AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America
AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America (AMA) (issn: 00845841) is a peer reviewed journal first published online after indexing scopus in 1982. AMA is published by Farm Machinery Industrial Research Corp and Shin-Norinsha Co. AMA publishes every subjects of general engineering and agricultural engineering.
WOS Indexed (2026)
07 May 2026 (Vol - 57 , Issue- 05 )
31 May 2026 (Vol - 57 , Issue 05 )
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AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America
AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America (ISSN: 00845841) is a peer-reviewed journal. The journal covers Agricultural and Biological Sciences and all sort of engineering topic. the journal's scopes are in the following fields but not limited to:
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Electrical Engineering and Telecommunication
Electronic Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Civil and architectural engineering
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Transportation Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Industrial and Commercial Design
Information Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Food Engineering
Millets for Global Human Health – A comprehensive review
Climate change, water scarcity, escalating food bills, population growth, and other social implications are probable to substantially endanger agricultural and global food security in the twenty-first century, particularly for the world's poorest residents who live in deserts and partitions. Scientists and nutritionists are challenged by these effects to look into the production, processing, and consumption of alternative food sources in order to eradicate eagerness and poverty. The world's main food supply and a large portion of the diet of the ordinary human are cereal grains. Millet, which is also a significant source of carbs and proteins for the locals, is a drought-resistant crop in Africa and Asia's semi-arid tropical areas. Furthermore, millet grain is gaining popularity among technologists, food scientists, and nutritionists due to its important impact on national food availability and potential medical benefits. To assess the possible health benefits and nutritional worth of millet grains, this report reviewed recent advancements in the research that had been conducted up to that point. As well as the difficulties, constraints, and prospects for promoting millet use as food for a vast and expanding population, processing technologies used to enhance the millet's edible and nutritional qualities are examined.
Effect of Seed priming with metallic nanoparticles on germination, growth and biochemical properties of citron (Citrus medica L.)
Exploration of nanoparticles (NPs) in the field of agriculture opened a great and remarkable attention because of its unique propensity and high surface reactivity. The efficacy of different metallic silver and copper nanoparticles were used to determine seed germination, growth and biochemical properties citron (Citrus medica L.). Citron seeds were treated with metallic AgNPs (<90nm) and CuNPs (50nm) suspension using stabilizing agents poly ethylene glycol (PEG) @ 6000 ppm to prevent particle aggregation and electrostatic repulsion and incubated for eight hours at 225 rpm in an orbital shaker. The seeds treated with AgNPs enhanced the germination percentage (98.33–100.00%), mean germination time (29.25–33.25 days), germination rate of seeds per day (1.89–2.10) and germination index (4.77–5.33) as compared to CuNPs and non-treated seeds. The seedlings kept under protected condition performed better than open condition. AgNPs @ 20 ppm showed the maximum plant height (13.94 cm and 14.20 cm under open and protected condition respectively), maximum root length (32.51cm in open and 33.67 cm in protected condition), leaf emergence rate (10.33 under open and 10.87 under protected) and maximum fresh weight (5.00 g) and dry weight (1.57 g) of seedlings at120 days after germination (DAG). AgNPs @ 5 ppm improved total chlorophyll content (0.80 mg g-1) in leaves. The highest total phenolics (8.59 mg GAE 100g-1) content in leaves was recorded in CuNPs @ 40 ppm.
Tree-Crop interaction in some Gmelina arborea based landuse systems in Madhya Pradesh of India
In the present scenario of global warming and risky food production system, agroforestry is an important land use system contributing multiple benefits in terms of goods and services. An investigation was carried out in 2022-23 at Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India to understand the tree-crop interaction in some Gmelina arborea based landuse systems. Treatments consisted of 7-year old G. arborea (8m x 3m spacing) as woody crop and arhar, cowpea and greengram as intercrops in kharif. The experiment was carried out in Randomized Block Design with five replications. Total height of G. arborea was significantly higher with greengram (7.44m) followed by cowpea, arhar and sole. G. arborea sole had minimum height (5.86 m) which was at par with G. arborea + arhar. Similar trend was observed in case of DBH and crown spread. DBH ranged from 8.34 to 10.54 m and crown spread ranged from 3.08 to 3.88 m. G. arborea achieved significantly higher height, dbh and crown spread when grown with greengram over arhar as well as sole crop. Organic Carbon was maximum (0.80%) under G. arborea + greengram which was significantly higher over other treatments. Arhar sole recorded the lowest amount of O.C. (0.52%) and remained at par with cowpea and greengram. Soil pH ranged from 5.77 to 6.56 with maximum under G. arborea + greengram and minimum under arhar sole. Available nitrogen was maximum under G. arborea + greengram (304 kg/ha) and minimum under arhar sole (260 kg/ha). Available phosphorus ranged from 24.2 to 37.6 kg/ha and available potassium from 202 to 234 kg/ha with maximum under G. arborea + greengram whereas minimum under arhar sole.
Development of package of practices for mechanized transplanting in rice under Cauvery delta zone of Tamil Nadu
A field study on development of package of practices for mechanized transplanting in rice was conducted at Tamil Nadu Rice Research Institute, Aduthurai during 2020-21. Six treatments viz., two age of seedling 15,21 days old seedlings, two time of planting viz., normal, and 15 days delayed planting, It was also compared with conventional transplanting with 25 days old seedling under normal and 15 days delayed time in randomized block design. Mat nursery was prepared for 8 row Yanmar transplanting machine. The result showed that mechanized transplanting with 15 days old seedling under normal planting of June planting recorded higher number of tillers (355/m2), No. of grains/panicle (162/panicle) and grain yield (5511 kg/ha) during normal time of planting. Delayed transplanting with 15 days resulted in decrease in grain yield. Delayed transplanting of rice beyond June 30th recorded reduction in yield varied from 361 to 1001 kg/ha. Higher net income (54506 ₹/ha ) and B:C ratio (2.2) was recorded in 15 days old seedling under mechanized transplanting under normal planting time of June.
Variability studies on morphological characteristics of seedling bael genotypes in the north-western plains of India
Bael (Aegle marmelos Correa) is one of the important indigenous fruit of India with high nutraceutical significance. The experiment was conducted to study variability based on morphological characteristics among seedling origin bael genotypes. A survey was undertaken during 2020-21 to 2021-22 in three districts of Jammu and Kashmir, Union territory of India. The study comprised of characterization and evaluation of seedling origin bael genotypes that were identified in Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts. Eighty seedling origin bael genotypes with two commercial cultivars from different areas were selected where the results revealed that maximum tree height (17.20 m) was recorded in JMU-Bael (Sel-50), trunk girth (63.40 cm) in JMU-Bael (Sel-32), tree spread in E-W (8.80 m) in JMU-Bael (Sel-48) and N-S (6.30 m) in JMU-Bael (Sel-54) and intermodal distance (7.00 cm) in JMU-Bael (Sel-68) compared with NB-5 and NB-9. The detected variation can be utilized in a future breeding program for improvement of Bael.