8. Abstracts HortFlora.....2(4) dec 2013

ABSTRACTS
HortFlora Research Spectrum, Vol. 2(4): Oct.-Dec. 2013 ISSN : 2250-2823
1. Boswellia papyrifera pre-dominated woodlands of Ethiopia: Present roles and threats
Tatek Dejene1*, Omarsherif Mohamed1 and Haile Adamu2
1Forestry Research Center, P.O.Box 30708 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2Debre Zeyete Agricul tural Research Center, P.O.Box 32 Debre Zeyete, Ethiopia
*E-mail: tdejenie@ya hoo.com
ABSTRACT : The Boswellia pre-dominated woodland, belonging to the Combretum–Terminalia deciduous
woodlands of the dry forests of Ethiopia, forms the largest vegetation cover and is widespread in the northern and
north-western lowland part of the country. This paper has tried to review and discuss the current contribution of the
Boswellia dominated woodlands and its main threats which contributed for its degradation based on different
empirical studies. From the review it is understood that the Boswellia pre-dominated woodland represents important
natural resources on which development could be based since it offer diverse products of commerce such as
incense, wood and honey, and support to other economic activities such as fodder for livestock and soil conservation
for crop farming. However, the annually cash income generated by households from the Boswellia woodland is only
1089.55 ETB, which is 18.32 fold less than that of the income from the agriculture. The low cash flow is shown to be
due to policy restrictions on the engagement of the local people in producing and marketing frankincense, a principal
product from the woodland. Such low cash contribution by the woodland motivated the local people to continuously
clear and convert the woodland in to agricultural land. In lined with this, the structure of some of the important species
in the woodland showed a hump shaped curve distribution, suggesting regeneration is severely lacking and the
population is under serious threat in the long term. Therefore, the main conclusion of this study is that the Boswellia
woodland, although worthy of sustainable management and utilization even on the basis of economic criteria, is
continuing to suffer conversion to other land uses which offer benefits in the short term and in which farmers have
more confidence in terms of economic benefits and ownership rights of the land. Therefore, to maximize the actual
value of the Boswellia pre-dominated woodland, policies and institutions that govern access to and use of forest
resources and their management need to be revised in such a way that the locals will have the legal right and the
confidence to own or co-own the forest resources in their vicinity, and will continue to manage and utilize it.
Published in : HortFlora Research Spectrum, Vol. 2(4) : 277-285 (2013)
2. Precision farming : Components and applications–A review
M.S. Kanwar*, M.S. Mir and P. Ishfaq Akbar
Precision Farming Development Centre
High Mountain Arid Agriculture Research Institute (SKUAST-K),Leh-194 101, Ladakh (J&K)
*E-mail: mskanwar2004@rediffmail.com
ABSTRACT: Agriculture is the back bone of our country and economy, which accounts for almost 30 per cent of
GDP and employs 70 per cent of the population. Over the last decade, technical methods have been developed to
utilize modern electronics to respond to field variability. Such methods are known as spatially variable crop
production, geographic positioning system (GPS)-based agriculture, site-specific and precision farming (precision
agriculture). The term ‘spatially variable crop production’ seems to be more accurate and descriptive than the term
precision agriculture. The concept of Precision Agriculture avails the recent developments in sensors, green-house
and protected agriculture structures. This technology can be meaning fully deployed for hot and extremely dry regions
where water is scarce, soil is salty, temperature is high and rain fall is low. It is also certain that even in developing
countries, availability of labour for agri-horticultural activities is going to be in short supply in future. The time has now
arrived to exploit all the modern tools available by bringing information technology and agricultural science together
for improved economic and environmentally sustainable crop production. Precision Agriculture is an integrated crop
management system that at tempts to match the kind and amount of inputs with the actual crop needs for small areas
within a farm field.
3. Effect of auto exhaust emission on the growth, morphology and bio chemical
characteristics of marigold grown in different sites of Lucknow
Nidhi Prakash* and Mohammad Yunus
Deptt. of Environmental Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow (U.P.)
