In this study eco-friendly antimicrobial finish was developed by Azadirachata indica, Butea monosperma and Litchi chinensis and then applied on 100% silk fabric. The effectiveness of antimicrobial finish was checked up to 25 washes. The antimicrobial finish was extracted from leaves of these plants ...

Green gram (Vigna radiata L.) being a short duration nutritive legume crop, best suited for intensive cropping system in India. In North Coastal Zone of Andhra Pradesh rice-greengram is profitable cropping system but the productivity of greengram is very low due to various reasons. Front line...

Field experiment on the efficacy of five insecticides and a green pesticide (neem leaf extract) was conducted at Sabour against linseed bud fly, Dasyneura lini Barnes. It was found that all these showed significant reduction in infestation and increased yield. Fenvalerate 20 EC @ 0.005% and...

Some bio-pesticides were evaluated for the management of ginger leaf spot caused by Phyllosticta zingberi. The experiment was conducted at the laboratory and screen house of National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike during cropping seasons of 2020 and 2021. The objective of the study was to...

Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) is a very important insect pest of stored products causing economic damage to several stored grains. Laboratory bio-assay of aqueous extracts of six plants namely; Azadirachta indica (Neem), Xylopia aethiopica (Grain of selim), Cymbopogon...

The study was carried out in National root Crops Research Institute, Umudike in 2020 and 2021 to evaluate the effect of some botanical foliar sprays for the management of taro leaf blight incidence and severity, enhance disease inhibition in taro fields and, yield improvement in Umudike, South East ...

Field experiments were carried out at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Cotton Research Station, Srivilliputtur during August to January 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 to study the effect of various organic materials on growth, yield and economics of cotton variety SVPR 4 under irrigated conditions. The ...

The bio-agents viz. Trichoderma viride, T. harzianum, Pseudomonas fluorescens, plant extracts viz. neem oil @ 10% and neem seed kernel extract @ 10% and Neen leaf extract @ 10% against F. oxisporum under In vitro experiment was analyzed by using CRD with six treatments and three replication viz. ...

This study describes the impact of downy mildew (Pseudoperonospora cubensis) in high-value cucurbit crops grown in the United States. In 2017, a detailed survey was administered to cucurbits farmers. Results showed that all cucurbit crops were affected by cucurbit downy mildew (CDM) to varying...

Lesser-Utilized-Species (LUS) is also called as secondary timbers which can substitute the scarce primary timbers in wood industries. This paper attempts to assess the consumer preference for both treated and untreated secondary timbers. The sample respondents of 130 were selected on a random basis ...