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{"title":"Genetic Variability and Character Association for Fodder Yield and its Related Traits in Pearl Millet over Locations under Rainfed Conditions of Gujarat","authors":"K. Dhedhi, V. Ansodariya, N. N. Chaudhari, J. M. Sanghani, J. Sorathiya","doi":"10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/110-115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/110-115","url":null,"abstract":"A set of 23 genotypes of fodder pearl millet were studied for genetic variability, heritability, genetic advance and character association of green fodder yield and its components at Jamnagar and Dhari under rainfed condition of Gujarat during Kharif -2014. The analysis of variance revealed highly significant differences among the genotypes for all the seven characters studied. All the genotypes showed considerable amount of variation in their mean performance with respect to the characters studied, indicates presence of sufficient variability and scope for further selection and breeding superior and desirable genotypes. The variability analysis revealed that harvest index, grain yield, dry fodder yield and green fodder yield had high magnitude of phenotypic range, genotypic co-efficient of variation, phenotypic co-efficient of variation, heritability and genetic advance expressed as percentage of mean thereby suggesting the importance of additive gene action. Hence, these characters can be improved through simple selection process. Green fodder yield had significant positive correlation with days to 50 per cent flowering, days to maturity and dry fodder yield at both genotypic and phenotypic levels indicating any increase in these traits will increase the green fodder yield.","PeriodicalId":411017,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORESTRY AND CROP IMPROVEMENT","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133412629","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":"Fodder production potential of pearl millet cultivars under marginal environments of Gujarat","authors":"K. Dhedhi, V. Ansodariya, N. N. Chaudhari, J. Sorathiya","doi":"10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/90-95","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/90-95","url":null,"abstract":"Field experiments were carried out at Pearl millet Research Station, Junagadh Agricultural University (JAU), Jamnagar and Grassland Research Station, JAU, Dhari during Kharif 2014, to know the performance of 17 cultivars of fodder pearl millet under marginal environments of Gujarat. Significant differences were observed among the cultivars for days to 50 per cent flowering, days to maturity, grain yield and green fodder yield while differences for plant height, plant population and dry fodder yield were non-significant. The locations differences were found significant for all the characters except days to 50 per cent flowering and days to maturity. The cultivars x locations differences were reflected non-significant for all the traits except plant height and plant population. Days to 50 per cent flowering ranged from 55 days (IP 20611) to 78 days (IP 14753). Days to maturity varied between 84 days (DFMH 30) to 100 days (IP 14294, IP 19415). The cultivar IP 19415 (294 cm) was the tallest cultivar, while, IP 14753 (223 cm) was the shortest cultivar. Grain yield was observed between 5.34 q/ha (IP 20577) to 16.68 q/ha (check PAC 981). Dry fodder yield ranged from 72 q/ha (IP 20611) to 131 q/ha (IP 10437). The cultivar IP 10151 (238 q/ha) produced the highest green fodder yield among all the cultivars followed by IP 20577 (236 q/ha) and IP 10437 (234 q/ha). Thus, these three cultivars viz. , IP 10151, IP 20577 and IP 10437 may be considered for general cultivation under marginal environments of Gujarat.","PeriodicalId":411017,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORESTRY AND CROP IMPROVEMENT","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116526288","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":"Natural resource management and their conservation: Critical issues for nutitional security by hill agriculture","authors":"Vikas Sharma, Deepak Kumar, R. Kumar, S. Gupta, Rakesh Sharma","doi":"10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/132-136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/132-136","url":null,"abstract":"Issue I: Rainfed agriculture : Less than 10 per cent of the cultivated area in intermediate zone of J&K is irrigated (Anonymous, 2011). Hence, the abundance and distribution of rainfall is of utmost importance for agriculture. The distribution of mean annual rainfall in Rajouri is presented in Fig.1, which indicates that annually there are two crests in the mean distribution curve coinciding with the Kharif (larger crest) and Rabi (smaller crest) seasons, respectively. Thus, the rainfall distribution pattern is very suitable for growing both the Rabi and Kharif crops. The mean annual rainfall for the period 2004-2014 in Rajouri was 902 mm of which average rainfall during the Kharif months (April to October) was 624 mm and during Rabi months (November to March) was 278 mm. However, as evident from Fig. 1, the actual distribution of rainfall during various years is erratic with non-uniform period of drought and rains in various months. At the same time, we see that there is no season with a complete drought as rains do occur at some point of time during the crop","PeriodicalId":411017,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORESTRY AND CROP IMPROVEMENT","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122767905","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":"Effect of seed maturity on germination and seedling