*E-mail: nidhiprakash0107@gmail.com

ABSTRACT: The present study was planned to evaluate the effect of auto-exhausts on a very common ornamental
plant i.e. African marigold (Tagetes erecta) plants which also possess aromatic & medicinal properties and natural
source of antioxidants. The plant is also recommended for growing with rose for its allelopathic nature. The area
under marigold cultivation is increasing every year due to its increasing demand throughout the world. To assess the
effect of auto-exhaust on marigold plants transfer experiment study was conducted. Three sites (Road stretches)
within the municipal premises of Lucknow city were identified based on survey of sites and the available data on air
pollution loads, which differ with each other very significantly in terms of the number of vehicles (source of pollution)
plying there. A comparison of contents of photosynthetic pigments, protein, proline and cysteine among Tagetes
erecta plants kept at three different sites very explicitly indicates the bearing of auto exhaust effect on them. Marked
alteration in bio-chemical characteristics of plant was ob served in plants grown at highly polluted site as compared to
plant grown at less polluted site.
4. National agriculture insurance scheme adoption among farmers: A factorial
analysis in
J&K state
Kiyanoush Ghalavand*
Department of Peace and Gandhian Studies, Panjab University Chandigarh, India
*E-mail: kiyanoush1973@gmail.com
ABSTRACT: Agriculture crop insurance has an important role in agricultural production and is a tool to support
farmers against threats. Investigation of factors affecting farmers’ adoption of national agriculture insurance scheme
strategy was the objective of this study. The research was conducted in Jammu and Kashmir State, India. Survey
was the research method, and data was collected by questionnaire and schedule interview. Data were analyzed by
Excel and SPSS 18 Version soft ware. Findings revealed that the farmers with higher rate of Agriculture crops
insurance adoption, were younger with higher level of literacy, they had more crop area and more income, they had
more awareness towards the goals and advantages of crop insurance, they often consult with other farmers and they
have more participation in training classes and sessions. Also, rate of their contact with agricultural agents and
insurance agents was higher, they more participated in extension lectures and more visited crop insurance
company’s activities. The results revealed that four independent variables explain adoption of agriculture crop
insurance. Consult with other farmers is the main independent variable. The variables affecting crop insurance (31
variables) were classified to nine factors according to factor analysis technique. Extension- education factor,
economic factor, communication channels factor, opinion leadership factor, facility factor, confidential factor,
supervision factor, and diversity factor are the factors. Based on the research findings, some recommendations are
presented at the end of the paper.
5. Irrigation management of potato based on soil profile water extraction
P.S. Kashyap*
Department of Soil & Water Conservation Engineering
G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar-263145, Uttarakhand
*Email: pskashyap@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT: Efficient management of depleting water resources is important in order to enhance crop productivity
and to attain high water use efficiency. The study aimed at identifying irrigation management practices, which could
result in water savings through deliberate under irrigation. Field experiments were conducted at Hill Campus,
Ranichauri, Tehri-Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India on potato crop (Kufri Chandramukhi) over a period of two years during
the winter seasons of 2008-09 and 2009-10. The crop was planted in first week of November and harvested in the
last week of March spanning approximately 150 days. Three irrigation treatments were maintained based on the
maximum allowable depletion (MAD) of available soil water. The treatments were 20% (T1), 40% (T2) and 60% (T3)
maximum allow able depletion of available soil water. No soil water stress was maintained at the initial stages of the
crop development so as to allow the plant attain a healthy growth. Soil moisture content was measured by gravimetric
method periodically in 0-15, 15-30 and 30-45 cm soil profiles. Soil moisture showed a cyclic temporal variation at all
three selected soil depths. The magnitude of this variation was higher in 0-15 cm soil profile and decreased in 15-30
and 30-45 cm soil profiles in that order. This trend was observed at all schedules of irrigation. Field experiments
revealed that irrigation schedule with 40% maximum allowable depletion of available soil water gave the maximum
water use efficiency for potato crop. For scheduling of irrigation of potato crop, 0-30 cm soil profile should be
considered as most of the required water to be extracted from this layer by the plant.

