Current Issue

Vol. 96 No. 1-6 Jan - June 2009

CONTENTS

 

Review Article

 

 

Soil Health and Crop Productivity

P. Murugesa Boopathi

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Nanotechnology and Agroecosystem

C.R. Chinnamuthu and P. Murugesa Boopathi

17

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Research Article

Crop Improvement

 

 

Genetic Diversity Analysis in Casuarina and Allocasuarina Species Using ISSR Markers

P. Chezhian, R. Yasodha and Madhumita Ghosh

32

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Genetic Diversity Seedling Traits Conferring Drought Tolerance in Pearl Millet

S. Arulselvi and B. Selvi

40

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Enzymic Levels and Its Biological Significance of Chlorophytum borivillianum

P. Gayathri and D. Uma

47

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Antioxidant Properties of Chlorophytum borivillianum

P. Gayathri and D. Uma

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Combining Ability in Sugarcane

A. Lourdusamy and Y. Anbuselvam

55

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Influence of Size Polymorphism on Seed and Seedling Quality of Jatropha curcas

N. Gurunathan, P. Srimathi and M. Paramathma

62

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Screening Varieties of Phaseolus vulgaris for North Coastal Andhra Pradesh

K.M. Yuvaraj and L. Naram Naidu

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Screening of Lima Beans (Phaseolus lunatus) for Rainfed Cultivation in High Altitude and Tribal Zone of Andhra Pradesh

K.M. Yuvaraj and M. Mutyal Naidu

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Influence of Positional Polymorphism on Seed Yield and Seed Quality Characters in Petunia

K. Natarajan and P. Srimathi

73

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Influence of Pre-storage Treatments on Storability of Hedge Lucerne (Desmanthus virgatus) cv. TNDV 1 Seeds

C. Reshma, P. Srimathi and K. Parameswari

76

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Size Grading in Hedge Lucerne (Desmanthus virgatus) cv. TNDV 1 Seeds

C. Reshma, P. Srimathi and K. Parameswari

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Genotypic Correlation of Biometric Traits and Leaf Curl Virus in Tomato

K. Sundharaiya, P. Jansirani, D. Veeraragavathatham and M. Sivakumar

82

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Growth, Yield and Quality of Ecotypes of Aloe vera L.

S. Ganesh and G. Alagukannan

88

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Genetic Variability, Heritability and Genetic Advance of Grain Quality in Hybrid Rice

P. Veerabadhiran, M. Umadevi and R. Pushpam

95

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Crop Management

 

 

Effect of Soil Alkalinity and Organic Matter On Germination and Growth of Eucalyptus tereticornis

P. Masilamani, P. Saravanapandiyan and K. Annadurai

100

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Accumulation of Lead in Soil, Water and Plants due to Automobile Emission in Coimbatore Suburbans

L. Vidhya, M. Dhandapani, M. Sekar and S. Mahimairaja

106

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Estimation of Total Leaf Area by Non-destructive Methods in Horse-eye Bean, Mucuna pruriens

Ga. Dheebakaran and R. Jagannathan

113

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Influence of Sulphur on Growth, Yield and Quality Attributes of Irrigated Blackgram (Vigna mungo) in Alfisols of Thoothukudi District in Tamil Nadu

V. Dhanushkodi, M. Kannathasan, G. Jamespitchai and R. Indirani

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Influence of Nutrients and Plant Growth Regulators on Growth and Yield of Baby Corn

S. Rathika, K. Velayudham, P. Muthukrishnan and N. Thavaprakaash

121

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Effect of Manually Operated Weeders on Growth and Yield of Irrigated Maize

V.S. Mynavathi, N.K. Prabhakaran and C. Chinnusamy

123

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Influence of Mother Crop Nutrition on Seed Yield and Quality of Blackgram

V. Manonmani and P. Srimathi

125

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Supplemental Irrigation, Green Manuring and Nitrogen Levels on Growth, Yield and Economics of Dry Land Maize

K. Venkata Lakshmi, A. Balasubramanian and N. Sankaran

129

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Influence of Seed Treatment and Foliar Spray of Panchakavya on Growth,Yield Attributes and Yield of Amaranthus viride

