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 (2025)
19 Jun 2025 (Vol - 56 , Issue- 06 )
30 Jun 2025 (Vol - 56 , Issue 06 )
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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
Performance of Kisan Drone through Large Scale Demonstrations in Paddy fields of Southern Telangana Zone
The present study was carried out through Large Scale Demonstrations (250 no.s) of Kisan Drone in an area of 625 acres and implemented successively in the operational area of ICAR- KrishiVigyan Kendra, Kampasagar, Nalgnoda district (Telangana state) under Agricultural Drone Project, financed by ICAR, ATARI during the year 2022-23 to appraise the effect of Drone utilization for spraying of Agricultural chemicals. In this study, Conducted 250 demonstrations on spraying of insecticides, fungicides, post emergence weedicides, and Nutrients in 625 acres, majority of the demonstrations were carried out on Pest management in 530acres (212 demonstrations) other weed management and Nutrient management sprays were covered in 95 acres (38 demonstrations) in paddy crop. In Farmers practice, spraying was done with manual operated power sprayers. From this study, it was concluded that, there is a vast scope for drones in agricultural applications. Drones will be able to spray more land in less time. This will save the time of farmers i.e., 16 minutes/acre in demonstration field, as compared to 84 minutes/acre in farmers’ practice. The cost of spraying was reduced to an extent of Rs 150/acre as compared farmers’ practice, hence resulting in financial savings of the farmers. There was 13 per cent yield increase in demonstrated plot over farmers plot because of timely sprayings. About 72% of the pest population was reduced in demonstration field and farmers were satisfied with this technology. There is a need to further disseminate the improved technologies among the farmers with effective extension methods like training and demonstrations. Farmers’- should be encouraged to adopt the technology for realizing higher returns. Horizontal spread of improved technologies may be achieved by successful implementation of demonstrations and various extensions activities like Training Programmes, Awareness Programmes, field days etc. organized in the farmers’ fields. Farmers have shown keen interest to adopt this technology in large area in the ensuing seasons.
Studies on the Effect of Organic source of nutrients on growth, yield and quality of Potato
A field experiment was conducted at research farm, Bhola Paswan Shastri Agricultural College, Purnea, BAU, Sabour to evaluate the effect of organic source of nutrients on growth, yield and quality of Potato. The treatments comprises of seven treatments which includes T1(RDF (150:90:120 kg NPK/ha),T2 (100% RDN through FYM),T3(75% RDN through FYM + 25% RDN through Vermicompost), T4(75% RDN through FYM + 25% RDN through Poultry manure),T5(50% RDN through FYM + 50% RDN through Vermicompost),T6(50% RDN through FYM + 50% RDN through Poultry manure), T7(50% RDN through FYM + 25% RDN through Vermicompost +25% RDN through Poultry manure). Among the different treatments T1(RDF (150:90:120 kg NPK/ha) recorded the highest growth and yield parameters as compared with other treatments but the results were at par with T7 (50% RDN through FYM + 25% RDN through Vermicompost +25% RDN through Poultry manure). In case of quality and soil parameters the results showed that organic treatments recorded significantly higher value as compared to T1 (Control).
Potassium Fractions and Their Dynamics for increasing yield in a Sustainable Fruit-Based Cropping System in Arid region.
This study investigates the impact of Aonla-based intercropping systems on potassium fractions, microbial populations, crop yields, and water holding capacity in arid and semi-arid regions, with the goal of enhancing soil fertility and sustainability in fruit-based cropping systems. The research examines various forms of potassium-water-soluble, exchangeable, non-exchangeable, and lattice potassium, each crucial for soil fertility and plant growth. The fruit-based cropping system evaluated include Aonla + Khejri, Aonla + Bael, Aonla + Kinnow, Aonla + Moringa, Aonla + Ber, Aonla + Mulberry, and a sole Aonla as control. The results showed significant differences in potassium fractions across the systems. The Aonla + Khejri system exhibited the highest water-soluble potassium (29.18 mg kg⁻¹) and exchangeable potassium (29.98 mg kg⁻¹), indicating enhanced potassium availability for plant uptake. Aonla + Kinnow recorded the highest total potassium content (4526.12 kg/ha), contributing to increased potassium reserves. Non-exchangeable potassium ranged from 728.94 mg kg⁻¹ in Aonla + Mulberry to 1375.03 mg kg⁻¹ in Aonla + Khejri, highlighting the long-term potential of intercropping in mobilizing potassium from the soil’s mineral pool. The Aonla + Khejri system showed the highest yield, attributed to improved nutrient availability and enhanced water retention. The water holding capacity was notably higher in intercropping systems, with Aonla + Khejri showing the most improvement, indicating better moisture retention and reduced water stress. Additionally, microbial populations, including bacteria, fungi, and actinomycetes, were higher in intercropping systems, particularly Aonla + Khejri, which recorded the highest bacterial (284.13 cfu×10⁸/g), fungal (217.00 cfu×10⁸/g), and actinomycetes (114.00 cfu ×10⁸/g) counts. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that intercropping, especially Aonla + Khejri, improves potassium dynamics, soil fertility, microbial populations, crop yields, and water holding capacity, promoting sustainable agricultural practices in arid and semi-arid regions.
