A field experiment entitled “Inter Cropping of Chilli With Coriander and Fenugreek in Prayagraj Agro-climatic Conditions” was conducted from December, 2021 – March, 2022 at the Horticulture Research Farm, Department Horticulture, Sam Higginbottom University Agriculture, Technology Sciences, Prayagraj. The laid out Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications 08 treatments. consisted si...

A field experiment entitled “Intercropping of Radish and Beetroot with Chilli under Prayagraj Agro-climatic conditions” was conducted from August, 2021 to February, 2022 at the Horticulture Research Farm, Department Horticulture, Sam Higginbottom University Agriculture, Technology Sciences, Prayagraj. The laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) three replications 12 treatments. consisted six ...

When in 1962 I started work at Chest Clinic Kandy, I occasionally used to buy chilli powder for domestic use at a chilli grinding mill at Katukelle in Kandy. The freshly ground powder at the mill was supposed to be more potent than and preferable to the old stuff sold in retail shops. Whenever I entered the premises I was assailed with bouts of coughing and sneezing, sometimes violently when th...

In countries where the consumption of chilies is high, the grinding of dried red chilies into a fine powder is a new industry. The majority of workers employed in this process suffer from sneezing, watering of the nose, and cough, all of which are maximal at the beginning of their employment. They develop tolerance within a variable period, after which this triad of symptoms occurs only when th...

Anthracnose is one of the serious diseases in chilli which affects whole plant and also fruits in particular. A study was undertaken to develop a high yielding and anthracnose disease resistant hybrid in chilli at the Dept. of Vegetable Crops, HC & RI, TNAU, Coimbatore during 2004-05. As a first step, ninety three germplasm lines maintained in the Dept. of Vegetable crops were evaluated for dis...

Chilli fruit is highly susceptible to anthracnose infection at the stage of harvest maturity, due to which the fruit yield in the leading commercial variety Byadgi is severely affected. Field studies on screening of several varieties for resistance to anthracnose have shown that a variety of chilli AR-4/99K is resistant to anthracnose infection. In many crops, resistance to fungal attack has be...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of, and factors associated with, abnormal serum cholinesterase (SChE) levels among chilli-farm workers in Chatturat District, Chaiyaphum Province. METHODS A total of 350 chilli-farm workers aged 18-60 yr were randomly sampled and interviewed. A reactive-paper finger-blood test was used to assess SChE levels. RESULTS The prevalence of abnormal SChE levels...

To examine whether various types of taste stimuli in the oral cavity elicit unique changes in facial skin blood flow (SkBF) according to the palatability perceived by an individual, the facial SkBF was observed by laser speckle flowgraphy in 15 healthy subjects (11 males and 4 females) before and during the ingestion of bitter tea, chilli sauce, coffee, orange juice, soup, and a water control. ...

The sweetpotato whitefly (WF), Bemisia tabaci, is a major pest that damages a wide range of vegetable crops in Malaysia. WF infestation is influenced by a variety of factors, including previous infestation of the host plant by other insect pests. This study investigated the effects of previous infestation of host chilli plants by the green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) on the olfactory behaviour...