Volume 2, Issue 1, June 2007

Table of Contents

Focus

Biotechnology of Coconut
V. A. Parthasarathy, Anitha Karun, M. K. Rajesh 1-12

Research Article

Influence of Ethylene Inhibitors and Ethrel on Production of Protocorm Like Bodies in Orchid-Dendrobium 'Sonia'
G. V. S. Saiprasad, P. Raghuveer 13-18
Effect of Antibiotics and Gelling Agents in Transformation of Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) cv. Manjarigota
D. P. Prakash, B. S. Deepali, R. Asokan, Y. L. Ramachandra, Lalitha Anand, Vageeshbabu S. Hanur 19-25
Effects of Clay Mineral Application on Soil Moisture Status, Physiological Traits and Yield of Rainfed Tomato under Semi-Arid Alfisols
V. S. Rao, G. R. Maruthi Sankar 26-33
Effect of Integrated Nutrient Management on Onion Yield and Soil Properties under Chromic haplusterts of Karnataka
P. K. Basavaraja, S. Sridhara, A. R. Sushma, G. R. Hareesh 34-37
Effect of Blending, Additives and Storage Conditions on the Quality of Watermelon Nectar
Harshata Pal, Ashis Kumar Banik, Nuchhungi 38-43
Analysis of Variability for Qualitative and Quantitative Traits in Coleus forskohlii Briq.
C. Kavitha, E. Vadivel, K. Rajamani, C. Thangamani 44-46
Studies on Parental Synchronization in Flowering for Hybrid Seed Production in Onion (Allium cepa L.)
K. Padmini, R. Veere Gowda, L. B. Naik 47-49
Pilot Scale Processing of Red Flesh Guava RTS Beverage
S. Bhuvaneswari, R. B. Tiwari 50-52
Influence of some Pesticides on Entomopathogenic Fungus Lecanicillium (=Verticillium) lecanii (Zimm.) ZARE & GAMS
A. Krishnamoorthy, P. N. Ganga Visalakshi, A. Manoj Kumar, M. Mani 53-57
Molecular Characterization of Phytophthora nicotianae Associated with Diseases of Horticultural Crops by RFLP of PCR Internal Transcribed Spacer Region of Ribosomal DNA and AFLP Fingerprints
P. Chowdappa 58-62

Short Communication

Studies on Combining Ability in Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia L.)
K. Sundharaiya, K. Venkatesan 63-66
Effect of Pheromone Lure-Distance and Direction in Trapping Brinjal Fruit and Shoot Borer (Leucinodes orbonalis Guen.) Male Moths
H. S. Singh, N. K. Krishna Kumar, B. Krishnakumari 67-70
Comparative Toxicity of Two Isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner from Plutella xylostella L. and Papilio demoleus L. to some Important Lepidopteran Pests of Horticultural Crops
R. Asokan, Puttaswamy 71-72