(Contd. on page iv — 501 — 506 — 510 — 516 — 521 — 528 — 537 — 544 PLANT SCIENCE EFFECT OF GENOTYPES, PLANNING GEOMETRY AND METHODS OF ESTABLISHMENT ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF RICE — C. J. Sridhara, B. K. Ramachandrappa, H. V. Nanjappa and N. S. Mavarkar GROWTH INDICES, YIELD AND ECONOMICS OF RICE AS INFLUENCED BY PLANT SPACING AND GENOTYPES UNDER AEROBIC METHOD OF RICE CULTIVATION — M. K. Basavaraja, K. Murali, Siddaram, M. M. Venkatesha and N. Jagadeesh In vitro SHOOT AND CALLUS I NDUCTION IN BRAHMI — Margade Shweta, S. R. Kamdi, V. S. Wadhai, Bhavana Bobade and Rajurkar Madhavi PERFORMANCE OF CASTOR (Ricinus communis L.) GENOTYPES AT DIFFERENT NUTRIENT LEVELS UNDER RAINFED CONDITION IN CENTRAL DRY ZONE OF KARNATAKA — D. C. Hanumanthappa, Mudalagiriyappa, M. Krishnappa, J. Chandra Prakash and C. Shashikumar INFLUENCE OF VARIETIES AND SPACING ON GROWTH, SEED YIELD AND QUALITY OF RICE UNDER AEROBIC CONDITION—Parashiva Murthy, S. Rajendra Prasad, R. Siddaraju and J. Lakshmi STUDY ON THE POST HARVEST SHELF-LIFE OF MINIMALLY PROCESSED JACKFRUIT (Artocarpus heterophyllus L.) BULBS — Kubasa Mary Salli, B. Ranganna and K. B. Munishamanna DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION AS INFLUENCED BY OPERATING PRESSURE AND RISER ELEVATION IN SPRINKLER IRRIGATION — Jitander Kumar, H. K. Mittal, R. C. Purohit and Dheeraj Kumar ASSESMENT OF MARIGOLD (Tagetes crect L.) GENOTYPES FOR MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS — C. K. Pramila, K. P. Rama Prasanna and R. Jayanthi Vol. 45 (3) July-September 2011 ISSN-0047-8539 CONTENTS PART I. RESEARCH PAPERS