In Haryana condition, studies carried on cultivation of G. lucidum during 2013 and 2014, a combination of wheat straw+saw dust (1:1), having a 20% dosage of wheat bran as supplement and amended with calcium sulphate (3%) and calcium carbonate (1%), was filled in polypropylene bags, plugged,...

A new lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) variety 'Sunny Red Butter' that belongs to butter-head type has transverse broad elliptical leaf with red color. Crossbreeding of 'Oriana' and 'Cardinale' was made to obtain seeds of the F₁ generation. Subsequent generations were selected using in pedigree methods...

A low cost tractor drawn carrot bed loosening implement was developed to assist in carrot harvesting. It reduces human drudgery involved in carrot harvesting. The implement consisted of frame, carrot bed loosening unit and side thrust balancing unit. The bed loosening unit comprised a rectangular...

An experiment was conducted during 2013-14 at Research Farm of the Department of Vegetable Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar to study the effect of different times of harvesting on yield contributing characters of garlic (Allium sativum L.). The experiment was laid out in...

The present investigation was conducted during kharif 2010 at three locations viz., Vegetable Experimental Farm, SKUAST-K, Shalimar; KVK, Malangpora and RRS & FOA, Wadura. The basic materials consisted of 10 genotypes of sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) viz., SP-4, SP-21, SP-29, SP-31, SP-32,...

An experiment was conducted during the year 2013-14 at Urban Technology Park, Division of Vegetable Science, Habbak, Srinagar. The carrot stecklings were graded into four classes with respect to their weights. Each of the four grades of stecklings was transplanted at four different spacings....

Objective: The influence of different host tree, different inoculation methods, different inoculation time, different times after inoculation on the Phlebopus portentous infection of the host tree roots and the fruit body were studied. Method: Spore suspension of mature fruit body, liquid, solid...

Objective: Based on the observation of phenology and investigation of growth characteristics of Ziziphus jujuba 'Huizao' its three bud mutation strains (gray experiment 2, gray experiment 7 and gray experiment 8) were studied to explore their differences in growth adaptability and provide...

This research was aimed to evaluate the agronomic and quality traits of sainfoin (Onobrychis sativa L.) available in the Natural Resources Gene Bank of Iran. The study was conducted in a complete randomized block design with two replications in Karaj (Alborz Iran) for two years. Forage dry matter...