{"title":"Impact of Temperature Regimes on the Growth and Development of Cryptolaemus montrouzieri on Planococcus citri in Guava","authors":"Allwin Loveson, Durairaj Cinnasamy","doi":"10.18811/ijpen.v8i01.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18811/ijpen.v8i01.13","url":null,"abstract":"Under laboratory condition the developmental periods of Cryptolaemus montrouzieri was reduced to an extent of 22.7 days at 35°C when fed with Planococcus citri while it was maximum (39.0 days) at 20°C. The adult longevity ranged from 47.4 to 51.2 days at 25°C and was less (37.6 days) at 35°C for both the sexes. The number of eggs laid per female (328.5) and feeding potential (182.6 nos) were maximum at 30°C than at 20°C and 35°C.","PeriodicalId":14298,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89062540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correlation Analysis for Seed Yield and its Related Attributes in Genotypes of Sesame (Sesame indicum L.)","authors":"S. Kanté, P. Wadikar, P. Sargar, S. S. Patil","doi":"10.18811/ijpen.v8i01.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18811/ijpen.v8i01.11","url":null,"abstract":"The present study was conducted to determine the correlation coefficients among the seed yield and yield contributing characters in 65 genotypes of sesame. The seed yield per plant recorded significant and positive association with capsule length (cm), plant height (cm), number of capsules, number of seeds per capsules, 1000- seed weight (g) and oil content (%) at both phenotypic and genotypic levels. As per correlations analysis, it is concluded that, the selection for these characters can be helpful for improving the yield potential of sesame.","PeriodicalId":14298,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88580373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Medicinal Plants: The Rising Strategy for Synthesis of Modern Medicine","authors":"A. Jindal, C. S. Seth","doi":"10.18811/ijpen.v8i01.09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18811/ijpen.v8i01.09","url":null,"abstract":"The knowledge of the medicinal properties of the plants is rooted back in the cultural transmission of historic traditions, and beliefs of the inhabitants of a given geographical area, and in the ancient texts, literature such as Ebers Papyrus, De Materia Medica. The ethnic communities such as Bhotiya residing in the Byans valley of West Himalaya, India; Chin indigenous group of Myanmar still customize their herbal formulations from different plant parts depending upon the types of disease for disease prevention and treatment. However, with the change in consumer behavior, the pharmaceutical industries are gaining interest in the formulation of modern medicines based upon natural plant extracts, or the isolated bioactive compounds.","PeriodicalId":14298,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83823090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Heterosis Studies for Oil Content, Yield and Yield Contributing Characters in Hybrids of Sunflower","authors":"V. Ghodekar, P. Sargar, S. A. Samindre, M. Ghodke","doi":"10.18811/ijpen.v8i01.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18811/ijpen.v8i01.08","url":null,"abstract":"The prevailing investigation was undertaken with the goals to study the heterosis for oil content, seed yield and its components traits in sunflower. Six female lines were crossed with 4 male lines in order to obtain 24 F1s. The crosses and parents with checks, have been evaluated in a Randomized Block design with two replications, at experimental farm at Oilseeds research station, Latur. Data had been recorded on ten characters. An extensive range of heterosis for all the characters was determined in two hybrids viz., CMS-108A x EC-198075 and CMS-108A x EC-601957, exhibited significant negative heterosis for early flowering and days to maturity over each check LSFH-35 and LSFH-171.The hybrids viz., CMS-207A x IB-22 and CMS-207A x EC-178178 recorded excessive significant heterosis in desirable direction over each standard check LSFH-35 and LSFH-171for yield and yield components.","PeriodicalId":14298,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88319067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Salt Affected Soil and its Management in the University Crop Cafeteria, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India","authors":"Mahesh Singh, Ankit Bharti, G. Bhatt, P. Jain","doi":"10.18811/ijpen.v8i01.