K. Venkata Lakshmi, A. Balasubramanian and N. Sankaran

135

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Influence of Plant Density and Fertilizer on Yield Attributes, Yield and Grain Quality of Hybrid Maize

M. Srikanth, M. Mohamed Amanullah and P. Muthukrishnan

139

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Substitution of Urea with Fungi and Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria for Composting Coir Pith

Abesh Reghuvaran, Anita Das Ravindranath, P. Natarajan and Arun Augustine

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Influence of Bio-Stimulants on Growth, Yield and Economics of Kalmegh, Andrographis paniculata

M. Prabhu, A. Ramesh Kumar and K. Rajamani

150

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Effect of Phytohormone Producing Microorganisms on Physiology of Sunflower var. Morden

E. Sujatha and D. Stella

156

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Influence of Picking on Seed Yield and Seed Quality of Petunia

K. Natarajan and P. Srimathi

159

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Refinement of Nutrient Management Techniques for Growth, Yield and Nutrient Uptake of Rice Fallow Blackgram

P. Geetha and A.Velayutham

163

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Zinc Deficiency in the Wetlands of TNAU-Native or Induced?

C. Sudhalakshmi, R. Krishnasamy and A. Rajarajan

167

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Influence of Paper Board Mill Effluent on Soil Properties

M. Elayarajan, C. Udayasoorian and P. Murugesa Boopathi

173

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Crop Protection

 

 

Bioprospecting of Plant Molecules for Grasserie Disease Management in Silkworm, Bombyx mori

S. Manimegalai, S. Padma and D. Vijayalakshmi

179

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Growth and Sporulation of Nomuraea rileyi Isolates on Nitrogen Based Media

T. Sonai Rajan, N. Muthukrishnan and P. Thangasamy

189

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Record of Parasitoids and Pathogens on Leucinodes orbonalis

P. Yasodha and N. Natarajan

194

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Pathogenecity of Naturally Isolated Entomopathogens in Leucinodes orbonalis and Cross Infectivity

on Helicoverpa armigera

P. Yasodha and N. Natarajan

200

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Non-target Effect of Ethiprole 10 SC to Predators of Rice Planthoppers

N. Kumaran, B. Vinoth Kumar, N. Boomathi, S. Kuttalam and K. Gunasekaran

208

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Harvest Time Residues of Emamectin Benzoate in Cotton

N. Boomathi, N. Kumaran, B. Vinoth Kumar, S. Kuttalam and K. Gunasekaran

213

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Harvest Time Residues of Imidacloprid in Cardamom

B. Vinoth Kumar, N. Kumaran, N. Boomathi and S. Kuttalam

217

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Residues of Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Insecticides and Chlorpyriphos in Market Samples of Mutton

M. Suganthy, S. Kuttalam and S. Chandrasekaran

221

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Bioefficacy of Bifenthrin 10 EC against Sucking Insects, Bollworms and Natural Enemies in Cotton

N. Balakrishnan, B. Vinoth Kumar and P. Sivasubramanian

225

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Determination of Bifenthrin Residues in Cotton

N. Balakrishnan, B. Vinoth Kumar and P. Sivasubramanian

230

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Serodiagnosis of New Viral Disease of Sunflower in Tamil Nadu

R. Kannan and M. Ramiah

234

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Staining Technique for Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus of Silkworm, Bombyx mori

S. Manimegalai

241

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Biorational Effects of Organic Manures, Botanicals and Biopesticides against Tomato Fruit Borer, Helicoverpa armigera and Its Egg Parasitoid, Trichogamma chilonis

K. Sathish, S. Raguraman and N. Ganapathy

243

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Diversity of Coccinellids in Cereals, Pulses, Vegetables and in Weeded and Partially Weeded Rice-Cowpea ecosystems in Madurai District of Tamil Nadu

B.S. Rekha, J. Ramkumar, M. Kandibane, S. Raguraman and M. Swamiappan

251

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Agricultural Engineering

 

 

Drying Characteristics of Coconut in Solar Tunnel Dryer

S. Kulanthaisami, P. Subramanian, R. Mahendiran,P. Venkatachalam and A. Sampathrajan

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