RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENT AND LIFE SCIENCES
Volume-11, Number-1, 2 and 3, January, February
and March-2018
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 11 (1) 1-6 (2018) Efficacy
of biocontrol antagonist bacillus subtilis against root knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita infecting tomato Shital C. Raut* and S.N. Mahapatra Department
of Nematology, Orissa University of Agriculture and
Technology, Bhubaneswar-751003,India *Corresponding
author e-mail:
shittu18@gmail.com Paper
received:
25.11.17, Revised received: 10.12.17 Paper Accepted: 15.12.17, Category:
Original paper |
Abstract Soil drenching with
the liquid formulation of Bacillus subtilis @
10ml/litre attransplanting
and again at 30 DAT at same dose proved to be the best amongst all the
treatments in improving the growth of tomato plants and mitigating the
multiplication of root knot nematode, Meloidogyne
incognita. Soil drenching with the liquid formulation of Bacillus subtilis @ 10ml/litre at
transplanting and again at 30 DAT at same doseresulted
22.0, 62.7 and 55.2% significant increase in shoot height, dry weight of
shoot and root respectively, as compared to untreated check. Drenching with
the bio-agent caused reduction in number galls and egg masses per plant as
well as final nematode multiplication in soil and root to the tune of 65.1,
67.7, 61.1 and 71.9% respectively. However, drenching with B. subtilis @ 10ml/litre at
transplanting alone also resulted significant
increase in shoot height (19.2%), dry weight of shoot (58.1%) and root
(43.1%). Host infection in terms of number galls and egg masses per plant as
well as final nematode multiplication in soil and root was decreased by 62.2,
62.3, 58.9 and 65.3% respectively. Both the above treatments (B. subtilis @ 10ml/litre at
transplanting + at 30 DAT and B. subtilis @
10ml/litre at transplanting only) were
statistically at par. The bio-agent P. fluorescens,drenching
pot soil @ 5ml/litre at transplanting alone, either
could not produce any significant result. Keywords Efficacy, Root knot
nematode, Meloidogyne incognita,
Tomato cv. Pusa ruby, Pseudomonas fluorescens |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 11 (1) 7-15
(2018) Decolourization of
methyl orange dye using Aspergillus
fumigates Maruthanayagam Alaguprathana*, Mani Poonkothai
and Muthu Rubini Department of
Zoology, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science
& Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore 641 043,Tamil
Nadu, India. *Corresponding
author e-mail:
texuniverse.avinuty@gmail.com Paper
received:
29.10.17, Revised received: 06.12.17 Paper Accepted: 10.12.17, Category:
Original paper |
Abstract The textile
industries are the main consumer of dye stuffs. Azo
dyes are the chief chemical class of dyes with the maximum variety of colors, have been used widely for textile, dyeing and
paper painting. These dyes cannot be easily degraded. Dyes may affects the
photosynthetic activity in aquatic life due to reduced light penetration and
may also be toxic to some aquatic life due to the presence of aromatics,
metals, etc. in them. Biosorbent from filamentous
fungi has been used to remove dyes by biosorption.
The biosorption capacity of a microorganism is
attributed to the heteropolysaccharide components,
which contain different functional groups, including amino, carboxyl,
hydroxyl, phosphate and other charged groups, causing strong attractive
forces between the azo dye and the biosorbent surface. The purpose of this paper is to
estimate the decolourization of methyl orange dye
by fungi. The decolourisation was assessed with 1% inoculum at different optimal conditions;dye
concentration (0.01-0.05g/100ml), biomass dose (0.1-0.7g), pH (3-8),
incubation period (1-8days), temperature (20o-45oC),
carbon sources (glucose, sucrose, maltose, mannitol,
starch, lactose, fructose and xylose) and nitrogen
sources (ammonium chloride, potassium nitrate, sodium chloride, sodium
nitrate, yeast extract, glycine and peptone )
respectively. The complete colour removal form the dye solution was achieved at 5th dye of incubationtime, dye concentration (0.01g/100ml), inoculum concentration (1%), 30oC, pH 6,
glucose and glycine (1g/100ml each) should be in
optimal level.FT-IR spectrum obtained for degraded
metabolites of A. fumigatus in decolourized medium indicated significant shift in the
positions of peak when compared to control dye spectrum. The XRD analyses of
the fungal mycelia before methyl orange decolourization
revealed that the value of 2è is 21° when the maximum count is observed,
which is indicative of the amorphous nature of mycelia. Keywords Decolourisation, Fungi, Dye
concentration, XRD, Functional groups |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 11 (1) 16-19
(2018) Soil
health and nutrient uptake by baby corn as influenced by organic sources of
nutrients Keerthirani, D. S. and Sharanappa University of
Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560
065, India. *Corresponding
author e-mail:
keerthana924@gmail.com Paper
received:
24.11.17, Revised received: 15.12.17 Paper Accepted: 22.12.17, Category:
Original paper |
Abstract A field experiment
was conducted at the University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru during kharif2014.
