RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENT AND
LIFE SCIENCES
Volume-8, Number-4, November-2015
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 545-548
(2015) Character association analysis in newly bred genotypes of
barley (Hordium vulgare
L.) Bhupendra Kumar*, S.R. Vishwakarma, Sonu Kumar and Yeshlok Singh Department
of Genetics and Plant Breeding, N.D. University of Agriculture &
Technology, Faizabad-224 229, India *e-mail:
bkdheeraniya75@gmail.com (Received:
February 03, 2015; Revised received: July 26, 2015;Accepted: July 28, 2015) |
Abstract: Sixty four
genotypes of barley were studied for correlation and path analysis for grain
yield and its components. The data were recorded for days to 50% flowering,
days to maturity, number of effective tillers per plant, plant height (cm),
peduncle length (cm), spike length (cm), number of grains per spike,1000-grain weight (g), biological yield per plant (g),
grain yield per plant (g), harvest-index (%), grain plumpness (%), protein
content (%) and amylose content (%). Three
genotypes, K-762, HUB-211 and NDB 1523 constituted the top non-significant
group for highest grain yield per plant among 64 genotypes across the six
environments. Grain yield per plant exhibited highly significant or
significant and positive phenotypic correlation with harvest index (0.582),
biological yield per plant (0.462) and effective tillers per plant (0.275).
The estimates of genotypic correlation coefficients among 14 characters were,
in general, similar in sign or nature but higher in magnitude than the
corresponding phenotypic correlation coefficients. From path analysis,harvest index and
biological yield per plantwere found as major
direct yield components and days to 50% flowering, days to maturity,
effective tillers per plant, plant height, 1000-grain weight, grains per
spike and peduncle length, as most important indirect yield components. These
characters merit due to consideration while devising selection indices and selection
strategy for developing high yielding widely adapted varieties of barley. Key words: Barley,
Correlation, Direct effect, Indirect effect, Path analysis |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 549-552
(2015) Evaluation of cashew (Anacardium
occidentale L.) hybrids for nut and apple
parameters K. Sethi*1, P. C. Lenka2, S. K. Tripathy1,
S. K. Mukherjee1 and A. K. Das1 1 AICRP on Cashew, Department of
Fruit Science and Horticulture Technology, OUAT, Bhubnaeswar-751003, India 2Department of Fruit Science
& Horticulture Technology, OUAT, Bhubaneswar-751003, India *e-mail:
kabita2273@yahoo.com (Received: March
03, 2015; Revised received: July 29, 2015;Accepted: August 02, 2015) |
Abstract: A field experiment was carried out under All India
Coordinated Research Project on Cashew of Orissa University of Agriculture
and Technology, Odisha, India to evaluate the
cashew hybrids for various nut and apple parameters. The experiment was laid
out by adopting Augmented Statistical Design with 71 cashew genotypes
including 60 hybrids, 8 parents and 3 check varieties. The analyzed results
based on adjusted mean values on nut and apple parameters showed significant
variations among the hybrids, parents and check varieties. Cashew genotypes
both RP-1 and RP-2 were identified as an ideal female parent while VTH-711/4
and KBN as an ideal male parents for transmission of various nut and apple
parameters in cashew towards development of hybrids or varieties.The
study also indicated the superiority of male parent, VTH-711/4 towards
transmission of cashew apple length, weight, apple to nut ratio(ANR) and
above all the TSS towards the progeny.Similarly,
red colour pigmentation was dominated over yellow colour among the hybrids, which may be useful in
developing coloured cashew apple in future breeding
programme. Key
words: Cashew, Hybrids, Nut, apple, Shelling %, Apple to nut ratio |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 553-556
(2015) Effect of integrated nutrient management on vase-life of
tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa
Linn) spikes cv. Hyderabad Double Sandeep Kumar*, A. K. Singhand Amar Singh Department
of Horticulture, College of Horticulture and Forestry, N.D.U.A. & T., Faizabad, India *e-mail:
aruks59@gmail.com (Received:
November 20, 2014; Revised received: June 05, 2015;Accepted: June 08, 2015) |
Abstract: The experiment was laid out in randomized block design
with thirteen treatments comprising of PSB (Phosphate Solubilizing
Bacteria), Azotobacter and FYM alone or in
combination with each other and variable doses of N, P and K in three
replications. The maximum per cent increase during 2009-10 in spike length
(6.90, 8.20 and 8.90 respectively) was recorded in T11
(PSB+Azotobacter+50% N +50% P+K+FYM) on 4th,8thand 12th
day while, during 2010-11it was noted as (6.40, 8.80 and
11.84,respectively).Per cent opening of floret per spike revealed that the
maximum number of florets (30.66, 50.10 and 66.00, respectively) were opened
in treatment T11 on4th,8thand 12th
day while, during 2010-11 it was noted as (25.20, 51.20 and
67.10,respectively).Number of florets opened at specific time was recorded
