Increasing the epicotyl length (ECL) of adzuki bean cultivars enhances suitability for mechanical weeding during vegetative stages and harvesting at pod maturity. To explore genetic control ECL, to identify molecular markers that could facilitate breeding increased recombinant inbred lines (RILs) were developed from a cross between Toiku161 (long epicotyls) Chihayahime (ordinary epicotyls). In ...

Abstract Intensive management practices in large-scale oil palm plantations can slow down nutrient cycling and alter other soil functions. Thus, there is a need to reduce intensity without sacrificing productivity. The aim of our study was investigate the effect on gross rates N fertility. In Jambi province, Indonesia, we established experiment plantation compare conventional (i.e. high fertili...

1.17 The drudgery of weeding is so ingrained into the lives of farmers in developing countries that weeds are taken for granted and often overlooked in pest surveys. And yet weeding by hand, typically carried out by women and children, accounts for 50% of the total labour inputs needed to produce a crop, deprives millions of children the joys of playtime – and often schooling – and adds to the ...

The field experiment was conducted at wetlands farms of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University during summer 2022 with an objective evaluating the non-chemical weed management practices in blackgram (vigna mungo). laid out randomized block design ten treatments replicated thrice. Treatments included leaf extracts sorghum, castor and papaya @ 30% concentration, citric acid 5% + garlic 0.2%, dust mul...

This study was undertaken to evaluate natural mulches for weed control in organic onion (Allium cepa) production where current practices rely on hand-weeding or plastic mulch. Three experiments were conducted over 2 years, with two experiments conducted on-farm in different years and one experiment conducted on-station. Treatments consisted of hand-weeding or mulches of wheat (Triticum aestivum...