In view of this, an effort has been made in this paper to study the growth of major agricultural crops in Birbhum district which is one of the major food grain producing districts in West Bengal. It has been observed that despite the negative growth in net cropped area, the cropping ...
Zaid Crops Grown between March-June between Rabi and Kharif crop seasons. Early maturing crops. Example: Cucumber, Bitter Gourd, Pumpkin, Watermelon, Muskmelon, Moong Dal etc. Categories of Crops in India The major crops can all be divided into four main categories depending on their usage. ...
utilization of 142 genotypes which are sufficiently diverse suggested their suitability for GWAS. The size of the population used in the present study is slightly small but found to be comparable with GWAS conducted in other cereal crops including millets34,35,36. It has been...
Mango (Himsagar cultivar) is a high moisture-bearing seasonal fruit and cultivated in a wide range of the world. Mango pulp is generally preserved by sun d
Salinity stress adversely affects plant growth and causes considerable losses in cereal crops. Salinity stress tolerance is a complex phenomenon, imparted by the interaction of compounds involved in various biochemical and physiological processes. Conven
This study was conducted in West Bengal to find out the level of technology adoption, to estimate the yield gaps in major foodgrain crops, and to identify the determinants of the yield gaps and profitability of major foodgrain crops among different categories of farmers. For the technology ...
A survey of different orchards, nurseries and markets undertaken during January 2002 to August 2003 in new alluvial plains of West Bengal, India, revealed the prevalence of different diseases of some major fruit crops. On mango, four diseases, namely anthracnose (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides [...
Producer's surplus plays a key role in a country's economic development, which stimulate the development of non-farm sector in various ways. Rice, lentil and gram being major foodgrains crop, are grown extensively in Nadia district of West Bengal. Study...
The present study aims examine the supply response of farmers of Murshidabad district of West Bengal to changes in various price and non-price factors. The study reveals that previous year area and price exert positive and significant influence on acreage response for all crops where as lagged ...
Predictive models of major insect-pests of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) for their management under Terai region of West Bengal, IndiaOkra, Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench, representative of family Malvaeceae, is one of the important vegetable crops cultivated widely in the tropical and ...