There were nine treatments replicated thrice in randomized complete block
design. Among the organic nutrient management treatments, application of
poultry manure and enriched biodigester liquid
manure (EBDLM) at 75 kg N eq. ha-1, respectively + panchagavya (3%) at 15 and 45 days after sowing (DAS) + vermiwash at 30 DAS recorded significantly higher uptake
of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium by baby corn. However, a significant
increase in soil available nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium was observed
with the application of poultry manure at 75 kg N eq. ha-1/ vermicompost at 75 kg N eq. ha-1+ EBDLM at 75
kg N eq. ha-1+ panchagavya spray (3%) at
15 and 45 DAS + vermiwash spray at 30 DAS as
compared to FYM 10 t ha-1 + 150:75:40 kg NPK ha-1. The
soil bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes population
were also higher in these treatments. Keywords Organic
baby corn, panchagavya, nutrient uptake, vermiwash, Micro organisms |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 11 (1) 20-23
(2018) Cost
and return analysis of potato based crop rotation in riverine
tract of farrukhabad
U.P. 1Dinesh Singh Yadav and 2Dharmendra
Yadav 1Education Department
of Kanpur Dehat 2 C.S. Azad university
of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur-208002, India. *Corresponding
author e-mail:
dineshsinghyadav678@gmail.com Paper
received:
22.11.17, Revised received: 18.12.17 Paper Accepted: 23.12.17, Category:
Original paper |
Abstract The present study
was laid out during rainy and autumn season of 2000-01 and 2001-02 at J.M.V. Ajitmal, Etawah, C.S.J.M.
University, Kanpur. The 100 farm house holds of 10
villages of district Farrukhabad was selected for
the study. The selected farmers of pilot area were grouped into 3 categories
i.e. marginal families (holding below 1 ha), small families (holding between 1-2 ha) and big families (holding above 2 ha). The
information pertaining yield, cost of cultivation and net return were
collected from the farmers through personal interview under maize-early
potato- late wheat and maize- early potato- late potato cropping systems.
Average maize yield by 19.50 q/ha, 20.25 q/ha and 21.50 q/ha was recorded
from marginal, small and big farmers, respectively. The marginal, small and
big farmers recorded net return Rs. 63.00/ha, Rs. 334.00/ha and Rs.
1360.00/ha, respectively from maize. The average yield of early potato grown
after maize noted by 140.00 q/ha from marginal farmers 155.00 q/ha from small
farmers and 365.00 q/ha from big farmers. The net return of rs. 37690.00/ha, rs. 49420.00/ha and Rs. 56818.00/ha
received by marginal, small and big farmers, respectively from the early
potato. The yield of late sown wheat of 27.50 q/ha, 30.75 q/ha and 33.00 q/ha
was noted from marginal, small and big farmers, respectively. The marginal,
small and big farmers earned net return from late wheat by Rs. 9400.00/ha,
Rs. 16365.00/ha and rs.
19700.00/ha, respectively. The tuber yield of late potato grown after early
crop of potato noted by 200.00 q/ha, 225.00 q/ha and 235.00 q/ha from
marginal, small and big farmers, respectively. The marginal, small and big
size families of pilot area received net return by Rs. 46837.00/ha, Rs. Rs.
61692.00/ha and 67535.00/ha, respectively, from late potato, grown after
early potato. The overall net return from cropping system of maize-early
potato – late wheat received by marginal, small and big farmers by Rs.
47150.00/ha, Rs. 66119.00/ha and rs.
77878.00/ha, respectively. Maize-early potato-late potato cropping system
provided Rs. 84590.00/ha, Rs. 111446.00/ha and rs. 125713.00/ha to the marginal farm family, small farm
families and big farm families of pilot area, respectively. Thus maize-early
potato-late potato cropping system gave more net return over maize-early
potato-late wheat to each group of farm families. Keywords Big
size farm, House hold, marginal
size farm, pilot area, small size farm |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 11 (1) 24-25
(2018) Effect
of weed management on yield of sesamum (Sesamum utilastinum)
under fragile tract of U.P. 1R.K. Singh, 2Khalil Khan, 2M.K. Singh, 2Md. Shamim and 2ram
prakash 1K.V.K., Rura Mallu, Jaluan;
2C.S. Azad university
of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur-208002, India *Corresponding
author e-mail:
shamimcsa22@gmail.com Paper
received:
28.11.17, Revised received: 19.12.17 Paper Accepted: 25.12.17, Category:
Original paper |
Abstract An experiment was
conducted during rainy season of 2014-15 and 2015-16 at K.V.K. Rura Mallu, Jalaun.
The soil of pilot area was Rakar with poor
fertility status. Therewere three weed management
practices comparised of farmers practice (weedy
check), weeding at 25 DAP and pre-emergence application of Pendimethalin 30 E.C. @ 3.3 litre/ha.
The treatments were evaluated i.e., kernel yield of sesamum
and economics of sesamum. The sesamum
variety Tarun was sown with recommended
agronomical practices. The highest kernel yield of sesamum
by 6.24 q/ha was harvested from planting under pre-emergence application of Pendimethalin 30 E.C. @ 3.3 litre/ha.
The lowest kernel yield of sesamum was recorded at
farmers practice (weedy check) by 4.25 q/ha. One hand weeding at 25 DAP gave
kernel yield of 5.16 q/ha, which was also higher over farmers practices.
Pre-emergence application of Pendimethalin 30 E.C.