6. Effective inoculation method and optimum concentration of Oryctes virus for
biological
control of coconut beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros) adults
S.P. Jayawardena*
Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Agricul ture, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura, Sri
Lanka.
1Crop Protection Division, Coco nut Research Institute, Lunuwila, Sri Lanka.
*E-mail: sithuminijayawardena@ya hoo.com
ABSTRACT: The study was car ried out to de ter mine the ef fec tive in oc u la tion method and op ti mum
concentration of local Oryctes vi rus (OrV) for success ful infection of Oryctes rhinoceros (L.) adults in
lab o ra tory which re leased to the field to spread the vi ral dis ease among healthy lar vae and bee tles for their
biological control. 0.1ml of 104 ppm of vi ral sus pen sion was in tro duced orally to one set of bee tles and
an other set of bee tles were al lowed to swim ming in the sus pen sion for 10 min utes. Bee tles were dis sected
at dif ferent intervals to determine the period taken for infection. Five concentrations (101 ppm to 105 ppm) of
vi rus sus pen sions were in tro duced to adult bee tles orally to find the le thal con cen tra tion (LC50) and le thal
time (LT50). Per cent age of in fected bee tles was sig nif i cantly dif fer ent (P<0.001) among the two meth ods of
inoculation and untreated control. After 21 days of inoculation, oral introduction method, swim method and
con trol re corded 88.8%, 44.4% and 11.1% of OrV infection, respectively indicating the most ef fective
inoculation method as oral introduction. Cumulative per cent mortality of O. rhinoceros adults with 101 ppm,
102 ppm, 103 ppm, 104 ppm and 105 ppm con cen tra tions were re corded as 7.3%, 25.1%, 33.3%, 81.4% and
100%, respectively. LC50 was 102.7 ppm and LT50 for 104 ppm and 105ppm con cen tra tions were 23 days and
12 days, respectively. Best concentration to oral inoculation of O. rhinoceros with OrV for field re lease was
se lected as 104 ppm.
Pub lished in : HortFlora Re search Spec trum, Vol. 2(4) : 319-323 (2013)
7. Eval u a tion of col oured seed less ta ble grape va ri et ies for in crease in
shelf life
Amit Kumar Goswami1, R.G. Somkuwar*, Roshni Samarth, A.K. Sharma, Supriya Nawale and
Prerna Itroutwar
Na tional Re search Cen tre for Grapes, P.O. Box 03, Manjri Farm Post, Pune 412307
1Pres ent ad dress : Di vi sion of Fruits and Hor ti cul tural Tech nol ogy, IARI, Pusa, New Delhi
*E-mail:rgsgrapes@gmail.com
ABSTRACT: An experiment to study the shelf life of four table grape varieties was conducted at National
Research Centre for Grapes, Pune (M.S.). Grape bunches packing and the cold storage condition for 30
days after pre cooling for 24 hours was according to the export standard. After cold storage, shelf life and
other quality parameters were recorded for four days. Lowest physiological loss of weight was recorded in
Sharad Seedless followed by Mahadev Seedless. These two varieties also performed better for the quality
parameters in terms of bunch weight, 5 berry weight and berry diameter which are favourable for better shelf
life. Significant differences were found for the quality parameters except total soluble solids (TSS). Overall,
Sharad Seedless and Mahadev Seedless recorded with the lowest per cent of berry fallen and rotting
among the four varieties studied.
