Common rust of maize caused by Puccinia sorghi Schw. is an important disease which results in heavy yield loss. Spore germination was maximum within 24 hr at temperature in the range of 20-30 C. Differential spray schedule with Hexaconazole 0.1% revealed that, rust index was least in T5, i.e., five sprays of Hexaconazole (30.25%) and the disease was completely free with T6, i.e., six sprays of Hexaconazole. The disease development started on 30 days (22.34% PDI) and increased progressively up to 90 days (88.56% PDI) and later on became stable. Among the inbred lines MI-12 and Indimyt-345 are...

The present investigation in mungbean was undertaken with a view to estimate G x E interaction for seed yield and its components and to assess the seed yield potential of different genotypes of mungbean under different sowing dates and to identify genotypes suitable for different predictable environments. GxE interaction were significant for days to 50% flowering, days to maturity, plant height, clusters per plant, pods per plant, seeds per pod and seed yield per plot when tested against pooled error, while 100 seed weight and seed yield per plant were highly significant when tested against...