Efficacy of bioinoculants in combination with insecticides against insect pests of Effect of temperature-tolerant rhizobial isolates as PGPR on nodulation, growth and yield of Phenotypic characterization of rhizobacteria associated with mungbean rhizosphe

Journal of Food Legumes Formerly Indian Journal of Pulses Research Vol. 26 3 4 September - December 2013 CONTENTS RESEARCH PAPERS

1. Heavy metal toxicity to food legumes: effects, antioxidative defense and tolerance mechanisms

1 Navneet Kaur and Harsh Nayyar

2. Assessment of genetic diversity at molecular level in mungbean Vigna radiata L. Wilczek

19 S. K. Gupta, R. Bansal, U. J. Vaidya and T. Gopalakrishna

3. Effectiveness and efficiency of gamma rays and Ethyl Methane sulphonate EMS in mungbean

25 Kuldeep Singh and M.N. Singh 4. Combining ability analysis in medium duration CGMS based hybrid pigeonpea Cajanus cajan L. Millsp., 29 M. P. Meshram, A.N. Patil and Abhilasha Kharkar 5. Genetic variability, character association and path analysis in clusterbean Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L. Taub 34 A. Manivannan and C. R. Anandakumar

6. Genetic analysis for quantitative traits in pigeonpea Cajanus Cajan L. Millsp.

38 C. K. Chethana, P. S. Dharmaraj, R. Lokesha, G. Girisha, S, Muniswamy, Yamanura, Niranjana Kumar and D. H. Vinayaka

7. Genetic variabilty and association studies in cowpea Vigna unguiculata L. walp.

42 Hasan Khan, K. P. Vishwanatha and H.C. Sowmya

8. Yield and yield attributes of hybrid pigeonpea ICPH 2671 grown for seed purpose as influenced by

46 plant density and irrigation M.G. Mula, KB Saxena, A. Rathore and R.V. Kumar

9. Influence of organic nutrient sources on growth, seed yield and economics of cowpea under

51 mid hills of Arunachal Pradesh V.K. Choudhary, P. Suresh Kumar and R. Bhagawati 10. Pathogenic variation and compatibility groups in Sclerotium rolfsii isolates causing collar rot on 55 chickpea Cicer arietinum L. O.M. Gupta, Sachin Padole and Madhuri Mishra

11. Efficacy of bioinoculants in combination with insecticides against insect pests of

59 blackgram Vigna Mungo L. Hepper P.S. Singh and V. Chourasiya 12. Studies on insecticide efficacy and application schedule for management of blister beetles on greengram 63 K.S. Pawar, Sarika P. Shende, R.M. Wadaskar and A.Y. Thakare 13. Ovipositional preference of bruchid Callosobruchus Maculatus Fabricius on pod character and pod maturity 70 S. Nandini and G. Asokan 14. Beneficial traits of endophytic bacteria from field pea nodules and plant growth promotion of field pea 73 S. Narula, R.C. Anand and S.S. Dudeja

15. Effect of temperature-tolerant rhizobial isolates as PGPR on nodulation, growth and yield of

80 Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan L Milsp.] Simranjit Kaur and Veena Khanna

16. Phenotypic characterization of rhizobacteria associated with mungbean rhizosphere

84 Navprabhjot Kaur and Poonam Sharma

17. Root morphology and architecture CRIDA indigenous root chamber-pin board method of two

90 morphologically contrasting genotypes of mungbean under varied water conditions V. Maruthi, K. Srinivas, K.S. Reddy, B.M.K. Reddy, B.M.K. Raju, M. Purushotham Reddy, D.G.M. Saroja and K. Surender Rao

18. Selection parameters for pigeonpea Cajanus cajan L. Millsp. genotypes at early growth stages

97 against soil moisture stress Anuj Kumar Singh, J.P. Srivastava, R.M. Singh, M.N. Singh and Manoj Kumar

19. Optimization of extrusion process variables for development of pulse-carrot pomace

103 incorporated rice based snacks Md. Shafiq Alam, Baljit Singh, Harjot Khaira, Jasmeen Kaur and Sunil Kumar Singh 20. Area expansion under improved varieties of lentil through participatory seed production programme 115 in Ballia District of Uttar Pradesh S. K. Singh, Riyajuddeen, Vinay Shankar Ojha and Sanjay Yadav

21. Performance of chickpea in varied conditions of Uttar Pradesh