8. Ef fect of bio-inoculants on leaf nu tri ent sta tus of ap ple cv. Red De li
cious
S.R. Singh1*, A.H. Dar2, M.K. Sharma3 and A.S. Sundouri3
1Cen tral In sti tute of Tem per ate Hor ti cul ture, Rangreth, Srinagar, J&K
2Horti.Dev.Offifer, Srinagar, J&K
3Sher-e-Kash mir Uni ver sity of Ag ri cul ture Sci ence and Tech nol ogy of Kash mir, Shalimar, J&K- 121 191
*E-mail: srajparmar@gmail.com; hadar@rediffmail.com
ABSTRACT: Significant dif ferences were recorded for total leaf nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium in
re sponse to the dif fer ent fer til iz ers treat ments. The ef fect of fer til izer re gimes on leaf ni tro gen re sulted in
significant dif ference in which treat ment F1 re corded max i mum leaf ni tro gen (2.04 %) fol lowed by F3 (1.99
%) and F4 (1.95 %). The in ter ac tion ef fect of phos phate solublizing inoculants and ni tro gen fix ing inoculants
on leaf nitrogen recorded significant increase. How ever, there was non-signif icant dif ferences in leaf

phos phate and po tas sium in re sponse to these two inoulants. Sig nif i cant re sults were re corded in re sponse
to interaction ef fect of nitrogen fixing inoculants and fertilizer regimes. Ef fect of nitrogen fixing inoculants,
phos phate solublizing inoculants and fertilizer regimes recorded a significant increase in leaf nitrogen.
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9. Ef fect of pre-har vest application of GA3, triacontanol and calcium salts on
yield and
physical characters of Kinnow fruits harvested on different dates
Tanjeet Singh Chahal* and J.S. Bal1
Fruit Research Sta tion, PAU- FRS Jallowal-Lesriwal, Punjab
1De part ment of Horticulture, Khalsa Col lege, Amritsar, Punjab
*E-mail: tanjeetchahal@pay.edu, tanjeetchahal@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT: The study on the ef fect of pre-har vest chem i cal treat ments in Kinnow man da rin was
con ducted at Khalsa Col lege, Amritsar for two years. Pre-har vest fo liar ap pli ca tion of GA3 (10, 20, 30ppm),
triacontanol (400, 600ppm), CaCl2 (4, 6%) and Ca(NO3)2 (0.1, 0.2, 0.3%) was given to the Kinnow plants of
fif teen years of age. The har vest ing of the fruits was done on Jan u ary 1st, January 15th, February 1st and
February 15th dur ing both the years and yield of the fruits was cal cu lated along with their phys i cal anal y sis.
It was ob served that the max i mum fruit yield to the tune of 54.88kg/plant was re corded with the ap pli ca tion
of GA3 at 30ppm and it was proved to be the most ef fi ca cious treat ment for im prov ing fruit qual ity in re spect
of fruit size, weight and juice con tent. Max i mum peel thick ness was ob served with CaCl2 at 6 per cent.
10. Ef fect of plant growth reg u la tors on growth and spike yield of glad i o lus
cultivars
Ateeq Khan* and Vijay Ba ha dur
De part. of Hor ti cul ture Allahabad School of Ag ri cul ture, Sam Higginbottom In sti tute of Ag ri cul ture,
Tech nol ogy & Sci ences, Allahabad-211 007 (U.P.) In dia
*E-mail : khan_aaidu@rediffmail.com
ABSTRACT: The field ex per i ment was con ducted dur ing Rabi sea son 2010-2011 with com bi na tion of
dif fer ent sources of plant growth reg u la tors to study their effect on veg e ta tive growth and spike yield of
glad i o lus. Ex per i ment con sisted of 16 treat ments each rep li cated thrice and laid out in RBD. The re sults
ob tained showed that the plant growth reg u la tors sig nif i cantly af fected the growth pa ram e ters of glad i o lus
such as max i mum val ues of plant height (80.78cm and 82.22cm in Novalux and White Pros per ity,
re spec tively), num ber of shoots in Novalux and White Pros per ity (3.44 in each), num ber of leaves /plant
(20.78 and 20.44 in Novalux and White Pros per ity, re spec tively), min i mum days to spike ini ti a tion in Novalux
(76.67days) and in White Pros per ity (78 days), min i mum days to open ing of the first flo ret (81.67 days in
Novalux and 88.67 days in White Pros per ity), first flo rets du ra bil ity (7.56 days in Novalux and 7.11 days in
White Pros per ity), spike length (81.55cm in Novalux and 82.00cm in White Pros per ity), num ber of
flo rets/spike (23.67 in Novalux and 18.33 in White Pros per ity), num ber of spikes/plant (3.67 in Novalux and
3.11 in White Pros per ity) and spike yield /ha (295200 in Novalux and 279900 in White Pros per ity). The
max i mum value of yield and yield attributing pa ram e ters were found to be higher un der the treat ment NAA
@ 200ppm (T9).
