving Yield in Interspecific Derivatives of Cicer 281 Rupinder Pal Singh, Inderjit Singh, Sarvjeet Singh and J.S. Sandhu 2039 Structural Components and Phytoanticipins Imparting Resistance Against Tomato Leaf Curl Virus (ToLCV) 286 in Tomato Genotype Simerjeet Kaur, N. Arora, A Sharma 2040 Implementation and Evaluation of Integrated Pest Management Technology in Irrigated Basmati Rice in 290 Punjab, India PS. Sarao, AK. Dhawan, Rajinder Singh and H.S. Grewal 2041 Diversity and Bioecological Studies on Forest Fauna of Short Horned Grasshopper (Acridoidea: 295 Orthoptera) with Pest Status in Doon Valley of Himachal Pradesh K.L. Sharma 2042 Role of Farm Women in Dairy Farming in Faridkot District of Punjab 298 R. Aggarwal, G.S. Aulakh and J.S. Brar 2043 Seasonal Distribution of Plant Pigments in Thumbe and Sarpadi Vented Dams of Karnataka State 301 R Himantharaju, H.R. V Reddy and N. Siva shankar 2044 Ashok (Saraca asoca) in Haryana: Nursery and Field Studies 303 Jagdish Chander 2045 Manipulation of Microbial Diversity for Plant Growth Stimulating Functionality Traits 306 Poonam Kumari, Veena Khanna and Babita Mukhija 2046 Crop Yield and Economic Evaluation of an Agri-horti-silvicultural System 310 WS. Dhillon and Sanjeev K. Chauhan 2047 Decline of Mango diversity in Sub-mountane and Kandi Zone of Punjab: An Overview 313 PPS Gill and Navprem Singh 2048 Effect of Different Shelterbelts on Microclimate of Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) 316 Amandeep Kaur, Som Pal Singh and G.S. Bains 2049 Leaf Colour Chart: A High Tech Tool for Nitrogen Management in Rice - A Five Year Case Study in 319 Kapurthala District of Punjab India Rajan Bhatt, Manoj Sharma and Gurpreet Kaur 2050 Effect of Seed Rate on the Growth and Yield of Fieldpea Genotypes 321 Guriqbal Singh, Hari Ram and Navneet Aggarwal 2051 Influence of Row Spacing and Fertilizer Management on Growth and Yield of Field Pea (Pisum sativum var 323 arvense) Intikhab Aalum Jehangir, GA Wani, Faisul-Ur-Rasool, Tahir Ali and S.A Bangroo 2052 Impact of Bio-pesticides and Chemical Insecticides on the Egg Parasitoid, Trichogramma chilonis Ishii 325 (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) Lakshman Chandra Patel and Anirudhya Pramanik
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2053 Urbanization and its Impact on Groundwater and Natural Drainage: A Case Study of Ludhiana City 1 Karamjit Singh, Deepti Singh and Ajay Mathur 2054 Effect of Various Microclimatic Controls on the Performance of Different Varieties of Bougainvillea 9 Ravipal Singh, R.K. Dubey, V.P. Sethi and Simrat Singh 2055 Feeding Ecology and Habitat Use of Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) in Jassore Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat, 14 India Darshan Sukhadiya, J.U. Joshi and Nishith Daraiya 2056 Mineral Concentration and their Deviation from Optimum Percentage in Tribulus terrestris 19 Manish Mathur and S. Sundaramoorthy 2057 Influence of Long-Term use of Fertilizers and Farmyard Manure on the Adsorption-Desorption 24 Behaviour of Sulphur in Soils P.S. Gill, B.S. Brer and O.S. Benipal 2058 Creation of Inventory of Wetlands in Gurdaspur District using Remote Sensing and GIS 33 Harpinder Singh, Amardeep Singh, PK. Litoria and Brijendra Pateriya 2059 Distribution of Trace Metals in Sediments from the Shelf Region of Karnataka, West Coast of India 37 Ulhas G. Naik, Shivakumar B. Haragi and U.G. Bhat 2060 Production Potential and Quality of Coarse Rice (Oryza sativa L.) as Influenced by Hybrids and Dates 45 of Direct Seeding and Transplanting Thakar Singh, C.S. Aulakh, R. Sikka, Kulbir Singh, P.P.S. Pannu and Savita Sharma 2061 Effect of Irrigation and Nitrogen Levels on Growth, Yield and Hydrocyanic Acid (HCN) Content of 51 Forage Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) under Different Cutting Managements Amandeep Saini and U.S. Tiwana 2062 Long-term Effect of Cropping Systems on Fe and Mn Fractions in Alluvial Soils of North-West India 54 Gurpreet Singh, S.S. Dhaliwal, U.S. Sadana and S.S. Walia 2063 Effect of Irrigation and Nitrogen Management on Performance of Winler Sunflower (Helianthus 61 annvs L.) Satwinder Kaur, S.S. Kukal and G.S. Hira 2064 Direct Plant Regeneration from Spindle Leaf Roll Explants in Sugarcane 67 Pallavi Mittal, Ruma Devi and S.S. Gosal 2065 Study of Land-use Compatibility using Remote Sensing and GIS Bhiwandi Surrounding Notified Area 71 (BSNA) Mumbai Karamjeet Singh and Deepti Singh 2066 Canopy Microclimate and Reproductive Behavior of 'L-49' Guava Plants at Different Spacings 77 J.S. Brar, H.S. Dhaliwal, J.S. Bal and Som Pal Singh 2067 Food and Feeding Habits of Common Birds of Agroecosystems 83 Navdeep Kaur and C.K. Dhanju 2068 Analysis of Biomass and Primary Productivity Pattern of an Agroecosystem 87 Mayank Singh, O.P. Singh Vatsa and M.P. Singh 2069 Effect of Plant Growth Regulators on Consumption Indices of Silkworm, Bombyx mori L. 92 B. V Raghunath and K.C. Narayanaswamy 2070 Pesticide Residues in Food Items: A Study of Organized and Unorganized Retail Outlets in Ludhiana 96 District Sonika Sharma, Jasvinder K. Sangha and Balwinder Singh 2071 Potential Carbon Offset in Public Plantation, Tarai, Nepal: Offering Opportunity for REDD+ and Soil 100 Fertility Ram Asheshwar MandaI, Ish war Chandra Dutta, Pramod Kumar Jha and Samshul Mohammad Haque 2072 Incorporation of Duckweed (Spirodela polyrrhiza L. Schleiden) in Carp Diet - Effect on Water Quality 106 and Fish Productivity Thokchom Ponil Singh, Meera D. Ansal and Vaneet Inder Kaur 2073 Groundut Yields as Influenced by Heat Unit Efficiency, Levels of Fertility and Varieties under Different 110 Growing Environment in Hyper Arid Zone of Rajasthan R. S. Meena and R. S. Yadav 2074 Influence of Plant Densities on Insect Pests incidence and Yield in Direct Seeded Rice (Oryza sativa L.) 115 Simerjeet Kaur, Surjit Singh, K.S. Suri and S.S. Walia 2075 Assessing Heavy Metal Pollution in Aqricultural Soil in Pune, Maharashtra, India 119 Azam Sadat Delbari and D. K. Kulkarni 2076 Integrated Nutrient Management in Wheat (Triticum aestivum) under Temperate Himalayas 123 Mohammad Auyout Bhat 2077 Soil Arthropod Extraction Tullgren Funnel Method 128 Romila Akoijam, Badal Bhattacharyya and D.J. Nath 2078 Biology of Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley on Bt cotton 132 Sanjeev Kumar and J.S. Kular 2079 Habitat Alteration to Manage Pests and Augment Natural Enemies in Rainfed Pigeonpea 137 G. Anitha 2080 Forage Varieties of Maize to Varying Levels of Nitrogen 140 Chhavi Sharma, C.S. Panwar and G.S. Rathi 2081 Constraints in Adoption of Improved Dairy Farming Practices in Punjab 143 G.S. Aulakh, R. Aggarwal and Karamjit Sharma 2082 Soil Physical Properties and Root Density of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in Relation to Planting 146 Techniques Amandeep Singh Brar and U.S. Walia 2083 Productivity of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Planted with Happy Seeder as Influenced by Split 150 Application of Nitrogen Khushwant Singh, J.S. Kang and Avtar Singh 2084 Effect of Different Soil Potting mixtures on the Germination and Growth of Desi Mango (Mangifera 153 indica L.) Stones Grown in Polythene Sags Sukhjit Kaur 2085 Genotype x Environment Interaction for Grain Yield and Component Traits in Chickpea (Cicer 155 arietinum L.) Vijay Prakash 2086 Influence of Topographical Aspect and Tillage Practices on Kaunch (Mucuna pruriens) 158 C.S. Sanwal, Sushma, Raheel Anwar Lone, P.A. Khan, K.S. Pant and S.D. Bhardwaj 2087 Effect of Different Sowing Dates on the Incidence of Aphid, Hyadaphis coriandari (Das) on Coriander 161 Jugal Kishor Bana and H.L. Deshwal 2089 Influence of Sowing Dates on Performance of Bt Cotton Hybrids (Gossypium hirsutum L.) 163 Sukhbir Singh, H.S. Bajwa and K.S. Saini 2090 Effect of Sulphur and Iron Fertilization on Yield Attribute, Yield and Net Returns of Mungbean [Vigna 165 radiata (L.) Wilczeckj in Arid Western Rajasthan K.K. Meena and R. S. Meena
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2091 Ecological Perspectives in Pest Management for Sustainable IPM 167 A.K. Dhawan, Vijay Kumar and P.S. Shera 2092 Climate Change: Impact on Insect Pests and their Management 178 Ram Singh, Vikas Jindal and G. S. Dhaliwal 2093 Safer Management Strategies for Okra Pests with Emphasis on Under-storey Repellent Crop 187 S. Chakraborti, P.K. Sarkar, A.R. MandaI and Arunabha Chakraborty 2094 Oviposition and Feeding Response of $ogatella furcifera (Horvath) on Rice Varieties with Different 191 Levels of Resistance Ramanpreet Kaur, K.S. Suri and Gursharan Singh 2095 Bioefficacy and Economics of Biopesticides and Insecticides against Carnation Bud Borer, 195 Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) S. Pal, H. Chatterjee and S.K. Senapati 2096 Infestation of Chilo partellus (Iepidoptera) Larvae in Cultivated and Wild Graminaceous Host Plants 201 C.B. Tiwary, Jawaid Iquabal C.M. Pandey and Kumari Chanda 2097 Economic Impact of Dissemination of Integrated Pest Management Technology in Cauliflower in 206 Punjab Vijay Kumar, A.K. Dhawan, Ravinder Singh Chandi, H.S. Bhullar and Rajinder Singh 2098 Laboratory Evaluation of the Relative Toxicity of Some Novel Molecules on the Resurging Tea 211 Looper Complex on Tea Shaonpius Mondal and A.K. Dhawan 2099 Rhino Fate in Trouble: Study on Conservation and Management issues of Kaziranga National Park, 215 Assam Pranab Pal 2100 Phyto-and-Zooplankton Composition and its Relation to Water Quality Status of Parashari River in 224 Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh Jyoti Raghuwanshi, Subhash C. Pandey and Subrata Pani 2101 Icthyofaunal Composition in Idukki Reservoir, Kerala, India 229 Simimole Sebastian and Joice V. Thomas 2102 Optimization of Ethanolysis of Jatropha Oil to Produce Biodiesel and Characterization of its Fuel 234 Properties Monica Sachdeva Taggar, S.K. Singh, Rajesh Soni, Sarbjit Singh Sooch and M.K. Sangha 2103 Effect of Sowing Dates and Varieties on Yield and Quality of Garden Pea Seed 239 Parveen Sharma and Dalveer Singh Khyalia 2104 Effect of Different Dates of Transplanting on the Microclimate and Biometric Parameters of Brinjal 243 (Solanum melongena L.) Amandeep Kaur and Som Pal Singh 2105 Effect of Seed Treatments on Germination and Vigour Parameters in Seeds of Tomato (Lycopersicon 247 esculentum Mill.) Namarta Gupta and Chinka Batra 2106 Effect of Drip Irrigation and Fertigation on Yield, Quality and Input Use Efficiency in Cucumber 252 Amar Jeet Gupta and Salwee Yasmin 2107 Performance of Diversified Cropping Systems under Organic, Integrated and Chemical Farming in 258 Punjab C. S. Aulakh, MS. Gill, S. S. Walia, R. K. Mahey and U. S. Walia 2108 Effect of Environment on Grain Yield, Its Components and Quality Characters in Soybean [Glycine 264 max L. Merill] MinaI Goyal, B S Gill and Vikrant Tyagi 2109 Assessment of Genotype X Environment Interactions and Stability Analysis in Soybean [Glycine max (L.) 268 Merrill] S.D. Tyagi, Jyoti Sethi and Vikrant Tyagi 2110 Determination of genetic variability, correlation and path analysis for yield advancement in Fennel 272 (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) Sunil Kumar Rawat, Sanjay Kumar and V.K. Pandey 2111 Potential Use of Distillery Industry Byproducts on Nutrient and Yield Aspects of Multicut Fodder Sorghum 276 P. Thangavel, P. Latha, K. Arulmozhiselvan and K. Velayudham