significantly maximum with PSB+Azotobacter+50% N+50% P+K+FYM on 4th (10.50), 8th
(19.50) and 12th day (23.00) while it
was minimum (15.66) in PSB @ 5 Kg/ha during 2009-10.The same treatment
revealed the highest values during2010-11. Minimum drooping (2.30 on 8th day and 4.00 on 12th
day in2009-10 and 2.15 and 4.10 during 2010-11,respectively) of florets were
recorded in cut spikes harvested from T11 PSB+Azotobacter+50%
N+50% P+K+FYM). However, the maximum drooping was noticed in cut spikes of
plants treated with PSB @ 5 Kg ha-1. The longest duration of 7.66
days during 2009-10 and 8.00 days during 2010-11was noted for the plants
nourished with PSB+ Azotobacter +50% N+50% P+K+FYM
(T11) while, the plants treated with Azotobacter
@ 5 Kg ha-1 and PSB @ 5 Kg ha-1 produced the spikes
which showed the shortest duration of spike life as compared to rest of the
treatments/ treatment combinations. Key words: Nutrient,
Spikes, Tuberose,
N, P and K |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 557-560
(2015) Response of nitrogen and phosphorus levels on calendula
(Calendula officinalis L.) Vijay Kumar*, Satish Kumar Pandey, Vivek Kumar Singh*,
Pushpendra Verty and Sakeel Ahmad Samoon Department of Horticulture, Allahabad School of Agriculture, Sam Higginbottom Institute of
Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (Deemed to-be University),
Allahabad-211007, India *e-mail:
vivekksingh88@gmail.com (Received:
December 12, 2014; Revised received: June 22, 2015;Accepted: June 24, 2015) |
Abstract: This research was
conducted to investigate the effect of different combination of nitrogen and
phosphorus on calendula (Calendula officinalis
L.) cv. Touch of Red Mixture, during winter season at floriculture research
field, Department of Horticulture, Sam Higginbottom
Institute of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Allahabad. Using different
levels and combination of nitrogen and phosphorus for evaluate the growth and
yield of calendula. The Experiment was laid out in 4 x 4 factorial in
randomized block design with sixteen treatments (each treatment with 3
replications): The maximum plant height (34.44 cm), number of leaf (254.22),
plant spread (41.61cm), number of branches per plant (57.22), days to first
flowering (62.33), flower weight (4.97 g), number of flower per plant
(35.77), flower diameter (6.80 cm) flower yield per ha. (163.58 q/ha), seed
yield (167.69 kg/ha) and benefit cost ratio (1:5.02) were recorded
significantly higher in T10-N2P2 (150 kg
N/ha + 80 kg P/ha) while minimum value was recorded in T0- N0P0
(0 kg N/ha + 0 kg P/ha) for plant growth and yield. Key words: Calendula, Growth,
Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Yield |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 561-564
(2015) Effect
of pre-harvest application of gibberellic acid,
NAA, and calcium nitrate on fruit drop, maturity and storage quality of kinnow mandarin Deepa Lal1, V.K. Tripathi1,
Sanjeev Kumar2 and Md. Abu Nayyer*1 1Department of
Horticulture, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur,
India 2U. P. Council of
Agricultural Research, Lucknow-226 010, India *e-mail:
nayyer123@gmail.com (Received:
February 13, 2015; Revised received: July 05, 2015;Accepted: July 09, 2015) |
Abstract: For studying the
effect of pre-harvest application of Gibberellic
acid, NAA, and Calcium nitrate on fruit drop, maturity and storage quality of
Kinnow mandarin the present experiment was
conducted. Two sprays of these plant bio-regulators and nutrient were done on
15th of September and
November, 2011. From various observations recorded, it was noted that the
foliar application of Gibberellic acid 100 ppm, NAA 20 ppm significantly
reduced fruit drop (16.80% and 14.28%) and calcium nitrate at 2.0 per cent
(23.28%) was recorded. Higher level of Gibberellic
acid 100 ppm and calcium nitrate at 2.0 per cent
delayed maturity by (296.95 and 293.58 days). Harvested fruits were stored up
to different days at ambient temperature in 100 gauge polythene bags. It was
recorded that the calcium nitrate at 2.0 and 1.5 per cent and NAA 20 ppm prove more effective in minimizing the loss of fruit
spoilage, fruit weight, fruit juice, ascorbic acid, TSS and total sugars. Key words: Kinnow, Gibberellic acid, NAA, Calcium nitrate, Fruit drop,
Maturity and storage |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 565-568
(2015) Impact of microbial fermentation of tomato juice for
nutritional improvement Pushpa Priya1,
K.B.Munishamanna1 and B. Divya*2 1Department of Agricultural
Microbiology, UAS, GKVK, Bangalore-560 065, India 2Department of Horticulture
(Veg. Science), UHS, Bagalkot., India *e-mail:
divyabapuji04@gmail.com (Received:
February 12, 2015; Revised received: July 12, 2015;Accepted: July 15, 2015) |
Abstract: This study was undertaken to determine the suitability of
tomato juice as a raw material for production of fermented juice by lactic
acid bacteria (Lactobacillus plantarum MTCC
6161) and yeast (Saccharomyces cereviceae UCD 522). Tomato juice blended with 5 per
cent honey was inoculated with a 24-h-old culture and incubated at 26 – 28º
