Karnataka produces 1.4% of potato from 4.1% national potato area. Hassan is the largest potato producing district in the State accounting for 20% production and 56% crop area in Karnataka. Potato productivity ACGRs in Hassan (-12%) and Karnataka (-7%) over 1999-00 to 2009-10 and triennium ending...

Present study attempted to understand farmers' perception on attributes they want in future potato varieties in heat-prone areas. For better understanding, priority index (PI; range 0 to 100) and per cent relative importance (RI) of desirable attributes were calculated. Potato farmers' response...

Agriculture is the prime engine of growth and backbone of developing nations. In India, a developing economy, nearly 60% of the working population find agriculture as their main source of income/livelihood. Women play multiple roles in agriculture and allied activities such as food production,...

Biodiesel production offers promising opportunities to create additional alternate sources of energy. Since India is deficient in edible oils, the non-edible oil like jatropha, neem, karanja, mahua, simarouba etc., could be the desirable source for India for production of bio-diesel. This brief...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency's Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) regional-scale model is used to study concentrations and dry deposition of nitrogen species in North Carolina (NC) during the summer season. Each modelled and measured species featured a similar diurnal...

Despite a decreasing trend nationwide, eight-hour O<SUB align="right"><SMALL>3</SMALL></SUB> concentrations in 25 of US national parks have increased by 8% during last decade. This study presents a 13-year observation of high O<SUB align="right"><SMALL>3</SMALL></SUB> at the Great Smoky Mountains (GRSM) and Mammoth Cave (MACA) national parks, both among the 25 impacted...</small></sub></small></sub>