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Morphological and molecular diversity in rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes    

Eswar Rao R, Krishna Veni B, Rama Kumar PV and Srinivasa Rao V

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Correlation and Path analysis for Grain Yield and Quality Traits in Promising Rice Genotypes (Oryza Sativa L.)

Rathod AJ, Mistry PM and Pampaniya AG

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Identification of Restorers and Maintainers for the Development of Rice Hybrid Suitable for Himachal Pradesh       

Parwinder Kaur and Pandey D P

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Association studies for physiological parameters and early vigour traits under anaerobic condition in rice (Oryza sativa L.)       

Srilakshmi Chaitanya M, Krishna Veni B, Lal Ahamed M, Girija Rani M and  Jaya Lalitha K

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Grain quality characteristics of two-line rice hybrids in Kerala                                                                   

Rajesh T, Radhakrishnan VV, Pressana kumari KT, Rosemary Francies, Sreenivasan E, Ibrahim KK and Latha A

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Genetic Analysis and Character Association of Yield Traits in Rainfed Rice (Oryza sativa L.)                                     

Muthuramu S and Sakthivel S

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Combining Ability Analysis for Yield and Quality Traits in Rice (Oryza Sativa L.)                                                          

Ramesh Babu P and Sreelakshmi Ch

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Development of gain of function mutation in rice by tetrad enhancer elements of Cauliflower Mosaic Virus 35S promoter         

Krishna Kanth Yadav T, Mahendranath G, Swetha Sharan K, Jagadish P, Yamini KN, Muralidhara Rao D, Uma A, Siddiq EA, Anuradha G

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Effect of post- emergence herbicides after pre-emergence  application of Pendimethalin in aerobic  rice (Oryza sativa L) in north-western Himalayas

Mankotia BS, Thakur DR and Manuja S

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Evaluation of antagonistic rhizospheric fluorescent pseudomonads for the suppression of bacterial blight of rice         

Bhimeshwari Sahu N, Khare N, Lakpale A, Yugander, Yamini Sousheel, Jahaar Singh and Laha G S

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Characterization of native rice specific isolates of Trichoderma and evaluation of its effect on sheath blight pathogen Rhizoctonia solani

Kannan C, Pradhan B, Renuka R, Anila R, Prakasam V, Prasad MS, Sundaram RM and Sudhakar R

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Looking at rice adoption behaviour beyond Yield Criteria: How Farmers Adopt new rice varieties?                     

Shaik N, Meera S, Arun Kumar, Praveen Rapaka, Amtul Waris and Voleti SR

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Economics of Paddy Cultivation in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh #  

Pravallika KVSD, Lakshmi Prasanna PA, Choudhary VK

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