11. Cor re la tion and path co ef fi cient anal y sis in brin jal (Solanum melongena
L.)
Pallavi Chaudhary*, Sanjay Kumar and Prawal Pratap Singh Verma
Department of Horticulture, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University)
Lucknow-226 025
*E-mail: pallavichaudhary05@gmail.com
ABSTRACT: Ge netic vari abil ity in terms of cor re la tion and path co ef fi cient were stud ied for yield per plant
and its attributing traits in 16 genotypes of eggplant. Significant positive genotypic correlation coef ficient
was ob served by fruit weight, num ber of leaves per plant, num ber of fruits per plant and num ber of flow ers
per plant. An over all ob ser va tion of path co ef fi cient stud ies re vealed that the di rect con tri bu tion of fruit yield
per plant, fruit yield per hect are, fruit weight, num ber of fruits per plant, and num ber of flow ers per plant was
of higher mag ni tude on fruit yield. High neg a tive di rect ef fect was re corded in to tal sugar fol lowed by
re duc ing sugar and fruit length. Di rect se lec tion may be ex e cuted con sid er ing these traits as the main
se lec tion cri te ria to re duce in di rect ef fects of the other char ac ters during the development of high-yielding
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12. Eval u a tion of veg e ta ble am a ranth un der hot sum mer grow ing con di tion
Joydip Mandal1, V.K. Dhangrah2 and S. Chakravorty3
1 & 3De part ment of Crop Im prove ment, Hor ti cul ture and Ag ri cul tural Bot any (CIHAB),
In sti tute of Ag ri cul ture, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan (West Ben gal) – 731 236, In dia
2Shri Megh Singh Col lege (Af fil i ated to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Uni ver sity, Agra), Abidgarh, Agra (UP) – 282 006
*E-mail: vkdhangrah@gmail.com, vkdhangrah@rediffmail.com
ABSTRACT: The per for mance of 13 veg e ta ble am a ranth ge no types was as sessed un der hot and dry
sum mer con di tion in red and lateritic belt of West Ben gal, In dia. Sig nif i cant dif fer ences among the
ge no types were no ticed for var i ous growth and yield at trib ut ing traits at three sam pling dates (17, 24 and 31
days af ter sow ing). North Dinajpur Col lec tion-4 was re corded as the high est yielder (178.4 q/ha). Bankura
Col lec tion-2, Pusa Lal Choulai, Kendrapara Col lec tion- 6 and Arka Suguna were rel a tively low pro ducer, but
had high leaf : stem ra tio, a desirable trait for any leafy vegetable.
13. Re sponse of dif fer ent post har vest treat ments on phys i o log i cal loss in
weight and
changes in col our of to mato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)
Bibhuti Bhusan Sahoo1*, Bhaskar Chandra Das2, Purandar Mandal3 and Dheerendra
Katiyar4
1De part ment of Crop Im prove ment, Hor ti cul ture & Ag ri cul tural Bot any,
Palli Sikshya Bhavana (In stitute of Agriculture), Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, (WB)
2De part ment of Post Har vest Man age ment, Col lege of Hor ti cul ture, OUAT, Chiplima, Sambalpur (Odisha).
3Col lege of Hor ti cul ture, OUAT, Chiplima, Sambalpur (Odisha)
4Dept. of Vegeta ble Sci ence, CSAUA &T, Kanpur(UP).