C. Bio-chemical Changes in pH, TSS, acidity, vitamin C, lycopene
and alcohol during fermentation under ambient conditions were analyzed.The results indicated that the blended tomato
juice fermented byyeast culture reduced the pHto 3.35 or below andenhancedthe
acidity (0.66 %), vitamin C (12.56 mg/100ml), lycopene
(0.42mg/100ml) and alcohol (5.76%) content and Organoleptic/Sensory
evaluation of Fermented tomato beverage where organoleptic
scores with respect to twenty point scales based on 11 important aspects wherescores for the overall acceptability from organoleptic evaluation showed that fermented tomato
beverage produced from tomato juice inoculated with Saccharomyces
cereviceae UCD 522 blended with honey recorded
highest score (16.2 out of 20) followed by T3 (RLAB), T1 (RSc),
T5 (RSC + RLAB), T6 (RSc + RLAB + 5% honey)
(14.5,14.2, 13.9 and 13.3 out of 20), T4 (RLAB + 5% honey) recorded lowest
score (12.8 out of 20.00). A protocol has been standardized for the
production of fermented tomato beverage using yeast and lactic acid bacteria. Key words: Microbial
fermentation, Lycopene, Vitamin C, Regression
analysis |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 569-570
(2015) Correlation and path coefficient analysis in fenugreek (Trigonella foenumgraecum
L.) B. P. Maurya1, B. K. Yadav*2, V. P. Pandey1
and P. S. Yadav1 1Department
of Vegetable Science, Narendra Deva
University of Agriculture and Technology, Faizabad,
India 2Chandra
Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and
Technology, Kanpur - 208 002, India *e-mail:
bkyadav.7246@gmail.com (Received:
January 05, 2015; Revised received: July 05, 2015;Accepted: July 10, 2015) |
Abstract: An experiment
entitled “Studies on Correlation and Path Coefficient Analysis in Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum
L.)” was carried out at Vegetable Research Farm of the Department of
Vegetable Science, Narendra Deva
University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj,
Faizabad, U.P. during Rabi season 2010-11. The
trial was conducted with hundred selection germplasm
lines of fenugreek in Augmented Design. The observations were recorded on ten
quantitative characters namely plant height (cm), number of branches per
plant, days to 50 per cent flowering, number of pods per plant, length of
pods (cm) days to maturity, 1000- seed weight (g), yield per plant (g),
number of seed per pod and yield q/ha. The genetic correlation coefficients
between different characters were similar in sign and nature to the
corresponding phenotypic coefficient in the experiment. However, genotypic
correlations were higher in magnitude than the corresponding phenotypic
value. In the present study seed yield per plant was observed highly
significant and positive association with number of branches per plant,
1000-seed weight and significant, correlation with number of pod per plant
(at phenotypic and genotypic level.). In the present study the direct effect
of several components on seed yield per plant was estimated. A perusal of
table 1.0 indicated the direct and indirect effect of different characters on
seed yield per plant. At phenotypic level day to maturity followed by days to
50 per cent flowering had high order positive direct effect on seed yield per
plant. However, number of seed per pod, number of pod per plant, length of
pod and 1000-seed weight exhibited negative direct effect on seed yield per
plant, plant height, days to 50 per cent flowering, number of pod per plant,
days to maturity, 1000-seed weight had positive indirect effect on seed yield
per plant via number of branches per plant. While days to 50 per cent
flowering, number of branches per plant, days to maturity and length of pod,
had negative indirect effect on seed yield per plant via, number of
pod per plant and 1000-seed weight via, number of seed per pod
respectively. Key words: Fenugreek,
Correlation, Path, Coefficient, Analysis, Germplasm |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 571-574
(2015) Liver mineral profile at different embryonic stages of Gaddi sheep Raheeqa Razvi*1, R.L.Bharadwaj1,
R.Rajput1, M.Verma2
and R.Kumar2 1Department of Veterinary Anatomy, 2Department
of Veterinary, Physiology and Biochemistry, Dr.G.C.Negi, College of
Veterinary and Animal Science, CSK. Himachal Pradesh Krishi
Vishvavidyalaya. Palampur–
176062, India *e-mail:
doctorrahika356@gmail.com (Received:
March 04, 2015; Revised received: August 14, 2015;Accepted: August 19, 2015) |
Abstract: The study was undertaken to investigate the mineral
profile in the embryonic liver of Gaddi sheep.
Gravid uteri were collected from the local slaughter houses in and around Palampur. Foetii were then
extracted out immediately. CRL (crown rump length) of foetii
were recorded for age estimation and accordingly foetii
were grouped as group-I (0 to 60 days of age), group-II (61-90 days of age)
and group-III (90 to full term). Liver samples were collected from such foetii, dried, digested and analyzed for Zn, Mn, Co, Cu, Fe, Ca, Se and Mo using Atomic Absorption
Spectrophotometer. The result showed that the level of Zn was highest
(229.00ppm) at 89.06 days of age and lowest (145.00ppm) at 57.00 days of age.