@ 3.3 litre/ha produced minimum dry matter of weeds
by 3.00 q/ha and maximum weed control efficiency recorded by 72.50%. This
treatment of weed control also gave maximum net return Rs. 22299/ha and
highest benefit : cost ratio 1.91. Keywords Kernel yield, Pendimethalin 30 E.C., pre-emergence,
Weed competition, Weedy check |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 11 (1) 26-29
(2018) Impact
of chronic mercury and caldan 50sp poisoning on the
gills of fresh water fish, Channa punctata (Bloch) Shalini Rai1, Kamlesh K Yadav2 and S. P. Trivedi3
1BDSP Mahila Degree College, Bhadehara
Khochawa, Varanasi, India 2Government Degree
College, Bakkha Khera,
Unnao- 209801, India 3Environmental
Toxicology and Bioremediation Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University
of Lucknow, Lucknow - 226007, India. *Corresponding
author e-mail:
raishalini_rai@rediffmail.com Paper
received:
21.10.17, Revised received: 11.12.17 Paper Accepted: 14.12.17, Category:
Original paper |
Abstract In the present
study an attempt has been made to investigate the potential ecotoxicological hazard of mercuric chloride, caldan50SP
and their synergistic effect, using a fresh water fish, Channa
punctata as a test animal. For this purpose ten
fishes were exposed to sub-lethal concentration (1/10th
96hr. LC50) of mercuric chloride, caldan 50SP and
1/20th of each of their concentration together (synergistic effect) for 15,
30 and 60 days of exposure periods respectively along with a parallel control
experiment. In the present investigation, marked histopathological
changes have been observed in the gills of C. punctata,
after exposure to sub lethal concentration of the test chemicals, which
include clubbing at the tips of the secondary lamellae, fusion of adjacent
secondary lamellae, thickening of primary lamellar epithelium, hypertrophy at
the tips of primary lamellae, vacuolization in primary gill lamellae,
necrosis in secondary lamellae and degeneration of secondary lamellar cells.
The pathological changes and degree of damage was found to increase with
increasing duration of exposure periods. The results obtained will be helpful
to understand the collective effect of MC and C50SP on the gills of fishes,
as fishes are not exposed to only one chemical but to diverse chemicals in
the natural environment. Keywords Mercuric chloride (HgCl2), caldan 50SP
(C50SP), gill, synergistic effect, fish |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 11 (1) 30-32
(2018) Advances in
feeding management in cattle and buffalo - A review Rameswar Panda*, K.N. Pawankar, Menalsh Laishram and Asish Debbarma Department of
Livestock Production Management, West Bengal Univ. of Animal and Fishery
Sciences, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700037, India *Corresponding
author e-mail:
rameswar.panda8@gmail.com Paper
received:
07.11.17, Revised received: 11.12.17 Paper Accepted: 28.12.17, Category:
Review paper |
Abstract Advance in feeding
management is an important aid for the reason that the efficiency of dairy
animals should be enhanced now days due to more demand on the limited
resources. Urea Molasses Mineral Block (UMMB), by pass protein feed
technology are the two innovative feed supplement method developed by NDDB.
Apart from that, feed formulation software from NDDB is also widely popular
and more of it has been accessed in many rural and urban areas in India.Treatment of local crop residues can be done to
enhance its nutritional quality. Moreover, Corn steep liquor (CSL), Metabolic
and Fermentation Modifiers, Bovine Somatotrophin
are also creating their position relevant in this prospect. Keywords UMMB, NDDB, Feeding
management, Bovine Somatotrophin |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 11 (1) 33-38
(2018) Conversion
of bio resources to bioethanol - A review JyoshnamayeePatra1*, Dipti Prava Swain2 Nabin Kumar Dhal3 and Biswajit
Rath1 1Department
Biotechnology, North Orissa University, Baripada-757003, India 2MITS School of
Biotechnology, Bhubaneswar-751024, India 3Environment and
Sustainability Department, CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar-751013, India *Corresponding
author e-mail:
jyoshnamayeepatra30@gmail.com Paper
received:
19.11.17, Revised received: 24.12.17 Paper Accepted: 30.12.17, Category:
Review paper |
Abstract The increased
impact for the assured future of the fuel supply and the negative effect of
fossil fuels on the environment, generally greenhouse gas emissions, has put
effect on society to observe renewable fuel alternatives. Today, ethanol
yield from sugar or grain (starch); is the most common renewable fuel.
Appropriately, future large-scale use of ethanol will
most positivelyhave to be dependon
manufacture from lignocellulosic materials. This
review gives an overview of the new technologies required and The leading
accomplish in recent years to conductlignocellulosic
ethanol towards industrial production. One of the better challenges is to
optimization the articulate of process engineering, enzyme engineering
metabolic engineering. and fermentation technology,
Interest in manufacturingethanol from biomass in an
endeavor to make carrying ecologically feasible continues to grow. Keywords Bio-ethanol;
Biomass, Energy balance; Greenhouse gas; Sustainable transportation |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 11
(2) 39-44 (2018) Effect of AM fungi and fly
ash on growth performance of Callistephus chinensis in alkaline soil Pragya Srivastava, Ifra
Zoomi, Ovaid Akhtar, Dheeraj Pandey and Harbans Kaur Kehri* Sadasivan Myco-Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany,
University of Allahabad, Allahabad-211002, Uttar Pradesh, India *Corresponding
author e-mail:
kehrikaurhk@gmail.com Paper received: 02.01.18, Revised received: 19.01.18, Paper
Accepted: 28.01.18, Category: Original paper |
Abstract Callistephus chinensis is a very fashionable annual flower crop.
