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Mechanism of Resistance in Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek var. radiata] to bruchids, Callosobruchus spp. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017
Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek var. radiata] is an important pulse crop in Asia, and is consumed as dry seeds and as bean sprouts. It is an excellent source of digestible protein.
Abdul R. War, Surya Murugesan, Venkata N. Boddepalli, Ramasamy Srinivasan, Ramakrishnan M. Nair   +4 more
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Direct Seeded Rice: Strategies to Improve Crop Resilience and Food Security under Adverse Climatic Conditions

Land, 2022
Direct seeded rice (DSR) systems have been considered a sustainable strategy for sustainable rice (Oryza sativa L.) production and resilience under adverse climatic conditions.
Raj K. Jat, Vijay S. Meena, Manish Kumar, Vijay S. Jakkula, Illathur R. Reddy, Avinash C. Pandey   +5 more
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South Asia Institute Newsletter, Fall 2021

, 2021
In this Issue: Letter from the Director - HUF Alumnus Helps Nepal Fight COVID-19 - Remembering John Bordie - Faculty, Student & Alumni News - Student Awards - New Faculty: Nabanjan Maitra - India China Border Crises - Partition Songs Project - In ...
South Asia Institute
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PROTOCOL: Value chain interventions for improving women's economic empowerment: A mixed‐method systematic review

Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2023
This is the protocol for a Campbell systematic review. The objectives are as follows: The primary objective of this review is to understand as well as evaluate what approaches, strategies or interventions focused on women's engagement in agricultural ...
Suchi Kapoor Malhotra, Ashrita Saran, Sabina Singh, Swati Mantri, Neha Gupta, Ratika Bhandari, Howard White, Ranjitha Puskur, Sarah Young, Hugh Waddington, Edoardo Masset   +10 more
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Science-based horticultural interventions for improving vegetable productivity in the state of Karnataka, India

Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2018
Scientifically based agricultural interventions to improve vegetable productivity were carried out in four districts (Chikkamagalur, Raichur, Vijayapura and Tumkur) of Karnataka State in India, under the Government of Karnataka (GoK)-sponsored Bhoo ...
N. Kumar, D. Bharat, N. Amaresh, H. Shivakumar, R. Shivakumar, P. Arshad, R. Subramanian, W. Easdown, H. Bindumadhava, R. M. Nair   +9 more
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Marker Assisted Forward Breeding to Combine Multiple Biotic-Abiotic Stress Resistance/Tolerance in Rice

Rice, 2020
Background Unfavorable climatic changes have led to an increased threat of several biotic and abiotic stresses over the past few years. Looking at the massive damage caused by these stresses, we undertook a study to develop high yielding climate ...
Shilpi Dixit, Uma Maheshwar Singh, Arun Kumar Singh, Shamshad Alam, Challa Venkateshwarlu, Vishnu Varthini Nachimuthu, Shailesh Yadav, Ragavendran Abbai, Ramchander Selvaraj, M. Nagamallika Devi, Perumalla Janaki Ramayya, Jyothi Badri, T. Ram, Jhansi Lakshmi, G. Lakshmidevi, Jai Vidhya LRK, Ayyagari Phani Padmakumari, G. S. Laha, M. S. Prasad, Malathi Seetalam, Vikas Kumar Singh, Arvind Kumar   +21 more
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Precise irrigation water and nitrogen management improve water and nitrogen use efficiencies under conservation agriculture in the maize-wheat systems

Scientific Reports, 2023
A 3-year field experiment was setup to address the threat of underground water depletion and sustainability of agrifood systems. Subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) system combined with nitrogen management under conservation agriculture-based (CA) maize ...
Naveen Gupta, Yadvinder Singh, Hanuman S. Jat, Love K. Singh, Kajod M. Choudhary, Harminder S. Sidhu, Mahesh K. Gathala, Mangi L. Jat   +7 more
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South Asia SDG update

, 2022
I. Key Activities during July - Sep 2021II. Select Outreach ActivitiesIII. ESCAP- SSWA Knowledge Products 2022IV. Countries of South and South-West Asia at the Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Forum 2022V.
UN.ESCAP, Subregional Office for South and South-West Asia   +1 more
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Marker‐assisted forward breeding to develop a drought‐, bacterial‐leaf‐blight‐, and blast‐resistant rice cultivar

The Plant Genome, 2022
Among the different challenges related to rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation, drought, bacterial leaf blight (BLB), and blast are the key stresses that significantly affect grain yield (GY) in rice.
Uma Maheshwar Singh, Shilpi Dixit, Shamshad Alam, Shailesh Yadav, Vinukonda Vishnu Prasanth, Arun Kumar Singh, Challa Venkateshwarlu, Ragavendran Abbai, Abhilash Kumar Vipparla, Jyothi Badri, Tilatoo Ram, Madamshetty Srinivas Prasad, Gouri Sankar Laha, Vikas Kumar Singh, Arvind Kumar   +14 more
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Stopping Tobacco Industry Interference (TII): bottom-up approach to achieve national policy on FCTC Article 5.3 in India

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background and challenges to implementation TII has been a major roadblock in implementing policies particularly since some policymakers have represented farmers constituencies and lobbies, and have direct and indirect links with tobacco companies as ...
Renu Sharma, Pranay Lal, Ashish Pandey, Govind Tripathi   +3 more
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