*E-mail: bibhutihort@rediffmail.com
ABSTRACT: An ex per i ment was con ducted in the lab o ra tory of the De part ment of CIHAB, Palli Sikshya
Bhavana (In sti tute of Ag ri cul ture), Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan (WB) on stor age life of to mato fruits with
dif fer ent post har vest treat ments. The ex per i ment was laid out in RBD with nine treat ments each com pris ing
of three rep li ca tions and ten fruits per rep li ca tion. The re sults re vealed that rip en ing was ini tially de layed by
MAP, NAA and NAA+MAP treat ments. Among all the chem i cals the per for mance of GA3, was better than
NAA in re duc ing phys i o log i cal loss in weight of tomato. The re sults on the col our de vel op ment of the fruit in
storage indicated that the percentage colour development varied significantly in all the treat ments of tomato
fruits up to 6th day of storage.
14. Eeffect of stor age en vi ron ment on shelf life of aonla cv. na-7
Manpreet Singh, P.N. Katiyar, R.K. Sachan, Shashank Verma and D. Singh
Col lege of Hor ti cul ture, C.S.A. Uni ver sity of Ag ri cul ture and Tech nol ogy, Kanpur-208 002
ABSTRACT: For com bat ing the glut at peak har vest it is im per a tive to im prove the stor age life of aonla fruit.
The ob ject of the pres ent study was to eval u ate the ef fect of pack ag ing and stor age en vi ron ment at am bi ent
tem per a ture as well as un der re frig er a tion for con ser va tion of aonla fruits cv.NA-7. The treat ment com prised
thermocol bowls, per fo rated poly thene bags, card board, wooden boxes, per fo rated plas tic crates, earthen
pots, gunny bags, refrigerator and control. Storage under refrigerator was found most ef fective in retaining
relatively superior skin colour, minimizing PLW and pathological losses and conserving Vitamin ‘C’ and
acid ity con tents in aonla fruits. Re duc tion was no ticed in the metabolital sta tus i.e. TSS and sug ars when
com pared with the stor age un der rest of the pack ag ing and en vi ron men tal con di tions ob vi ously due to
mois ture loss at am bi ent tem per a ture. The higher spoilage occurred mainly due to black mould.
15. Ef fect of va ri ety, type of cut ting and IBA con cen tra tion on root ing of
croton (Codiaeum
variegatum) cut tings
Hemlata Bharti*, B.P. Singh and K.P. Singh1
Col lege of Hor ti cul ture and For estry, Narendra Deva Uni ver sity of Ag ri cul ture and Tech nol ogy, Kumarganj,
Faizabad-224 229 (U.P.)
1Di rec tor ate of Floricultural Re search, IARI, Pusa, New Delhi:
*E-mail: hemlatafloriculture@gmail.com

ABSTRACT: The pres ent ex per i ment was con ducted to find out the in ter ac tion ef fect of va ri ety, type of
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cut ting and IBA con cen tra tion on root ing in cut tings of croton. Over all per for mance of hard wood cut ting of
broad leaf va ri ety treated with 400ppm IBA was found sig nif i cantly su pe rior in in duc ing the high est root ing
per cent age (82.34%), took lesser time for sprout ing (10 days), sur vival per cent age (80.04%) and sprout ing
per cent age (88.66) than other treat ments. The hot and hu mid con di tion were con du cive for grow ing
semi-hard wood and hard wood cut tings of broad leaf as well as nar row leaf va ri ety of croton which were able
to show good per for mance. Out of three type of cut tings, semi-hard wood cut tings and 200ppm IBA was
found better in com par i son to 400ppm IBA with broad leaf for root ing and es tab lish ment. There fore, it is
con cluded that croton can be mul ti plied by cut tings un der green house con di tion with IBA treat ments.
