Journal of Farm Sciences

The present investigation entitled “Cooking quality of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) under different row spacing and fertilizer treatments” was carried out in the Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Community Science,University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, during 2024-25. The…

As a base to assess food and nutrition security, the household dietary diversity, food consumption score, demographic profile and socioeconomic status of rural farm families of Bidar district of Kalyana Karnataka region wasstudied during the year 2023-24. A total of 100 farm families residing in…

Weather plays a key role in determining groundnut productivity under rainfed conditions, as rainfall distribution,temperature, humidity, soil moisture and radiation strongly influence crop growth, pod development and yield stability. The present study assessed the effect of Land Resource Invento…

A laboratory experiment was conducted at the department of Seed Science and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur during rabi 2024 to optimize the sowing time and seed rate on seed quality of sunn hemp. The experiment consists of twenty treatments i.e., five sowing dates (1st …

Early blight caused by Alternaria solani is the most destructive and threatening disease causing yield losses upto 80 per cent resulting in a drastic reduction in the quantity and quality of fruit yield of tomato. In the present study, aroving survey was undertaken in major tomato growing taluks…

A study on mitigating drought stress in chickpea through seed priming under late sown conditions was carried outduring rabi 2019-20 at the seed production block of ICAR-National Seed Project, Main Seed Unit, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur. The experiment consisted of ten treatments…

Soybean (Glycine max L.) is an important global crop, valued for its role as a source of edible oil, vegetable proteinand as a raw material in various industrial products. This study investigates the major marketing constraints faced bydifferent stakeholders, viz., farmers, wholesalers, processo…

Farmer Producer Organizations serve as an important platform for integrating women into the main stream development of agriculture and allied sectors. A study was conducted to evaluate and compare the performance of a womenled FPO (Kapu FPO) with a mixed-gender FPO (Nitte FPO) in Udupi District,…

Soybean (Glycine max L.) is a major oilseed crop that contributes significantly to farmers’ income and plays avital role in India’s agricultural economy. In the year 2024-25, the study was undertaken to investigate the factors influencingthe adoption of nano urea plus and to identify the major c…

Pterocarpus santalinus (Red Sanders) is a rare and highly valued hardwood tree native to the Eastern Ghats of southern India. Its rich red heartwood is widely used in furniture, musical instruments and traditional medicine. Successfulestablishment of this species depends greatly on early seedlin…

Field experiment was under taken during late rabi /summer, 2019-20 with two temperature regimes (dates ofsowing, 49th and 03rdSMW)and 23 groundnut genotypes (including 11 RIL populations) under factorial randomized blockdesign at University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad. The results revealed…

A roving survey was carried out during rabi 2024 in four major coriander growing districts of Northern Karnatakanamely Belagavi, Bagalkot, Dharwad and Vijayapura to assess the prevalence and severity of powdery mildew caused by Erysiphe polygoni DC. The survey covered 36 villages across 12 taluk…

A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of chemical defoliation on growth parameters, seed cotton yield and fibre quallity of cotton under high density planting during kharif, 2023. Defoliation with Etherel @ 3000 ppm+Sodium chlorate @ 0.9% at 50 boll opening percentage resulted in …

A field study was conducted during kharif, 2022 at All India Coordinated Research Project on Soybean, Main Agricultural Research Station, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad. Variation was observed in morpho-physiologicaltraits for plant height, leaf area index (LAI), Spad chlorophyll m…

Excess salts in soil negatively impact the growth and development of plants. These types of land under the salinity impact could be changed for pasture production or fodder cultivation to improve animal husbandry when croppingis impossible due to higher salinity levels. Guinea grass performs wel…

Soil salinity affects various physiological and biochemical processes, reducing plant biomass production. Salinitystress affects the physiology of whole plants at cellular levels through osmotic and ionic stress. The study was undertakenat Main Agricultural Research Station (MARS), Dharwad, to e…

Maize (Zea mays L.) is a globally significant crop cultivated for food, feed and industrial uses. However, its productivity is increasingly threatened by Pokkah boeng disease (PBD), an emerging disease caused by Fusarium speciescomplex. Originally a sugarcane pathogen, Fusarium species have rece…

Maize (Zea mays L.), a major cereal crop and a key component of global food and feed systems, faces increasingproductivity threats from fungal diseases. Among these, Pokkah boeng, caused by the Fusarium species complex, hasgained prominence in warm and humid maize-growing regions. To assess the …

Mungbean is a protein-rich, nitrogen fixing pulse crop and nutritionally known as “Queen of pulses”.Its productivity is severely constrained by Mungbean yellow mosaic virus (MYMV). Reliable and rapid assessment of diseaseseverity is essential for resistance breeding as conventional visual scorin…

A field experiment was conducted during kharif 2024 at ICAR–Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute(IGFRI), Southern Regional Research Station, Dharwad, to evaluate 150 fodder cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.)germplasm lines along with five checks for resistance against pod borers und…

