Journal of Horticulture
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Shrikant Patil

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• Research Article
  Impact of Biofield Treatment on Yield, Quality and Control of Nematode in Carrots
  Author(s): Vishal D Shinde, Mahendra Kumar Trivedi and Shrikant PatilVishal D Shinde, Mahendra Kumar Trivedi and Shrikant Patil
  
  This study tested the Null Hypothesis for the effect of biofield treatment when used for control of nematode on carrot crops, Daucus carota, under typical growing conditions in year 2012 at Guadalupe, California, USA. Following biofield treatment, carrot seeds were planted in replicate plots with mechanical seeder and their development was recorded compared to control seed growth from untreated plots and plots treated with the commercial standard nematicide, further Vydate L was applied three times at rates of 1 and 0.5 gal/A, at 1, 18 and 35 days after seeding, respectively. At 70 and 109 days after the first application root galling severity in biofield treated crops was reduced by 54% and 22% respectively as compared to untreated while the Vydate response showed 0% and 25% control, respectively. Plots planted with biofield treated seeds resulted in the greatest nu.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2376-0354.1000150

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