growth of Physalis peruviana (L.)","authors":"Angrej Ali, B. Singh","doi":"10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/100-104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/100-104","url":null,"abstract":"An experiment was conducted to assess the effect of seed maturity on germination and seedling growth of cape gooseberry ( Physalis peruviana L.). Seeds extracted from the fruits harvested at three stages of fruit development i.e. S 1 -49 days after fruit set, S 2 -56 days after fruit set and S 3 -63 days after fruit set and used for germination test and growth analysis of the seedlings. Results revealed that highest germination (93.86 %) was in the seeds those extracted from 56 days after fruits set (S 2 ), followed by S 3 -63 days after fruit set (86.39%), while minimum germination (80.71 %) was observed in the seeds of 49 days maturity (S 1 ). Seeds extracted from 56 days after fruit set exhibited better seedling growth in terms of higher shoot length, root length, collar thickness, number of leaves and leaf area, however, the results were at par with S 3 treatment. Dry matter accumulation in the seedlings was also highest in the seedling those raised from the seeds extracted at 56 days after fruit set.","PeriodicalId":411017,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORESTRY AND CROP IMPROVEMENT","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125953656","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":"Seed priming - an effective method for crop production.","authors":"Apurba Das, R. Boruah, Sanku Moni Sharma, Joyarani Pegu","doi":"10.15740/has/ijfci/6.1/83-86","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15740/has/ijfci/6.1/83-86","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":411017,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORESTRY AND CROP IMPROVEMENT","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121777931","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":"Fuel wood, fodder and timber consumption status in a forest fringe tribal society of Jharkhand.","authors":"Chandramolly, M. A. Islam","doi":"10.15740/has/ijfci/6.1/71-76","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15740/has/ijfci/6.1/71-76","url":null,"abstract":"The study examines the nature and extent of fuel wood, fodder and timber dependence in nearby forests by the local people living in Rarha village of Ranchi district in Jharkhand, India. A field survey of 72 households from the village was conducted for collecting primary data about the basic household’s attributes, dependency on fuel wood, fodder and timber and consumption pattern of these forest resources through a well-structured pre-tested interview schedule, personal observations, focus group discussion and participatory rural appraisal using multi-stage random sampling technique. Simple descriptive methods are used to analyse the data. The investigation revealed that the consumption of fuel wood was maximum (50.94 qt yr -1 ) by large farmers followed by medium farmers (40.95 qt yr -1 ) and least by small farmers (29.97 qt yr -1 ) and the fodder consumption was also maximum (23.43 qt yr -1 ) among large farmers followed by medium farmers (21.90 qt yr -1 ) and least by small farmers (20.43 qt yr -1 ). Similarly, the m aximum small timber consumption was recorded in large farmers (48.58 qt yr -1 ) followed by medium farmers (42.54 qt yr -1 ) and least by small farmers (39.49 qt yr -1 ). As regards structural timber consumption, the amount consumed by large farmers was calculated to be (28.85 qt yr -1 ), followed by medium farmers (26.31 qt yr -1 ) and least by small farmers (24.67 qt yr -1 ). The forests are facing enormous pressure for securing the needs by the local people, posing great threat to the biodiversity and environment. Therefore, the forest resources conservation through the intervention of alternative avenues is imperative to keep pace with current development and future challenges in the village.","PeriodicalId":411017,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORESTRY AND CROP IMPROVEMENT","volume":"140 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124784876","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":"Evaluation of wheat sowing technologies under paddy residue conditions","authors":"Ajaib Singh","doi":"10.15740/has/ijfci/6.1/49-54","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15740/has/ijfci/6.1/49-54","url":null,"abstract":"Evaluation of different wheat sowing technologies under paddy residue conditions were conducted in a combine harvested paddy field. Field of paddy variety PR-121 was harvested with combine. The straw load was 8.22 t/ha at moisture content of 20.2 per cent. Wheat variety (HD 2967) was sown with different farm machines viz., T 1 : Happy seeder, T 2 : Spatially modified no till drill and T 3 : Roto till drill in combine harvested paddy fields. In T 1 , all the paddy straw was remained in the field itself but spreaded uniformly manually/stubble shaver, in T 2 , 40 per cent of loose paddy straw removed manually/chopping of paddy straw with paddy straw chopper cum spreader while in T 3 , there was a partial collection of loose paddy straw manually for better operation of the machines. The grain yield was maximum in treatment T 2 (5395.9 kg/ha).","PeriodicalId":411017,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORESTRY AND CROP IMPROVEMENT","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123367518","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":"Effect of organic farming practices on soil properties and beneficial soil micro-organism.","authors":"R. F. Channagouda, H. Babalad, S. B. Salimath","doi":"10.15740/has/ijfci/6.1/1-11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15740/has/ijfci/6.1/1-11","url":null,"abstract":"The