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      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Society for Upliftment of Rural Economy (SURE)</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Society for Upliftment of Rural Economy (SURE)</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="journal_submission_guidelines">http://jsure.org.in/</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Journal of AgriSearch</journal-title>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">https://doi.org/10.21921/jas.v8i03.1667</article-id>
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        <article-title id="article-title-ec79c9b472e64290ab738574329e283a">Enhancing the Leaf Quality of Mulberry by Foliar application of Chitosan</article-title>
        <alt-title alt-title-type="right-running-head">Mulberry leaf quality improvement by chitosan</alt-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name id="name-29a83e7d4cb34c3eaff9992e3d937a47">
            <surname>Thanga Roja</surname>
            <given-names>K</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>rojathanga@gmail.com</email>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name id="name-8546657fc3f64ec5bed55fd208427edd">
            <surname>Murugesh</surname>
            <given-names>K A</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref id="x-7650d1619197" rid="a-460bad731186" ref-type="aff">2</xref>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name id="name-569da1bfb398430ea365196ea8ebd7e5">
            <surname>Shanmugam</surname>
            <given-names>R</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name id="name-6268abe8971148e88b0aede12b3c4a8f">
            <surname>Krishnamoorthy</surname>
            <given-names>S V</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref id="x-49c72833337e" rid="a-8d83b834214d" ref-type="aff">3</xref>
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        <aff id="aff-6575c65e31584c7ea06829d8ff4381e5">
          <institution>Ph.D. Scholar, Deptt. of Sericulture, Forest College &amp; Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Mettupalayam – 641 301, Tamil Nadu, India</institution>
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        <aff id="a-460bad731186">
          <institution>Assistant professor, Deptt. of Sericulture, Forest College &amp; Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Mettupalayam – 641 301, Tamil Nadu, India</institution>
        </aff>
        <aff id="a-8d83b834214d">
          <institution>Professor, Deptt. of Agricultural Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore – 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India</institution>
        </aff>
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      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>5</day>
        <month>9</month>
        <year>2021</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>8</volume>
      <issue>3</issue>
      <fpage>229</fpage>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>2</day>
          <month>7</month>
          <year>2021</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>23</day>
          <month>8</month>
          <year>2021</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-year>2021</copyright-year>
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        <title id="abstract-title-f3179c24b5a842cfa4c0a0b5e93f08bf">Abstract</title>
        <p id="paragraph-9e493523c2b945deb1f71e9c8d16e9cf">Chitosan is an important bio-stimulator for many crops due to its ability to promote the plant defense mechanism. A study to assess the effect of chitosan as foliar spray in enhancing the mulberry leaf quality on three mulberry different varieties (V1, MR2 and G4) was taken up. In this study, five different concentrations of chitosan viz., 25, 50, 75, 100 and 125 ppm were applied thrice at 15 days interval starting from 25 days after pruning (DAP) in early hours of the day. The result showed that foliar application of chitosan had statistically significant effect in almost all the traits studied. Mulberry plants treated with chitosan 75 ppm of V1 had maximum photosynthetic pigments viz., Chlorophyll-a (3.12 mg g<sup id="superscript-647bbc9c59bf43c98e5eb62732ef84e5">-1</sup>), chlorophyll-b (0.85 mg g<sup id="superscript-dabcc2480dd447e88acd9e0d64443b2f">-1</sup>), total chlorophyll (3.23 mg g<sup id="superscript-4269f7c668be4f9aae1e0364076fc482">-1</sup>) and carotenoids (1.02 mg g<sup id="superscript-72c6a8349dc844b483c323989a7be082">-1</sup>); higher moisture content (75.82 %) and moisture retention capacity (72.65) compared to all other treatments. Correspondingly, Chitosan 75 ppm of V1 had more accumulation of primary metabolites as soluble protein (31.21 mg g<sup id="superscript-e7e9642101784ccf976344aa15eaf7d1">-1</sup>) and total carbohydrate (20.61 mg g<sup id="superscript-b458cbc3eb0040c397c5d0a0fb111d12">-1</sup>); high amount of macronutrients as nitrogen (4.73 %), phosphorus (0.51 %) and potassium (3.51 %) over the control. The same trend was observed in all three varieties in increasing the mulberry leaf quality. Therefore, the application of chitosan at chitosan 75 ppm on foliage of the plant could be an ideal way to increase the mulberry leaf quality.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <title>Keywords</title>
        <kwd>Chitosan</kwd>
        <kwd>Bio­stimulator</kwd>
        <kwd>Mulberry varieties</kwd>
        <kwd>Primary metabolites and</kwd>
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