Due to increased urban affluence and continuously increasing demand of fresh
cut flower, floriculture has assumed a definite commercial position during
the past three decades. However, one of the major constraints in the
production of these flowers is land availability. On the other hand, large
tracts of salt affected soils are lying waste which
are inhospitable for normal crop production. Efforts are going on to bring
such lands under cultivation with appropriate technologies. AM fungi are well
known in alleviating stress conditions of such lands by providing a number of
nutritional as well as non-nutritional benefits. The present study has been
undertaken to evaluate the potentiality of AM fungi in improving the flower
production of Callistephus chinensis in alkaline soil of Phulpur,
Allahabad, amended with gypsum, organic matter (Cynodon
and FYM, 2% w/w), different doses of fly ash (20 t/ha and 40 t/ha) and
microbial inoculants viz. AM fungi, PSF and nitrogen fixer together
under pot conditions. Data showed that the plants raised in alkaline soil
amended with FYM, fly ash (40 t/ha) and inoculated with consortium of
microbial inoculants showed best growth response in term of % mortality, mycorrhization, root/shoot dry mass, flower dry mass and
keeping quality of flowers. Total chlorophyll, carotenoid
and protein content were also improved. Thus, data show that application of
AM fungi with fly ash and organic matter (FYM) improved the salt tolerance in
Callistephus chinensis. Keywords AM
fungi, alkaline soil, Callistephus chinensis, fly ash and growth performance |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 11
(2) 45-50 (2018) Studies on the storage potential of taped seeds in chilli and brinjal Bhaskaran M.1* and R. Sriram Prabha2 1Tamil Nadu Open University, Chennai; 2Department
of Seed Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University,
Coimbatore, India *Corresponding author e-mail: bhaskm@yahoo.co.in Paper received: 02.10.17, Revised received: 09.11.17, Paper
Accepted: 16.11.17, Category: Original paper |
Abstract Demand
for supply of quality seeds in vegetable crops is increasing among the
farmers and measures are taken for supply of sized seeds to ensure greater
uniformity in germination and also to reduce losses. Seed tape technology is
one of the seed quality enhancement techniqueswhich
facilitates uniform space, depth, counting of seeds and maintaining seed
viability in high value seeds. The present study was aimed to evaluate the
storage potential of taped seeds in major vegetables like Chilli
(TNAUchillihybrid CO 1) and brinjal(cv. CO 2) in
moisture impervious bags and kept under ambient conditions for six months and
evaluated at monthly intervals. The findings of the study indicated that seed
taping of chilli seeds with treatment Seed Tale I
(0.25 g Trichodermaviride + 0.25 g Psudomonasfluorescens + 0.200 g of micronutrient
mixture)and taping of brinjal
seeds with seed tape II (0.125 g Trichodermaviride
+ 0.125 g Psudomonasfluorescens + 0.200 g of
micronutrient mixture) were found better by allowing storage up to a period
of six months with germination percentage of 90 % and 87% respectively. Speed
of germination, seedling growth and vigourwere
found to be decreasing along with storage period in both chilli
and brinjal. Seed taping combined with treatment of
bioagents enabled maintaining germination and
seedling vigour. Keywords Seed
tape technology, chilli, brinjal,
storability |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 11
(2) 51-52 (2018) Managements of nutrients in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) under
nutrients deficit soil of Bundelkhand Khalil Khan*1, M.K. Singh1, R.K. Singh2,
Md. Samim1 and Naresh
Chandra1 1
C.S. Azad university of
Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur (U.P.), India 2Banda university
of Agriculture and Technology, Banda (U.P.), India *Corresponding author e-mail: khankhalil64@gmail.com Paper received: 25.12.17, Revised received: 25.01.18, Paper
Accepted: 30.01.18, Category: Original paper |
Abstract The
present study was under taken during Rabi season of 2014-15 and
2015-16 on farmers fields of Jalaun
district, Bundelkhand. The soil of pilot area was Kabar, having low fertility status. The cultivar Varuna (T-59) was tested under farmers practice
(80 kg DAP/ha), 120 kg N + 60 kg P + 6 kg K and 120 kg N + 60 kg P + 60 kg K
+ 40 kg S. the Indian mustard
cv. T-59 was planted in first week of October and harvesting in third
week of February during both experimental years after 120 days after sowing.
The maximum seed yield of Indian mustard cv. Varuna
was reaped by 16.50 q/ha from the application of
NPKS @ 120:60:60:40 kg/ha, which was much higher compared to farmers practice
(10.50 q/ha). Thus, the integration of 40 kg/ha sulphur
with recommended dose of NPK increased the seed yield of indian mustard by 0.50 kg/ha over the
RDF of NPK @ 120:60:60 kg/ha. The growth and yield contributing characters
were concordance to the seed yield of Indian mustard. Keywords Deficit,
integration, Nutrients, Sulphur, Varuna |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 11
(2) 53-55 (2018) Advent of peanut –
Vegetable pea cropping system for higher production through use of vermicompost – is a path of prosperity R.A. Singh*, H.K. Singh, S.B. Pal, P.V.
