Ajit Kumar Sahoo

Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology | OUAT · Department of Horticulture

The book gives an overview of plantation crops, and production technology of coconut, arecanut, oil palm, palmyrah palm, date palm, cashewnut, coffee, tea, cocoa and rubber. Simple and lucid language has been followed for clear and easy understanding of the beginners. The book is illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Questions are set at the e...

This book ‘Orchard and Estate Management’ covers An Overview; Clean Cultivation, Sod Culture and Sod Mulch; Herbicides; Inorganic and Organic Mulches; Horticultural Systems; Systems of Irrigation; Soil Management; Fruitfulness and Unfruitfulness; Rejuvenation of Old Orchards; Integrated Nutrient Management; Integrated Pest Management; Utilization o...

This textbook ‘Plant Propagation and Nursery Management’ is written according to the syllabus of B.Sc. (Hons.) Horticulture prescribed by the ICAR-Fifth Deans’ Committee. It covers the complete syllabus including propagation structures; nursery techniques and management; sexual method of propagation; apomixis, polymebryony, chimera and bud sport; s...

The experiment entitled "Rejuvenation study on old and senile sapota plant cv. Cricket Ball under coastal zone of Odisha" was carried out at. The investigation was undertaken on uniform 55 year old plantation of Sapota cv. Cricket Ball. The experiment was laid out in split plot design in which pruning was under main plot and spraying of plant growt...

Ber is a quick growing and early bearing fruit which yields a heavy crop every year and perhaps requires the least inputs and care. In spite of that heavy fruit drop after setting, small fruit size and poor fruit quality in many commercial cultivars is a common phenomenon in many ber growing areas in the country. In order to minimize these problems...

Unlike other horticultural crops, vegetative propagation of papaya on commercial scale is having an inherent limitation due to difficulty in obtaining sufficient number of lateral shoots. This is primarily due to the strong apical dominance that occurs as a result of the presence of auxin in the meristem zone, thereby limiting the development of la...

An experiment was conducted during the year 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 at the experimental plot, College of Agriculture, Chiplima, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Sambalpur, Odisha to find out the effect of integrated use of nutrients (organic, inorganic and biofertilizers) on yield and physico-chemical characteristics of papaya cv. C...

Pomegranate is a important commercial fruit crop of India. It is highly profitable crop to the grower, considering the moderate investment and easy culture to which its responds. Beneficial effect of various plant growth promoting substances have been reported on many fruit crops and proved beneficial for improving quality and yield. Micronutrients...

In due course of time very old trees are becoming senile and unproductive. In order to mitigate this problem, an experiment on "Effect of Different Level of Pruning on Growth, Yield and Fruit Quality of Sapota cv. Cricket Ball under Coastal Zone of Odisha" was carried out at central farm, College of Agriculture, Orissa University of Agriculture & T...

Acid lime is important fruit cop of citrus group widely cultivated in India. It is the most important source of vitamin-C and it's use in medicine as well recognized. The germination of acid lime seed is poor and after germination the growth of seedling is also poor. To overcome this problem, different plant growth regulators are being used to impr...

Very old aged trees became senile & unproductive due to overcrowding of branches, development of large numbers of sinks and infestation of pest and diseases. So, to bring back to it's previous yield potential the research on Rejuvenation studies on Sapota cv. Cricket Ball was done at HRS, College of Ag., OUAT, Bhubaneswar during the year 2013-2016....

An experiment was carried out during 2015-16 in Department of Fruit science and Horticulture Technology, College of Agriculture, OUAT, Bhubaneswar to find out the effect of evaluation of vegetative characters of different sapota genotypes under the coastal agro climate of Odisha. Variation due to divergence in genotypes was found significant. so fa...

An experiment entitled "Effect of plant growth regulators on rejuvenated sapota plant cv. Cricket Ball" was carried out at central farm, College of Agriculture, Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar during the year 2013-2016. Fifty five year old trees were rejuvenated by five different levels of pruning followed by spraying of...

An experiment was conducted to study the “influence of plant growth regulators on strawberry cv. Chandler under Odisha condition” during 2013-2014. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with ten treatments considering of control (water), GA3 (25, 50 and 100 ppm), NAA (25, 50 and 100 ppm) and IAA (25, 50 and 100 ppm) and replicate...

The term genome (derived from the words genes and chromosomes) was first used by Winkler to signify the complete set of chromosomes and their genes. Genome refers to the basic set of chromosome. In a genome each type of chromosome is represented only once. The term genomics was first used by Thomas Roderick in 1986. It refers to the study of struct...

An experiment on “Effect of growth promoting substances on rejuvenated sapota plants” was carried out at Main Garden, University Department of Horticulture, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra, India during the year 2013–2014. The investigation was done on uniform and rejuvenated 45 year old plants of sapota variety Kalipat...

An experiment "Assessment of different rootstock for softwood grafting in custard apple" was conducted during 2012-2013 at Commercial Fruit Nursery, College of Horticulture, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with six treatments of different rootstocks viz. Annona-2, Ramphal, Chan...

An experiment was carried out at the HRS, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology during the year 2013-14 which comprised of 10 treatments replicated 3 times in a RCB Design. In the treatment recommended fertilizer dose of 8:4:8 g NPK/plant was taken as control (T ); the farmer's practice of growth regulator application (planofix@1ml/4.5l o...

The experiment, "Effect of various plant growth promoting substances on seedling growth of acid lime" was carried out at Main Garden of Department of Horticulture, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola during 2011-12. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with nine treatments and three replications. Seeds were treatment w...

The experiment was carried out during the year 2012-13 at Post Harvest Technology Laboratory, Department of Horticulture, Post Graduate Institute Dr. PanjabraoDeshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola. Fully matured and uniform sized fruits of PDKV lime and seedless lime i.e. PDKV lime (V ) and seedless lime (V ) were procured from All India Co-ordinate Re...

An experiment was carried out during 2011-12 at Department with an objective to find out suitable plant growth regulator and its concentration for seed germination and seedling growth in acid lime. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with nine treatments and three replications. Seeds were treated with PGR over night before sowing...

An experimental study was performed to determine the effect of different drying methods on consumer acceptability of banana powder. Basrai banana powder was prepared from mature unripe fruits collected from local market of Akola, Maharashtra. Banana was pre-treated with potassium metabisulphite followed by drying in solar and cabinet dryer. Banana...

A major limitation that affects pineapple growers is the phenomenon of natural flowering, which results in unscheduled fruiting. The percentage of natural induction is highly unpredictable and the incidence may vary from 0% to 100% in any given year, which causes serious scheduling problems for growers and in particular, fresh market growers. Fruit...

The research has done to know the response of different foliar application of growth promoting substances on pre-bearing mango plantation on CV. Kesar. Different growth promoting substances like T 1-1 % KNO 3 ,T 2-2 % KNO 3, T 3-5 % Humic acid, T 4-10% Humic acid, T 5-NAA 25 ppm,T 6-NAA 50 ppm, T 7-0.5% Urea and T 8-1% Urea were sprayed on plant le...

Low productivity of crops could be a result of various factors including genetical, environmental, cultural and hormonal factors. Researchers have been working for crop regulation through different practices including application of chemical fertilizers. Macronutrients and micronutrients are both the key elements in plants and both are equally impo...

Guava is a very nutritive fruit and it is rich source of pectin and vitamin-C. The post harvest losses of fruit in our country go up as high as 30 per cent. Guava fruits being highly perishable have the shortest shelf life. Due to increasing production, seasonal glut in the market and perishability, market price falls down. As a result, producer do...