XylR Unraveled: Phylogenetic Conservation and Divergence of a Key Metabolic Regulator in Xanthomonas Pathogens
The transcriptional regulator XylR plays a pivotal role in coordinating carbohydrate metabolism and virulence in Xanthomonas species, a group of economically important plant pathogens. This study presents a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of XylR across 50 Xanthomonas strains using neighbor-joining methods with 1000 bootstrap replicates. Our analysis revealed six well-supported clades (bootstrap ≥70%) that correlate strongly with host specificity and pathogenic lifestyle. Notably, rice pathogens X. oryzae pv. oryzae and oryzicola formed an exceptionally conserved cluster (99% bootstrap), while broad-host X. campestris strains showed moderate divergence. Intriguingly, X. arboricola pathovars exhibited polyphyletic distribution, suggesting either multiple horizontal gene transfer events or host-specific evolutionary pressures. The phylogenetic position of Pseudomonas amygdali as an outgroup (100% bootstrap) confirmed the genus-specific specialization of XylR. These evolutionary patterns suggest XylR maintains core metabolic functions while acquiring host-specific regulatory capabilities. Our findings provide new insights into Xanthomonas evolution and identify conserved regions of XylR as potential targets for developing broad-spectrum anti-virulence strategies. This work establishes a foundation for future functional studies of XylR alleles and their contributions to pathogenicity in different host systems.
Evaluation on management module against leaf hopper complex in Mango crop
Mango (Mangifera indica L) is an important crop grown in different parts of India. Mango hopper is a major pest of mango causing seviere yield losses. As the losses due ot mango hopper could be as high as 65 per cent in the absence of control measures, many insecticides have been recommended world-wide to control the pest. On farm trials were conducted by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Namakkal to assess the management modules against leaf hopper in mango crop in terms of incidence of shredding of flower buds and flowers damage percentage, destroying the inflorescences and causing fruit drops, curling and drying of infested tissue, development of shooty mold and fruit yield per hectare during Kharif 2020 in Namakkal district. The treatment comprises T1-Spraying of Oil based Metarhizium anisophilae @ 1ml/ litre of water at 3 times per weekly interval + Setting of yellow sticky trap @ 25 nos./ha (IIHR, 2017); T2- Neem oil @ 5ml/litre or Nimbicidine 1500 ppm @ 4ml / litre at 2 times per weekly interval + setting of Yellow sticky Trap @ 25 numbers/ha recommended by (Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, 2016); T3 – (Farmers practice) spraying of Lamdacyclothrin @ 2ml/ litre; Imidachloprid @ 0.5 ml/ litre with wettable sulphur @1 ml /litre and Proponophos @ 1ml /litre + yield win tonic combination of insecticides 3 times per weekly interval packages. The study revealed that mango crop sprayed with oil based Metarhizium anisophilae @ 1ml/ litre of water at three times weekly interval + setting of yellow sticky trap @25 nos./ ha effectively controlled @ 3.4 number of leaf hopper /panicles in a single branch of trees at 15 days after spray; reduced number of young fruit dropped per tree @ 8.6 number; number of number of moths trapped in a single yellow sticky trap is 5.8 numbers; total fruit harvested /tree is 1402 with higher fruit yield of 106 quintal/ hectare as compared to other practices. Whereas the farmers practice of spraying Lamdacyclothrin @ 2ml/ litre; Imidachloprid @ 0.5 ml/ litre with wettable sulphur @1 ml /litre and Proponophos @ 1ml /litre + yield win tonic combination of insecticides at 3 times at weekly interval recorded 5.2 number of leaf hopper /panicles in a single branch of trees at 15 days after spray; number of young fruit dropped per tree @ 11.4 number; total fruit harvested /tree is 1146 with higher fruit yield of 95.2 quintal/ hectare in kharif season.