Singh and Jitendra Singh C.S.Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur-208002,
India *Corresponding author e-mail: rasinghcsau@gmail.com Paper received: 16.12.17, Revised received: 20.01.18, Paper
Accepted: 25.01.18, Category: Original paper |
Abstract A
study was under taken to improve the pod yield of peanut and vegetable pea
for creating possibility of pollution free environment. Release of earthworms
as vermiculture @ 60000/-ha (6/m2) in
peanut was found significantly better, gave higher pod yield (12.16 q/ha)
than all other ingredient combinations except FYM @ 100 q/ha + vermiculture @ 60000/ha (13.20 q/ha). Release of
earthworms in peanut significantly increased the yield of succeeding crop of
vegetable pea (123.62 q/ha green pods) over all the treatments except the use
of FYM @ 100 q/ha in combination with vermiculture
@ 60000/ha (124.10 q/ha green pods). Thus, the peanut and vegetable pea could
successfully be raised under sequential cropping by the use of FYM @ 100 q/ha
+ vermiculture to peanut and 100 q/ha FYM to
vegetable pea for completing the starter dose 40 Kg N + 60 Kg P2O5
+ 40 Kg K2O/ha besides better management of natural resources and
residue for higher productivity and monetary return. Keywords Earthworm,
Peanut, Starter dose, Vegetable pea, Vermiculture |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 11
(2) 56-57 (2018) Response of different varieties of wheat under Bundelkhand condition of U.P. R.K. Singh1, Ram Prakash2, M.K. Singh2 and V.R. Chaudhary2 1K.V.K. Rura Mallu, Jalaun 2 C.S. Azad university
of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur-208002, India *Corresponding author e-mail: rajansnikumbh@gmail.com Paper received: 11.12.17, Revised received: 23.01.18, Paper
Accepted: 28.01.18, Category: Original paper |
Abstract The
present study was carried out during Rabi season of 2003-04 at K.V.K. Rura Mallu, C.S. Azad university of Agriculture and technology, Kanpur (Now at present
under Banda Agriculture University and technology,
Banda). The experimental soil was Kabar,
having poor fertility status. The wheat cultivars PBW-343, Deva (K 9107), Ujiyar (K
9006), WH 896, Atal (K 9644) and WH 147
were tested. The cultivars were planted in the end of November, 2003 and
harvested in the first week of April 2004 after 126 days of sowing. The
cultivar Ujiyar (K 9006) registered
higher economic yield by 54.16 q/ha in comparison to
other tested cultivars. The genotype WH 896 yielded lowest grain yield
by 41.66 q/ha. Varieties WH 147, PBW 343, Atal
(K 9644) and Deva ( K 9107) produced grain yield by 42.49 q/ha, 43.16 q/ha,
45.33 q/ha and 47.91 q/ha, respectively, under desiccating condition. The
growth and yield contributing characters were concordance to the grain yield
of wheat. Keywords Desiccate area, Dry
farm, Photoassimilates, Photosynthates,
Spikelets |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 11
(2) 58-62 (2018) In vitro
study of Reboulia hemisphaerica
(L.) Raddi - A potent liverwort Mridula Maurya and G. Asthana Botany Department, Lucknow
University, Lucknow-226007, India *Corresponding author e-mail: mridulamaurya.mailbox@gmail.com Paper received: 11.11.17, Revised received: 26.12.17, Paper
Accepted: 21.01.18, Category: Original paper |
Abstract Reboulia hemisphaerica (L.) Raddi is a thallose liverwort with dichotomous branching and pale
green in colour. Earlier, it was very widely
distributed in India but now becoming depleted. Establishment of axenic culture of taxon was
carried out by using different nutrient media. These were Murashige
and Skoog medium, Nitsch
medium, Knop’s medium, and Knudsen’s medium. In Murashige and Skoog medium
experiments were set with some variations in the light intensity and medium.
Among different variants used in Murashige and Skoog medium (6500-7000 Lux)
was found best suitable for growth of Reboulia
hemisphaerica. Keywords axenic culture, taxon, antimicrobial, antibacterial |
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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 11
(2) 63-68 (2018) Iron impact assessment in maize: Growth, biomass, pigments and
related enzymes Vandana Yadav, Yogesh
Kumar Sharma* and Hina Singh Department of Botany,
University of Lucknow, Lucknow-226007, India *Corresponding author e-mail: yogesh_s26@yahoo.com Paper received: 02.01.18, Revised received: 27.01.18, Paper
Accepted: 30.01.18, Category: Original paper |
Abstract Health
of human being continues to be affected adversely due to lack of
micronutrients in India. Iron (Fe) deficiency also occurs in crops and human
on a world scale and is now regarded as next to zinc. The present study aims
to investigate the growth, biomass, pigments and related enzymes of maize (Zea mays c.v. HY
7074) by soil and foliar application of iron. In pot experiment, performance
of maize was studied under five different concentration of iron-control (T1),
15 mg kg-1soil+pre-flowering foliar
spray (T2), 15 mg kg-1soil+post-flowering
foliar spray (T3), 30 mg kg-1soil+pre-flowering
foliar spray (T4), 30 mg kg-1 soil+post-flowering
foliar spray (T5). Growth (plant height), biomass (Fresh and dry weight of
leaf, stem and root) and biochemical parameters (enzyme activity- acid phosphatase, catalase, peroxidase, lipid peroxidation
and photosynthesis pigments) were studied. The study concluded that growth,
biomass, pigment and related enzymes were increased significantly with
increasing Fe concentration as compared to control. The soil and foliar
application of iron was most beneficial, and gave higher enzymatic activity
and photosynthesis pigments as compare to control (without Iron). Keywords Acid phosphatase, catalase, peroxidase, photosynthesis pigments, Zea
mays |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 11 (3) 69-74
(2018) Advent of summer groundnut in cropping system - A path for
doubling income of riverine soils farm families
(SRA-Model - 1) R.A.