field experiment was carried out at MARS, Dharwad during Kharif 2010-11 and 2011-12 to study the effect of organic farming practices on soil properties and beneficial soil micro-organism among the organic manurial treatments, application of EC (1/3) + VC (1/3) + gliricidia GLM (1/3) equivalent to RDF recorded significantly higher uptake of N, P 2 O 5 and K 2 O (72.53, 14.26 and 77.3 kg ha -1 , respectively) over EC (1/3) + VC (1/3) + GLM (1/3) equivalent to RDN. Among the organic treatment combinations, application of EC (1/3) + VC (1/3) + gliricidia GLM (1/3) equivalent to RDF with foliar spray of Panchagavya @ 5 per cent recorded significantly higher uptake of N, P 2 O 5 and K 2 O (73.80, 15.16 and 78.4 kg ha -1 , respectively) over other organic combinations and was at par with (1/3) + VC (1/3) + GLM (1/3) equivalent to RDF with borax @ 0.2 per cent + MgSO 4 @ 1 per cent and RDF + FYM. Among the nutrient management practices, integrated application of EC (1/3) + VC (1/3) + gliricidia GLM (1/3) equivalent to RDF recorded significantly higher available soil N, P 2 O 5 and K 2 O (282.5, 28.8, 328.3 kg ha -1 , respectively) over FYM @ 5 t ha -1 ). + RDF. Combined application of EC (1/3) + VC (1/3) + GLM (1/3) equivalent to RDF and EC (1/3) + VC (1/3) + GLM (1/3) equivalent to RDN recorded significantly higher organic carbon (5.6 and 5.5 g kg -1 ). respectively) over FYM @ 5 t ha -1 + RDF (5.2 g kg -1 ). Integrated application of EC (1/3) + VC (1/3) + gliricidia GLM (1/3) equivalent to RDF recorded significantly higher bacteria, fungal, actinomycetes, phosphorus solubilising bacteria, N 2 -fixers, enzymes mainly phosphatase and dehydrogenase activity and soil respiration rate (73.19 cfu × 10 6 / g of soil, 26.84 cfu × 10 3 / g of soil, 39.65 cfu × 10 2 / g of soil, 26.15 cfu × 10 3 / g of soil, 29.52 cfu × 10 3 / g of soil, 25.01μ pnp/g of soil/hr, 11.99 μ TPF/g of soil/day and 9.51 mg of C or CO 2 /hr/100 g of soil, respectively) at 60 DAS as compared to application of FYM @ 5 t ha -1 + RDF. Among the different treatment combinations, application of EC (1/3) + VC (1/3) + gliricidia GLM (1/3) equivalent to RDF with foliar spray of Panchagavya @ 5 per cent recorded significantly higher bacteria, fungi, actinomycetes, N 2 -fixers and P-solubilizer, phosphatase and dehydrogenase enzyme activity and soil respiration rate over RDF + FYM.","PeriodicalId":411017,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORESTRY AND CROP IMPROVEMENT","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129384025","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":"Evaluation of Biochemical Changes during the Storage of Poultry Composts for Effective Land Application","authors":"M. Prasanthrajan, S. Shalini, T. Balaji, P. Veeramani","doi":"10.15740/has/ijfci/6.1/87-90","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15740/has/ijfci/6.1/87-90","url":null,"abstract":"An incubation experiment was conducted to assess the storability of poultry droppings compost for effective utilization and field application. In general, the nutrient content of the compost will vary depending upon the quantity and nutrient content of the manure, age of the compost and the method of storage. In our present study, we found that the storage of poultry droppings under normal condition did not influence the pH of the compost in the first 30 days but a slight reduction in pH (0.1 to 0.2) was observed between 30 th day and 45 th day. The Electrical Conductivity (EC) of the stored compost was increased but the level of increase was not exceeded 0.02 dS m -1 . A slight increase in total nitrogen content was recorded during storage of poultry compost and this might be due to moisture loss and reduction in volume. A slight decrease in total phosphorus and total potassium was also recorded in the stored compost during 75 th and 90 th day of storage. The microbial population was high between 30th and 45th day of storage. Compost contained a relatively large amount of micro-organisms associated to organic nitrogen mineralization which might have altered the chemical properties. There was no much variation in the nutrient status of the compost during first 45 days of storage and hence the poultry compost can be applied to land within 45 days after its maturity to derive maximum benefits.","PeriodicalId":411017,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORESTRY AND CROP IMPROVEMENT","volume":"110 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115622129","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":"Factors Affecting the Knowledge Extent about Agroforestry System","authors":"S. K. Singh, R. K. Doharey, Prakash Singh","doi":"10.15740/has/ijfci/6.1/32-35","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15740/has/ijfci/6.1/32-35","url":null,"abstract":"The majority of respondents 74 per cent were found having medium level of knowledge, 13 per cent respondents who had low and high level of knowledge, respectively, the majority of all agro forestry systems of knowledge only silviculture system 54 per cent. Out of 20 variables with knowledge, 9 variables like education, caste, family size, housing pattern, annual income, transportation material, communication media, extension contact an attitude wore found highly significant. The study showed that majority of agro forestry farmers had dominated in medium category of knowledge.","PeriodicalId":411017,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORESTRY AND CROP IMPROVEMENT","volume":"170 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133216509","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}