2112 Adoption Behaviour of Potato Growers in Sub-Tropical Zone of Jammu Division 280 Quadri Javeed Ahmad Peer, S.K. Kher, Rajinder Peshin, Nafees Ahmad and Salish Sharma 2113 Productivity of Freshwater Carps in lntandSatt Affected Waterlogged Areas of Punjab, India- A Field Study 284 Meera D. Ansal, Asha Dhawan and Gurmeet Singh 2114 Electronic Display Boards (EDBs) for Fisheries Advisory Services in Maharashtra 290 Suhas Wasave, Lloyd Chrisp in, Apu Das, Sandeep Pedapoli, Brijesh Kumar Choudhury and Arpita Sharma 2115 Physicochemical and Microbial Changes in Natural and Planted Mangrove Habitats of Southeast Coast of 294 India K. Sakthivel and K. Kathiresan 2116 Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Status and Vam Fungal Diversity in the Soils Polluted by Carpet Industries 301 Harbans Kaur Kehri, Nidhi Sharma, Avinash Pratap Singh and Rani Mishra 2117 Effect of Storage Period on the Nutrient Composition of Value Added Products for Pregnant Women 309 B. Sadana. P. Bakhetia and R. Aggarwal 2118 Relationship of Obesity and Osteoporosis in Pre and Post Menopausal Women 314 Dip!i Chowdhary, Jasvinder Kaur Sangha and Kiran Grover 2119 Assessment of Snails and Slugs Damage to Ornamental Plants, Fodder and Vegetable Crops 319 H. Kaur and S. Panjgotra 2120 Response to Different Nutrient Sources on Green gram [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczeck] Productivity 324 R.S. Meena 2121 Effect of Irrigation and Nitrogen Levels on Forage Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) under Different Cutting 327 Management Amandeep Saini and U.S. Tiwana 2122 Sunfish Ranzania laevis, a Rare Catch From Harawada (Ankola), Karnataka 330 Ulhas G. Naik and Shivakumar B. Haragi 2123 Influence of Agar Concentration on Somatic Embryogenesis and Plant Regeneration in Indica Rice 333 Ruma Devi and Ajinder Kaur 2124 Effect of Biovita-A Seaweed Extract from Aseophy//um nodosum on Yield, Yield Attributes and Nutrient 335 uptake of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Om Prakash, R.N. Meena, Lalji Yadav and A. Sen 2125 Diversity and Impact of Invasive Plant Species on Mubarak Mandi Complex in Jammu Region 338 Renu Sharma 2126 Seasonal Incidence of Leucinodes orbonalis Guen. on Brinjal Solanum melongena L 341 R.G. Samola. B.L. Jat and M.R. Bajya 2127 Studies on CMCase Production from Trichoderma reesei Using Different Media and other Variables under 344 Solid State Fermentation Seema Ahuja, Pawanjot Kaur and Arshdeep Kaur
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2128 Status of Poplar and Willow Culture in Himachal Pradesh 1 R.C. Dhiman 2129 The Ecological Aspects of the Production of Electricity in Power Generator Systems 10 Jerzy Merkisz, Piotr Lijewski and Pawel Fuc 2130 Physiological Response of Tropical Tree Species to Elevated CO2 Levels at Seedling Stage 16 E. Edwin Raj, C. Buvaneswaran, E. Menason and C. Vijayalakshmi 2131 Land Resources Appraisal Using Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case Study of Rajni Devi Sub- 23 watershed (District Hoshiarpur) Minakshi and V.K. Verma 27 2132 Exploration of Plant Based Ethno-Botanical Knowledge of Rural Community: Basis for Biodiversity Conservation N.S. Raina, Vidya Sain, Sandeep Sehgal, S.K. Gupta and K.K. Sood 2133 Performance of Multipurpose Tree Species and Grasses under Different Soil Working Techniques on 32 Degraded Lands of Himachal Pradesh Ranjeet Singh, K.S. Pant, G.S. Shamet and Jitendra Sharma 37 2134 Sustaining Water Yield from Forest Catchment Through Vegetation Manipulation in Shivalik Himalayas Pankaj Panwar, V.K. Bhatt, A.K. Tiwari and Pawan Sharma 42 2135 Biotechnological Interventions for Improvement of Forest Trees Punit Choudhary, S.K. Gupta, Vikas Tandon, Vishal Mahajan and Rakesh Sharma 49 2136 Wheat Yield Performance in Relation to Poplar Tree Density and Age (Populus deltoides) in Bet Area of Punjab Harinder Singh, Harjeet Singh Brar and J.K. Arora 53 2137 Utilization of Salt Tolerant Species for Rehabilitation of Coastal Saline Soil in Petchaburi Province Thailand Pirach Pongwichian, Arunee Yuwaniyama, Chaiyanam Dissataporn, Rungsun Im-Erb, Eiichi Kohno, Kingshuk Roy and Katsuhiro Sasada 57 2138 Litterfall, Carbon and Nutrient Returns in Stands of Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. Subhumid Tropics of Eastern India Anil Gawali 63 2139 Estimation of Genetic Parameters for Growth and Wood Characteristics in Commercially Important Clones of Willow N.B. Singh, Punit Choudhary, Santosh Joshi, J.P. Sharma and R.K. Gupta 70 2140 Current Status of Vulture Conservation in Haryana Jagdish Chander 74 2141 Status of Bird Diversity in Belagavi District, Karnataka State Varsha C. Patil and C.B. Ganesh 2142 Studies on Genetic Divergence in Karanj (Pongamia pinnata) Germplasm Collected from Haryana, Punjab 78 and Rajasthan R.P.S. Deswal, N.S. Panwar, Laxmi Rawat and K.S. Bangarwa 2143 Congruence of Random Amplification of Polymorphic Deoxyribonucleic Acid and Simple Sequence 82 Repeats Markers in Genetic Characterization of Willow (Salix Spp.) Manoj Kumar Singh, Naresh Bahadur Singh and Pradeep Kumar Naik 2144 Genetic Resources of Bamboo in Orissa (India) 90 N. Bhola and H. Nayak 2145 Agroforestry: An Approach for Food Security 95 S. Sarvade, Rahul Singh, Ghumare Vikas, Dilip Singh Kachawaya and Babita Khachi 2146 Nursery Evaluation of Selected Tree Willow (Salix Spp.) Clones: Estimation of Variability, Heritability, 99 Genetic Gain and Correlation J.P. Sharma, N.B. Singh, Punit Choudhary, M.K. Singh and M. Sankanur 105 2147 Plant growth, Yield and Fruit Quality of Kinnow Mandarin on Ten Rootstocks H.S. Rattanpal and Gurupkar Singh Sidhu 109 2148 Availability of Lead as Influenced by Contamination Levels, Ageing and Amendment Regimes R. Sikka and V.K. Nayyar
2149 Productivity of Gobhi Sarson (Brassica napus var. napus) and Oats Fodder (Avena sativa L.) Intercropping 116 System in Relation to Planting Patterns and Row Spacing Charanpreet Singh, Thakar Singh, Avtar Singh and J.S. Kang 2150 Effect of Spacing and Nitrogen Levels on Growth, Flowering and Yield Parameters of Garden Rue 121 (Ruta Graveolens L.) Shivanand Rangapur, P.M. Gangadharappa, Shankargouda Patil and Praveen Jholgiker 125 2151 Performance of Cabbage Hybrids for Various Horticultural Traits in the Plains of Punjab Rajinder Singh 129 2152 Influence of Sowing Dates on Phenotypic Traits in Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] Ganapati Mukri, B.D. Biradar and G.M. Sajjanar 135 2153 Shift in Character Association under Different Water Stress Environments in Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) Prafull Kumar, S. K. Dhillon, Jagmeet Kaur and Abhinav Sao 139 2154 Influence of Tillage and Weed Management on Soil Properties of Rice Fields Tapas Chowdhury, A.P. Singh and S.B. Gupta 143 2155 Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals and its Effects on the Quality of Rice Grown in the Tannery Polluted Soils Rakesh Gupta and M.I.S. Saggoo 146 2156 Nutrient Uptake, Root Density and Yield of Direct Seeded Rice-Wheat as Affected by Tillage Systems and N Levels Avtar Singh and Rajneesh Kumar 152 2157 Response of Knolkhol cv. Early White Vienna to Drip Irrigation and Fertigation in Kashmir Region A.J. Gupta and M.A. Chattoo 158 2158 Studies on Nest Architecture and Pollination Potential of Bumble Bee (Bombus haemorrhoidalis) Avinash Chauhan and Raj Kumar Thakur 165 2159 Effect of Growth Hormones on Rooting of Branch Cuttings in Dek (Melia azedarach Linn.) H.S. Saralch and Yadvinder Singh 168 2160 Genetic Variability for Physico-chemical Characterization in Jackfruit Collection of Karnataka N.P. Mamatha, G.S.K. Swamy and R.K. Mahesh 170 2161 Effect of Container Types and Potting Media on the Growth of Melia composita Willd. Seedlings Sandeep Sehgal, Junaid Wahid, K.K. Sood, N.S. Raina and S.K. Gupta 172 2162 Growth Behavior of Poplar and Fruit Crops in Silvi-Horticulture System under Arid-Irrigated Conditions of Punjab J.S. Brar and Navpreet Kaur 2163 Root Rejuvenation in Shoot Cuttings of Tectona grandis Under Protected Conditions in New Locality of 174 Western Himalayas Vipan Guleria and Amol Vashisht 176 2164 Biomass Production and Carbon Mitigation Potential of Different Shrubs in Urban Landscaping Tarvinder Singh, Rajesh K. Dubey and Sanjeev K. Chauhan 179 2165 Differential Seasonal Response to Pre-sowing Treatments by Drupes of Melia azedarach Rajni Sharma 182 2166 Isolation and Identification of Yeast from Grapes Ravnoor Kaur, Amandeep Kaur and V.K. Gupta 2167 A Shield for the Pesticide Applicators : Eco-Friendly Starched Fabric 184 Rajdeep Kaur and Sandeep Bains 2168 Effects of Summer Season Intercrops on Growth, Yield and Quality of Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) 187 Mandeep Singh, B.S. Gill and Rajender Kumar 2169 Response of Clusterbean [Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.)] to Growth Substances in Sub-tropical Climate of Rajasthan 190 V.K. Meena, M.K. Kaushik and R.S. Meena 2170 Effect of On-farm Nutrient Sources on Organic Maize Productivity and Soil Health 192 C.S. Aulakh, M.S. Gill and S.S. Walia 2171 Effect of Spacing on Growth, Yield and Quality of Guava cv. Sardar 194 R. K. Mahesh, Praveen Jholgiker and P. Ravi 2172 Evaluation of Moisture and Moisture Retention Capacity of Castor (Ricinus communis L.) in Different Storage Duration Th. A. Singha, L.C. Dutta and P. Kalita