Maximum and minimum concentration of Mn was 13ppm
and 2ppm, recorded at 135.64 and 54.26 days of age respectively and the mean
liver concentration of Mn was significantly lower
(P<0.05) in group-I as compare to group-II and group-III. There was no
significant difference of hepatic Co concentration among different groups and
it ranged from 2.00ppm to 6.00ppm. Cu level was significantly higher (P<0.05)
in group-I as compare to group-II and group-III. Concentration of Fe was maximum among all minerals so studied, however its maximum
level (239.00ppm) was recorded at age of 83.58 days with significant
difference between the groups studied. The levels of calcium showed
non-significant difference between the groups-II and III while, the levels of
selenium showed significant difference between the studied groups. The
concentration of Mo was significantly higher in group-III when compared to
group-II and I. Key words: Mineral, Gaddi sheep, Liver and Embryonic |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 575-578
(2015) Response of baby corn (Zea mays L.) to nitrogen management and seed priming with
GA3 Sanjay Kumar* and
S.K. Maity Palli Siksha Bhavana (Institute of
Agriculture), Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan
-731236, India *e-mail:
sanjay.psbvb@gmail.com (Received: February
26, 2015; Revised received: August 17, 2015;Accepted: August 22, 2015) |
Abstract: The experiment was carried out during summer season of
2012 in split plot design and replicated three times.Plant
height at knee high stage only increased markedly due to higher rate of basal
nitrogen application resulting significantly taller plant under SPAD based
nitrogen management with 75 kg N/ha basal followed by N top dressing at SPAD
value at <45 (each time @ 20kg N/ha) and dry matter production at tasselling stage were found to improved significantly
under SPAD based nitrogen management compared to blanket split of 150 kg N/ha
with 3 splits (½ basal ¼ at 25 DAS + ¼ at 45 DAS) nitrogen application. Thecob weight and baby corn weight increased with higher
dose of nitrogen application and in blanket splits of N management with
higher dose of application produced higher than lower rate of blanket
application and also higher level of N application under both the N
management strategies registered significantly higher yield of baby corn over
lower level N of application. However, total fodder yield maximum with SPAD
based N management due to growth attributes like plant height improved
significantly. It should be noted that though net return (Rs.154970) was
maximum with the treatment higher dose of blanket application, but B: C ratio
was estimate to be highest with SPAD based N application. Seed priming with
GA3 did not show significant effect on growth and yield of baby
corn. Economics of baby corn production with seed priming also remained
unfavorable. Key words: Maize, GA3,
Nitrogen management, Seed priming, Net return, Yield |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 579-580
(2015) Performance of french marigold (Tagetes patula
L.) genotypes for vegetative, flower and yield parameters Anil
Kumar*, Dharmendra Kumar Gautam
And Ashutosh Kumar Singh Department of Horticulture, College of Horticulture &
Forestry, N.D. U. A.&T., Faizabad, India *e-mail:
ab.horticulture@gmail.com (Received: December
23, 2014; Revised received: July 12, 2015;Accepted: July 16, 2015) |
Abstract: The present investigation was carried out to study the
performance of 10 genotypes of french marigold (Tagetes patula
L.). Vegetative and flower characters varied significantly among the
genotypes. The results revealed that the genotype hero red recorded maximum
plant height (31.20 cm), stem diameter (2.00 cm), plant
spread (30.10 cm), number of secondary branches (39.41) and number of flowers
per plant (134.30 cm). Maximum number of primary branches was recorded for
genotype red brocade (12.32) and duration of flowering (40.00 days) and
maximum flower diameter (3.54 cm). Also, genotype red brocade took minimum
days to flower bud initiation (25.68 days). Minimum days to opening of first
flower were recorded for genotype yellow gate (8.76 days). Maximum flower
weight was recorded for genotype honey comb (2.17 g) followed by red brocade
(1.96 g). Maximum flower yield was recorded for honey comb (228.52 g / plant)
followed by red brocade (219.64 g / plant). Key words: French marigold,
Performance, Vegetative, Flower, Yield |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 581-584
(2015) Effect of foliar application of borax, FeSO4
and MnSO4 on vegetative growth and
flower production in gerbera S.
S. Soni and A. K. Godara* Department of Horticulture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University
Hisar-125004, India *e-mail:
akgodara11@gmail.com (Received: February
28, 2015; Revised received: September 08, 2015;Accepted: September 14, 2015) |
Abstract: The micronutrients requirement of gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii, H. Bolus) cv. “Winter Queen” grown under
greenhouse condition was studied at CCS, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. The treatments consisted
of fortnightly and monthly spraying of Borax, FeSO4
and MnSO4 at 0.1 and 0.3 % concentration
along with control (distilled water). The result shows that the vegetative
and floral character of gerbera tended to improve with the foliar application
of Borax, FeSO4 and MnSO4
at both concentration (0.1% and 0.3%) and both the intervals (fortnightly and
monthly) over control. The foliar application of FeSO4
at 0.3% at 15 days interval recorded the maximum plant height (45.29 cm),
plant spread (63.00 cm), number of leaves (45.23) leaf area (6270.79 cm2)
and number of suckers (6.13). Borax at 0.3% significantly reduced the time
taken for flowering among all the treatments. The maximum number of flowers
(22.69) with longest stalk length (61.62 cm) and the maximum size (13.82 cm)
were recorded with Borax at 0.3% at 15 days interval. Key words: Gerbera, Borax, FeSO4, MnSO4, Winter
Queen |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 585-588
(2015) Response of different levels of Zinc and methods of boron
application on growth, yield and protein content of Wheat (Triticum aestivum
L.) Lal Babu Singh1, Rajkumar
Yadav*2 and Thomas Abraham1 1Department of Agronomy, Allahabad
Agricultural Institute- Deemed University, Allahabad-211007, India 2Department of Agronomy, Chandra Bhanu
Gupta Agriculture College, Bakshi Ka Talab, Lucknow-227201, India *e-mail:
rjyadav108@gmail.com (Received: February
01, 2015; Revised received: June 14, 2015;Accepted: June 16, 2015) |
Abstract: A field experiment
was carried out to evaluate the effect of zinc levels and methods of
application of boron on the growth, yield and protein content of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
during the winter (Rabi) season in two consecutive years, i.e. 2003-04
and 2004-05 at the Allahabad agricultural Institute – Deemed University,
Allahabad. Texture of the soil was sandy loam, slightly alkaline in nature,
nitrogen (61.70, 68.62 kg/ha), phosphorus (10.48, 15.45 kg/ha) and potash
(188.23, 220.03 kg/ha). The treatments comprised three levels of zinc (0, 3.5
and 7 kg ha-1) through zinc sulphate and
four methods of application of boron (0, soil application @ 0.5 kg ha-1,
foliar spray @ 0.5kg ha-1 at 45 and 60 days after sowing and soil
application @ 0.25 kg ha-1 + foliar spray @ 0.25 kg ha-1
at 45, 60 DAS) as borax, making 12 treatment combinations, each replicated
three times. On the basis of the findings of the experiment, zinc @ 7 kg ha-1,
soil application of boron @ 0.25 kg ha-1 + foliar application of
boron @ 0.25 kg ha-1 and their combination (i.e., 7 kg ha-1
zinc + soil application of boron @ 0.25 kg ha-1 + foliar
application of boron @ 0.25 kg ha-1) was found superior over all
other treatments in relation to plant height, dry weight, effective tillers
yield and yield attributes and protein content in grains, of wheat crop. Key words: Wheat, Zinc,
Boron, Zinc sulphate, Borax, Foliar spray. |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 589-590
(2015) Effect of Albizia lebback
pruning on yield and nutrient uptake of under storey cowpea (Vigna unguilata
L.) crop and post-harvest soil parameters Y.S.Yadav*, M.S.
