The present investigation was carried out at Field Experimentation Centre, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sam Higginbottom University, Technology Sciences, Prayagraj (UP) for “Effect Panchagavya Leaf Extracts Moringa, Neem Seaweed on Growth, Yield Attributing Traits Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L) Variety-All Green”. experiment laid in Randomized Block Design with thirteen treatments ...

Mulberry (Morus spp.) is a perennial tree cultivated for its foliage to rear the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori L. Mulberry has improved through conventional breeding in general aims to improve the quantity and quality of leaf yield, which have direct bearing on silk productivity. Leaf senescence is one of the major constraints, which restricts the quantity of quality leaf availability for ...

Why the leaves of many woody species accumulate anthocyanins prior to being shed has long puzzled biologists because it is unclear what effects anthocyanins may have on leaf function. Here, we provide evidence for red-osier dogwood (Cornus stolonifera) that anthocyanins form a pigment layer in the palisade mesophyll layer that decreases light capture by chloroplasts. Measurements of leaf absorb...

This study was carried at the experimental farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bottle gourd cv. High-green (hybrid) was grown to investigate the morpho-physiological changes and yield performance under four different levels of light (100, 75, 50 and 25% PAR). It was observed that some of the morphological characters like main stem length, internode length and indiv...

BACKGROUND Jatropha curcas L. (Jatropha) is a potential biodiesel crop that can be cultivated on marginal land because of its strong tolerance to drought and low soil nutrient content. However, seed yield remains low. To enhance the commercial viability and green index of Jatropha biofuel, a systemic and coordinated approach must be adopted to improve seed oil and biomass productivity. Here, we...

Norris et al. (1) presented data that "unequivocally support the idea of multilayer development of adventitious shoots from chimeral African violet leaf tissue" and concluded therefore that "adventitious shoots are of multicellular origin." Their conclusions, based on the recovery of variegated adventitious shoots regenerated from variegated leaves cultured in vitro, rely on the assumption that...

Spectral reflectance of plant canopies provides an accurate indication of ground cover fraction, which is highly correlated with radiation capture. If nutrients and water do not limit growth, radiation capture is highly correlated with daily growth rate and ultimate yield. However, if nutrients and water limit growth, none of the common spectral indices are able to separate a more developed, st...

due to limited water resources, applying efficient water use in agriculture is very important. this experiment was carried out in kabootarabad agricultural research station for two years using split plots in a randomized complete block design with four replications. six irrigation treatments based on evaporation from class a pan were applied as the main factor at three cotton growing stages, na...

The crop nutrition has a well-defined effect on yield and quality of forage crops. Among various essential macro nutrients, the nitrogen has a key function in improving forage yield and crude protein contents but demand of crop for nitrogen varies with the cultivars. The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of different nitrogen levels (0, 25, 50 kg ha) on forage yield and qual...