There is a wide gap existed in the potential yield and farmers yield on soybean crop of Bishnupur... more There is a wide gap existed in the potential yield and farmers yield on soybean crop of Bishnupur district. The study was carried out to demonstrate the production and economic benefit of adopting improved technologies. The improved technologies consisting use of modern variety, seed treatment with Carbendazim 50% and Mancozeb 50% @ 2g/kg seed, Rhizobium japonicum @ 10g/kg seed, balanced fertilizer application (NPKS@20:40:20:20 kg/ha ) and integrated pest management. Impact assessment recorded higher yield as well as higher economic return as compared to the farmer’s local practices. The demonstration of technologies gave higher yield of 9.14 Qt/ha in an average with 70.99% increase in average yield over farmer’s local practices. The study also registered improved technology gives higher gross return (Rs. 59410/ha.), net return (Rs. 28410/ha.) with higher benefit cost ratio (1.92:1) as compared to farmer’s local practices. The results indicated that the front line demonstrations hav...
Front Line Demonstrations (FLD) on Lentil using improved variety, Lentil var. HUL 57 were conduct... more Front Line Demonstrations (FLD) on Lentil using improved variety, Lentil var. HUL 57 were conducted by the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bishnupur district during the Rabi season of the year 2017-2018 in the adopted farmer’s field in Bishnupur district of Manipur to show the higher production potentiality of the technique using improved variety. The demonstration packages on high, low and average yield of Lentil were recorded 12.85 Qt/ha., 5.79 Qt/ha., and 12.60 Qt/ha., respectively. It was found higher than yield of local checked (9.86 Qt/ha.). The technology gap in the demonstration yield over potential yield was 2 Qt/ha. The highest extension gap of 3 Qt/ha was recorded. The technology index was 12 percent. The cultivation of Lentil var. HUL 57 under improved technologies gave higher net return of Rs 72800/ha, as compared to farmers practices Rs. 56880/ha. The benefit cost ratio of Lentil var. HUL 57 under improved technologies was 2.60:1 as compared to 2.58:1 under farmer’s practices.
The super-cheap easy-to-use paper-based foldscope has been travelling around the world since the ... more The super-cheap easy-to-use paper-based foldscope has been travelling around the world since the past decades, thereby making them operational in lab-field-based applications. In this review, we have recognized the requirements for the use of this tool in the fields of plant science and especially where measurements must be rapid, cheap and easy to access wherever we go. This new microscope doesn’t require any special labels and could help increase access to low-cost plant science diagnostic testing tool and would be beneficial in developing parts of the world where there is meagre access to agricultural science lab and few high-tech diagnostic facilities. Moreover, current challenges and future perspectives are discussed to provide recommendations for further research in plant sciences.
The present study was aimed to document the morphometric variability in Wild Pomegranate (Punica ... more The present study was aimed to document the morphometric variability in Wild Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)” was carried out at two sites namely Tatool (S1) and Narag (S2) in the Department of Forest Genetic Resources, Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry Nauni, Solan (HP) during 2013-2014.. The phenological studies inclusive of phenophases, vegetative characters and reproductive characters observed earlier in Tatool (S1) followed by the second site: Narag (S2). Leaf bud swell was first observed in Tatool (S1) with the begining of 2 nd week of February followed by Narag (S2) by the 4 th week of February. Leaf bud burst was first observed in Tatool from 2 week of March followed by Narag from 3 week of March. Leafing first appeared from 4 week of March at Tatool and from 5 week of March at Narag. There was significant variation observed in leaf morphometeric characters within trees. Maximum values for leaf size and leaf area was observed for those leaves borne on l...
