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Stock scion relationship: A review from the ornamental plant perspective Open

T Aparnambika, M. Prabhu, C Sameer Kumar, Rajasekaran Raghu, K. B. Sujatha , et al. · 2025

Grafting is a widely used horticultural technique that enhance plant performance, especially in ornamental species with poor rooting ability. It involves joining a desirable scion with a compatible and vigorous rootstock, as seen in crops …

Genetic Divergence and Path Coefficient Analysis for Yield and Related Traits in Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gaertn.) Open

Hima Kumar Anakali, Premakumar Premakumar, Madhu Saatu, Birendra Prasad, D. Saida Naik , et al. · 2025

Finger millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gaertn.) is an important “nutri-cereal” valued for its nutritional richness, climate resilience, and role in food security across Africa and South Asia. The present study assessed genetic variability amo…

Evaluation of nutritional composition in finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.) genotypes Open

Hima Kumar Anakali, Premakumar Premakumar, Madhu Saatu, B. V. Vara Prasad, D. Saida Naik , et al. · 2025

Greywater footprints and the sustainability of city gardens Open

V Gokul Raj, C Sameer Kumar, Mrinal Anand, K Sivasubramanian, K. Sujatha · 2025

Urban city gardens are facing increasing pressure to balance water consumption with sustainability goals, to amid growing concerns over water scarcity and environmental degradation. This article examines the concept of “greywater footprint…

Biophilic gardens for enhancing urban ecosystems and reconnecting people with nature Open

P Infant Nijole, K. Kumanan, C Sameer Kumar, Umesh Kanna Subramani, K P Ragunath , et al. · 2025

The rapid growth of cities and the shift toward highly urbanized lifestyles have distanced humanity from its innate connection with nature. This disconnection has taken a toll on mental health, physical well-being and overall quality of li…

Impact of garden land ecosystem on growth, production and reproductive performance of Salem black goats Open

A Sumithra, G. Senthil Kumar, C Sameer Kumar · 2025

Natural green pastures, weeds and tree fodders support commercial goat rearing under semi-intensive system. This study, conducted at Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) in Tiruppur District, Tamil Nadu, aimed to assess the growth, production and re…

Unveiling a symptomatic disease in custard apples: effective management strategies against fruit degradation Open

R. Akila, Chelviramessh, P Balasubramanian, C Sameer Kumar · 2025

Annona squamosa is a tropical fruit susceptible to various diseases that significantly impact its yield and quality of the fruits. Colletotrichum spp. rank among the top ten most destructive fungal pathogens globally, occupying the 8th pos…

Genetic diversity studies for yield attributing traits, oil content and late leaf spot disease in advanced backcross lines of groundnut (Arachis hypogea L.) Open

T. Madhuri, V Ram Reddy, K Sravanti, C Sameer Kumar, Ch. V. Durga Rani · 2025

Phenotypic evaluation of recombinant inbred lines along with parents for anaerobic germination tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) Open

B. Neelima, C Sameer Kumar, S. Murthy, Satendra K. Mangrauthia, MS Anantha , et al. · 2025

Correlation and Path Analysis of Yield and Seedling Vigour Related Traits in Wild Introgression Lines Open

Sai Prasanna D, Divya Balakrishnan, C Sameer Kumar, Kalyani M Barabadikar · 2024

Early establishment of crop plants are highly influenced by resource availability in its environment. Seedling early vigour refers to the ability of seeds to germinate quickly and uniformly, resulting in the robust crop establishment espec…

Identification of stable genotypes based on grain yield response over different environments in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) Open

L Moench, Veldandi Saikiran, D. Shivani, S. Maheswaramma, S. Ramesh , et al. · 2022

The genotype × environment (G × E) interaction has a significant impact on plant yield performance and is an important focus of researchers in developing stable varieties. This study aims to find stable, high yielding sorghum hybrids suite…

Combining ability and heterosis studies in different crop sites for yield and yield contributing traits in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) Open

Veldandi Saikiran, D. Shivani, S. Maheswaramma, K. Sujatha, K Sravanthi , et al. · 2021

