The state of West Bengal is located between 21.03 and 27.01°N latitude and 85.05 and 89.0°E longitude. It covers an area of 8.85 million ha, representing only 2.7% of the total area of the country. Agriculture in West Bengal contributes 25% of the state GDP and employs 57% of the total work force....
Author(s)
Mitra, S. K.; Pathak, P. K.
Publisher
International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), Leuven, Belgium
Citation
Acta Horticulturae, 2013, No.975, pp 309-313
Recently, occurrence of rugose spiralling whitefly, Aleurodicus rugioperculatus, was noticed in Purba Midnapur and Howrah districts of West Bengal during April 2019 on coconut (Cocos nucifera), banana (Musa spp.), mango (Mangifera indica), sapota (Manilkara zapota), Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis...
Author(s)
Selvaraj, K.; Sumalatha, B. V.; Debrata Pal
Publisher
Coconut Development Board, Kochi, India
Citation
Indian Coconut Journal, 2019, 62, 8, pp 11-12
Diseases of major fruit crops in the red and lateritic zones of West Bengal, India were surveyed in 1996-2001. Mango was mainly affected by anthracnose (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides [Glomerella cingulata]) and Diplodia stem end rot (Diplodia natalensis [Botryodiplodia theobromae]) followed by...
Author(s)
Kaiser, S. A. K. M.; Saha, B.
Publisher
Indian Mycological Society, Calcutta, India
Citation
Journal of Mycopathological Research, 2005, 43, 2, pp 233-237
A wide range of diversity of underutilized fruit crops exist in diverse agroecological zones of West Bengal, India. However, there is no organized orcharding and no recognized cultivars for almost all of these minor or underutilized fruit crops. The western part of West Bengal, which is considered...
Author(s)
Kundu, S.; Chawdhury, R. R.; Ghosh, S. N.; Das, A.
Publisher
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, India
Citation
Proceedings of the national symposium on production, utilization and export of underutilized fruits with commercial potentialities, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India, 22-24 November, 2006, 2006, pp 83-95
Bael [Aegle marmelos], carambola [Averrhoa carambola], jamun [Syzygium cumini], loquat [Eriobotrya japonica], pummelo [Citrus maxima], rose apple [S. jambos], sapota [Manilkara zapota] and water apple [Eugenia aquea] fruit qualities were studied in a new alluvial zone in West Bengal, India. Bael...
Author(s)
Tarai, R. K.; Ghosh, B.; Kundu, S.
Publisher
MKK Publication, Calcutta, India
Citation
Environment and Ecology, 2005, 23S, Special 4, pp 711-713
Rugose spiralling whitefly (RSW), Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), an invasive pest to the Oriental region was found infesting several plantation crops like coconut, banana, guava, Indian almond, sapota, oil palm, mango, cashew, custard apple and several ornamental...
Author(s)
Pradhan, S. K.; Shylesha, A. N.; Selvaraj, K.; Sumalatha, B. V.
Publisher
Springer (India) Private Limited, New Delhi, India
Citation
Agricultural Research, 2021, 11, 3, pp 499-505
The present study was carried out to estimate the proximate compositions, fibre fractions acid detergent fibre (ADF) and neutral detergent fibre (NDF) and calcium content of guava, tamarind, watermelon, orange, papaya and date seed powders. The results showed that the seed powders under study can...
Author(s)
Mukherjee, S.; Bandyopadhayay, A.; Sengupta, S. P.; Roy, B.
Publisher
West Bengal Veterinary Association, Kolkata, India
Citation
Indian Journal of Animal Health, 2017, 56, 1, pp 59-64
Nutritional aspects of some under-exploited fruits like sapota, bael, carambola, wood apple, jangli badam, wax apple, water chest-nut and ber were studied at two stages of development viz., "pre-maturation stage" (phase-I) and "matured ripened stage" (phase-II) based on physico-chemical parameters. ...
Author(s)
Pinaki Acharyya; Biswajit Bera; Samik Sengupta
Publisher
Agricultural Society of India, Calcutta, India
Citation
Indian Agriculturist, 2008, 52, 3/4, pp 145-150
An attempt was made to develop five tea (Camellia sinensis) crop models, i.e (1) Tea + Siris (Albizia lebbeck) + Black pepper (Piper nigrum) + Turmeric (Curcuma longa), (2) Tea + Sapota (Manilkara achras [M. zapota]) + Turmeric, (3) Tea + Guava (Psidium guajava) + Turmeric, (4) Tea + Amla (Emblica...
Author(s)
Ghosh, B. C.; Palit, S.; Kanu Murmu
Publisher
International Society of Tea Science, New Delhi, India
Citation
International Journal of Tea Science (IJTS), 2008, 7, 3/4, pp 31-38
A survey of different orchards, nurseries and markets undertaken during January 2002 to August 2003 in new alluvial plains of West Bengal, India, revealed the prevalence of different diseases of some major fruit crops. On mango, four diseases, namely anthracnose (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides [...
Author(s)
Awasthi, D. P.; Sarkar, S.; Mishra, N. K.; Kaiser, S. A. K. M.
Publisher
MKK Publication, Calcutta, India
Citation
Environment and Ecology, 2005, 23S, Special 3, pp 497-499