One of the main reasons for low productivity of crops is unavailability of reliable quality seeds... more One of the main reasons for low productivity of crops is unavailability of reliable quality seeds in the local markets. Use of quality seeds alone can enhance the crop productivity by 15–25 per cent. Considering the importance of quality seeds of rice, KVK, Bishnupur, Manipur conducted frontline demonstrations (FLDs) through participatory seed production of rice var RC-Maniphou-13 in kharif season at adopted farmers’ fields in Leimaram village, district Bishnupur, Manipur during 2017–18. The study was carried out to demonstrate the production and economic benefit of adopting improved technologies through line transplanting at 25 x 10 cm spacing in the fields of 20 adopted farmers’ fields covering an area of 10 ha. Impact assessment recorded higher yield as well as higher economic return as compared to the farmers’ local practices. The demonstration of technologies gave higher yield of 58 q/ha with 15.51 per cent increase in average yield over farmers’ local practices. The study also registered higher gross return, net return with higher benefit-cost ratio in the demonstration fields as compared to farmers’ local practices.
Punica is the sole genus in family Punicaceae and there are only two species in the genus Punica ... more Punica is the sole genus in family Punicaceae and there are only two species in the genus Punica viz: Punica granatum and Punica protopunica. Pomegranate is considered as a monoecious species developing male and perfect flowers (hermaphrodite) and being self and cross pollinated. As the cytological understanding of a species is useful in planning breeding programmes. Success of tree improvement generally depends upon the combination and expression of characters in the new genotypes which holds the key for boosting the productivity and yield of the economic product. In this context, regulation of variation through reproductive system forms the basic approach which is dependent upon the information pertaining to reproductive biology as the biological process. Therefore, the studies on reproductive biology and breeding system are pre-requisite for developing appropriate strategies for tree breeding.
Air pollution tolerant index is an index denotes capability of a plant to combat against air poll... more Air pollution tolerant index is an index denotes capability of a plant to combat against air pollution. Plants which have higher index value are tolerant to air pollution and can be used as sink to mitigate pollution, while plants with low index value show less tolerance and can be used to indicate levels of air pollution. Plants play an important role in monitoring and maintaining the ecological balance by actively participating in the cycling of nutrients and gases like carbon dioxide, oxygen and also provide enormous leaf area for impingement, absorption and accumulation of air pollutants to reduce the pollution level in the environment. The tolerant species of plants function as pollution “sink” and therefore a number of environmental benefits can be desired by planting tolerant species in polluted areas. For this purpose, evaluation of plants with respect to their tolerance level to air pollution may be essential.
There is a wide gap existed in the potential yield and farmers yield on soybean crop of Bishnupur... more There is a wide gap existed in the potential yield and farmers yield on soybean crop of Bishnupur district. The study was carried out to demonstrate the production and economic benefit of adopting improved technologies. The improved technologies consisting use of modern variety, seed treatment with Carbendazim 50% and Mancozeb 50% @ 2g/kg seed, Rhizobium japonicum @ 10g/kg seed, balanced fertilizer application (NPKS@20:40:20:20 kg/ha ) and integrated pest management. Impact assessment recorded higher yield as well as higher economic return as compared to the farmer’s local practices. The demonstration of technologies gave higher yield of 9.14 Qt/ha in an average with 70.99% increase in average yield over farmer’s local practices. The study also registered improved technology gives higher gross return (Rs. 59410/ha.), net return (Rs. 28410/ha.) with higher benefit cost ratio (1.92:1) as compared to farmer’s local practices. The results indicated that the front line demonstrations hav...
Front Line Demonstrations (FLD) on Lentil using improved variety, Lentil var. HUL 57 were conduct... more Front Line Demonstrations (FLD) on Lentil using improved variety, Lentil var. HUL 57 were conducted by the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bishnupur district during the Rabi season of the year 2017-2018 in the adopted farmer’s field in Bishnupur district of Manipur to show the higher production potentiality of the technique using improved variety. The demonstration packages on high, low and average yield of Lentil were recorded 12.85 Qt/ha., 5.79 Qt/ha., and 12.60 Qt/ha., respectively. It was found higher than yield of local checked (9.86 Qt/ha.). The technology gap in the demonstration yield over potential yield was 2 Qt/ha. The highest extension gap of 3 Qt/ha was recorded. The technology index was 12 percent. The cultivation of Lentil var. HUL 57 under improved technologies gave higher net return of Rs 72800/ha, as compared to farmers practices Rs. 56880/ha. The benefit cost ratio of Lentil var. HUL 57 under improved technologies was 2.60:1 as compared to 2.58:1 under farmer’s practices.