2173 Synthesis and Antifungal Evaluation of N-Benzylidenenaphthalen-1-amines 199 K. Diwedi, A. Garg and Vineet K. Sharma 2174 Comparative Development of Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) on Different Cultivars of Cabbage 203 Jasjinder Kaur and Inderpal Singh 2175 Efficacy of Plant Extracts Against Fusarium Wilt of Tomato 206 Manisha, T.S. Thind, Ravinder Kaur, Harsimrat Kaur and Jaspal Kaur 2176 Effect of Propagation Media on Growth of Turmeric Sprouts 209 P. Ravi, P. Shankargouda and R.K. Mahesh 2177 Heterosis Studies in Near Homozygous Lines of Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) for Yield and Yield Attributing Traits M.K. Paramappa, M. Ravindra, E. Shashikanth and P. Ravi 2178 Biology of Banana Pseudostem Weevil, Odoiporus longicollis Olivier 214 P. Prashant, L. Hanumantharaya and D. P. Sanjeevkumar 2179 Effect of Different Cooking Methods on Total Phenolic Content of Selected Vegetables 216 Preetinder Kaur and Kiran Bains
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2180 Efficient Alternate Cropping Systems of India 219 M.S. Gill, B. Gangwar, S.S.Walia and A.K. Dhawan 2181 On-Farm Evaluation of Various Rice (Oryza sativa)-Based Cropping Systems to Improve Profitability and Resource Use Efficiency in Coastal Saline Zone of West Bengal 228 M. Ray, D.C. Roy, P. Haldar, N.B. Choudhury and P.K. Sahoo 2182 Evaluation of Production Potential for Rice-Based Cropping Sequences on Cultivators' Fields in Sub-Tropical Low Hills Zone of Himachal Pradesh 234 S.K. Sharma, S.S. Rana, S. K. Subehia and S.C. Negi 2183 Effect of Cropping Systems on Crop Productivity and Profitability Under South Gujarat Condition 240 L.J. Desai, J.D. Thanki, N.N. Gudadhe and R.A. Dungarani 2184 Probability of Wet Spells, Expected Amount and Long-Term Trends of Rainfall for Crop Planning in Bihar 243 Sunil Kumar, Sujeet Kumar and R.P. Sharma 2185 Thermal Energy Requirement and Heat Use Efficiency of Barley Varieties Under Different Dates of Sowing 247 Sooraj Chandra Pankaj, Pawan Kumar Sharma and P.K. Kingra 2186 Estimation of Groundwater Recharge Using Well Recharging Unit in Parasai- Sindh Watershed of SAT Region of India 252 Reena Kumari, Babloo Sharma, Ramesh Singh, R.M. Singh and R.K. Tewari 2187 Meteorological Model for Rice Yield Forecasting in Ludhiana Region 257 K.K. Gill, Raj Kiran and Surender Paul 2188 Fertilization Unsuitability Index for Assessing Fertilizer Induced Contamination Risk in Soils of Cotton-Wheat System of South Punjab Districts 262 A.K. Dhawan, Joydeep Mukherjee, G.S. Kang and Harpinder Singh 2189 Potassium Fixation Isotherms and Factors Affecting Potassium Fixation in Rainfed Soils of District Ganderbal, J&K 269 S.A. Bangroo, Tahir Ali and Faisal-u-Rasool 2190 Effect of Integrated Nutrient Management on Physico-Chemical Properties of Soil, Growth, Yield and Quality of Rice Under Irrigated Ecosystem of Uttar Pradesh 276 M. Hasan, D.K. Singh, Amitesh Kumar Singh and Ajay Kumar Singh 2191 Fertilizer Prescription for Targeted Yield of Rice (Oryaza sativa L var. Saryu-52) in an Inceptisol of Varanasi 282 Y.V. Singh and S.K. Singh 2192 Performance of Fodder Maize Under Zero Tillage, Bed Planting and Nitrogen in Comparison to Conventional Tillage for Seed Production 286 Rupinder Kaur Jassal, J.S. Kang, Avtar Singh and Thakar Singh 2193 Variability in Limonoid and Oil Content of Neem in Different Eco-Climatic Regions of Rajasthan 290 J.C. Tewari, S. Kaushish, Kamlesh Pareekand Pratibha Tewari 2194 Integrated Pest Management Strategies for Sustainable Transgenic Cotton Pest Management in Punjab 297 A.K. Dhawan, V. Kumar, R.S. Chandi and S. Saini 2195 Assessment of Economic Threshold Level for Blister Beetles (Mylabris phalerata) on Greengram 304 S.P. Dhavan, R.M. Wadaskar and S.C. Patil 2196 Spatial Distribution of Greenhouse Whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood) in Tomato Under Protected Environment in North-Western Indian Himalaya 307 Anjana Devi, A.K. Soodand Manoj Bhargavj 2197 Effect of Plant Extracts on Qualitative Parameters of Guava 313 Malik Anisa Anjum, Bhat Anju, Ahmed Naseer* and Kaul Raj Kumari 2198 Effects of Metal Contaminated Soils on the Survival, Growth and Duration of Life Span of Juveniles of Earthworm, Eisenia fetida (Savigny) 316 Kulwinder Kaur and Gurinder Kaur Sangha 2199 Influence of Edaphic Factors on Population Density of the Slug, Filicaulis alte Ferussac in Vegetable Crops of Punjab 320 Navjot Kaur, Harjit Kaur, S.S. Kukal and Neena Singla 2200 Virulence of Bacillus thuringiensis isolates against Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) 325 Nishu Sharma, Neelam Joshi and Vijay Kumar 2201 Optimization of Spawn Production Technology of Agaricus bisporus (Lange) Sing. 328 Ravneet Kaur, S. Dhanda and H.S. Sodhi
2202 Physico-Chemical and Phycological Profile of River Pandu at Kanpur 331 Divya Tiwari and Rakhi Bajpai 2203 Performance of Yield Characters and Suitability for Pickling in Different Medicinal Coleus 336 [Plectranthus forskohlii (Willd) Briq.] Genotypes Tammanna M. Wagh, Shankargouda Ptil, P.M. Gangadharappa, G. Prabhuling, A.M. Shirol, R. B. Naik and G.H. Krishnamurthy 2204 Comparative Yield Responses of Wheat Genotypes Under Sowing Date Mediated Heat Stress 339 Conditions on Basis of Different Stress Indices Radhika and S.K. Thind 2205 Land Reforms and Agrarian Relations in The State of Kerala, India- A Socio-Economic Evaluation 344 E. Girish Kumarand C.C. Harilal 2206 Characterization of Farming System in North Gujarat Agro-Climatic Zone 349 R.R. Patel 2207 Effect of Biomethanated Distillery Spentwash on Growth, Yield and Anatomy of Maize (Zea mays L.) 352 P. Latha 2208 Influence of Land Use Pattern on Nitrate Contamination of Groundwater in Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu 355 M. Sangeetha, R. Natesan, R. Santhi and P. Murugesa Boopathi 2209 Competitiveness of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Cultivars Under Spacing and Weed Levels 357 Jashanjot Kaur, Gurbax Singh and Avtar Singh 2210 Biology of Sugarcane Aphid (Ceratovacuna lanigera Zehntner) Upon Selected Sugarcane Host Plants 360 C.B. Tiwari, Jawaid Iquabal, Kumari Chanda and C.M. Pandey 2211 Biology of Tetranychus ludeni Zacher (Acari: Tetranychidae) on Brinjal 363 Manoj Kumar Tripathi and Ashish Kumar 2212 Eco-Friendly Management of Fruit Flies, Bactrocera spp. in Guava with Methyl Eugenol traps in Punjab 365 Sandeep Singh, D.R. Sharma, J.S. Kular, M.I.S. Gill, N.K. Arora, M.S. Bons, Baljeet Singh, R.S. Boora, Amandeep Kaur, M.K. Saini, Y.S. Pandha, T.S. Chahal, Gagan Kumar, Baj Singh, Satnam Singh, Suneet Pandher, R. K. Sharma and Pushpinder Kaur 2213 Varietal Preference of Aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulz.) on Cumin 368 R.P. Samota, K.C. Kumawat and R.G. Samota 2214 Tritrophic Interaction among Manure Schedule, Fertilizers, Varieties and Incidence of Pests in 371 Cowpea Vigna unguiculata (L.) S.H. Mir and V. Selvanarayanan 2215 Tomato Leaf Curl Virus Incidence and Association Studies in Tomato 373 S.A. Patel, Prerna Thakur and Dipika Aayte 2216 Performance of Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea L.) in Response to Foliar Spray of Thiourea and 376 Thioglycollic Acid Under Different Irrigation Levels R.K. Dadhich and R.S. Meena 2217 Effect of Additional Dose of Fertilizers on the Growth, Yield and Fruit Quality of Litchi, Litchi chinensis Sonn.) var. Calcuttia 379 Sukhjit Kaur 2218 Effect of Spacing on Growth, Seed Yield and Tuber Yield of Glory Lily (Gloriosa superba L.) 382 Rahul S. Phatak, Laxminarayan Hegde, N.K. Hegde, Praveen Jholgiker and Vijaykumar Narayanpur 2219 Assessment of Shelf Life of Garlic (Allium sativum L.) Ecotypes 385 S. Vatsyayan, P.S. Brar and R.K. Dhall 2220 Food Safety Practices of Slum Dwellers in Ludhiana 389 Sonika Sharma and Preeti
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2221 Quantification of Greenhouse Gas Emission from Five Agroforestry Systems in Semi-arid Alfisols of India 1 during Rainy Season S.B. Chavan, G.R. Rao and A. Keerthika 2222 Indigenous Ethnomedicines and Victuals of Malayans: An Indigenous Population of Peechi-Vazhani 9 Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India Muhammed Nizar K, Gopakumar S, Vikas Kumar and R. Ajeesh 2223 Rainfall Probabilities for Crop Planning in Ludhiana by Markov Chain Analysis 16 K.K. Gill, Rajan Aggarwal and Pallvi Goyal 2224 Impact of Catchment Land Use on Water Quality of Pong Wetland of Himachal Pradesh 21 Nancy Loria, K.S. Verma, S.K. Bhardwaj and M.K. Brahmi 2225 Comparative Assessment of Yield and Water Use Efficiency of Different Groundnut Varieties 27 (Arachishypogaea) of Semi-Arid Bundelkhand Region Reena Kumari, Babloo Sharma and Ramesh Singh 2226 Life Table and Population Parameters of Bihar Hairy Caterpillar, Spilarctia Obliqua Walker on Jute 31 K. Selvaraj, B.S. Gotyal, S. Satpathy and P.N. Meena 2227 Genetic Relatedness of Bacterial Species Isolated from Local Entomopathogenic Nematode Strains of 35 Punjab Rajwinder Kaur and Vikas Jindal 2228 Comparative Biology of Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) on Bt Cotton hybrids in Punjab 40 Ravinder Singh Chandi and Jagdev Singh Kular 2229 Effect of Transgenic Bt Cotton Hybrids on Larval Mortality of Tobacco caterpillar, Spodoptera litura 44 (Fabricius) H.S. Bhullar, R.S. Gill and Vijay Kumar 2230 Population Dynamics of Citrus Leaf Miner, Phyllocnistis Citrella Stainton on Kinnow and Rough Lemon 50 D.R. Sharma, Gurjeet Singh and Hijam S. Devi 2231 Bio-efficacy of Nomuraea rileyi against Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) 54 Y.V. Ingle, R.M. Wadaskar and A.G. Gathe 2232 Distribution Fitting for the Pests and Natural Enemies of Soybean (Glycine max.) 59 Minakshi Mishra and S.T. Pavan Kumar 2233 Morphometric Analysis of Male and Female Rats Inhabiting South-West Region of Punjab in North India 65 Parkash Singh and Gurinder Kaur Sangha 2234 Effect of Sowing Dates and Abiotic Factors on Infestation of Yellow Mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus 69 (Banks) In Jute B.S. Gotyal, K. Selvaraj, P.N. Meena, R.K. Naik, V. Ramesh Babu and S. Satpathy 2235 Long Term Effect of Manure and Fertilizers on Depthwise Distribution of DTPA-extractable Zn, Cu, 73 Fe and Mn under Rice-Wheat System M.K. Dhaliwal, S.S. Dhaliwal, A.K. Shukla, R.K. Gupta and Rajeev Sikka 2236 Influence of Rice Establishment Methods and Varieties on Soil Properties 80 P. Suryavanshi , Y.V. Singh and R. Prasanna 2237 Weeds: An Uncommon Source of Nutrients Used by Tribal Community 86 Dashrath Bhati and Shashi Jain 2238 Effect of Irrigation Methods and Irrigation Regimes under Different Planting Methods on Crop Productivity 90 in Sugarcane Angrej Singh, K.G. Singh, Rajender Kumar and S.K. Uppal 2239 Weed Dynamics and Performance of Transplanted Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) under Different Water Regimes, 96 Plant Densities and Butachlor in Temperate Conditions Rukhsana Jan, T. Ram, Purshotam Singh, D. Ram, K.N. Singh and Gurdeep Singh 2240 Growth and Yield of Happy Seeder Sown Wheat as Affected by Skip Row Planting and Split Nitrogen 103 Application in Rice-Wheat Cropping System Raminder Kaur Hundal, J.S. Kang and Avtar Singh 2241 Investigations on Growth, Fruit Yield and Physico-chemical Attributes of Aonla (Emblica officinalis Gaertn.) 