Baghel, Pawan Kumar Verma andPrakash Yadav Chandra Shekhar
Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur-208002, India *e-mail:
yaduvendrayadav94@gmail.com (Received: March
09, 2015; Revised received: August 15, 2015;Accepted: August 18, 2015) |
Abstract: An experiment was conducted at Research Farm Jhansi of
C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur during Kharif, 2007 on sandy loam soil to study
the effect of pruning Albizia lebbeck on understorey
cowpea crop and post-harvest soil in agri-silvisystem.
Treatment as consisted sole cowpea, cowpea+Albizia
no pruning, coppicing at ground, 30 cm, 60 cm height, pollarding at 1.5, 2.0,
2.5m height and lopping. The results revealed that though sole cowpea
produced highest grain yield of cowpea (9.56 q/ha), the treatment of
coppicing at 60cm remained at par with 8.97 q/ha grain yield and was followed
by coppicing at ground level (8.05 q/ha). The treatment of no pruning
recorded minimum grain yield 3.02 q/ha followed by lopping
3.86 q/ha grain yield of cowpea. Nutrient uptake in cowpea crop was
computed maximum (104.5kg N + 7.6kg P + 40.2kg K/ha) in sole cowpea followed
by coppicing at 60cm (104.1kg N + 7.2kg P + 40.9kg k/ha) without significant
variation. Lowest uptake of 46.3kg N + 3.7kg P + 19.8 kg/ha was recorded in
the treatment of no pruning. Soil pH and EC of post-harvest soil were not
much influenced by treatments while O.C., available N and P reduced in sole
cowpea and coppicing treatment but increased in the treatment of no pruning
and lopping as compared to initial values. Available K reduced in all
treatments except no pruning where, it increased from initial value. Key
words: Agri-silvisystem, Albizia
lebbeck, Cowpea, Yield, Nutrient uptake, Soil
fertility |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 591-594
(2015) Effect of different
moisture regimes on growth and yield of rice (Oryza
sativa L.) Anupam Singh Kaushal1, Gurmukh Gyani*2 ,Pawan Kumar
Verma2 and G.R. Singh1 1Department of Agronomy, N. D.
U. A. & T., Faizabad- 224229, India 2Department of Agronomy, C. S.
A. U. A. & T., Kanpur-208002,India *e-mail:
107ramangurmukh4@gmail.com (Received: January
05, 2015; Revised received: July 26, 2015;Accepted: July 29, 2015) |
Abstract: A field experiment was
conducted at agronomy research farm, Narendra Deva University of Agriculture & Technology, Narendra Nager (Kumarganj), Faizabad, U.P.
during kharif season of 2012. The experiment
was laid out in randomized block design (RBD) comprising 9 irrigation
schedules viz., continuous submergence (T1), 7cm irrigation
1-DADPW (T2), 7cm irrigation 3-DADPW (T3), 7cm
irrigation 5-DADPW (T4), 7 cm irrigation at T. PI. Fl and milking
stage (T5), 7 cm irrigation at PI. Fl. and milking stage (T6),
7 cm irrigation at fl. and milking stage (T7), 7cm irrigation at
milking stage (T8) and no irrigation (T9). The soil of
experimental plot was silt loom in texture with low available N medium P and
high K. The results indicate that 7cm irrigation 1-DADPW was found
significantly superior over T5, T6, T7, T8,
and T9, which was at par with T1, T3, T4
al all the growth stage of crop except 30 DAT in respect of growth parameters
viz., plant height, number of shoot hill-1, leaf area index
dry matter accumulation highest. Highest (53.08 q ha-1) and straw
(66.47 qha-1) yield were also found
highest. The maximum net return (Rs 32974 ha-1) and benefit: cost
ratio (1.29) were computed under the irrigation schedules of T2 (7
cm irrigation 1 DADPW) and followed by (Rs 28923 ha-1) under T1
(continuous submergence) and followed by B:C ratio
(1.11) under T3 (7 cm irrigation 3 DADPW). Key
words: Moisture regimes, Rice, Growth and Yield |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 595-598
(2015) Genetic diversity assessment in green and coloured
bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) in
naturally ventilated quonset polyhouse Vimlesh
Kumar*, Naresh Kumar Pathania
and Mayanglambambilashini Devi Department of Vegetable Science & Floriculture, C.S.K.
Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur-176062, India. *e-mail:
vimileshkumaryadav@gmail.com (Received:
November 22, 2014; Revised received: July 28, 2015;Accepted: July 29, 2015) |
Abstract: An attempt was made to
determine the extent of genetic variability, based on the evaluation of
fifteen genotypes of bell pepper in Randomized Complete Block Design at
Experimental Farm, Department of Vegetable Science and Floriculture, HP
Agricultural University, Palampur. The data were
recorded on traits viz., days to 50 % flowering, days to first
harvest (green as well as coloured), number of
marketable fruits per plant (green as well as coloured),
fruit length (cm), fruit width (cm), pericarp thikness (mm), number of lobes per fruit, average fruit
weight (g) (green as well as coloured), number of
seeds per fruit, harvest duration (days) (green as well as coloured), plant height (cm) and marketable fruit yield
per plant (kg) (green as well as coloured) and
quality traits. Mean sum of squares due to genotypes were significant for all
the traits except number of lobes per fruit and dry matter. The estimates of
PCV and GCV were high for number of seeds per fruit and capsaicin content, which indicated that there is substantial variability
ensuring ample scope for improvement of these traits through selection. PCV
and GCV values were moderate for number of marketable fruits per plant and
marketable fruit yield per plant whereas these were low for most of the traits.
For coloured fruits, the estimates of PCV and GCV
were moderate for number of marketable fruits per plant, average fruit weight
at phenotypic level whereas these estimates were low for days to first
harvest, harvest duration and average fruit weight at genotypic level. The
estimates of high heritability coupled with high genetic advance were
observed for number of seeds per fruit and capsaicin content, which indicated
the importance of additive gene action for the inheritance of these traits,
and further improvement could be done through phenotypic selection. Keywords: Bell pepper, Coloured, GCV, PCV, Genetic advance, Heritability |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 599-602
(2015) Performance of
cultivar and irrigation scheduling (IW: CPE ratio) on yield, water use
efficiency, consumptive use of water and economics of summer clusterbean (Cymopsis
tetragonoloba L.) under middle Gujarat
conditions Manoj Kumar1*,
J. J. Patel2, Aniket Umale2,
Ram Dulare Prasad1 and H. K. Patel2 1Department of agronomy, Sam Higginbottom
Institute of Agricultural, Technology & Sciences, Allahabad, -211007,
India, 2 Department of agronomy, B .A
.College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural
University, Anand, (Gujarat) -388110, India *e-mail:
manojagric@gmail.com (Received:
October 10, 2014; Revised received: July 05, 2015;Accepted: July 10, 2015) |
Abstract: A field experiment
was conducted at College Agronomy Farm, Anand
Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat to study
the varietal response of summer clusterbean (Cymopsis tetragonoloba
L.) to different irrigation scheduling (IW:CPE ratio) during 2012. The
results showed that application of irrigation as at 0.8 IW:CPE ratio (I2)
gave 7.99 %, 11.48 %, and 12.89 % more seed yield compared than other
treatments as I0 control (critical crop growth stages), I3 (1.0
IW: CPE ratio), and I1 (0.6 IW: CPE ratio), respectively.
Significantly the highest seed yield (1489 kg ha-1), gotar yield (4325 kg ha-1) and yield
attributes test weight (35.35 g), gross realization (312548 Rs. ha-1)
and net realization (282576Rs. ha-1), benefit : cost ratio (BCR)
(10.43:1) and net benefit: cost ratio (9.43:1) in irrigation scheduling 0.8
IW:CPE ratio (I2)compare than other irrigation scheduling
treatments. While Pusa Navbahar
(V3) recorded significantly maximum, yield attributes, test weight
(34.88 g), harvest index (28.67 %), seed yield (1429 kg ha-1)
and gotar yield (4076 kg ha-1),
gross realization (318456 Rs. ha-1), net realization (286104 Rs.
ha-1), benefit : cost ratio (28.67:1), net benefit : cost ratio
(8.84:1) over rest of two varieties. The Pusa Navbahar recorded higher seed yield that increase to the
tune of at 3.00 and 9.72 % over the varieties Gujarat Guar-2 and Gujarat
Guar-1 respectively.Among the interaction
irrigation as at 0.8 IW: CPE ratio (I2) and Pusa
Navbahar (V3) was noted on seed yield
(1605 kg ha-1), gotar yield (4450 kg ha-1),
gross realization (357550,Rs. ha-1), total cost of cultivation
(34592Rs. ha-1), net realization (322958Rs. ha-1),
benefit : cost ratio (10.34:1), net benefit : cost ratio (9.34:1) than other
two varieties. Key word: Clusterbean, Irrigation scheduling, IW: CPE ratio,
Varieties, Water use efficiency, Consumptive use of water, Economics |
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Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 604-606
(2015) Genotypic variation in
photosynthesis, total dry matter, total chlorophyll and protein content and
its per cent heterosis (mid-parent) on yield of
cotton hybrids and their parent Somashekhargouda Patil* and B.C. Patil Dept.
of Crop Physiology, College of Agriculture, Dharwad,
University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad –
580 005 (Karnataka), India *e-mail: patil4033@gmail.com (Received:
October 10, 2014; Revised received: July 05, 2015;Accepted: July 10, 2015) |
Abstract: A field experiment
was conducted during kharif season of
2013-14 and 2014 -15in Agriculture Research Station, Dharwad
to study the “Genotypic variation in total dry matter, photosynthesis,
chlorophyll and total protein and its percent heterosis
(mid parent) on yield of cotton hybrids and their parent”. The experiment
consisted of thirty hirsutum x hirsutum
cotton hybrids and their twenty three parents laid out in randomized block
design with three replications on medium black soil. Hybrids and their
parents were assessed for total dry weight, photosynthesis, total
chlorophyll, total protein and their yield. Seed cotton yield were
significant among the hybrids. It ranged from 1111.1 kg to 1986.2 kg/ha.