The present study investigated the population dynamics of the pod borer complex, Maruca vitrata (Fabricius) and Cydia ptychora (Meyrick), along with their natural enemies in fodder cowpea during kharif 2024 at ICAR-IGFRI,SRRS, Dharwad. Cowpea variety BL-4 was grown in a 200 m² plot without plant…

The Indian honey bee, Apis cerana indica Fabricius, is a vital indigenous pollinator and honey producer in India,but its productivity is often threatened by pests like the greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella Linnaeus), which damagescombs, reduces brood area and lowers honey yields. This study …

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a major food crop in India, vulnerable to several insect pests that cause substantial yield losses. Field study was conducted at MARS, Dharwad during kharif 2024 using the variety Kufri Jyothi toassess the seasonal incidence of key insect pests and their relation…

Mushroom cultivation, particularly of Pleurotus eous, offers nutritional, economic, and environmental benefits but is severely constrained by pest infestations from sciarid (Bradysia tritici) and phorid (Megaselia sandhui) flies, causingyield losses up to 46%. Overreliance on chemical pesticides…

This study, conducted at ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Malagi farm, Karnataka, during the kharif season of 2023- 24, evaluated the effectiveness of drone spray technology compared to knapsack sprayers in managing key insect pests inpaddy specifically the rice leaf folder (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis) …

Soil fertility is important as it directly influence the productivity and overall health of the soil.This research wasconducted to study soil fertility status in <5,5-10 and 10-15 years under natural farming and farmers practice at 0-20 cm soildepth in three natural farming clusters of Belagavi …

A field experiment was conducted during 2022-23 kharif season at RARS, Vijayapura to study the influence of zinc and iron on growth and yield of mothbean. The experiment was laid out in a split plot design with four levels of zincin main plot (0, 2.5, 5 and 7.5 kg ha-1) and four levels of iron i…

A field experiment was conducted at the MARS, Dharwad, Karnataka, during the kharif season of 2024-25 to study the effect of nitrogen and phosphorus rates and time of application on growth, yield and quality of hedge lucerne.Thetreatments comprised six nitrogen and phosphorus rates and three tim…

A field experiment was conducted during kharif 2024-25 at the Main Agricultural Research Station, UAS, Dharwad, to evaluate the effect of early post-emergence herbicides on weed dynamics and yield of urdbean. The experimentwas laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three repl…

A field experiment was conducted during rabi season of 2020-21 and 2021-22 to find out the effect of different precision nitrogen management practices on the quality of emmer wheat at Main Agricultural Research Station (MARS),University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, on black clay soil condi…

A field experiment was conducted at MARS, Dharwad during kharif, 2023-24 for validation of leaf area index of maize for graded levels of fertilizers using conventional and artificial intelligence techniques. The results showed thatapplication of 150 per cent RDF recorded significantly higher gra…

A successful breeding program fundamentally relies on adequate genetic variability within the base population. To explore this, a comprehensive study was conducted at University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad during kharif 2023. A field trial was conducted to evaluate yield components and fib…

Mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) is a vital pulse crop in India, often constrained by biotic stresses, amongwhich Mungbean Yellow Mosaic Virus (MYMV) is the most devastating, capable of causing up to 85 per cent yield loss. The present study was undertaken to identify stable sources of resi…

The nature and magnitude of genetic variability, correlation and principal component analysis were estimated inthe 142 RIL populations of cotton developed by hybridization between RAHP 12 and RAHP 15 by considering 10 quantitative and 6 fibre quality traits to reveal the considerable amount of d…

This study explores the phenotypic correlations among yield and fiber quality traits in 84 genotypes of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) aiming to identify key traits for yield improvement. The study was conducted during the kharif2023 season at MARS, Raichur. The experiment included F4 and F5 cot…

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is a globally important fiber crop whose productivity is increasingly threatenedby sucking pests, with leafhopper (Amrasca biguttula biguttula) infestation emerging as a major concern. The present studyaimed to elucidate the inheritance of leafhopper resistance in …

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a major cereal crop, but its productivity is often limited by moisture stress inrainfed areas. This study evaluated genetic variability and trait associations in an F2 population of the cross HD 2888 ×UASBW 13039 under drought conditions. Significant variability w…

Wheat (Triticum spp.) is a vital cereal crop worldwide. Salinity remains a major abiotic stress restricting wheatproductivity, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions. Based on previous screening during rabi 2020–21, three genotypes UAS BW-13892, GPM DIC 101 and GPM DIC 107 were identified as…

This study evaluated the variability and interrelationships among traits in 18 wheat genotypes, including10 checks and 8 advanced breeding lines, representing both Triticum aestivum L.(bread wheat) and Triticum durum (macaroniwheat). These species are vital to agriculture in the Indian subcontin…

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a major global staple contributing approximately 35% to global food consumption. This study was conducted to assess genetic variability and correlations among morpho-physiological traits, yield components,and grain nutrients in 18 wheat genotypes at the Main Agric…