108 H.S. Dhaliwal, Avneet Kaur and Anirudh Thakur 2242 Integrated Nutrient Management in Kinnow Mandarin (Citrus deliciosa Tenore) 113 Siddappa Madarakhandi, D.R. Patil, S.I. Madawal and B.R. Kumar 2243 Studies on in vitro Regeneration and Acclimatization of Rough Lemon 117 H.S. Rattanpal and Om Prakash 2244 Intercropping Systems on Fruit Yield and Quality of Kinnow Mandarin in Aridisol 122 Yogesh Khokhar and Gobinder Singh 2245 Effect of Nitrogen Application on Growth of Potted Chrysanthemum in Cocopeat Amended Farm Yard 126 Manure-based Media Mixtures Simrat Singh, R.K. Dubey and S.S. Kukal 2246 Effect of Different Levels of NPK on Growth , Nutrient Uptake and Biomass Yield in Melia dubia Cav. 131 K. Prabaharan, A. Nandhagopalan and A. Sudarshan 2247 Do Fresh Water Swamps of the Central Western Ghats Differ in their Species Composition Across 135 Latitude? Shrikant V. Gunaga and R. Vasudeva 2248 Evaluation of Management Practices for Rice -Wheat System Under On-farm Condition for Low Hill Zone 139 of Himachal Pradesh S.K. Sharma, S.S. Rana, S.K. Subehia and S.C. Negi 2249 Growth, Yield Attributes and Yield of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) as Affected by Age of Seedling and 143 Time of Nitrogen Application under Temperate Conditions Rubia Rasool, Purshotam Singh and Sabia Akhter 2250 Pearlmillet Based Cropping Systems Involving Pulses, Oilseeds and Vegetables for Attaining 148 Sustainability and Economic Viability in Semi-Arid Regions of India Pawan Kumar and R.K. Nanwal 2251 Evaluation of Organic Farming Package for Rice - Groundnut Crop Sequence 152 L.J. Desai, J.D. Thanki, R.M. Pankhaniya and R.A. Dungarani 2252 Changes in Soil Microflora with Herbicides Application in Autumn Sugarcane Based Intercropping Systems 156 Navneet Kaur and M.S. Bhullar 2253 Induced Mutagenesis in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L. CVS. PBW-373 and Raj-3765) through 160 Temperature and Hydroxyl Amine Kavita Jain, M.N. Mishra, Showkat A. Waza, Ramandev Sharma and Dilruba A. Bano 2254 Genetic Divergence Analysis in Germplasm of Indian Mustard [Brassica Juncea (L.) Czern & Coss.] 166 Baldeep Singh, Swarupa Nanda Mandal, S.K. Thakral and N.K. Thakral 2256 Influence of Bio-fertilizers in Conjunction with Organic and Inorganic Fertilizer on Soil Properties and 170 Productivity of Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) Davinder Singh, Rajender Kumar, Avtar Singh, S.K. Gosal, S.S. Walia, Roopinder Singh and Amandeep Singh Brar 2257 Potential of Rhiobium Species to Enhance Growth and Symbiosis in Berseem (Trifolium alexandrinum L.) 174 Madhurama Gangwar, Shivangi Dhaliya and Sukhjinder Kaur 2258 Effect of Cowpea Bradyrhizobium (RA-5) on Growth Parameters of Pigeonpea Plant under Various 179 Salt Concentrations at Different Time Intervals Dilruba A. Bano, R.K. Singh, N.P. Singh and Showkat A. Waza 2259 Growth, Yield and Quality of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) as Influenced by Sulphur and Boron 183 Application and Rhizobium Inoculation M.P. Singh, Ripudaman Singh, M.A. Ansari, Amarpreet Singh, M. Saquib, M. H. Ansari, Brijesh Yadav, N.K. Katiyar and Kuldeep Singh 2260 Agro-Biodiversity Conservation for Sustainable Agriculture of Lateritic Region of West Bengal (India) 188 Anjan Kumar Sinha 2261 Standardization of Tamarind Ready-to-Serve and Syrup 192 Archana Pattar and Laxman Kukanoor 2262 Effect of Drying Methods on Organoleptic Evaluation of Peach Cultivars during Storage 197 Naseer Ahmed, Jagmohan Singh and Rajkumari Kaul 2263 Studies on Optimization of Ripening Techniques for Tomato 201 R.K. Dhall 2264 Development of Risk Assessment Index to Evaluate Cardiovascular Diseases Among Young Adult Males in 207 Punjab Kiran Grover, Anika Batra and Monika Choudhary 2265 Relationship of Personality Traits of Self Help Groups and Women Empowerment in Punjab 214 Lakhwinder Kaur and R.K. Kalra 2266 Pattern of Litter Fall in Pinus roxburghii Sarg. Forest in Kumaun Himalaya, India 219 Sanjay Kumar and Lalit M. Tewari 2267 Response of Soybean to Organics and Phosphorus Fertilization in Vertisols of Marathwada Region 224 of Parbhani (India) M.S. Waghmare, V.D. Patil, M.S.Deshmukh and V.A. Deshmukh 2268 Effect of Storage Temperature, Growth Regulators and Chemical Solutions on Seed Germination 227 in Chila (Wendlandia exserta Roxb.) Rajeev Dhiman, N.K. Gupta and Varun Attri 2269 Effect of Ridge and Furrow System on Growth Characters and Yield of Rainfed Soybean (Glycine Max) in 230 Madhya Pradesh S.S. Dhakad, A.K. Badaya, S.S. Chouhan and G.S. Gathiye 2270 Rationalizing Pest Management in Mustard-Through Emphasizing Under-Storey Repellent Crop and 233 Safer Insecticides S. Chakraborti, Prahlad Sarkar, Sagarika Bhowmik and Ambika Senapati 2271 Integrated Management of Meloidogyne incognita in Wilt Disease Complex of Muskmelon 237 Harjot Singh and N.K. Dhillon 2272 Synthesis and Antifungal Evaluation of N-benzylidenebenzene- sulfonamides 240 S. Jain, A. Garg , S. Kainth and V.K. Sharma 2273 Effect of Quinalphos Administration on Body Weight, Feed Intake and Cyclicity of Female Albino Rats 243 Jaspreet Kaur and K.S. Khera 2274 Quantitative and Qualitative Losses in Groundnut Varieties Caused by Caryedon serratus Olivier 246 (Bruchidae: Coleptera) S.R. Sharma and M.C. Bhargava 2275 Biology of Drumstick Pod Fly, Gitona distigma (Meigen) 249 Mahesh Math and Y.K. Kotikal 2276 Host Range and Survival of Cercospora canescens Ell. and Mart. under Temperate Region of Jammu and 251 Kashmir F.A. Bhat and F.A. Mohiddin 2277 Effect of Environmental Factors on Growth and Sporulation of Leaf Blight of Isabgol Pathogen 253 Rajesh Kumar Meena, S.S. Sharma and S.C. Meena 2278 Correlation and Path Coefficient Analysis Among in [Vigna umbellata (Thumb) Ohwi and Ohashi] in North 256 Western Hills Neelam Bhardwaj and Parveen Sharma 2279 Assessment of Strength of Self-incompatibility in S-allele Lines of Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata 259 L.) Saurabh Singh and Vidyasagar 2280 Evaluation of Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) Cultivars under Hill Zone of Karnataka 262 Veena Hanchinamani, G. Raviraja Shetty, J. Venkatesha, L. Hanumantaraya and Arif A. Agasiamani 2281 Effect of Organic Sources of Nutrients on Yield and Quality of Onion (Allium Cepa L.) 266 Ramandeep Kaur Brar, Rakesh Sharma and Jashanjot Kaur 2282 Effect of Fertilizer Levels on Yield, Quality and Economics of Glory Lily (Gloriosa superba L.) 268 Rahul S. Phatak, Laxminarayan Hegde, N.K. Hegde, Vijaykumar Narayanpur 2283 Effect of Plant Growth Regulators on Dry Matter Accumulation, Partitioning and Fruit Retention of Bt 270 Cotton Rajni and J.S. Deol 2284 Influence of Spray Technology on Control of Phalaris minor and its Effect on Economics of Wheat 273 (Triticum aestivum L.) at Farmers' Fields R.S. Ghuman, Gagandeep Singh, U.S. Walia and Surjit Singh 2285 Influence of Different Storage Methods on Storage Quality of Onion 276 E. Rekha, L. Kukanoor and K. Adarsh 2286 Seasonal Variation in Physico-Chemical & Microbiological Analysis of Sewage Water in Gwalior City, India 279 Ajay Kumar, Charu Singh and Pragati Saini 2287 Effect of Mineral Supplementation on Production Status of Buffaloes Fed on Forage Based Diet 282 Raminder Singh Ghuman and Aparana Indian J. Ecol. (2015) 42(2)
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2289 DNA Barcoding-Applications in Insect Ecology 287 Mohd Abas Shah, Akhtar Ali Khan and Zakir Husain Khan 2290 Insect Biodiversity of Brinjal Crop in Kashmir 295 Showket A. Dar, Abdul R. Wani, T. A. Raja, Sajad. H. Mir 2291 Floristic Analysis of Peri-Urban Homegardens of Southern Kerala, India 300 R. Ajeesh, Vikas Kumar and T. K. Kunhamu 2292 Land Use and Land Cover Change Analysis of Hussainiwala Wetland Ecosystem Using Remote 306 Sensing and GIS Navaneet Kumar Das, V. K. Verma and Minakshi 2293 Carbon Mineralization in Soil Amended with FYM, Urea and DAP under Simulated Conditions of 311 Aerobic and Flooded Ecosystems J. Saralakumari, V. R. Ramakrishna Parama P. Veeranagappa and H. Mohamed Saqeebulla 2294 Response of Maize (Zea mays L.) + Mashbean (Vigna mungo L.) Intercropping System on Available 315 Soil Nutrients Status and Economics in North-Western Plain Zone of India Ashish Dwivedi, Adesh Singh, S. S. Tomar, Vineet Kumar, Roop Kishore1 and Rajveer Singh Yadav 2295 Evaluation of Prominent Bio-intensive Complementary Cropping Systems in Relation to Intensification 319 and Diversification Under Assured Input Conditions S. S. Walia, R. S. Gill, C. S. Aulakh, Jaspreet Kaur and A. Chaudhary 2296 Composition and Assessment Potential of Wild Ginger Oil and its Fractions as Stored Grain Protectants 326 K. K. Chahal, Manu Vashisht, Urvashi Bhardwaj, R. K. Saini and Amit Kumar 2297 Effect of Potassium Huamte in Conjugation with Inorganic Fertilizers on Different Forms of Carbon in 331 Soil Under Rice Crop Dileep Kumar, A. P. Singh, P. Raha and B. S. Rajput 2298 Comparative Studies on Synthesis of Amides by Using Environmentally Benign Methods 335 S. Sharma, T. Bansal and J. Gaba - - 2299 Effect of Temperature and Time of Incubation on Ammonical (NH4 ), Nitrate (NO3 ) and Mineral Nitrogen 339 Accumulation in Soils Amended with FYM Z. A. Bhat and S. A Padder 2300 Influence of Integrated Nutrient Management on Growth and Yield of Babycorn (Zea mays L.) 346 Gurbrinder Singh and S. S. Walia 2301 Influence of Integrated Nutrient Management Practices on Post Harvest Soil Properties in 349 Sorghum-Barley Sequence M. K. Jat, H. S. Purohit, R. Singh and S. K. Choudhary 2302 Isolation and Characterization of Antibiotic Producing Actinomycetes from Soil and Effect of Various 354 Physical Parameters on Antibiotic Production Karmdeep Singh and Bhairav Prasad 2303 Effect of FYM Doses and Plant Spacing on Production of Oenothera biennis L. 359 Usha Thakur, Bhupender Dutt, S. Sarvade and Kulwant Rai Sharma 2304 Impact of Cadmium on Feeding Response and Growth of Filicaulis alte Ferussac and Macrochlamys 363 indica Godwin-Austen Avneet Kaur, Harjit Kaur and S. S. Hundal 2305 Effect of Incorporation of Defatted Flaxseed Flour on Functional and Proximate Composition of Crackers 366 Ritika Sharma, Monika Sood, Julie D. Bandral and Neelu Slathia 2306 Assessment of Forced Genetic Divergence in a Collection of Brassica Juncea L. Germplasm Grown 371 Under Varying Nitrogen Levels Shilpa Gupta, Hitesh Kumar and A. K. Atwal 2307 Combining Ability Studies in Bitter Gourd [Momordica charantia L.] in Relation to Line × Tester 377 Crossing System Sridhar and Ravindra Mulge 2308 Combining ability studies in ridge gourd [Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.] 382 Anand Narasannavar, V. D. Gasti, Sridhar, Sheela Malaghan and B. R. Kumara 2309 Genetic Architecture of Gladiolus (Gladiolus Hybridus Hort.) under Sub Tropical Condition of Punjab (India) 388 Zahoor Ahmed and K. K. Dhatt 2310 Effect of Pruning Intensity on Physiology and Quality of Red Globe Grapes in Summer Season 394 Harikanth Porika, R. M. Vijayakumar, M. Jagadeesha and C. Deepika