The super-cheap easy-to-use paper-based foldscope has been travelling around the world since the ... more The super-cheap easy-to-use paper-based foldscope has been travelling around the world since the past decades, thereby making them operational in lab-field-based applications. In this review, we have recognized the requirements for the use of this tool in the fields of plant science and especially where measurements must be rapid, cheap and easy to access wherever we go. This new microscope doesn’t require any special labels and could help increase access to low-cost plant science diagnostic testing tool and would be beneficial in developing parts of the world where there is meagre access to agricultural science lab and few high-tech diagnostic facilities. Moreover, current challenges and future perspectives are discussed to provide recommendations for further research in plant sciences.
The present study was aimed to document the morphometric variability in Wild Pomegranate (Punica ... more The present study was aimed to document the morphometric variability in Wild Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)” was carried out at two sites namely Tatool (S1) and Narag (S2) in the Department of Forest Genetic Resources, Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry Nauni, Solan (HP) during 2013-2014.. The phenological studies inclusive of phenophases, vegetative characters and reproductive characters observed earlier in Tatool (S1) followed by the second site: Narag (S2). Leaf bud swell was first observed in Tatool (S1) with the begining of 2 nd week of February followed by Narag (S2) by the 4 th week of February. Leaf bud burst was first observed in Tatool from 2 week of March followed by Narag from 3 week of March. Leafing first appeared from 4 week of March at Tatool and from 5 week of March at Narag. There was significant variation observed in leaf morphometeric characters within trees. Maximum values for leaf size and leaf area was observed for those leaves borne on l...
One of the main reasons for low productivity of crops is unavailability of reliable quality seeds... more One of the main reasons for low productivity of crops is unavailability of reliable quality seeds in the local markets. Use of quality seeds alone can enhance the crop productivity by 15–25 per cent. Considering the importance of quality seeds of rice, KVK, Bishnupur, Manipur conducted frontline demonstrations (FLDs) through participatory seed production of rice var RC-Maniphou-13 in kharif season at adopted farmers’ fields in Leimaram village, district Bishnupur, Manipur during 2017–18. The study was carried out to demonstrate the production and economic benefit of adopting improved technologies through line transplanting at 25 x 10 cm spacing in the fields of 20 adopted farmers’ fields covering an area of 10 ha. Impact assessment recorded higher yield as well as higher economic return as compared to the farmers’ local practices. The demonstration of technologies gave higher yield of 58 q/ha with 15.51 per cent increase in average yield over farmers’ local practices. The study also registered higher gross return, net return with higher benefit-cost ratio in the demonstration fields as compared to farmers’ local practices.
Punica is the sole genus in family Punicaceae and there are only two species in the genus Punica ... more Punica is the sole genus in family Punicaceae and there are only two species in the genus Punica viz: Punica granatum and Punica protopunica. Pomegranate is considered as a monoecious species developing male and perfect flowers (hermaphrodite) and being self and cross pollinated. As the cytological understanding of a species is useful in planning breeding programmes. Success of tree improvement generally depends upon the combination and expression of characters in the new genotypes which holds the key for boosting the productivity and yield of the economic product. In this context, regulation of variation through reproductive system forms the basic approach which is dependent upon the information pertaining to reproductive biology as the biological process. Therefore, the studies on reproductive biology and breeding system are pre-requisite for developing appropriate strategies for tree breeding.
Air pollution tolerant index is an index denotes capability of a plant to combat against air poll... more Air pollution tolerant index is an index denotes capability of a plant to combat against air pollution. Plants which have higher index value are tolerant to air pollution and can be used as sink to mitigate pollution, while plants with low index value show less tolerance and can be used to indicate levels of air pollution. Plants play an important role in monitoring and maintaining the ecological balance by actively participating in the cycling of nutrients and gases like carbon dioxide, oxygen and also provide enormous leaf area for impingement, absorption and accumulation of air pollutants to reduce the pollution level in the environment. The tolerant species of plants function as pollution “sink” and therefore a number of environmental benefits can be desired by planting tolerant species in polluted areas. For this purpose, evaluation of plants with respect to their tolerance level to air pollution may be essential.
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