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Morphological and biochemical investigation of five Solanum species
A. John De Britto, D. Herin Sheeba Gracelin, T. Leon Stephan Raj and P. Benjamin Jeya Rathna Kumar

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Genetic diversity studies in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] based on morphological characters
T.V. Shadakshari, T. Kalaimagal, N. Senthil, M.B. Boranayaka, R. Kambe Gowda and G. Rajesha

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Effect of seed invigouration treatments on growth parameters of soybean
Deepa P. Nair and G.V. Deogirkar

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Genetic analysis of yield and yield attributing characters in linseed (Linum usitatissimum L)
Deepak Gauraha, S.S. Rao and J.M. Pandagare

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Evidence for probiotic properties of Lactobacillus fermentum and Lactobacillus reuteri isolated from human breast milk
R. Ilayaraja and Radhamadhavan

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Effect of plant growth regulators and fungicides on pre-harvest fruit drop in Nagpur Mandarin
N.B. Patil, Bhagyashree M. Shedame and S.H. Ingle

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Immunomodulatary potential of Chitosan and Levamisole against bacterial diseases of Penaeus monodon
V. A.J. Huxley, P. Suthan, M. Victor Joseph and A.P. Lipton

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Screening of anti-bacterial activity of C-phycocyanin and its minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) determination by agar dilution method
T. Murugan and Radhamadhavan

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Physio chemical response of appropriate zinc application on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under sodic soil condition
N. Singh, R.K. Yadav, S. Prasad and S. Dikshit

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Study the genetic variations among the Azotobacter chroococcum isolates using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) marker
K. Mehta, Y.B. Das, N.V. Upadhayay and S.B. Doshi

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Somatic embryogenesis in Kalazira (Bunium persicum Bioss)
R.K. Sharma

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RAPD Analysis in cowpea [Vigna ungaiculata (L.) WALP]
Basant Kumar, Jayshree Munot and Puspha Seth

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Inducting salt tolerance and its effect on growth and germination of maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes
A.B. Rajurkar, S.S. Shende and P.J. Gadge

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Microbiolgical study of root nodule bacteria from wild legumes
Pooja Agrawal, Arti Athiya and P.C. Jain

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Variability and genetic divergence in rice bean
M.M. Dodake and D.V. Dahat

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Seasonal variation in three leguminous tree seedlings associated with AM Fungi
Romana M. mirdhe and H.C. Lakshman

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Effect of Majorana hortensis leaves against lipid peroxidation
Radha Palaniswamy and P.R.Padma

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In-vitro antibacterial activity of some medicinally important plants against plant and human pathogens
B.L. Jangale, N.G. Sonone, T.B. Ugale, N.R. Toke, P.B. Jangam and R.S. Holkar

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Bio-efficacy of bio-pesticides against Caryedon serratus (Olivier) in stored groundnut
S.S. Ranaware and M.N. Kapadia

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Discrimination of three sex morphotypes in Plantago Ovata Forsk.(Plantaginaceae) through floral characters
Ashish G. Vala, R.S. Fougat and S. Roshni

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Isolation and phenotypic screening of alpha amylase producing bacteria from soils of Jammu region
Ritu Mahajan, Mehak Gupta, Bhanu Kalia, Gurdeep Kaur and Kawal Kaur

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16S rRNA gene based identification of gut bacteria from field collected larvae of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from tomato ecosystem
S. Madhusudan, S.K. Jalali, T. Venkatesan, Y. Lalitha and Prasanna Srinivas

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Selection of effective indigenous Rhizobium strains in district Sagar for chickpea bioinoculant
Pooja Agrawal, Shubha Thakur and P.C. Jain

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Genetic variability and heritability studies in local collections of sponge gourd [Luffa cylindrica (Linn.) M. Roem]
A.A. Khule, S.B.S. Tikka, D.J. Jadhav and D.B. Kajale

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Influence of hydrophilic polymer on different crop growth parameters and yield in tomato
M.K. Meena, C.M. Nawalagatti and M.B. Chetti

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Biobleaching and biopulping of bagasse fiber using co-culture of Trichoderma viridae and Aspergillus glaucus fungi
G. Ranadive Ananth, N. Arun and P. Lalitha

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Effect of plant growth promoting fungal inoculant on the growth of Arachis hypogea (L.) and it’s role on the induction of systemic resistance against Rhizoctonia solani
J. Sudha Lakshmi, T. Kuberan, M. Anburaj, C. Sundaravadivelan, P. Kumar and Manorama Dhanaseeli

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Morphological characterization of induced mutants in groundnut using RAPD Markers
Varha Kumari, M.V.C. Gowda, Vinod Tasiwal and M.K. Meena

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Role of immunomodulatory plants in pisciculture
Seema Gupta and Preeti Mishra

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Systematic reviews and Meta-analysis: The best evidence by combining data from several studies
S. Gopalakrishnan, Shekhar Padhyegurjar and P. Ganeshkumar

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Susceptibility of the eastern tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum) to the Entomogenous Fungus Beauveria bassiana
Kamin Alexander, Tripti Tiwari and N.C. Tewarson

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