2311 Formulation of Crop Weather Disease Calendars of Mustard Crop for Different Agroclimatic Zones of 397 Punjab Baljeet Kaur and K. K. Gill 2312 Growth and Productivity of Wheat Varieties under Ceiba pentandra (L) based Agri-silvicultural System 405 Anil Gawali, Sunil Puri and S. L. Swamy 2313 Growth and Yield of Soybean (Glycine max) Varieties as Influenced by Sowing Time 412 Harpreet Kaur, Guriqbal Singh, K. K. Gill and Poonam Sharma 2314 Performance of Spring Maize (Zea mays L.) under Different Drip Irrigation and Fertigation Levels 417 Baljinder Kaur, Sunil Garg, Rakesh Sharda, A. K. Jain and Kirandeep Kaur 2315 Impact of Joint Forest Management (JFM) Programme on Equality in Income Distribution in Nainital District, Uttarakhand 422 Bishwa Bhaskar Choudhary and S. K. Srivastava 2316 Dietary and Physical Activity Pattern of Post Menopausal Women Belonging to Different Categories of Body Mass Index 426 Priyanka Prasad and Kiran Grover 2317 Assessment of Food and Nutrient Intake of University Resident Girls 431 Smita, Harpreet Kaur and Kiran Bains 2318 Nutritional Inputs and Awareness to Manage Seasonal Variation in Iron Status of Adolescent Girls 437 Anchal Singh and Kiran Grover 2319 MATLAB Toolbox for Mathematical Modelling of Drying Kinetics of Tomato 444 Aasima Rafiq, H. A. Makroo and M. K. Hazarika 2320 Simulating Phenology, Growth Parameters and Yield of Aerobic Rice Using ORYZA2000 Model 449 Arbind Kumar Gupta, G. Jayasree, K. Surekha, S. Hemlatha and Y. Sudha Rani 2321 Evaluation of Turmeric (Curcuma Longa L.) Cultivars for Growth and Yield in Southern Dry Zone of 454 Karnataka S. V. Salimath, J. Venkatesha, Y. K. Kotikal,G. Ravi Raja Shetty1 and M. Jhalegar 2322 Assessment of Ground Water Quality in Different Cropping Systems of Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh, 456 India Mahendra Prasad and Priyankar Raha 2323 Biology and Host Preference of Lemon Butterfly, Papilio demoleus Linnaeus on Citrus 459 Jhabar Mal, R. Nagar, B. M. Meena, R. S. Choudhary and A. Meena 2324 Biology of Leaf Eating Caterpillar, Noorda blitealis Walker on Drumstick 462 M. S. Brunda Kumari and Y. K. Kotikal 2325 Evaluation of Crude Euphorbiaceae Latex Against Black Slug, Filicaulis Alte Ferussac 466 H. K. Mangat and Harjit Kaur 2326 Characterisation of Cowpea Genotypes with Desirable QualitativeTraits 469 Basavaraj Makanur, Avinalappa H. Hotti and N. G. Chavan 2327 Cluster Analysis on Area of Major Crops across Different Agro-Climatic Zones of Karnataka 472 G. R. Halagundegowda, H. K. Meenakshi and M. S. Nagaraja 2328 Effect of Different Cropping Systems on Crop Productivity, Profitability and Soil Properties in Alluvial 476 Tract of Uttar Pradesh, India U. S. Tiwari, Naushad Khan, M. P. Yadav and Mayank Dubey 2329 Propagation of Hard to Root Biofuel Species of Himalayan Region- Wendlandia exserta Roxb. DC. 543 Rajeev Dhiman and N. K. Gupta 2330 Response of Fertility Levels and Spacing on Productivity of Pearl millet Hybrids (Pennisetum glaucum L.) under Dryland Condition 546 Chandra Prakash, J. P. Singh, Chetan Singh Panwar and Sandeep Kumar Tripathi 2331 Response of Oats to Cu Applied through Seed Priming, Foliar and Soil Application 549 Janpriya Kaur, D. S. Bhatti and J. S. Manchanda 2332 Screening of Soybean Varieties against Callosobruchus Chinensis Linnaeus under Storage Condition 552 Suman Choudhary, T. M. Bharpoda, Mamta Devi Choudhary and Sushma Deb 2333 Seasonal Incidence of Seed Midge, Systole albipennis Walker Infesting Fennel 555 Nema Ram, Ashok Sharma and V. K. Agrawal 2334 Role of Chemical Floral Preservatives on Vase Life of Cut Flowers of Gerbera cv. Shangria 557 R. Amith, Ravishankar M. Patil1, Prashant Paramagoudar and V. Chikkasubbanna 2335 Standardization of Drying Level and Time in Microwave Oven of Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) var. 559 Soto T. R. Anuroopa, H. P. Sudeep , Shivakumar, M. Chirag Reddy and B. Divya 2336 Radiation and Heat Use Efficiency in Brassica under Debranching and Defoliation Treatments 561 Harinder Pal Singh, L. K. Dhaliwal and Manpreet Singh 2337 Studies on Food Consumption and Utilization Behaviour in Susceptible and Resistant Diamondback Moth, 564 Plutella Xylostella (Linnaeus) Anureet Kaur Chandi
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2338 Impact of Ecological and Climatic Changes on Vectors of Malaria in Four North-Eastern States of India 1 Akhtar Nasreen, B.N. Nagpa, Neera Kapoor, Aruna Srivastava, H.P. Gupta, Rekha Saxena, A. Shamim, Vikram Kumar, S.K. Gupta, V.P. Singh, Vas Dev, Nutan Nanda and Neena Valecha 2329 Design and General Characteristics of Five Marine Gillnets of Mumbai Coast 16 Shabir A. Dar and Saly N. Thomas 2330 Temporal Variation of Phytoplankton in Idukki Reservoir, Kerala 22 Simimole Sebastian and Joice V. Thomas 2331 Plant Biodiversity of Major Forest Communities in Chail Wildlife Sanctuary of Himachal Pradesh 28 Rakesh Kumar and D.P. Sharma 2332 Evaluation of Site Suitability and Storage Capacity of Constructed Rainwater Harvesting Structure in Vindhyan 39 Region, India Sandeep Kumar Tripathi, Babloo Sharma and P. Raha 2333 Kinetics of Adsorption and Desorption of Boron in Major Soils of Lesser Himalayas 43 Shaista Nazir and Mushtaq A. Wani 2334 Calculation and Analysis of the Urban Ecological Footprint: A case Study of Ajmer City, India 50 Kriti Sharma, Sanjeev Kumar Sharmaand Praveen Mathur 2335 Waste Water: A Source of Multidrug Resistant Escherichia coli and Faecal streptococci Contamination 53 Kuljinder Kaurand R.S. Kahlon 2336 Surface Water Quality and Associated Aquatic Insect Fauna under Different Land-Uses in Solan 58 (District Solan), Himachal Pradesh Anchal Rana, S.K Bhardwaj and Meena Thakur 2337 Quantification of Water Loss Due to Unleveled Surface of Conventionally Puddled Wet Rice Fields 65 G. Kusuma, P. Lavanya, A. Naveen, G. Anitha, N. Naresh and S.A. Radha 2338 Performance of Direct-Seeded Rice in Relation to Water and Weed Management Scenarios in a Sandy Loam Soil 70 Mahesh Chand Singh, S.S. Kukal and Naveen Gupta 2339 Energy Requirement under Different Planting Methods of Sugarcane with and without Preparatory Tillage 75 Gurvinder Singh, Lalit Kumar, Subhash Chandra, Amit Bhatnagar and K.P. Raverkar 2340 Integration of Organic and Chemical Fertilizers as Affected by Growth and Yield of Wheat (Triticum aestivum) 80 Harwinder Singh, Mandeep Singh and Navtej Singh 2341 Chemical Partitioning and Distribution of Copper, Zinc and Nickel in Soils of Lesser Himalayas 84 Shazia Ramzan and M. Auyoub Bhat 2342 Influence of Silicon and Phosphorus on Growth, Yield and Nutrient Uptake by Maize (Zea Mays L.) in 89 Typic Ustochrepts Soils O.P. Meena, K.C. Patel and J.K. Malav 2343 Soil organic Carbon Stock under Different Land Use Systems in Mountainous Ecosystem 93 Bhalendra Singh Rajput, D.R. Bhardwaj, K.P. Dwivedi and Dileep Kumar 2344 Effect of Field Conditions and Different Growing Media on Seed Germination in Rheum australe D. Don 98 Ravi Bhardwaj and Meenu Sood 2345 Diversity, Anti-microbial and Plant Growth Promoting Activity of Endophytic Actinomycetes Isolated from 101 Azadirachta indica A. Juss Madhurama. Gangwar, Preeti Saini and Anu Kalia 2346 Effect of Superimposed Treatments of Long Term Fertilizer Experiment on Soil Biological Properties 111 Mallikarjuna Lingappa, R.C. Gowda and Eresha 2347 Influence of Nitrogen, Zinc And Iron Fertilizer on Growth Parameters and Yield of Parmal Rice in 115 Transplanted Condition Dipender Kumar, S.S. Dhaliwal, R.S. Uppaland Hari Ram 2348 Molecular Diversity of Bombyx mori Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus (BmNPV) Isolates using AFLP Markers 119 A. Peter, P. Patil, P. Shamprasad, J. Chandramohan, J. Shantala, S.C. Venkateshand K.S.M. Gowda 2349 Influence of Biofertilizers on Growth, Yield, Quality and Nutrient Uptake in Onion (Allium cepa L.) 124 Dilpreet Talwar, Kulbir Singh, D.S. Khurana and Variendar Sardhana 2350 Bioutilization of Agro-Industrial Waste to Produce Biopigment using Monascus Purpureus MTCC 369 128 by Solid State Fermentation Rachna Sehrawat, Kumar Sandeep, Khalid Bashir, Kumar Satya Prakash, Tanya L Swer and Anit Kumar 2351 Extent of Natural Parasitisation of Cocoons of Cotesia marginiventris (CRESSON), A Larval Parasitoid on 134 Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) G. Anitha and J. Vijay 2352 Monitoring of Alate Mustard Aphid, Lipaphis erysimi Kalt on Yellow Sticky Traps 137 Y. P. Singh and Rajendra Nagar 2353 Bio-Efficacy of Newer Insecticides and Biopesticides against Thrips, Thrips tabaci in Garlic 141 Ramgopal Dudwal, B.L. Jat, S. Ramesh Babu and Alka Kataria 2354 Role of Abiotic Factors in Population Fluctuation of Mango Hopper (Amritodus atkinsoni Leth.) 145 K.B. Patel, S.P. Saxena and K.M. Patel 2355 Effect of Water-Logging on Morphological Parameters and Yield in Maize Hybrids 149 Tufail Manzoor, K. Jayalalitha, Shahid B. Dar and R. Zahida 2356 Influence of Site-Specific Nutrient Management on Productivity, Nutrient Use Efficiency and Economics 154 in Rice-Rice Cropping System M. Ray, P. Haldar, N.B. Choudhuri, C. Majumder, P.K. Mani, S. Chatterjee, M. Pramanick and S.K. Mukhopadyay 2357 PGPR Mediated Induction of Systemic Resistance in Chickpea Against Fusarium Oxysporum and Growth 160 Promotion under Field Condition Poonam Kumari and Veena Khanna 2358 Dynamic Population of Macaca fascicularis due to Construction of Dam from 2010-2015 164 Pudji Astuti, Arif Setyawan, Asmarani Kusumawati, Luthfiralda Sjahfirdi and Hera Maheshwari 2359 Quaternary Quinolinium Salts as a New Antifungal Agentfor the Protection of Rice Crop 170 Shagun Kainth, Anita Garg, Manpreet Kaur, Divya and Jaspal Kaur 2360 Determining Genetic Architecture of Upland Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Genotypes under Suboptimal Rainfed Ecosystem 174 Prafull Kumar, Abhinav Sao, A.K. Thakur and D.P. Singh 2361 Character Association Studies in Ridge Gourd (Luffa Acutangula Roxb. L.) With Reference to Yield Attributes 178 Shivanand B. Koppad, Mukesh L. Chavan and Jyoti Patil 2362 Diallel analysis for Combining Ability in China aster (Callistephus chinensis [L.] Nees) 184 Anjali Kulkarni, Mukund Shiragur and Balaji S. Kulkarni 2363 Correlation and Path Coefficient Analysis of Yield Attributes in Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.) 