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18811/ijpen.v8i01.12","url":null,"abstract":"The research paper pays attention related to the management of soil salinity assessment in the Galgotias University, Crop Cafeteria, located in Greater Noida, District Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. The research work analyzes the chemical, physical and biological properties of the soil quality assessment, before and after the reclamation to find out the feasible way to indulgence saline soils. The soil pH in 2018 was 8.75 which after three years of crop nurturing and reclamation efforts reduced to pH 8.0. The soil organic carbon was too low in the year 2018 and it was reported 0.27, 0.35, 0.39 and 0.45 % in the year 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 respectively which is positive sign for reclamation. The soil quality was improved through the scientific and traditional procedure using cow dung manure, vermicompost, neem cake, gypsum and grow green manure (Sesbania bisponosa) and found the improvement in the soil structure, size patterns and agriculture productivity.","PeriodicalId":14298,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72999505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biodeterioration Activity of Lichens Communities on Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka World Heritage Zone, Madhya Pradesh, India","authors":"Aahuti . Bajpai, G. Mishra, D. Upreti, P. Tandon","doi":"10.18811/ijpen.v8i01.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18811/ijpen.v8i01.07","url":null,"abstract":"The study deals with lichen diversity on monuments of Bhimbetka rock shelters at Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh. The micro-climatic conditions of the monuments provide excellent habitat for lichens to colonize. A total of 40 species of lichens belonging to 10 lichen communities exhibit their occurrence on the rock shelters. The crustose and squamulose lichen communities with 21 species exhibit their dominance followed by eight Physioid and seven Teloschistacean communities. The ecology of lichen communities colonizing Bhimbetka rock shelters together with their deteriorating and bioprotecting role is also discussed.","PeriodicalId":14298,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78428811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Rehman, R. Qamar, M. Safdar, A. Rehman, Shakeel Ahmad, M. Nadeem, M. Hassan
{"title":"Role of Plant Growth Promoters on Sugarcane Production Propagated Through Budchips in Semiarid Region of Pakistan","authors":"A. Rehman, R. Qamar, M. Safdar, A. Rehman, Shakeel Ahmad, M. Nadeem, M. Hassan","doi":"10.33687/jpe.003.02.3768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33687/jpe.003.02.3768","url":null,"abstract":"One of the alternative ways of sugarcane sett planting is to sow excised sugarcane buds, popularly called as budchips. Despite the advantages of budchip technology, sugarcane growers are failed to achived higher production under field conditions due to rapid exhaustion of small sized storage tissue (budchip). Evaluate the role of varied concentrations of nephtahline acetic acid and calcium chloride on growth, production and quality of budships in semi-arid condition during two consecutive spring seasons of 2018 and 2019. Results from both years 2018 and 2019, showed that significantly (P ≤ 0.05) improved in sprouting establishment (86%), leaf area index (11.98 and 11.96), leaf area duration (1272 and 1293 days), crop growth rate (11.58 and 11.02 g m-2 day-1), net assimilation rate (2.53 and 2.55 g m-2 day-1), cane height (203 and 224 cm), number of tillers m-2 (27 and 26), cane diameter (2.97 and 3.01 cm), stripped cane yield (101.98 and 98.52 t ha-1), commercial can sugar (14.45 and 14.39%), sugar yield (16.77 and 16.75 t ha-1) were recorded in budchips soaked with CaCl2 2% + NAA 2 ppm. In above studied traits, significantly (P ≤ 0.05) minimum was recorded in budchips soaked with CaCl2 0% + NAA 0 ppm (control). On the basis of above results, it might be recommended to farmers who want to adopt this budchip technology should soaked budchips within 2% solution of CaCl2 with 2 ppm NAA that was suitable for improving growth, yield and quality of sugarcane budchip.","PeriodicalId":14298,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84548306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammad Nadeem Asghar, S. Khan, N. Javed, Muhammad Arshad
{"title":"Exploring Citrus Nematodes and its Antagonists in Citrus Growing Areas of Punjab, Pakistan","authors":"Muhammad Nadeem Asghar, S. Khan, N. Javed, Muhammad Arshad","doi":"10.33687/jpe.003.02.3714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33687/jpe.003.02.3714","url":null,"abstract":"Citrus nematode (Tylenchulus semipenetrans) is a major threat to the citrus industry in Pakistan. During 2019-20, a survey was carried out for citrus nematode and its antagonists in citrus orchards (Both healthy and declining trees were samples) of Punjab, Pakistan. Bhalwal, Shahpur, Sillanwali, Kotmomin, Sargodha, Quaidabad, Jhang, and Rahim Yar Khan were surveyed for disease incidence, prevalence, and association of T. semipenetrans. Maximum disease prevalence (100%) was recorded in Rahim Yar Khan while minimum (20%) in Bhalwal and Kotmomin. Maximum slow decline with 80% field incidence was observed in Rahim Yar Khan while a minimum of 20% in Quaidabad. Soil and root samples were used for nematode extraction using Baerman's funnel method and