Jayashree Ugalat

University of Horticultural Sciences · Crop Improvement and Bio-technology Programme

Watermelon rind, often considered agricultural waste and frequently disposed of, contributes to environmental problems and biomass loss. This study seeks to analyze the distinct Biochemical profiles of watermelon rind, highlighting variations among different cultivars of Bangalore, Karnataka. Total soluble solids, pH, Moisture, titratable acidity,...

A set of 60 accessions of Garcinia indica (Choisy), comprised of two to five years old, established as part of ex-situ field gene bank at the College of Horticulture, Bengaluru were evaluated for growth and development related characters over two consecutive years, 2019-20 and 2020-21. A set of 11 growth traits significantly varied in their relativ...

The five pathogenic isolates of Puccinia horiana causing rust disease in Chrysanthemum representing different growing areas exhibited diversity with respect morphological characters such as length and breadth of teliospores and basidiospores. In order to prove the pathogenicity, spore suspension preparation of P1 isolate was prepared using 0.1 M ph...

Pummelo (Citrus grandis L.) is one of the important tropical fruit crops among the citrus group. Since pummelo is a monoembryonic and crosspollinated crop, vegetative propagation is critical for obtaining true-to-type plants. A study entitled “Performance of different genotypes of pummelo (Citrus grandis L.) for softwood grafting success and growth...

Fifteen isolates of Ceratocystis fimbriata collected from different locations in Karnataka were characterized using ITS gene technology. It produced an amplification size of 600–650 bp, which indicated that all the isolates belong to the genus Ceratocystis, thus confirming the identity of the pathogenic isolates. To test genetic variability, isolat...

Ultra-fine formulations edible dried fruit rind material provides a vast range of opportunities for the development of new products and applications in the food systems. The Garcinia indica and Garcinia cambogia, both species have a range of uses from culinary to healthcare applications. The dried rind of both species was attempted to study size an...

Pomegranate (Punica granatum) is one of the commercially important fruit crops of India. Wilt caused by Ceratocystis fimbriata Ell. and Halts is one of the major production constraints affecting its cultivation in all major growing areas of the country. Therefore, roving survey was conducted during 2018-19 and 2019-20 in major pomegranate growing s...

An experiment was conducted under insect proof net and open condition the performance of papaya (Carica papaya L.) on application of different growth promoting substances under net house and open condition. The experiment was laid out in factorial randomized block design with three replications and twelve treatments. Results indicated that yield at...

The medicinally important and nutritionally rich tree tamarind is grown widely in India. Many tamarind grooves are existing in Karnataka, which is a wide source of morphological and genetic variations for breeders to crop improvement. Every part of the tree has number of applications in many trades. Owing to its importance in multi-sectors, aim of...

A monotypic genus crop tamarind is one of the important grown in India. The multipurpose tree comprises multiuse in cuisine preparation to medicine. All the parts of the tree have been used in many industries. The present study was conducted to assess the quantum of diversity in seventeen morphological traits of identified distinct 96 tamarind geno...

Moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) is a widespread multipurpose tree with great potential as a high-value crop for its nutritive, therapeutic and prophylactic properties with several industrial applications. Almost every part of the tree is useful with varied end uses. It is an interesting plant owed to its bioactive compounds. Moringa species have be...

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is a multipurpose C4 plant that ranks fifth among the important cereal crops at the global level. It is a staple crop well-adapted to water-deficit environments, hence, considered as a crop of choice for marginal lands. Inherently sorghum possesses high levels of abiotic stress tolerance compared to other cerea...

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is an immensely valuable staple cereal crop across semi-arid tropical regions of the world and is regarded as a nutritionally potential crop compared to other cereals with high fibre content, minerals and slow digestibility. A multitude of bacterial, fungal and viral pathogens and several insect pests cause sig...

Chia is an important medicinal crop with lot of nutritional value in seeds and there is lot of demand to chia seeds grown without any chemical application. In this context, present study was concentrated on foliar application of different elicitors at 25 and 50 days after sowing as effective plant protectants by inducing plant defense response. Bot...

Chia is an important super food crop with lot of medicinal value getting more popularity in recent days because of heart healthy omega-3 fatty acid content. The cultivation of chia in India was started by few farmers near Mysuru which is a finger millet growing area and now the cultivation has spread to other parts of the state and also neighboring...

Chia is an important super food crop with lot of medicinal value getting more popularity in recent days because of heart healthy omega-3 fatty acid content. The cultivation of chia in India was started by few farmers near Mysuru which is a finger millet growing area and now the cultivation has spread to other parts of the state and also neighboring...

Western Ghats of India is the centre for biological diversity many plant species including Garcinia indica. Biologically important compound (-) - Hydroxycitric acid (HCA) is a popular anti-obesity compound extracted from the fruits of Garcinia indica. The present study was conducted to understand the extent of variation for the content of –(-)HCA i...

Pomegranate is a commercially important fruit grown throughout the world. Its juice makes a delicious drink which is very nutritious, and useful due to its medicinal value. Juice blending not only improves quality and nutrition of basic raw material, but also offers to develop the new product. In this context highly nutritious pomegranate juice is...

Capsicum annuum L. was treated with arsenic (As) in pot culture condition to substantiate hazardous effects on growth and biosynthesis of some biomolecules with coexisting effects of essential nutrients namely, manganese (Mn) and phosphate (P). Treatments were applied to plants after 20, 50 and 80 days of transplanting as a soil application. Arsena...

Corky tissue incidence in sapota fruit during the summer months increased in direct proportion to the intensity and duration of stress showing a possible link between drought stress and corky tissue development. Corky tissue incidence was enhanced when the growth of newly initiated shoot buds was promoted by the application of gibberellic acid and...

Corky tissue (CT) of sapota fruit cv. Cricket ball is a physiological disorder caused by reduced seed viability during the early phase of fruit growth on the tree. The reduction of seed viability was found associated with a loss of moisture from fruit leading to CT formation. However, the exact process by which moisture is lost from fruit has not b...

Present investigation was conducted on biochemical changes during infestation of stem borer on susceptible and resistant varieties of maize. The resistant varieties showed lower TSS and TSP. Whereas, the total phenols and tannin content were more than susceptible ones, during crop growth in vegetative parts of the plant. In case of seed resistant v...

Corky tissue is a physiological disorder, affecting Cricket Ball variety of sapota to the tune of 35% or more, especially in the summer season. Very little work has been reported so far on the biochemistry of this disorder. In the present study an attempt was made to characterize the corky tissue affected fruit in biochemical and physiological view...

An investigation was made to develop a core set from the base germplasm involving 1000 accessions of Finger millet [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn] using different morpho-agronomic data on 11 quantitative and 12 qualitative characters. A core set of 77 accessions were selected using the software Power core (v. 1.0). Regarding geographical distributi...