188 Rekha Hallur, T. Shantappa, S.B. Koppad and R.C. Jagadeesha 2364 Assessment of Genetic Diversity of China aster (Callistephus chinensis [L.] Nees) Genotypes using SRAP Markers 192 Rachappa K. Kore, Mukund Shiragur, Ravi Pujari, Sandhyarani Nishani and G.H. Akshata 2365 Correlation and Path Analysis of Morpho-physiological Traits with Yield of Soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill) 197 Genotypes under Variable Photoperiods Anil Kumar Dogra, Ashutosh Srivastava, Jagmeet Kaur and Tilak Raj 2366 Tribal Fruits and Vegetable of Udaipur District of Rajasthan 202 Dashrath Bhati and Shashi Jain 2367 Comparative Analysis of Eco-zone; Great Himalayan National Park, India 211 Suneet Naithani and V.B. Mathur 2368 Effect of Lopping on Stand Structure and Tree Species Composition of Quercus glauca Thunb. Forests 218 of Himachal Pradesh, India T. Amare and D.R. Bhardwaj 2369 Distribution of Litsea floribunda (Lauraceae), A Dioecious Tree Endemic to Western Ghats of India 224 S.G. Srinivas and Y.L. Krishnamurthy 2370 Effect of Chromium on Lantana camara L. Extract Treated Wood Species 229 Heena Gupta, K.R. Sharma, Shabir Ahmad Rather and Chander Lekha Sharma 2371 Effect of Pre-sowing Seed Treatment on Germination and Seedling Growth of Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb.233 Vikas Kumar 2372 Rose Petal Meal as a Potential Natural Carotenoid Source for Pigmentation and Growth of Freshwater 239 Ornamental Fish, Koi Carp, Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus) Abhinika Jain and Vaneet Inder Kaur 2373 Interactive Effect of Biofertilizers and Organic Potting Media on Growth and Flowering of Calendula 245 (Calendula officinalis Linn.) Rohini Thakur, R.K. Dubey, S.S. Kukal and Sammy Kapoor 2374 Influence of Substitution of Dietary Fish Oil with Different Vegetable Oils on Growth Performance, 249 Body and Fatty Acid Composition of Juvenile Common Carp, Cyprinus carpio (Linn.) Sonu Baweja and Bhupinder Kaur Babbar 2375 Degradation Status of Amarogentin on Storage in Different Solvents 257 Aruna Mehta, R.C. Rana, Y.P. Sharma and Vinod Kumar 2376 Influence of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) on Growth and Yield of Strawberry 262 (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) cv. Chandler K. Seema, Kuldeep Mehta and Wineet Chawla 2377 Occupational Health Hazards among Dyeing Workers in Karur Region of Tamilnadu, India 266 M. Velusamy, M. Ganesan and M.S. Dheenadhayalan 2378 Protective Clothing for the Pesticide Applicators 271 Rajdeep Kaur and Sandeep Bains 2379 Food Safety issues and Related Standards: Awareness and Knowledge of Home Food Makers in Ludhiana 276 Sonika Sharma and J.K. Sangha 2380 Interrelationship among Dietary Diversity, Socioeconomic Factors and Food Security in Rural Farm Households 280 Harleen Kaur, Kiran Bains and Amrit Kaur 2381 Study of Body Perception and Overweight Prevalence among Punjabi College Girls 286 Aprajita Ranjit, Renuka Aggarwal and Kiran Bains 2382 Antifungal Potential of Coriander Seed Essential Oil and its Constituents 292 K.K. Chahal, Ravinder Singh, Amit Kumar and Urvashi Bhardwaj 2383 Appraisal of Status of Metacognitive Skills, Emotional Intelligence and Achievement Motivation among 296 Adolescents Parul Kalia and Sarita Saini 2384 Shift in Land Use Pattern and Constraints Faced by Farmers in Crop Diversification in Kashmir Valley 301 F. Sibat, I. Umar, M.A. Beigh, M.A. Dar, I.A. Bisati and Q.J.A. Peer 2385 Current Distribution of Invasive Alien Flora of Arookkutty Panchayath, Kerala, India 305 Swapna Vijayan and C.M. Joy 2386 Mangroves Species Composition in Rajpuri creek of Maharashtra, India 308 Ajit B. Telave and Shrikant D. Ghodake 2387 Effect of Coloured Shade Nets on Softwood Graft Success in Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) 311 N.P. Mamatha, G.S.K. Swamy, R.K. Mahesh, H.L. Priyanka and R.S. Vedavathi 2388 Effect of Tree Spacing and Organic Manures on the Seed Production of Calendula officinalis L. under 313 Grewia optiva Drummond. based Agroforestry System Prem Parkash, K.S. Pant and Rajeev Dhiman 2389 Karanj Extract as an Antimicrobial Textile Finish for Cotton Fabric 316 Puspa, P. Punia and V. Singh 2390 Biochemical Constituents of Different Mulberry Varieties Grown under Seri Suvarna Technology with 319 Protective Irrigation N.S. Mamatha, S. Fatima, N. Amarnatha, K.C. Narayanaswamy and Manjunath Gowda 2391 Effect of Phosphorus Levels on Nutrient Uptake and Yield in Rice bean 321 Sandeep Patidar, Siddarth Nayak, Pratik Sanodiya and Bhawana Saharan 2392 Effect of Spacing and NPK on Yield and Alkaloid Content of Solanum nigrum L. Under Hill Zone of Karnataka 323 G. Nagaraj, M. Ravikumar and P. Ravi 2394 Yield Attributes Yield and Quality of Soybean Influenced by Crop Varieties and Phosphorus 325 Kamalesh Kumar, Edwin Luikham, Santosh Kumar and Ekta Kumari 2395 Effect of Seed Rhizome Size on Yield and Quality of Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) cv. Salem 328 Chandalinga, N.K. Hegde, Ravi Pujari and P.M. Gangadharappa 2396 Quality Characterization in Carrot (Daucus carota L.) Germplasm 330 H.S. Dhillon, T.S. Dhillon and Ruma Devi 2397 Response of Drip Irrigated Spring Maize to Different Levels of Salinity 333 Kulwant Singh Dangon, Mukesh Siag and Rakesh Sharda 2398 Effect of Seaweed Extract on Morpho-Physiological Parameters of Rice 335 Prinka Goyal and S. K. Thind 2399 Evaluation of Different Substrates for Cultivation of Ganoderma lucidum (M.A. Curtis : Fr.) P. Karst 338 Pooja Kapoor, Renu Thakurand B.M. Sharma 2400 Fortification of Grape Juice with Probiotic Lactobacilli 341 Seema Ahuja, Gurleen Kaur and Reet Verma 2401 Effect of Rooting Media and IBA on the Rooting Behaviour and Vegetative Growth of Kiwifruit 343 (Actinidia deliciosa Chev.) Vishal Singh Rana and Babita 2402 Effect of Plant Growth Retardants on Flowering and Presentability of Primula malacoides Franch 346 Neha Dogra, Rajesh Bhalla and Bharati Kashyap 2403 Response of W. Murcott Mandarin to Wax Coating under Ambient Conditions 349 Monika Gupta, H.S. Rattanpal, Harsimrat K. Bons and G.S. Sidhu 2404 Comparative Toxicity and Susceptibility of Commonly used Insecticides against Brinjal Shoot and Fruit Borer, 351 Leucinodes orbonalis in Punjab Jagdeep Kaur and B.K. Kang 2405 Efficacy of Tyre Bait Station for Rodenticide Application in Rice Crop Fields during Monsoon Season 354 Navdeep Kaur, Neena Singla and Rajwinder Singh 2406 Monitoring of Mosquito Larvae from Temporary Water Collections of Ludhiana, Punjab 357 Kamalpreet Kaur, S. Jamwal and D.K. Kocher 2407 Occurrence and Morphometric Variations of Lesion Nematodes (Pratylenchus Species) Infesting Ginger 359 (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) in Major Cultivation Belts of Himachal Pradesh Kanwar Pallavi Singh and Anju S. Khanna 2408 Esterase Polymorphism for Testing Hybridity in Okra [Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench] 362 Mahesh Badiger, M. Pitchaimuthu and K. Bhanuprakash 2409 Effect of Crop Geometry and Drip Irrigation Levels on Growth, Yield and Water Use Efficiency of Pearl Millet 365 (Pennisetum glucam) in Irrigated Western Arid Rajasthan S.R. Bhunia, Mohd. Arif and I.M. Verma 2410 Performance of Front Line Demonstrations on Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) in Kalaburagi Region of 368 Northern Karnataka Anand Naik, D.H. Patil,R.G. Teggelli and B. Zaheer Ahamed 2411 Correlation and Path Coefficient Analysis among Different Characters in Genotypes of Brinjal (Solanum melongena 370 L.) Pushpendra Kumar Pandey, G.C. Yadav and Vimlesh Kumar 2412 Effect of Region and Herd Size on Dairy Herd Performance Parameters in Punjab 373 Princejot Singh, J.S. Bhatti, J.S. Hundal and S.K. Kansal 2413 Efficacy of Plant Extracts against Tomato Late Blight under Net House Conditions 375 Manisha Dubey, T.S. Thind, R.K. Dubey and S.K. Jindal 2414 African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus: An Eco-terrorist Destroying Delicate Ecological Balance in Aquatic 378 Ecosystems of National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries in India Jagdish Chander