the Whitehead Hemming tray method. A maximum number of J2s/100ml of soil were observed in soil samples taken from Rahim Yar Khan (1674) followed by Shahpur (1534), Qaidabad (1432), Sargodha (1347), and Bhalwal (1172). The highest number of nematode females per gram of root were recorded in Rahim Yar Khan (652) followed by Quaidabad (611), Bhalwal (490), Kotmomin (421), Sillanwali (387). Isolation of different fungal and bacterial antagonist isolates was also done by soil dilution plate technique using nutrient agar media and potato dextrose agar media. Identification of fungal antagonists was made on colony growth, color, and spore structure. Bacterial identification was also done on morphological characters and gram tests. Trichoderma harzianum, Trichoderma viride, Trichoderma koningii Trichoderma atroviride, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Pseudomonas putida, Bacillus cereus and Bacillus subtilis were found associated.","PeriodicalId":14298,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT","volume":"114 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84766383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Ullah, A. Hussain, I. A. Rajwana, Ambreen Naz, Gulzar Akhtar, M. Amin, H. N. Faried, M. Zafar, M. Shafique
{"title":"Standardization of Growing Media for Grapes Nursery Production","authors":"S. Ullah, A. Hussain, I. A. Rajwana, Ambreen Naz, Gulzar Akhtar, M. Amin, H. N. Faried, M. Zafar, M. Shafique","doi":"10.33687/jpe.003.02.3788","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33687/jpe.003.02.3788","url":null,"abstract":"Nursery production of grapes in soil-based media causes higher mortality due to soil-borne diseases including root rot, damping off, phytophthora and die back etc. The study was planned to explore the potential of various growing media for the nursery production of grapes cv. Sultana-C through cuttings. Six different growing media including peat moss, silt, sugarcane bagasse, saw dust, coconut fiber and farm yard manure alone and in different combinations (16) were tested. Treatments were arranged under Completely Randomized Design (CRD) and replicated five times. Results indicated that grapes cutting planted in (GM13) media combination of sugarcane bagasse, silt and saw dust (1:1:1) exhibited highest sprouting percentage (100%) and significant results for shoots and roots length (41.4 and 40.4 cm respectively), inter-nodal distance (3.4 cm), leaf area (78.93 cm), no. of leaves (12.3), shoots diameter (10.43 cm) and fresh weight of shoots and roots (17.35 and 19.84 g) as compared to other growing media. Maximum mortality percentage was observed in media (GM6) containing Silt + FYM (1:1) and (GM18) sawdust + FYM + coconut fiber (1:1:1). Conclusively, the combination of sugarcane bagasse, silt and saw dust (1:1:1) has been proved highly significant for survival and growth of grapes nursery.","PeriodicalId":14298,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91363334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teratological Evidences in Fish Fauna with reference to Water Quality of Doon Valley, Uttarakhand","authors":"D. Rana, S. Gupta, R. Rana","doi":"10.18811/ijpen.v7i04.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18811/ijpen.v7i04.12","url":null,"abstract":"Fish fauna of Doon Valley (part of District Dehradun) was explored alongwith 15 physical and chemical water quality parameters. Fish and water sampling was done of five major rivers viz., Baldi, Song and Suswa in the Eastern and Tons and Asan in the Western part of Doon Valley. While doing the taxonomical analysis, four teratological evidence were recorded in the fish species. Teratological manifestation with respect to furcated rostral barbel was observed in one female specimen of Paracanthocobitis botia, furcated maxillary barbel was seen in one specimen of Glyptothorax pectinopterus, forked rostral barbel in Lepidocephalichthys guntea and furcated caudal fin in Heteropneustes fossilis. The fluctuation pattern in water quality all through 3 different seasons reflected an increment pattern from summer to rainy in the parameters like depth, width, water velocity, CO2, turbidity and TDS. The declining trend in the values of the aforesaid parameters was noticed beyond rainy months. From rainy to winters, the increment in values was noticed in DO, pH, hardness, alkalinity, BOD, nitrate and phosphate was observed. The parameters which showed increment in values from winters to summers include AT, WT, CO2. Width, depth and WV have been the chief physical factors with wide range of variations. BOD, Hardness, NO3 TDS, DO and CO2 values seemed more important from the quality of water chemistry point of view. Seasonal variation in physical and chemical parameters have also been observed.","PeriodicalId":14298,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT","volume":"221 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73185694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}