Singh1, P.V. Singh1, Amar
Singh1, renu
Singh2, V.K. Sharma1 and N. Lari1 1C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology,
Kanpur (U.P.), India 2Education Deptt. of Etawah, India *Corresponding
author e-mail:
rasinghcsau@gmail.com Paper received: 19.01.18, Revised received:
04.02.18, Paper Accepted: 09.02.18, Category: Original paper |
Abstract The
study was carried out during rainy, autumn and summer season from 2005-06 to
2016-2017 in selected pilot area of Mainpuri, farrukhabad,
Kannauj, Hardoi and Unnao
districts situated in riverine tract of Uttar pradesh. The main objective of study
was to double the farmers net income with inclusion
of short duration, thermo resistant and high yielding varieties of summer
groundnut in different cropping systems. The fertility status of selected
operational area was low. Twenty four cropping systems i.e.,
maize-potato v/s maize-potato-summer groundnut, maize-indian mustard v/s maize- Indian mustard-summer groundnut,
maize-field pea v/s maize-field pea-summer groundnut, maize-vegetable pea for
pods v/s maize-vegetable pea for pods-summer groundnut, groundnut-potato v/s
groundnut-potato-summer groundnut, groundnut-indian mustard v/s groundnut-indian mustard-summer groundnut, groundnut – field pea v/s
groundnut – field pea-summer groundnut, groundnut-vegetable pea for pods v/s
groundnut-vegetable pea for pods-summer groundnut, okra-potato v/s
okra-potato-summer groundnut, okra-Indian mustard v/s okra-indian mustard-summer groundnut,
okra-field pea v/s okra-field pea-summer groundnut and okra-vegetable pea for
pod v/s okra-vegetable pea for pod-summer groundnut were tested on farmers
fields. The cultivars ICGV 93468 (AVTAR) and Dh 86 were used in firming of
new cropping systems. The recommended agronomical practices were followed in
different crops of cropping systems. the
maize-potato-summer groundnut, maize- Indian mustard-summer groundnut,
maize-field pea-summer groundnut, maize-vegetable pea for pods-summer
groundnut, groundnut-potato-summer groundnut, groundnut-indian mustard-summer groundnut,
groundnut – field pea-summer groundnut, groundnut-vegetable pea for
pods-summer groundnut, okra-potato-summer groundnut, okra-indian mustard-summer groundnut,
okra-field pea-summer groundnut and okra-vegetable pea for pod-summer
groundnut gave net income of Rs. 250475/ha or 2.08 fold, Rs. 208507/ha or
2.65 fold, Rs. 188350/ha or 3.20 fold, Rs. 232521/ha or 2.27 fold, Rs.
303895/ha or 2.00 fold, Rs. 277427/ha or 2.12 fold, Rs. 257270/ha or 2.35
fold, Rs. 303441/ha or 2.00 fold, Rs. 376533/ha or 1.75 fold, Rs. 343565/ha
or 1.85 fold, Rs. 323408/ha or 1.95 fold and Rs. 369579/ha or 1.75 fold to
the farmers, respectively. Thus firming of new cropping systems with
inclusion of newly developed cultivars of summer groundnut increased the net
income of farmers more than two fold. Keywords cropping system, firming,
fold, Short duration, Thermo
resistant |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 11 (3) 75-83
(2018) Biomedical waste generation and its management in hospitals of
NCR-Delhi, India Aastha Dhingra*1, Sirajuddin
Ahmed2, Weqar Ahmed Siddiqui1,
Siddhartha Gautam3 and Nadeem A. Khan2 1Department of
Applied Science and Humanities Jamia Millia Islamia (Central
University) New Delhi 110025, India 2 Department of
Civil Engineering Jamia Millia
Islamia (Central University) New Delhi 110025,
India 3 Delhi Pollution Control Committee, Delhi-110006, India
*Corresponding
author e-mail:
aastha.dhingra@yahoo.com Paper received: 02.02.18, Revised received:
01.03.18, Paper Accepted: 03.03.18, Category: Original paper |
Abstract The
quantity of waste generation and its quality along with treatment mechanisms
has become a matter of concern. Bio-medical waste management is an integral
part of future sustainability. The paper is aimed at evaluating the solid
bio-medical waste generation pattern according to the bed strength of
hospitals and to analyse the water consumption and
effluent generation pattern in hospitals of Delhi. The questionnaire survey
was done in seventy five hospitals and thirty six hospitals were visited to
achieve the objectives of the study. In Delhi, the waste generation on a per
bed per day basis range from only 110 grams to 2783 grams. The yearly solid
biomedical waste generation in Delhi is approximated to 9200 tonnes. The average water consumption per bed per day in
a hospital of Delhi ranges between 500-600 LPD. The annual water consumption
in hospitals of Delhi is approximated to 9125 million litres.