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2415 Monitoring Land use Land Cover Changes using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques: A Case 383 Study around Papagni River, Andhra Pradesh, India E. Subbu Lakshmi and Kiran Yarrakula 2416 Lignocellulolytic Enzyme Profile of Pleurotus florida (Mont.) Singer on Wheat and Paddy Straw 388 Amritpal Kaur and Harpreet Singh Sodhi 2417 Extracellular Enzyme System Based Preferential Utilization of Lignocellulosic Agrowastes by 392 Agrocybe aegerita (Brig.) Singer Bhavish Sood and Shammi Kapoor 2418 Ecological Survey of Predominant Weed Flora in Bastar Region of Chhatisgarh, India 397 Supriya Singh, Shweta Gupta and A.P. Singh 2419 Nursery Management and Fertilizer Application for Better Weed Control as Well as Higher Yield of Kharif Rice 404 C. Majumder,P. Haldar and M. Ray 2420 Biodigested Slurry of Poultry Droppings Based Biogas Plant as Substrate for Protease Production 408 Using Thermophilic Fungi Humicola fuscoatra MTCC 1409 and Aspergillus (T-14) Milky Goyal, U.G. Phutela and R.K. Jaswal 2421 Distribution of Bivalves and Gastropods along Ratnagiri coast, Maharashtra, India 413 Mangesh M. Bhosale, R.R. Mugale, S.R. Yadav, Naveen Kumar B.T. and P. Barik 2422 Study of Horizontal Zonation of Water Quality Characteristics and Productivity Status of 418 Nanak Sagar Reservoir of Uttarakhand, India Nandkishor A. Ingole, R.N. Ram, A.S. Nainand Prem Kumar 2423 Parashi (Cleistanthus collinus Roxb.)-A Multipurpose Plant of Ethno-botanical Importance in South 426 West Bengal of India Sanjit Kumar Saha 2424 Carbon Mitigation Potential of Biomass and Soil under Different Density of Eucalyptus camaldulensis 431 in Arid Region of India Bhuvnesh Nagar and Sushma Rawat 2425 Rainfall-runoff Modeling using Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) and Multiple Linear 436 Regression (MLR) Techniques Vijay Kumar Singh, Pravendra Kumar and Bhaskar Pratap Singh 2426 Physico-chemistry and Phytoplankton Characteristics of Two Tropical Rivers in Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria 443 G.N. Nwonumara, O.I. Okogwu, C. Ani and A.J. Nwinyimagu 2427 Application of Artificial Neural Network For Modeling Rice Pest and Natural Enemy for Nadia 449 District of West Benga S. T. Pavana Kumar and Debasis Mazumdar 2428 Efficacy of Some Plant Powders against Lasioderma serricorne Fab. in Fennel 455 Krishna Rolania, Hemant Poonia and M.C. Bhargava 2429 Determinants of Household Probability to Take Up Non-Farm Activity-An Application of Logit Analysis 459 Y. Satish, Lakshmi Narsimhaiah, G. Sathish, Sh. Herojit Singh, Sudipta Ghoshand M. Gopinath Rao 2430 Community Participations in Disaster Management: A Case Study of Bangladesh 463 Isahaque Ali, Zulkarnain A. Hatta , Azlinda Azman, Kaizar Hossain, Shariful Islam and Akthar Hossain Majumder 2431 Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Planktonic Fauna of Puzhal Lake, Chennai - A Pre 473 and Post Flood Analysis M.F. Yasmeen and A. Saboor 2432 Farmers Adaption Strategies in the Climate Vulnerable Agro-Climatic Zones of Tamil Nadu, India 477 A. Surendran, S.J. Balaji, N. Periasami, S. Senthil Kumar and A.R. Durga 2433 Demand for Forest Products in India-Role of Institutions 482 Kiran Kumar, R. Patil, G.R. Manjunathaand M.G. Chandrakanth 2434 Comparative Biological Studies of Citrus Leaf Miner on Kinnow and Rough Lemon during different 491 seasons in Punjab D.R. Sharma, Gurjeet Singh and Hijam S. Devi 2435 Pathogenicity of Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid & White) Chitwood race 2 in Okra, Abelmoschus esculentus L. 496 A. Rathod, A. Singh, V. Kadam and K. Roy 2436 Diversity of Springtails (Collembola: Insecta) in Different Tree Ecosystems of Varanasi, India 500 Tsering Toldan, Santeshwari, M. Raghuraman and Dharmendra Kumar 2437 Evaluation of Aqueous Extracts of Certain Botanicals against Two Spotted Spider Mite, T 505 etranychus urticae Koch (Tetranychidae: Acarina) in Okra, Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) M. Gajalakshmi, S. Jeyaraniand M. Ranjith 2438 Cultural and Physiological Study of Leaf Spot Diseases on Aloe vera (L.) Burm Caused by Alternaria alternata 509 Suresh Kumar Verma, Pradeep Kumar, Arjun Lal Yadavand Ratan Lal Sharma 2439 Influence of Foliar Application of Urea and GA3 on Growth and Nutritional Status of Rough Lemon 513 (Citrus jambhiri Lush.) Seedlings under Modified Environment Conditions H.S. Dhaliwal and N. Rohela 2440 Assessing Organic Nutrition Sources for Sustainable Soil Health of Kiwifruit Orchard 519 Babita Khachi, Som Dev Sharma, Vikas Kumar Sharma, Ghumare Vikas and Angel View N Marak 2441 Impact of Evaporation Based Drip Irrigation Schedules on Yield and Quality of Kinnow Mandarin in Kandi Area 525 Yogesh Khokhar 2442 Genetic Diversity Analysis in Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis Obseck) Genotypes on the Basis of 529 Morphological and Physico-chemical Traits A.K. Baswal, H.S. Rattanpal, Gurupkar Singh Sidhuand Gurteg Singh Uppal 2443 Development of Process Technology for Making Tomato Powder and its Quality Evaluation 533 Ankur Srivastava, Sirisha Adamalaand Sivala Kumar 2444 Detection of Components of Genetic Variation in Triple Test Cross Families in Bread Wheat 537 Divya Phougat and I.S. Panwar 2445 Multivariate Analysis of Genetic Diversity Using Agro-morphological and Quality Traits in Different 542 Accessions of Aromatic Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Vikas Kumar, N.K. Rastogi, Pratibha Chandraker, Hemant Sahu and B. Sharma 2446 Genetic Analysis of Bacterial Wilt Resistant Genotypes of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) 548 Under Organic and Inorganic Farming Conditions Nisha Thakur, Sanjay Chadha and Mayanglambam Bilashini Devi 2447 Diversity of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) in Terms of Some Germination Components under 554 Drought Stress Chinkita Jain and Raghvendra Saxena 2448 Genetic Variability and Association Analysis for Morpho-Physiological Traits and Seed Yield in Mungbean 559 (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) Under Water Stress Condition Sunayana, M.S. Punia and Rajesh Yadav 2449 Effects of Waterlogging, Salinity And Combination at Different Stages of Development on Survival and 564 Root Anatomy of Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) Genotypes Savita Duhan and Sunita Sheokand 2450 A non-Destructive Approach for Identification of Newly Released Rice Hybrid (KRH-4) and its Parental Lines 569 C. Pushpa, Rame Gowda, N. Nethra and Shivakumar 2451 Assessment of Groundwater Quality for Irrigation Purposes using Chemical Indices 574 Mohammad Amin Bhat, M.S. Grewal, Ramprakash, Rajpaul,Sheeraz Ahmad Waniand Eajaz Ahmad Dar 2452 Water Management Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture 580 Lakhwinder Kaur and Rajinder Kaur Kalra 2453 Introduction of New Insect-Pests on Apricot and Its Preliminary Management Options in Cold Arid 590 Region of Ladakh M.S. Raghuvanshi, Vikas Gupta, Jigmat Stanzin, Nawang Dorjey and S.K. Chauhan 2454 Growth and Productivity of Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) as Influenced by Different Types of Planting 593 Material and Growth Regulators Anmoldeep Singh, S.S. Walia, Rajender Kumar and A.S. Brar 2455 Genetic Diversity Analysis in Egyptian Cotton (Gossypium barbadense L.) 596 B. Balakrishna, V. Chenga Reddy and M. Lal Ahamed 2456 Knowledge Status of Masumbi (Citrus sinensis) Cultivating Farmers of Haryana (India): A Sustainable Fruit Crop 599 Pawan Kumar, P.S. Shehrawat, Anil Kumar Rohila, B.S. Ghanghasand Ansul 2457 Expectations of Fishers from Different Service Providers: A Case of Tehri Reservoir, Uttarakhand 602 Arvind Singh Chauhan, S.N. Ojha and Arpita Sharma 2458 Residual Effect of Integrated Nutrient Management Practices on Soil Nutrient Status and Yield Attributes 605 Gayatri Verma and Satwinderjit Kaur 2459 Quantification of Egyptian Clover Trifolium alexandrinum as Source of Honey and Pollen 607 M.K. Jat, O.P. Chaudhary and A.S. Tetarwal 2460 Torrefaction of Bagasse for Improving its Usability as a Fuel in Cyclone Gasifier 610 M. Bhardwaj and R. Soni 2461 Management of Reniform Nematode, Rotylenchulus reniformison Cowpea by using Botanicals 613 Jaydeep Patil, M.K. Sharma and Saroj Yadav Indian Journal of Ecology (2017) 44 (1)
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2462 Studies on Effect of Cd and Hg on Biochemical Characteristics of Populus deltoides (W. Bartram ex 1 Marshall) and its Uptake K.R. Phimu, Meena Thakur, Anchal Rana and Shreya Handa 2463 Effective Eco-Friendly Micro-Flora for Early Degradation of Herbicide and Enhancing Chickpea Productivity 7 Uma, Tapas Chowdhury, Ravindra Soni and G.L. Sharma 2464 Meta Analysis for Impact Assessment of Chenani Watershed Development Programme of J&K (India) 12 N.D. Singh and Rakesh Kumar 2465 Isolation and Screening of Lipase Producing Microorganisms from Natural Sources 19 M.G. Singh, Chandraveer and Abhishek M. Tripathi 2466 Economic and Environmental Consequences of Bio-pesticide (Pseudomonas fluorescens) Use in Paddy 24 Farms of Southern India M. Thilagavathi and M. Chandrasekaran 2467 Response of Broadbean (Viciafaba) to Irrigation and Phosphorus Levels in Alluvial Zone of West Bengal 29 S. Sarkar and A. Sarkar 2468 Effect of Silicon and Nitrogen Application on Yield and Micronutrient Contents in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) 35 Jugal K. Malav and V. P. Ramani 2469 Effect of Planting Method and Nutrient Management Practices on Seed Yield of Brown Sarson (Brassica 40 rapa L.) Shabir H. Wani, Gowhar Ali, M. Ashraf Bhat, Javeed A. Lone, Asif M. Iqbal, Zahoor A Dar, Ajaz A. Lone and Mojtaba Kordrostami 2470 Response of Bt Cotton to Nutrient Omission and Site Specific Nutrient Management in Vertisols under 45 Irrigation B.M. Chittapur, P.S. Pyati, M.R. Umesh, A.S. Halepyati and T. Satyanarayana 2471 Effect of Planting Season, Interval and Nitrogen Fertilizer on Survival and Growth of Populus deltoides 50 Under Degraded Sites of North Western Himalayas Tahir Mushtaq, Rakesh Banyal and Mir Awsaf Ahmad 2472 Use of Municipal Garbage as Potting Media in Nursery Production of Ailanthus triphysa (Dennst.) Alston 54 Seedlings K. Vidyasagaran and Vikas Kumar 2473 Human Leopard Conflict in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve: The Emerging Drift and Community Perspective 58 Sandeep Chouksey, Somesh Singh, Virat Singh Tomar, R.P.S.Baghel, S.B. Lal and Arvind Bijalwan 2474 Osmotic Pre-treatment of Kinnow Peel Slices 63 Navneet Sidhu, Maninder Arora and Mohammed Shafiq Alam 2475 Status and Distribution Pattern of Sour Cherry (Prunus cerasus l.) in Moist Temperate Region of Jammu & 68 Kashmir P.A. Paray and R. Banyal 2476 An Analytical Study on the Tolerance Level of Livestock Owners' towards Wildlife Conflict in the vicinity 72 of Kalesar National Park, Haryana Mukesh Kumar, H.R. Meena, Pampi Paul, B.S. Meena and Ashutosh 2477 Survey and Screening of Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) Associated with Early Stage Cold Tolerance 77 in Different Genotypes of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Ashutosh Gautam, J. Suresh and M.S. Madhav 2478 Genetic Diversity within Commercialized Paddy (Oryza Sativa L.) Cultivars 81 Pradip Kumar and G. Singh 2479 Genetic Variability, Correlation Coefficient and Path Coefficient Analysis for Yield and Component Traits in 85 Groundnut85 Ashutosh Kushwah, Soma Gupta, Sheetal Raj Sharma and K. Pradhan 2480 Morpho-Agronomic Characteristics of Farmers Rice Variety “Safri” from Different Regions of 90 Chhattishgarh Hemant Sahu, Ritu R. Saxena, Satish B. Verulkar, V. Pratibha Mohan and R. K. Rao 2481 Effect of Hand and Chemical Thinning on Growth and Production of Nectarine cv. Snow Queen 95 Rajiv Kumar, N. Sharma, Rimpika and D.P. Sharma 2482 Principal Components Analysis for Yield and Yield Attributing Traits in Sesame 99 Ajay Tanwar and Rajani Bisen