16. Re sponse of China as ter va ri et ies to pinch ing for growth, yield and qual
ity
S.M. Sailaja*, D.M. Panchbhai and K. Suneetha
De part ment of Hor ti cul ture, Dr. PDKV Akola, Maharashtra
*E-mail: sailuhort@gmail.com
ABSTRACT: A field ex per i ment to find out re sponse of China as ter va ri et ies to pinch ing for growth, yield
and qual ity was con ducted at farm of Hor ti cul ture Sec tion, Col lege of Ag ri cul ture, Nagpur. The ex per i ment
con sisted of six teen treat ments of four China as ter va ri et ies with four pinch ing treat ments and it was laid out
in Fac to rial Ran dom ized Block De sign with three rep li ca tions. Max i mum plant height was found in Phule
Ganesh Pur ple va ri ety. Plant height was sig nif i cantly re duced with dou ble pinch ing com pared to con trol
treat ment of pinch ing i.e, with out pinch ing. Whereas, spread of plant was found max i mum in Phule Ganesh
Pink as well as un der the treat ment of sin gle pinch ing at 30 days af ter trans plant ing. Max i mum flow er ing
span was found in Phule Ganesh White as well as the treat ment of dou ble pinch ing at 30 and 45 days af ter
trans plant ing. Yield char ac ters were found to be max i mum in Phule Ganesh White va ri ety with sin gle
pinch ing treat ment at 30 days af ter trans plant ing.
17. Stud ies on processing and storage stability of aonla (Emblica officinalis Gaertn)
RTS
Purandar Mandal1, Bibhuti Bhusan Sahoo1*, Bhaskar Chandra Das1 and Dheerendra Katiyar2
1Col lege of Hor ti cul ture, OUAT, Chiplima, Sambalpur, Odisha, In dia
2De part ment of Veg e ta ble Sci ence, CSAUA & T, Kanpur, U.P., In dia
*E-mail: bibhutihort@rediffmail.com
ABSTRACT : Aonla plays an im por tant role in hu man nu tri tion. The fruits are not con sumed freely in fresh
form be cause of its as trin gent taste. But the ex cel lent nu tri tive and ther a peu tic val ues of fruits have great
po ten ti al ity for pro cess ing in to var i ous qual ity prod ucts. In pres ent study dif fer ent rec i pes of Aonla ready to
serve (RTS) was stan dard ized to ex plore the pro cess ing po ten tial of Aonla. There were five dif fer ent
pos si bil i ties of rec i pes. The RTS pre pared from the rec i pes 10% pulp, 12% TSS and 0.30% acidity gave
high est organoleptic qual ity score fol lowed by RTS pre pared from 10% pulp, 10% TSS and 0.30% acidity
and the qual ity of the pre pared RTS was main tained up to fourth month at am bi ent tem per a ture.
18. Chenopodium Craft : Creativity to han dle the prob lem of plenty
Shri Niwas Singh* and Shyam Narayan
De part ment of Ge net ics & Plant Breed ing, BRD PG Col lege, Deoria, U.P. – 274 001, In dia.
*E-mail: niwas_mdra@bsnl.in
ABSTRACT : Tall type prim i tive Chenopodium spe cies are pro duc ing huge amounts of bio mass un der high
in put ag ri cul ture. If not man aged prop erly, this bio mass is be com ing a prob lem of plenty. To han dle this
prob lem, the stems of these spe cies were ar tic u lated in to a num ber of artefacts like ban gle stands,
ecofriendly pens, pen stands, pot stands, flag stands, agarbatti stands, var i ous types of hang ers and let ter
stands etc. Such di ver si fied uses will make these cheno pods more ac cept able to so ci ety and remunerative
to farmers.
19. An un usual oc cur rence of vivipary in pa paya (Carica papaya L.)
Jitendra Singh
Col lege of Hor ti cul ture and For estry, Agricuiltural Uni ver sity, Kota, Cam pus Jhalarapatan, Jhalawar (Rajasthan)
*E-mail: jsingh_rau2s@rediffmail.com
ABSTRACT: Vivipary is of un usual occorrence in pa paya. In viviparic fruits, seeds ger mi nate in side while
still they re main at tached with fruits. Such fruits are in sipid in taste. If cut ex posed, the ger mi nated seeds

in side the fruit look very clearly. High hu mid ity and warm weath ers ap pear as so ci ated with the viviparic fruits
in pa paya.
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