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Expiry Based Dynamic Discount System – A Review Open

Prof. Mohan Kumar, Tej Save, A. K. Nair, Vighnesh Birru, Shubham Chimkar · 2025

- Food waste remains a persistent challenge in the retail sector, largely caused by fixed pricing systems that do not account for product freshness or expiry proximity. The Expiry Based Dynamic Discount System seeks to minimize this waste …

The Goldman bracket characterizes homeomorphisms between noncompact surfaces Open

Sumanta Das, Siddhartha Gadgil, A. K. Nair · 2025

The Extended Photoperiod Impacts on Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum) in a Natural Tropical Greenhouse Open

Jie He, A. K. Nair, Lin Qin · 2025

Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) is valued for its culinary and medicinal properties. It thrives in full sunlight and long daylight hours under natural conditions. This study examined the effects of extended photoperiod on sweet basil grown …

Nutrient Removal and Recovery from Urine Using Bio-Mineral Formation Processes Open

Robert Colston, A. K. Nair, Peter Vale, Francis Hassard, Tom Stephenson , et al. · 2024

Harvesting nutrients from waste presents a promising initiative to advance and deliver the circular economy in the water sector while mitigating local shortages of mineral fertilizers worldwide. Urine, a small fraction of municipal wastewa…

The Goldman bracket characterizes homeomorphisms between non-compact surfaces Open

Sumanta Das, Siddhartha Gadgil, A. K. Nair · 2023

We show that a homotopy equivalence between two non-compact orientable surfaces is homotopic to a homeomorphism if and only if it preserves the Goldman bracket, provided our surfaces are neither the plane nor the punctured plane.

Performance of Cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata) in Relation to Fertigation using Variable Rates and Sources of Fertilizers Open

A. K. Nair, S. Shankara Hebbar, M. Prabhakar, M. Senthilkumar, R. Rajeshwari · 2020

A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of fertigation on the performance of Cabbage variety Unnati at ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru during rabi of 2013 and 2014. The experiment was laid out in Ran…

Effect of Organic Farming Practices on Yield and Quality of Cabbage (Brassica oleracea Var. Capitata L.) Open

M. Prabhakar, A. K. Nair, S. Shankara Hebbar, P. Paneerselvam, K. S. Shivashankara , et al. · 2020

An experiment was conducted in organic vegetable experimental field of IIHR farm, Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru to study the effect of different levels of organic manure in organically and conventionally grown cabbage (Brassica oleracea var.capi…

Standardization of Spacing and Soil Volume Wetting for Drip Irrigationin Papaya (Carica papaya L.) Open

B. L. Manjunath, A. K. Nair, R. H. Laxman · 2020

Field experiments in two crops of papaya were conducted at ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research for four years during 2016-19 to standardise spacing with optimum soil volume wetting for drip irrigation. Narrowing the plant rows …

Standardization of Spacing and Soil Volume Wetting for Drip Irrigationin Papaya (Carica papaya L.) Open

B. L. Manjunath, A. K. Nair, R. H. Laxman · 2020

Field experiments in two crops of papaya were conducted at ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research for four years during 2016-19 to standardise spacing with optimum soil volume wetting for drip irrigation. Narrowing the plant rows …

Growth and Fruit Yield of Hybrid Ridge Gourd [Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb] Arka Vikram in Relation to NPK Fertigation Open

H. C. Ananda Murthy, A. K. Nair, Manjushree Anjanappa, D. Kalaivanan, S. Shankara Hebbar , et al. · 2020

of Horticultural Research, Hessarghatta, Bengaluru, Karnataka to study the effect of fertigation with different levels of NPK on growth, fruit yield and quality of hybrid ridge gourd [Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb] Arka Vikram.The experiment …

The Impact of Eight Hybrid Tomato Rootstocks on ‘BHN 589’ Scion Yield, Fruit Quality, and Plant Growth Traits in a Midwest High Tunnel Production System Open

Kristine M. Lang, A. K. Nair, Kenneth J. Moore · 2020

Prior work in a Midwestern United States high tunnel indicated that hybrid and heirloom tomato scions grafted to hybrid rootstock ‘RST-04-106-T’ had a minimal yield increase in the absence of soilborne disease pressure, which underscored t…

Effect of Tomato Rootstock on Hybrid and Heirloom Tomato Performance in a Midwest High Tunnel Production System Open

Kristine M. Lang, A. K. Nair · 2019

High tunnels allow vegetable growers to extend the growing season, increase crop production, and improve produce quality. Tomatoes ( Solanum lycopersicum L.) are the most widely grown crops in high tunnels; however, tomato production in hi…

Influence of seed priming and different irrigation levels on growth parameters of cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) Open

M. N. Arun, S. Shankara Hebbar, K. Bhanuprakash, T. Senthivel, A. K. Nair , et al. · 2018

A field study was conducted during summer season of 2012 and 2013 at Indian Institute of Horticultural Research in Bangalore, India to evaluate if priming could improve grain yield and water use efficiency of cowpea under limited water sup…

Effect of integrated nutrient management on dry herbage yield, nutrient uptake and profitability of French Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) Open

Baraa AL Mansour, D. Kalaivanan, M. A. Suryanarayana, A. K. Nair · 2017

Field experiments were conducted at ICAR - Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru during Kharif season of 2015 and 2016 with nine treatments and three replications in a randomized block design to find out the effect of integ…

Growth, Yield and Quality of Onion (Allium cepa L.) as Influenced by Organic Farming Practices Open

M. Prabhakar, S. Shankara Hebbar, A. K. Nair, P. Panneer Selvam, R. Rajeshwari , et al. · 2017

A field experiment was conducted during Rabi seasons of 2012 and 2013 at fixed organic experimental plot of ICAR-India Institute of Horticultural Research farm, Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru to study the effect of different levels of farm yard m…

Growth and Yield Performance of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.) in Relation to Fertigation Using Different Rates and Sources of Fertilizers Open

A. K. Nair, S. Shankara Hebbar, M. Prabhakar, R. Rajeshwari · 2017

A field experiment was conducted at Bangalore during 2013 and 2014 to study the effect of fertigation on the performance of okra. The trial included total of ten treatments comprising of varying rates and different sources of fertilizers w…

Growth and Yield Performance of Hybrid Hot Pepper, Chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) as Influenced by Fertigation and Polyethylene Mulching Open

G. Chandramohan Reddy, S. Shankara Hebbar, A. K. Nair, H.B. Raghupathy, A.P. Mallikarjuna Gowda , et al. · 2016

A field experiment was conducted at Bengaluru during 2015 to study the effect of fertigation on performance of hybrid chilli (Capsicum annuum L.). The trial included nine treatments comprising varying rates and sources of fertilizers, test…

Effect of different organic nutrient levels on growth, yield and quality in cauliflower Open

M. Prabhakar, S. Shankara Hebbar, A. K. Nair, K. S. Shivashankara, J.K. Chinnu , et al. · 2015

A field experiment was conducted during two Rabi seasons at Organic Experimental Block of IIHR farm, Hessaraghatta, Bengaluru to study the effect of different levels of organic manures and conventional practices on growth, yield and qualit…

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