RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENT AND LIFE SCIENCES

 

(A Multidisciplinary, Peer reviewed / Referred Research Journal Concerned with Environment and Life Sciences)

(p-ISSN: 0974-4908)

 

Volume-15, Number-4, November, 2022

 

 

 

 

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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 15 (4) 64 - 65 (2022)

 

Percolation of higher production with newly developed variety of cucumber under changing climate

 

S.P. Sachan, R.A. Singh, M.K. Singh, I.P. Singh and V.R. Chaudhary

C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur (U.P.), India

 

*Corresponding author e-mail: rasinghcsau@gmail.com

 

Paper received: 17.06.22, Revised received: 10.10.22

Paper Accepted: 17.10.22. Category: Original Article

 

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Abstract

The field study was conducted during 2020 and 2021 on farmer’s field of Hora Bangar of Kanpur Nagar district. The operational area is situated in the catchments of river Ganga. The soil of pilot project was sandy loam, having low fertility status. The field trial was undertaken in the partnership of farmers. Two varieties i.e. Azad Ageta Khira (newly developed variety) and Kalayanpur Hara were tested. The newly developed cultivar Azad Ageta Khira gave maximum fruits yield by 258.50 q/ha over Kalyanpur Hara (213.60 q/ha). The highest gross return of Rs. 180950/ha, net return of Rs. 140980/ha and BCR of 1:4.53 were found under test cultivar of Azad Ageta Khira. Therefore, under changing climate cv. Azad Ageta Khira was found most suitable genotype for riverine tract of Uttar Pradesh.

Keywords: Azad Ageta Khira, Changing climate, Net profit, Summer season, Partnership

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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 15 (4) 66 - 70 (2022)

 

A review on genotoxicological studies of arsenic using CAT and MNT in fishes

 

Shraddha Dwivedi1, Kamlesh K Yadav2*, Awanindra Kumar Tiwari3 Vivek Kumar4 and Rajesh K Srivastava4

1Department of Zoology, Government Degree College, Raibareily, U.P., India

2Department of Zoology, Rajkiya Mahavidyalaya, Unnao-209801, U.P., India.

3Entomology, KVK, Raebareli-II,

Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur,  India

4Department of Zoology, Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow-226007, U.P., India

 

*Corresponding author e-mail: drkkyadav8@gmail.com

 

Paper received: 14.06.22, Revised received: 12.10.22

Paper Accepted: 15.10.22, Category: Review Article

 

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Abstract

Intensive industrial developments in last few decades have increased the concentration of a large number of chemicals in the biosphere, the habitat of all living organisms, including man. Anthropogenic activities resulting from modern methods of agriculture, urbanization, industrialization have involved the increased use of various types of chemical pollutants and toxicants especially heavy metals, which ultimately reach into aquatic environments and become responsible for the degradation of aquatic ecosystem. Among metallic pollutants arsenic is one of the most relevant environmental global single substance toxicants. It is one of the few substances known to be carcinogenic to humans through the consumption of drinking water. Arsenic has been found in nature since antiquity. Fish can be an excellent source of material for the study of the heavy metal pollution in water as they are aquatic vertebrate, which can metabolize, concentrate and bioaccumulate water pollutants. There are many cytogenetic end points that can be used as an indication of exposure to genotoxic substances in aquatic organisms. Induction of Chromosomal aberrations and micronuclei can act as an important bio-indicator of the presence of arsenic in the water.

Keywords: Genotoxicity, Fish, Arsenic, Chromosome aberrations (CA) and Micronuclei (MN)

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Res. Environ. Life Sci., 15 (4) 71 - 73 (2022)

 

Possibility of companion cropping of colocasia and

onion in riverine tract of Uttar Pradesh

 

R.A. Singh, M.K. Singh, Amar Singh, I.P. Singh and

Dharmendra Yadav

C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur (U.P.), India

 

*Corresponding author e-mail: rasinghcsau@gmail.com

 

Paper received: 14.06.22, Revised received: 06.10.22

Paper Accepted: 11.10.22, Category: Original Article

 

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Abstract

The field experiment was laidout during summer season of 2009-10 and 2010-11 in catchments area of river Ganga. Site of pilot area was sandy loam, having low plant nutrients status. The three treatments i.e., colocasia alone, onion alone and colocasia + onion were tested. In companion cropping of colocasia and onion, the row ratio was maintained 9:1. Nine rows of colocasia was planted first and, thereafter, one row of onion seedling planted, with this system of planting whole experimental plot were completed. The colocasia cv. Baruasagar was planted on first fortnight of February, thereafter, the cv. Kalyanpur red round of onion transplanted. Both crops harvested full maturity stage. Alone crop of colocasia gave yield by 242.00 q/ha, while pure crop of onion yielded 251.00 q/ha. The highest total productivity of companion cropping of colocasia and onion was harvested by 267.00 q/ha. The gross return of Rs. 667500.00/ha and net return Rs. 576188.00/ha were computed under companion cropping of colocasia and onion. The higher LER was found in companion cropping of colocasia + onion by 1.11, therefore, 11% yield advantage was noted under companion cropping system of colocasia + onion.

Keywords: Catchments area, Companion cropping, Ganga river, LER, Yield advantage