Among the hybrids, RAHH- 12 recorded highest seed cotton yield (1986.2
Kg/ha).Higher seed cotton yield was mainly attributed to its close
association with total dry matter (209.48 g/plant), photosynthesis (24.2),
total chlorophyll content (1.285) and total protein (50.9) content than the
genotype, RAHH-21 recorded lower yield (1111.1 kg/ha). Heterosis
for seed cotton yield was maximum in RAHH-27
(72.3%), for total dry matter hybrid, photosynthesis, total chlorophyll
content and total protein was recorded more in RAHH-22 (51.5%), RAHH-18
(101.5%), RAHH-30 (149.7%) and RAHH-27 (37.4%). While least heterosis for seed cotton yield was recorded by hybrid
RAHH-18 (1.9%). Key words: Heterosis, Total dry matter, Photosynthesis, Chlorophyll,
Protein and Seed cotton yield |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 607-610
(2015) Effect of different
organic and inorganic nutrients on nutrient content, soil nutrient status and
yield of maize Vidya V. Choudhari* and B.B. Channappagouda Department of Crop Physiology, College of
Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad-
580 005, India *e-mail: vidyachoudhari9@gmail.com (Received:
March 06, 2015; Revised received: August 16, 2015;Accepted: August 21, 2015) |
Abstract: A field experiment
was carried out during Kharif season 2011 to
study the effect of organic and inorganic nutrients on nutrient content, soil
nutrient status and yield of maize. Application of organic and inorganic
sources of nutrient in combination remarkably increased nutrient content,
soil nutrient status and yield of maize than alone. Poultry manure @ 1.5t ha-1
recorded significantly higher nutrient content, soil nutrient status
and yield of maize in comparison to other treatments followed by Sheep manure
@ 1.8t ha-1. At harvest Poultry manure @ 1.5t ha-1+
100% RDF increased leaf nitrogen (1.84%), leaf phosphorous (0.167%), leaf
potassium (0.64%), organic carbon (1.21%), available N (326 kg ha-1),
available P (56.18 kg ha-1), available k (486.00 kg ha-1)
and grain yield (90.20 q ha-1) over control. The lower nutrient
content, soil nutrient status and yield of maize was
recorded in control. From the study it canbe
concluded that combined application of Poultry manure @ 1.5 t ha-1
+ 100% RDF recordedhigher nutrient content, soil
nutrient status and yield of maize. Key words: Maize, FYM, Vermicompost, Poultry manure, Sheep manure and RDF. |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 611-612
(2015) Genetics of fertility
restoration in ‘WA’ cytoplasmic male sterility in
rice (Oryza sativa L.) P. K. Bhati*,
S. K. Singh, Rajesh Singh, Vinod Kumar and Amita Sharma Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding,
Institute of Agricultural Sciences Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U.P.),
221005, India *e-mail:
bhatipradeep5@gmail.com (Received:
April 04, 2015; Revised received: August 27, 2015;Accepted: August 28, 2015) |
Abstract: A study using two cytoplasmic male sterile lines (IR-79156Aand Pusa 6A) and five restorers revealed that two major genes
(Rf3 and Rf4) govern the fertility restoration, with epistatic
interaction that differed from cross to cross. Thecrosses
IR-79156A x IET 21519 and Pusa 6A x Sarjoo-52
segregated in ratio of 9:3:4 and 1:1:2 in F2 and BC1
population respectively, indicating the presence of two independently
segregating dominant genes showing recessive epistatic
interaction of the fertility restoring genes in the genotypes, IET 21519 and
Sarjoo-52. The cross, IR-79156A x IET 22218 showed segregation ratio of 9:6:1
in F2 and 1:2:1 in BC1 generation, for pollen fertility
indicating that the genotype viz. IET 22218 carry two independent
segregating genes with additive type of gene action, the effect of one of the
two gene in restoring fertility appeared to be stronger than the other. The
crosses IR-79156A x MTU-7029 and Pusa 6A x IET
22202 given segregation behavior of 12:3:1 in F2 progeny and 2:1:1
genetic ratio in test cross progeny suggesting the presence of two dominant
genes with dominance epistasis in the fertility
restoring genes in the genotypes MTU-7029 and IET 22202. Key Words: Restorers,
Genetics, Fertility restoration, Hybrid |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 613-614
(2015) Interactive effect of
bio-fertilizers (Rhizobium, PSB and VAM) in lentil
(Lens culinaris L.) Jamaluddin Ansari*1, C P Sharma1, Alka Sagar2 and Azlee Fatma2 1Department of
Agricultural Microbiology, Chandra Shekhar Azad
University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur-208002, India 2Department of
Microbiology and Fermentation Technology, S H I A T S, Allahabad, India *e-mail:
jamal.ansari21@gmail.com (Received:
March 08, 2015; Revised received: August 24, 2015;Accepted: August 26, 2015) |
Abstract: This study was
conducted to evaluate the effect of biofertilizers
viz. Rhizobium , PSB and VAM in lentil (Lens culinaris
L.) crop, in the department of microbiology . In this experiment five
treatment were taken as Un-inoculated (T1), Rhizobium
(T2), PSB + Rhizobium (T3), VAM + Rhizobium (T4) and Rhizobium +
PSB + VAM (T5). The experiment was carried out during Rabi 2010 in 2.0 m2
plot size at pot culture house of the Department of Soil Science and
Agricultural Chemistry, Chandra Shekhar Azad
University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur. The result of this study
revealed that the maximum active nodulation at 30, 60 and 90 days (8.80 13.50
and 5.00), test weight (32 g/1000 seeds), grain yield (23.8 g/ microplot) and straw yield (26.20 g/ microplot)
was found in Rhizobium + PSB + VAM (T5) fallowed by
PSB + Rhizobium (T3), VAM + Rhizobium
(T4) and Rhizobium (T2) whereas minimum was noticed
Un-inoculated (T1) microplot. It was recommended
that interactive use of Rhizobium + PSB + VAM
significantly affected to the biological yield of lentil crop. Key words: Rhizobium, PSB, VAM,
Bio-fertilizers and Lentil |
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Res. Environ.
