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Sangita Sood , Shilpa .

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Tinosporacordifolia (Giloy) is enriched in nutritional and therapeutic values, consumed by the people hardly in the form of decoction to cure certain ailments. There is an urgent need for recognition of medicinal properties of giloy. The plants are well known for their phyto-chemical constituents. Results of the study revealed that Giloycontainsgood amount of crude fibre (12.73) and ash content (8.35%) respectively and also  enrich in various minerals, especially calcium and iron (9.41 & 9.29 mg/100g) respectively. Presently, it was attempted to utilize giloy stem samples for preparation of RTS. The prepared products were assessed for chemical, nutritional and sensory parameters. These parameters were analyzed in fresh samples as well as after the storage of 30, 60, 90 and 120 days. The beverage prepared from giloy was acceptable up to 120 days and blending of kinnow further improved the sensory quality as well. However, a slight decline in various constituents like pH, ascorbic acid and non-reducing sugars was observed during storage.  In the present scenario, where lot of emphasis is being laid on the consumption of healthy foods, development of such products might help the consumers to harness the nutritional and medicinal properties of such unexploited locally available herb.

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Muhammad Juma ¹, Parveen Sharma ¹, Akhilesh Sharma ¹, Shilpa . ¹, Neelam Bhardwaj ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Vegetable Science and Floriculture, College of Agriculture CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, IN

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GA and NAA affect various aspects of plant physiology, mainly vegetative, flowering and quality attributes 3 including yield. A field experiment was carried out during 2020-21 at vegetable farm of CSKHPKV, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh to evaluate the effects of foliar-applied plant growth regulators gibberellic acid (GA ) and 3 Naphthalene Acidic Acid (NAA) on tomato hybrid Palam Tomato Hybrid-1. Significant impact of GA and 3 NAA at different concentrations was observed on yield and quality parameters of tomato. Among the different treatments plant growth regulators GA @75 ppm resulted maximum number of fruits per plant, fruit weight 3 and marketable yield per plant, marketable yield per m2 area, ascorbic acid content plant height and minimum number of days to 50 % flowering.

Keywords

NAA, GA , protected, tomato, yield

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Saleman Sultani ¹, Janardan Singh ¹, Shilpa . ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, IN

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A field experiment was conducted during the rainy (Kharif) season of 2020 at CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur, to study the effect of organic and inorganic sources of nutrients on productivity of soybean (Glycine max L). The experiment was laid out in randomized block design comprising of eight treatments [T₁ - 75 per cent RDN (FYM), T₂ -100 per cent RDN (FYM), T₃ -75 per cent RDF (Fertilizers), T₄ - 100 per cent RDF (Fertilizers), T₅ - 50 per cent RDF (Fertilizers) + 25 per cent RDN (FYM), T₆ - 50 per cent RDF 5 6 (Fertilizers) + 50 per cent RDN (FYM), T₇ - 100 per cent RDN (FYM) + rest P and K (Fertilizers) and T₈ - Control (N P K )]. The soil of the experimental site was silty clay loam in texture and acidic in reaction, low in 0 0 0 available nitrogen (N), medium in available phosphorus (P) and potassium (K). Significantly higher plant height and dry matter accumulation recorded in T₆ at all growth stages which was at par with T₇ and T₄ . The shortest plants were recorded in control treatment. Significantly higher absolute growth rate was noted at 30 DAS in T₆ while lowest was in control treatment. Significantly higher CGR was noted at 60 DAS in T₆ which was at pat with T₇ and T₄ while significantly higher RGR value noted in T₇ which was at par with T₆ and T₄ while both of CGR and RGR (Relative Growth Rate) remained non-significant at all other growth stages. The lowest values of CGR and RGR were noted in T₈. The highest value of DME (0.93) was recorded in T₅ while the lowest value was in control. The highest UAE (Unit Area Efficiency) was noted in T₅ (1685 kg/ha) followed by T₆ while the lowest was in control treatment. Application of 50 per cent recommended dose of nutrients from fertilizers and 50 per cent of recommended dose of nitrogen from farm yard manure proved to be the best treatment for better growth and growth indices.

Keywords

Soybean, Growth indices, Dry matter, Organic and Inorganic

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Shilpa . ¹, Janardan Singh ¹, Sandeep Manuja ¹, Pardeep Kumar ², Pooja . ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Agronomy, IN
2 Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur -176 062,, IN

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An experiment was conducted to study the effect of tillage practices and different nutrient sources on growth, growth indices and yield of mustard. The experiment was directed in split plot design comprising of three main plots [(Zero tillage, Reduced tillage and conventional tillage) and four sub plots (75% RDN, 100% RDN, 75% RDF and 100% RDF) treatments]. Results revealed that plant height (137.92 cm), dry matter accumulation 2 2 (393.03 g/m ), absolute growth rate (0.20 g/day), crop growth rate (0.83 g/m /day), dry matter efficiency (0.149 %), 2 unit area efficiency (0.00062 kg/ m /day), seed yield (1045.0 kg/ha) and straw yield (3242.3 kg/ha) of mustard were highest under reduced tillage. Among different nutrient sources, 100 per cent recommended 2 dose of fertilizer recorded highest plant height (139.72 cm), dry matter accumulation (407.81 g/m ), dry matter 2 efficiency (0.151 %), unit area efficiency (0.00065 kg/ m /day), seed yield (1098.4 kg/ha) and straw yield (3112.6 2 kg/ha) whereas absolute growth rate (0.17 g/day) and crop growth rate (0.77 g/m /day) were highest with 75 per cent recommended dose of fertilizer. Correlation studies showed that plant height, dry matter accumulation, absolute growth rate, dry matter efficiency and unit area efficiency had positive significant association with mustard yield, indicating the importance of these traits in selection for yield. It was concluded that among tillage practices, reduced tillage proved best for growth and productivity of mustard whereas in case of different nutrient sources, 100 per cent recommended dose of fertilizerwas found better.

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Conventional tillage, Farm yard manure, Growth, Mustard, Reduced tillage, Yield, Zero tillage.

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Vandana Thakur ¹, Parveen Sharma ¹, Pardeep Kumar ², Akhilesh Sharma ¹, Shilpa . ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Vegetable Science and Floriculture, College of Agriculture CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176062,, IN
2 Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharmshala, IN

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The present study was conducted at Vegetable Research Farm of CSK HPKV, Palampur during the year 2019- 20 and 2020-21. The experimentation was designed in RCBD along with three replications. The data was worked out for various growth and yield of tomato and potato of pomato grafts. The outcomes of the investigation presented that maximum plant height (272.90 cm), number of fruits per cluster (8.20), fruit yield per pant (4.11 kg), tuber yield per square meter (5.44 kg), was calculated for the graft combinations i.e. K. Himalini + Rakshita, K. Himalini + PTH-1, K. Pukhraj + Avtar. Observations from the recorded data also proved that K. Jyoti+ Avtar and K. Jyoti + PTH-1 took minimum number of days for first flowering and days to harvest in case of tomato and potato i.e. 49.70 and 72.04. Hence, these graft combinations can be further recommended to grower, so they can fetch more yield from the limited land holding.

Keywords

Pomato, graft combinations, yield, growth, tomato fruits, potato tuber.

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