The impact of improper biomedical waste and hospital effluent on aquatic
environment and society has also been discussed in the paper. Further, this
paper has highlighted the certain grey areas in the implementation of new
Bio-medical waste management rules, 2016 by the hospitals. The deficiencies in the existing bio-medical waste management system
and compliance of BMW Rules, 2016 has also been assessed. It is
observed that the latest technologies like pulpmatic
macerators, sharp blasters and dry heat sterilization and the best waste
management practices can be adopted to control the menace caused due to
improper bio-medical waste management. Keywords Biomedical
waste, hospital effluent, management, generation pattern, hospitals |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 11 (3) 84-85 (2018) Effect of bio-fertilizer and organic manure in combination of
inorganic fertilizer on fruit yield of tomato Khalil Khan1,
M.K. Singh1, Anil Kumar1, H.G. Prakash1,
Md. Shamim1 and R.K. Singh2 1C.S.
Azad university of Agriculture
and Technology, Kanpur (U.P.) 2Banda university of Agriculture and Technology, Banda (U.P.),
India *Corresponding
author e-mail:
khankhalil64@gmail.com Paper received: 05.02.18, Revised received:
26.02.18, Paper Accepted: 01.03.18, Category: Original paper |
Abstract The
present study was under taken during autumn season of 2014-15 and
2015-16 on farmers fields of Jalaun
district, Bundelkhand. The soil of experimental
site was Kabar, having low fertility status.
The tomato cultivar T-6 was tested under recommended dose of NPK (T1),
75% recommended dose of NPK + 125 q FYM + Azospirillum/ha
(T2) and 75% recommended dose of NPK + 250 q FTM + azospirillum/ha
(T3). the tomato cv.
T-6 was transplanted in first fortnight of October and picking was
started from ripening stage during both experimental years. The maximum fruit
yield of tomato from cv. T-6 was reaped by 167.00 q/ha from the
application of 75% recommended dose of NPK + 250 q FYM + azospirillum/ha, which was
much higher as compared to recommended dose of NPK/ha (130.00 q/ha). the 50% reduction in the those of FYM, reduced fruit yield
by 7.75% in comparison to T3 treatment. The growth and yield
contributing characters were concordance to the fruit yield of marketable
tomato. Keywords Azospirillum, combination, FYM, Nutrients, Tomato cv. T-6 |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 11 (3) 86-88
(2018) Ethnomedicinal uses of selected
medicinal plants of Jharkhand Indu Kumari1* and R. K. Pandey2 1Department of
Botany, Nirmala College, Doranda,
Ranchi, India 2Department of Botany, Ranchi
University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India *Corresponding
author e-mail:
induraj0016@gmail.com Paper received: 07.02.18, Revised received:
28.02.18, Paper Accepted: 02.03.18, Category: Original paper |
Abstract Medicinal
plants play an important role in pharmaceutical company for making different
types of medicines. Medicinal plants have curative properties due to presence
of various secondary metabolites. Medicinal Plants Millettia
pinnata L., Cassia tora L., Cymbopogon
citratus Stapf. and Moringa oleifera Lam. are selected for studies. Millettia pinnata
L.(family Fabaceae)
is used in Jharkhand for treating various diseases. It is used for the
treatment of skin diseases, wounds, leprosy, piles, head pains, leucoderma, chronic fever and liver pain. It is a
medium-sized evergreen or briefly deciduous tree. The seed oil is used
in leucoderma, cutaneous
infection including herpes and scabies. Cassia tora
L. (family Fabaceae) is a dicot
legume, herbaceous annual herb. The whole plant and different parts such as
roots, leaves and seeds have been widely used. It is used in cough,
bronchitis, skin disease, leprosy, ringworm, colic, constipation and cardiac
disorders. Leaves of Cassia tora is used as
balm for arthritis. Cymbopogon citratus Stapf. (family Poaceae) are
commonly cultivated as medicinal herbs . The oil of this herb has been used
in various diseases like cough, cold, rheumatism, lumbago, digestive
problems, bladder problems, leprosy and used as anti tumor drug for the cancer . It contains high percentage of vitamin C. Moringa oleifera
Lam.(family Moringaceae)
is also known as ‘drumstick tree’. It is used in treatment of cough, asthma,
bronchitis, diabetes, hypertension and epilepsy. Keywords Millettia pinnata L., Cassia tora
L., Cymbopogon citratus Stapf. and Moringa oleifera
Lam |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 11 (3) 89-92
(2018) Dietary practices and consumption of indigenous processed food
among adolescent girls Neelam Kumari, Verginia Paul, Ranu Prasad, Ajit Paul, Amit Chattree Sam Higginbottom University of
Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, India *Corresponding
author e-mail:
neelamkumari0809@gmail.com Paper received: 26.01.18, Revised received:
22.02.18, Paper Accepted: 27.02.18, Category: Original paper |
Abstract Adolescent
girls are regarded as future stakeholders, and bearing the responsibility of
nourishing and nurturing the future may act as change agents for others in
the community. It is imperative that adolescent girls should have their own
insight regarding nutritious food selection and preparation and thus need to
be empowered for nutrition and native food processing techniques. There are
diverse food handling practices and processing techniques which may be
communicated to adolescent girls for the purpose of food security. The
present study was carried out as a cross sectional study using a before-after
research design through a semi-structured proforma
and information was obtained on Dietary practices and consumption of
indigenous processed food. Regular milk & its product consumption was found to be higher among the age group 11-12 (71.3%)
than 15-16 (62.5%), 17-18 (60%) and 13-14 (51.5%). The association of age and
milk & its product consumption was statistically significant (p=0.04).
