Poornima Yadav

kerala agricultural university,thrissur · Agronomy

Moisture stress during crop growth has been identified as a major impediment to long-term agricultural productivity. Crop losses vary depending on the severity and duration of the drought, as well as the stage of growth. The objective of the present investigation was to identify superior genotypes of horse gram with moisture stress tolerance having...

Black soldier fly Hermetia illucens (L.) larvae can serve many uses, of which potential exists for its use as a host for mass production of entomopathogenic nematodes. This study evaluates its larval instars for their suitability for rearing of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (Poinar) and Steinernema carpocapsae (Weiser). The results revealed that 4t...

Black soldier fly Hermetia illucens (L.) larvae can serve many uses, of which potential exists for its use as a host for mass production of entomopathogenic nematodes. This study evaluates its larval instars for their suitability for rearing of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (Poinar) and Steinernema carpocapsae (Weiser). The results revealed that 4t...

Silicon nutrition is gaining importance in agriculture owing to its positive effects in rice production. A field experiment was carried out at the farmer’s field in Kerala during Kharif, 2016 to evaluate different silicon sources on nutrient uptake by rice and available nutrient status of soil after the harvest. The experiment was laid out in ra...

Silicon (Si) is considered as a beneficial element for crop growth, especially for crops under Poaceae family. Rice is a typical silicon accumulating plant and it benefits from silicon nutrition. Si is absorbed in the form of monosilicic acid and its transportation is governed by three genes i.e. LSi1, LSi2 and LSi6. Silicon is deposited beneath...