Association studies on soybean [Glycine max (L.)] Merrill] germplasm accessions for yield and yield attributing traits

Introduction Soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill) is a self-pollinated crop with a natural outcrossing rate of 0.03-6.32 percent [1].The soybean is indigenous to northeast Asia, particularly China.World soybean production was estimated as 385.527 million tonnes. Brazil ranks first in soybean…

Marker Assisted pedigree breeding for improvement of an elite rice variety RNR 15048 (Telangana Sona) for Bacterial Leaf Blight and Blast resistance

Introduction Rice is the most extensively studied crop among cereals because of its global significance as a food crop being the main staple food for more than half of the world’s population. In Asia, 60% of the earth’s people live…

Histo-morphological observation on the Skin, Liver, Spleen, and Kidney of Checkered keelback (Xenochrophis piscator) of Assam

INTRODUCTION The checker keel back is also known as Asiatic water snake and it is non venomous snake. The snake is endemic to Asia. They are limbless reptiles. They move their body by lateral undulation. The Assamese name of this…

Fertilizer prescription model through soil test crop response approach for carrot (Daucus carota) on an Alfisols of Southern India

Introduction The benefits of increased use of fertilizers in achieving higher targets of food grain production is very well established. However, practicing farming with high-yielding crop varieties under present fertilizer constraints due to their ever-increasing prices, a viable proposition would…

Comparison and economic analysis of artificial insemination and natural service practices in Murrah buffalo: A comprehensive field study

Introduction               The livestock sector contributes significantly to the Indian national economy, and its growth rate is expanding. This sector generated 5.21 % of the total Gross Value Added, which is around 28.36 % of the agriculture and allied sector GVA [1]. In the…