The association between age group and practice of taking fast foods outside
home was statistically significant (p=0.003). The habit of consuming sprout
as indigenous food was 95.7%. The habit
of consuming sattu as indigenous food was among
19.1% of age 11-12 years. The results indicate the significance of
identification, propagation and popularization of beneficial indigenous food
processing habits and intensive nutrition information programmes focussing on nutritionally beneficial food processing
habits with specific target groups, in different regions of country while
maintaining a record and documentation of these processing habits considering
their geographical entity. Further researches focusing on nutrition education
about indigenous food processing practices may be carried out maintaining a
data bank of beneficial indigenous food processing practices with specific
target groups. Keywords Adolescent
girls, Diet, Indigenous, Processing, Knowledge |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 11 (3) 93-99 (2018) Modulation of Cadmium-induced physiological and biochemical
responses by using sulphur in spinach (Spinacia oleracea) Hina Singh, Vandana Yadav and Yogesh Kumar Sharma* Dept.
of Botany, Lucknow University, Lucknow- 226007 (U.P.), India *Corresponding
author e-mail:
yogesh_s26@yahoo.com Paper received: 19.01.18, Revised received:
29.02.18, Paper Accepted: 05.03.18, Category: Original paper |
Abstract Sulphur (S) plays
important role in plant growth and metabolism. Its application mitigated the
negative effect of Cd toxicity on spinach plants.
In this study, we examined the effect of S (200 mg/kg) to alleviate the Cd uptake in spinach (Spinacia
oleracea) exposed to different toxic levels of Cd (50, 100 and 200 mg/kg). The Cd
treatments show substantial decrease in germination percentage, plant height,
root length, shoot and root fresh weight dry weight. Application of sulphur improved the growth and biomass yield of Cd toxic spinach plants. Different concentration of Cd increased the lipid peroxidation
but the application of Sulphur diminishes it to
appreciable level in Cd- toxic plants. Excessive Cd treatments increase the activity of antioxidative enzymes superoxide dismutase and ascorbate peroxidase which were further decrease by addition of Sulphur. Our results determine that application of Sulphur enables spinach plants to withstand the
deleterious effect of Cd, resulting in improved
growth and biomass yield. Keywords Photosynthesis
pigments, Spinacia oleracea,
Superoxide dismutase, Ascorbate peroxidase |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 11 (3) 100-104
(2018) Effect of salinity on morphological parameters of soybean (Glycine max L.) Naheed Siddiqui* and M. Singh Department
of Botany, Lucknow University, Lucknow- 226007 (U.P.), India *Corresponding
author e-mail:
drnaheedlohani@gmail.com Paper received: 08.01.18, Revised received:
25.02.18, Paper Accepted: 01.03.18, Category: Original paper |
Abstract The
differential germination percentage was recorded in all varieties incase of
control and also upon treating with various saline solutions. The variation
in germination percentage was found in the range of 60-96 % under normal
condition. However, 96 % germination as shown by PS-1241 got reduced to the
level of 84, 80 and 36 % incase differentially treated with salinity levels
i.e., 50, 100 and 150mM respectively. The lower levels of germination i.e.,
60 % as shown by control by seeds of PS-1024 could reduced its germination
ability to 57, 38 and 20 % while experiencing same levels of salinity in
comparison to PS-1241. The lower level of saline treatment (50 mM) could cause loss in shoot length ca. 4-16% within 30
days which could get further enhanced to the level of 24 and 29% in case
treated with three fold higher saline solution (150 mM)
in PS-1241. The optimal loss in shoot length was recorded in case treated
with higher level of saline solution (150 mM). In
PS-1092 loss in shoot length reduction was found ca. 8% which would reach the
15% thirty days after treatment. The effect of NaCl
treatment saline irrigation was correlated with retention of total number of
leaves and leaf area on per plant basis. The total number of leaves have
shown down regulation in retaining their number almost 15-38% depending upon
the treatment levels within 15 days as shown by PS-1241. Higher level
salinity always imposed higher level of the losses in leaf area. The cultivar
PS-1241 has shown ca. 30% loss in leaf area after 60 days in comparison to
61% in case treated with 50 and 150 mM levels of
the salinity after 60 days of the treatment. The levels of loss in leaf area
could shown by the variety in case treated with same
solutions was found ca. 21% and 23%. Incase saline treatment allowed for a
period of ca. 15 days the PS-1042 and PS-1092 both have shown higher losses
in their leaf area. Keywords Soybean, salinity, shoot length, germination, NaCl, saline soil |