2483 Effect of Post Harvest Treatments on Quality of Pomegranate in Zero Energy Cool Chamber and Ambient 103 Conditions V.P. Kad and J.K. Dhemre 2484 Evaporation Estimation by Multilayer perceptron Based Artificial Neural Network and Multiple Linear 108 Regression Techniques Bhagwat Saran, P.S. Kashyap and Pankaj Kumar 2485 Impact of Disasters on Farm Households and Assessment of Farmer's Awareness to Disaster 113 Events-An Economic Approach S. Usha Nandhini, P. Paramasivam and R. Sangeetha 2486 Effect of Fish waste, Fish Guano and Compost on Growth, Yield and Quality of Broccoli 120 (Brassica oleracea var. italica) Ravi Kiran, Sutanu Maji and Abha Mishra 2487 Participation of Marine Fisheries Cooperative Societies in Social Development of Fisher community 124 Suhas Wasave, Arpita Sharma, S. K. Datta, K. D. Kokate,Shekhar Ojha, Asha Landge and Sangita Wasave 2488 Optimization of Stocking Density for Duckweed (Spirodela polyrrhiza L.Schleiden) Fed Semi-intensive Carp 130 Poly-Culture System Brahma Nand Shukla, Meera D. Ansal, Vaneet Inder Kaur and Asha Dhawan 2489 Genetic Architecture of Seed, Yield and Contributing Characters in Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] 136 C.A. Babariya, L.K. Dhaduk, M.H. Sapovadiya and K.S. Mungra 2490 Post Harvest Quality Analysis of Chickpea Seeds Grown under Rainfed Conditions 140 Harpreet K. Oberoi, Anil K. Gupta, Satvir Kaur, and Inderjeet Singh 2491 Evaluation of Crude Plant Extracts and Biopesticides for Eco-friendly Management of Lepidopterous 148 Insect Pests in Cabbage S.D. Sharma and Ramesh Lal 2492 Mode of Perpetuation and Impact of Weather Parameters in Development of Anthracnose Disease of 153 Walnut Marssonina juglandi (Lib.) Magnus Mudasir Hassan, Khurshid Ahmad, N.A. Khan and M.A. Bhat 2493 Effect of Organic and Inorganic Sources of Fertilizers on Plantand Soil in Pomegranate Orchard 159 N. Thirupathi, S.N. Ghosh and D. Roy 2494 Differences in Peer-Relationship among Adolescents across Socio- Economic Variables 163 Rupika Chopra, Shakuntla Punia and Santosh Sangwan
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2495 Simulation of Nitrogen Uptake, Nitrogen Utilization Efficiency and Yield of Wheat under Tillage, Residue 167 and Nitrogen Management using DSSAT-CERES-Wheat Model Alka Rani, K.K. Bandyopadhyay and P. Krishnan 2496 Evaluation of Sediment using GIS Approach in Southern Tamilnadu, India 179 R. Ninija Merina 2497 Scientific Methods of Assessing Groundwater for Irrigation Purpose – A Case Study in a Part of Cauvery 185 River Basin, South India S. Hema and T. Subramani 2498 Application of Parametric and Nonparametric Regression Models for Area, Production and Productivity 192 Trends of Tea (Camellia sinensis) in India B.S. Dhekale, P.K. Sahu, K.P. Vishwajith, P. Mishra and Lakshmi Narsimhaiah 2499 An Ecological Study for Diatomic Epiphytic Algae Population on Phragmits australis and Ceratophyllum 201 demersum Plants in Bani-Hassan River in Holy Kerbala Province-Iraq Mohammed J. Mohammed, Hassan J. Jawad and Abdoun H. Alwan 2500 Effect of Land Use on Fertility Status of Some Old Alluvial Soils of Eastern India 210 Amarjeet Kumar, Yanendra Kumar Singh, Rajeev Padbhushan and Anshuman Kohli 2501 Iron Content in Soil, Water, Fodder, Grain, Organs and Muscular Tissues in Cattle of Western Siberia (Russia) 217 Kirill Nikolaevich Narozhnykh, Tatyana Valerievna Konovalova, Jury Ivanovich Fedyaev NikolayIosifovich Shishin, AlexandrIvanovich Syso, Olga Igorevna Sebezhko, Valeriy Lavrentievich Petukhov, Olga Sergeevna Korotkevich,EvgeniyVarisovich Kamaldinov and Ludmila Vladimirovna Osadchuk 2502 Effect of Long-term Fertilization and Algalization on Active Soil Organic Pools, Crop Yield and Dehydrogenase 221 Activity under Rice- Wheat Cropping Sequences S.K. Joshi, Prahalad Kumar and Poonam Kumari 2503 Assessment of Soil Fertility Status of Mid Himalayan Region, Himachal Pradesh 226 Sudheer Kumar Annepu, Mahantesh Shirur and V.P. Sharma 2504 Characterization of Rainfall and Length of Growing Period Over North Western Zone of Tamil Nadu 232 N.K. Sathyamoorthy, A.P. Ramaraj, G. Dheebakaran, B. Arthirani, K. Senthilraja and R. Jagannathan 2505 Influence of Anthropogenic Activity on Transformation of Landscapes by Natural Hazards 239 Elena V. Kyul, Aslan K. Apazhev, Anatoliy B. Kudzaev and Natalya A. Borisova 2506 Influence of Phosphorus Application on Growth Pattern, Physiological Attributes and Productivity 244 of Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea) Cultivars Haridarshan Chouksey, Virender Sardana and Pushp Sharma 2507 Effects of Short and Long Term Salinity Stress on Physiological and Oxidative Metabolism in 250 Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) and Its Possible Alleviation by Nitric Oxide Anita Kumari, Savita Duhan, Sunita Sheok and and Vikender Kaur 2508 Yield and Nutrient Uptake of Potato as Influenced by Different Weed Management Approaches 259 R. Poddar, R.K. Ghosh, S. Bera and H. Das 2509 Physico-Chemical and Biological Characteristics of Mountainous Streams Under Different Land 265 Uses of Mid Hills of Himachal Pradesh Preeti Sharma, S.C. Vermaand Meena Thakur 2510 Evaluation of the Moderately Halophilic Bacteria Resistant to Mercury from Saline Soil 271 Marziyeh Noroozi, Mohammad Ali Amoozegar, Ahmad Ali Pourbabaee,Nafiseh Sadat Naghavi and Zahra Nourmohammadi 2511 Impact of Soil on Corrosion of Pipes on Basis of Construction 275 À.S. Gulyaev, V.B. Koltsov and A.A. Golovlev 2512 Community Dynamics: Competition and Facilitation Studies of Tree Species in Temperate Forest 279 of the Indian Himalaya Nazir A. Pala, Manish Mathur, Kaiser Iqbal, A. K. Negi, Gopal Shukla and Sumit Chakravarty 2513 Wild Edible Plants: A Viable Option for Sustaining Rural Livelihood in Western Himalaya 289 Sushma Rawat and Bhuvnesh Nagar CONTENTS
2514 Impact of Climate Change on the Proliferation of Invasive Alien Plant Species in Almora district 295 of Uttarakhand Himalaya Ashaq Hussain Khan and Dhani Arya 2515 Assessment and Management of the Effects of Illegal Grazing on River Water Quality in Old Oyo 300 National Park, Nigeria A.Y. Sangodoyin and E.O. Opebiyi 2516 Regeneration Status and Soil Physico-Chemical Analysis of Dominant Forest Communities of Chail Wildlife 304 Sanctuary in Himachal Pradesh Rakesh Kumar, Prabhat Tiwari and Lalit Thakur 2517 Abundance, Species Diversity and Spatial Distribution of Rotifer Community of Dal Lake, Kashmir, India 308 Irfan Jamila, A.R. Yousuf and M. Parveen 2518 Agroforestry Impacts on SOC and Aggregate Stability in Different Textured Soils in Shiwalik Regions of 314 Northwest India Jeevanjot Dhaliwal, S.S. Kukal and Sandeep Sharma 2519 Effect of Vermicompost on Growth and Yield of Stevia rebaudiana Bert. Under Plum Based Agroforestry 320 System in Mid hill Zone of Himachal Pradesh Silpa V. Kumar, C.L. Thakur, P.L. Bhutia, D.R. Bhardwaj and K.G. Bhutia 2520 Growth and Performance of Trees and Green Gram (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) in Agri-silvicultural System 326 in the Dryland Conditions of Jammu Region R.K. Gupta and S.K. Gupta 2521 Leaf Decomposition and Nutrient Release of Poplar Plantations in Moist Plain Area of Central 330 Himalaya, Uttarakhand L.S. Lodhiyal, Neelu Lodhiyal, Bijendra Lal and Jyoti Pandey 2522 Character Association for Fruit Yield and Yield traits in Holostemma ada-kodien Schult. 337 - A Vulnerable Medicinal Plant Siddharuda Tuppad, G. Raviraja Shetty, K. Souravi, P.E. Rajasekharan, C.S. Ravi and M.S. Sandesh 2523 Genetic Divergence for Growth, Leaf Nutrient and Biochemical Traits in Open Pollinated Families 340 of Dalbergia sissoo Suman Kumar Jha and R.N. Sehgal 2524 Growth and Quality Indices of Different Nitrogen Fixing Tree Nursery Plants 344 Sanjeev K. Chauhan and Rajni Sharma 2525 Assessment of Micro Nutrients Status under Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) Soils in 348 Spiti, Himachal Pradesh Abhay Sharma and Virendra Singh 2526 Effect of Irrigation on Young Crop of Common Bamboo Raised from Culm Cuttings in Rainfed Upland 352 N. Bhol 2527 Growth Performance of Soybean Varieties under Different Light Intensities 356 Arvind Kumar 2528 Effect of Seed Infestation in Albizia lebbeck Under Different Conditions 360 V.D. Tripathi and Chitra Shanker 2529 Horticultural and Yield Related Traits as Influenced by Grafting Tomato Cultivars on Potato Rootstocks 364 for Higher Returns Viplove Negi, Pardeep Kumar, Parveen Sharma, Desh Raj, Amar Singh and Binny Vats 2530 Population Diversity and Cyclicity of Fruit Fly (Bactrocera spp.) in Sapota Orchard under South 369 Gujarat Condition K.D. Bisane 2531 Estimation of Optimal Pesticide Application Time on Guava (Psidium guajava) Based on Temporal Foraging 375 Activity of Pollinators A.K. Singh and R.K. Thakur 2532 Studies on the Multiplication of Apple Clonal Rootstocks through Cuttings 379 Ajender Negi, Manish Thakur and Babita 2533 Dissipation of Pre-mix Chlorpyrifos and Cypermethrin in Cauliflower Grown under Mid hill Conditions of Himachal Pradesh 385 Tanuja Banshtu and Surender Kumar Patyal
2534 Effect of Shoot Pruning on Polyhouse Grown Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) 390 Navjot Singh Dhillon, Parveen Sharma and Pardeep Kumar 2535 Breeding Biology of the Mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) in Barrage Oued Charef (Souk Ahras, 393 Northeastern Algeria) Nadhra Boukrouma 2536 Effect of Aqueous Leaf Extracts of Flemingia semialata Roxb. on Seedling Growth of Maize (Zea mays L.) 398 and Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Paul Lalremsang, B. Gopichand and Kalidas Upadhyaya Mechanical Characterization of Discarded Monofilament Fishnet/Glass Fiber and Polyester Hybrid 2537 Composites 401 Michael Raj F, V.A. Nagarajan and S. SahayaElsi 2538 Biofouling on Cages in Chhirpani Reservoir, Kabirdham (Chhattisgarh) India 409 Pabitra Barik, H.K. Vardia, B.R. Honnananda and M.M. Bhosale 2539 Synthesis and Mycocidal Evaluation of Hybrid 1,2,4-Triazolylcarbamodithioates against Phytopathogens 413 of Wheat Khushbu Gumber, Anjali Sidhu and Vineet K Sharma 2540 Prevalence and Severity of Rhizoctonia Aerial Blight of Soybean in Uttarakhand 417 Mamta Mathpal and K.P. Singh