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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. Lizi Jiaohuan Yu Xifu/Ion Exchange and Adsorption Fa yi xue za zhi

Submission Deadline
03 Apr 2024 (Vol - 55 , Issue- 04 )
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31 Mar 2024 (Vol - 55 , Issue 03 )

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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

In vitro evaluation antagonistic ability of Plant Growth Promoting Microbes against Alternaria solani, causal agent of early blight of tomato.

Paper ID- AMA-31-07-2023-12485

Present investigation was carried out with a total of four previously isolated antagonist microbes viz., Pseudomons fluorescens, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus thuringinesis and Trichoderma viride. Results showed that consortia of T. viride, P. fluorescens, B. thuringinesis and B. subtilis has the highest inhibiting capability against the pathogen with 45.92% inhibition followed by T. viride, P. fluorescens, B. subtilis with 37.84% inhibition in vitro. And the lowest inhibition was recorded in treatment of B. thuringinesis alone with 9.62%. Moreover, in net house the highest disease intensity was recorded in control with 84.42% incidence and the lowest incidence (10.27%) was recorded in the treatment of consortia of T. viride, P. fluorescens B. thuringinesis and B. subtilis. Lowest yield was recorded in the untreated control with 0.482kg/plant whereas the highest yield was found in the consortia of four (1.712 kg/plant).

CORONAVIRUS SHUTDOWN'S IMPACT: DRIVEN FARMERS TOWARDS CA PRACTICES

Paper ID- AMA-27-07-2023-12482

In December of 2019, Wuhan, China, was hit by a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2. The World Health Organisation (WHO) proclaimed this disease a pandemic on March 11, 2020, and a few days later, the Government of India ordered a total lockdown of the nation as a response to the scarcity of migrant workers caused by the sickness. The purpose of this research was to find out if, during the period of manpower scarcity that occurred during the COVID-19 Shutdown, farmers were more inclined to employ the conservation agriculture (CA) practices like Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) than the alternative, Transplanted Puddled Rice (TPR/Transplanting technique). The Haryana areas of Ambala were the sites of studies on the epidemic and the challenges faced by farmers using it in 2020 and 2021. Twenty five farmers from four different villages were selected at random. To gather empirical data, the 100 respondents were interviewed according to a set timetable, and the results were analysed using standard procedures. Most farmers (77.50%) classified themselves as having a low to medium level of DSR adoption during the Kharif 2020 paddy season, while 22.50 percent classified themselves as having a high level of adoption. During the Kharif 2021 season, 87.50% of farmers were classified as having a Low to Medium level of DSR technology implementation, while 12.50% were classified as having a High level of adoption. In part due to labour limitations during the Shutdown in 2020, farmers appear to have implemented DSR at a little higher rate in 2020 than in 2021. To perform the TPR method of transplanting, farmers need additional helpers, and this migrant labour was easily available before the shutdown. The purpose of this scenario is to encourage the farmer to use a DSR drill or equipment during the quarantine period caused by the epidemic. Since farmers' requirements for it had increased as a result of the limited supply of migrant labour due to lockdowns, the shortage of equipment availability at the time of sowing was the main impediment. Weed infestation, a lack of competence in DSR agriculture, the occurrence of rain prior to germination, a lack of ambition to adapt, etc. were just some of the other, far more important challenges to the adoption of DSR technology by the farmers. At the 0.05 level of significance, the results also showed a positive correlation between DSR technology adoption and characteristics like education, land ownership, access to farm equipment, media exposure, economic motivation, inventiveness, DSR technology training received, extension contact, and risk orientation. In light of these findings, the government should implement more intensive extension efforts to increase farmer awareness and ongoing strong promotional strategies, including better incentives for DSR farmers, in order to encourage the adoption of the recommended practises for DSR.

PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN: A CAUSE FOR MODIFYING THE FARMING STYLE

Paper ID- AMA-27-07-2023-12481

The goal of the study was to find out if farmers were more likely to use Direct Seeded Rice as a way to save resources than Puddled Transplanted Rice (PTR/transplanting method) when there was a shortage of workers during the COVID-19 lockdown. During the years 2020 and 2021, a study was done in the Haryana district of Kurukshetra on the pandemic and the problems farmers had with it. Randomly, 25 farmers from each of the four towns were chosen for the study. The 100 respondents were then interviewed using a specific interview schedule, empirical data was collected from each responder individually, and the data was then analysed using standard methods. According to the results, most of the respondents (77.50%) were in the Low to Medium category, and 22.50 percent of the farmers were in the High category for the total level of acceptance of DSR technology during the paddy season (Kharif 2020). While most farmers (87.50%) said they would adopt DSR technology at a low to medium level, only 12.50% said they would adopt it at a high level during Kharif 2021. That seems to mean that farmers adopted DSR at a slightly higher rate in 2020 than in 2021. This is because there was a shortage of workers during the Lockdown in 2020, which made them more likely to adopt DSR than PTR*. In fact, farmers need more people to help with transplanting/PTR, and foreign workers were easy to find before the lockdown. This happened so that the farmer would have to start using the DSR Drill/Machine during the Pandemic Lockdown. So the lack of machines during sowing was the biggest problem, since farms needed them more than ever because foreign workers were hard to find because of lockdowns and other problems. Farmers also had to deal with weed growth, not knowing enough about DSR farming, rain before germination, not wanting to change, etc., which were all very important problems that made it hard for them to use DSR technology. Findings also showed that personality traits, such as education, access to farm equipment, exposure to the media, economic motivation, innovativeness, training on DSR technology, contact with extension, and a willingness to take risks, had a positive and significant relationship with the level of adoption of DSR technology at the 0.05 probability level. So, the overall results show that farmers aren't using the recommended practises for DSR. This means that the government needs to do more to raise farmers' awareness and keep up a strong promotion strategy that includes giving DSR farmers better incentives to increase the number of farmers who use DSR.

Postpartum ovarian activity (Follicular development) by Ultra sonographic studies on postpartum anestrous Sahiwal cows

Paper ID- AMA-27-07-2023-12479

Ultra sonographic studies of ovarian activity in postpartum anestrous Sahiwal Cows. A total no. of 14 anestrus Sahiwal cows with normal parturition of more than 65 days after parturition were procured for present study from Bull Mother Experimental Farm (B.M.E.F.), College of Veterinary Sci. & A.H., Anjora, Durg. These animals were randomly divided into two groups. Animals (n = 7) of control group were given to the normal saline and animals (n=7) of treatment group were given to the injection GnRH @ 10 µgm intramuscularly on day 0. The animals in both groups were monitored at three days’ interval for 24 days i.e. day 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21 & 24 days using trans rectal ultrasonography (5-7.5 MHz) for development of ovarian follicles. Significantly higher number of animals came in estrus (57.14% Vs. 28.57% (P < 0.05) in treatment than control group. Significantly (P < 0.05) larger follicles were observed on day 3, 12 and 24 The serum progesterone level was higher on day 0, 11 and 22 in treatment group. However, the difference was statistically non-significant.

Phytophthora leaf blight resistance sources in Capsicum annum Leo. and determination of isolate mating type

Paper ID- AMA-26-07-2023-12478

Phytophthora blight and root rot caused by Phytophthora capsici are two independent major disease syndromes in capsicum which cause 40-100 % yield loss in open field conditions and protected structure. The key objective was to develop resistant sources against the P. capsici oomycetes but due to the association of multiple independent pathogens, first we have decided to screen out the lines for blight from locally available isolates in India. Therefore, in the present investigation, we have identified four resistant (0-5%) i.e., AV-143, 116, 132 and 133and one moderately resistant line name AV-144 line (5-10%) from germplasm imported from World Vegetable Centre (AVRDC), Taiwan and two lines CPCT-84 and CPCT-144 from F3segregating population against the P.capsiciisolates collected from Karnataka, South India. The characterized strain of P.capsici was the A1 mating type collected from south India.