Forty eight hybrids, utilizing six male sterile lines and eight restorers of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) were evaluated for general and specific combining ability, variance components and standard heterosis. Among the lines ICSA …

Utilizing Wild Cajanus platycarpus, a Tertiary Genepool Species for Enriching Variability in the Primary Genepool for Pigeonpea Improvement Open

Shivali Sharma, Pronob J. Paul, C Sameer Kumar, Chetna Nimje · 2020

The use of crop wild relatives in the breeding program has been well recognized to diversify the genetic base along with introgression of useful traits. Cajanus platycarpus (Benth.) Maesen, an annual wild relative belonging to the t…

Relationship among the yield contributing characters and with seed yield in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) millsp.) Open

P Syamala, N. G. Naidu, C Sameer Kumar, D. Mohan Reddy, B Ravindhra Reddy · 2019

Twenty CGMS-based pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] hybrids were evaluated along with parents and standard check (Maruthi) to study the nature and magnitude of relationship of important agronomic traits with seed yield. The associatio…

Genetic variability and correlation in pigeonpea genotypes Open

SNCVL Pushpavalli, KN Yamini, A Anuradha, Rajani Rajani, G. N. Veera Kumar , et al. · 2018

Forty nine pigeon pea genotypes were evaluated at Agricultural Research Station Tandur during kharif 2015-16. Genotypes were grouped into six clusters based on Mahalonobis D2 statistics. Days to maturity contributed to maximum genetic dive…

Advances in food legumes research at ICRISAT Open

Pooran M. Gaur, Rajeev K. Varshney, Hari D. Upadhyaya, Vadez, K. K. Sharma , et al. · 2018

The mandate grain legumes of ICRISAT include chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnut \nwhich are important crops of Asia and Africa. The grain legumes improvement \nprogram of ICRISAT has access to the largest collection of germplasm of these cr…

Correlation studies for yield attributing traits in pigeonpea [cajanus cajan (l.) Millsp.] Open

S.K. Joshi, T. G. Revathi, G. Rajani, C Sameer Kumar, Anuradha Ganesan · 2017

The present investigation was undertaken with the objective to study correlation between various yield and yield attributing traits among the \n188 RIL population developed from the cross between ICPL 20097 and ICP 8863 (maruti). Field exp…

Next generation sequencing based transcriptomic studies for crop improvement in pigeonpea Open

Lekha T. Pazhamala, Rachit K. Saxena, Shilp Purohit, Prasad Bajaj, Kumar , et al. · 2017

Transcriptomic studies are rapidly evolving as a powerful tool \nwith next-generation sequencing technology to understand gene \nfunctions and molecular mechanisms. RNA sequencing (RNAseq) \nprovides a dynamic range for transcript detectio…

Traits that confer post-flowering drought tolerance in short duration pigeonpea Open

R. S. Purushothaman, L. Krishnamurthy, Anupama Hingane, C Sameer Kumar · 2017

Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) is one of the most important legume \ncrop, ranking fifth in importance among edible legumes globally. \nIt is adversely affected by intermittent and terminal droughts. \nAs grain yield under drought is heavily in…

Towards defining heterotic pools for accelerating hybrid breeding in pigeonpea Open

Rachit K. Saxena, S Singh, Abhishek Rathore, Ok-Youn Yu, C Kim , et al. · 2017

Recently released pigeonpea hybrids for cultivation in farmers’ fields have shown their potential to elevate the yield levels. For instance, the world’s first grain legume hybrid of pigeonpea ICPH 2671 showed 47% yield advantage over the c…

Extent of heterosis in CMS based hybrids of Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] Open

Nidhi Mohan, J. L. Galian, J. Dayal Prasad Babu, C Sameer Kumar, V. S. Rao · 2017

Endowed with several unique characteristics, pigeonpea [Cajanus \ncajan (L.) Millsp.] holds a prominent position in farm \nhouseholds of semi-arid and arid regions of the world. With \nthe advent of hybrid pigeonpea technology, pigeonpea, …

Phenotypic evaluation data of medium duration Pigeonpea advanced F8 lines trial for year 2016-17 Open