Life Sci., 8(4) 615-618
(2015) Genetic divergence in eggplant (Solanum
melongena L.) Sandeep Kumar Gupta, Gulab Chand Yadav*,
Adesh Kumar and Avnish
Kumar Yadav Department
of Vegetable Science, Narendra Deva
University of Agriculture and Technology, Faizabad-224 229, India *e-mail:gcy1972@gmail.com (Received: November
17, 2014; Revised received: July 02, 2015;Accepted: July 08, 2015) |
Abstract: The study of genetic
divergence among the 46 genotypes of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.)
was carried out using Mahalanobis D2
statistics. The 46 genotypes were grouped into seven different non over
lapping clusters. Cluster III had highest number of genotypes (26) followed
by cluster I (11), cluster II (5) while, rest of the four clusters were monogenotypic. The intra cluster D2 values
ranged from 0.00 (monogenotypic clusters IV, V, VI,
VII) to 119.78 (cluster I). The maximum inter-cluster distance(178.89)was
observed between clusters (NDB-51) to VII (NDB-36) which suggested that
members of these two clusters were genetically very diverse from each other
and crosses between these may give rise heterotic F1
andtransgressive segregates.The
inter-cluster values between cluster II and cluster VII (156.95), cluster IV
to VII (125.00), cluster I to VII (108.47), cluster II to V (96.22), cluster
III to VI (93.20)were also very high. The higher inter-cluster distance
indicated greater genetic divergence between the genotypes of these clusters
while lower inter-cluster values between the clusters suggested that the
genotypes of the clusters were not much genetically diverse from each other.
The cluster means for different traits indicated considerable differences
between the clusters. Cluster IV showed maximum mean values for the flower
per inflorescence and earliest mean values for days to 50% flowering, cluster
V showed maximum mean values for the fruit weight, fruit circumference, fruit
per plant, marketable fruit yield per plant, unmarketable fruit yield per
plant and total fruit yield per plant. Cluster VI showed maximum mean values
for the plant height and primary branch. Cluster VII exhibited maximum mean
values for the polar length of fruit. Among the eleven quantitative traits
fruit circumference (cm) contributed maximum (34.59%) towards total genetic
divergence in the genotypes. Keywords: Egg plant, Genetic
divergence, D2 analysis, Cluster analysis |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 619-620(2015) Toxicity evaluation of selective Bacillus thuringiensis isolates against Plutella
xylostella L. Y. Srujana*,
P. S. Hugar andP.
U. Krishnaraj Department of Ag.Entomology,
College of Agriculture, UAS, Dharwad-, India *e-mail:
Srujanareddy13@gmail.com (Received: February
27, 2014; Revised received: July 14, 2015;Accepted: July 16, 2015) |
Abstract: Among the pests of
the cruciferous vegetables Plutella xylostella L. is one of the most important pest causing major loss. Bacillus thuringiensis is one of the living system which produce
insecticidal, proteinaceous, parasporal
protoxins that are active against the larvae of the
orders Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and Diptera, as well as against other groups of animals. In
an attempt to explore insecticidal activity of Bacillus thuringiensis, fifty native isolates were
tested against five day oldPlutella xylostella L. larvae. Among fifty tested isolates
against Plutella xylostella,
five isolates reported to cause mortality equal to and greater than 80.00 per
cent.DBT- 3008 and DBT- 3009isolates recorded
mortality of 82 per cent whereas DBT- 2336, DBT- 2510, HD-1 isolates showed
80 per cent mortality. Response of third instar
larvae of P.xylostellato five B.t isolates by leaf dip method shows that
DBT-3009was most toxic and DBT-2510 was least toxic to the population. The LC50
values being 15.391, 15.545, 15.369, 15.755, 15.671 ml/litto
DBT-2336, DBT- 3008, DBT- 3009, DBT- 2510, HD- 1 respectively. Key Words: Plutella xylostella, Bacillus thuringiensis,
Bio-efficacy, LC50 |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 621-624
(2015) Proximate and mineral composition of wild flashy fungi collected from South Gujarat region of India Bambhaneeya S. M*1,
Sonal Tripathi1,
Priya John2, Narendra
Singh1, Jilen Patel3, Dev Raj3
and Om Prakash4 1Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Navsari Agricultural University-Navsari-396 450, Gujarat,
India 2Department of Plant Pathology, Navsari
Agricultural University, Navsari- 396 450, Gujarat,
India 3Department of Post Harvest Technology, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari
-396 450, Gujarat, India 4Department of Chemistry, College of Basic Science and
Humanities, G. B. pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar-396450 *e-mail: s.m.bambhaniya@gmail.com (Received: April13,
2015; Revised received: August 22, 2015;Accepted: August28, 2015) |
Abstract: In the present
study, twelve wild fleshy fungi were collected and analyzed for their
macronutrient and mineral content. The moisture content of all the wild
fleshy fungi was very high and ranged from 86.3 to 98.2 g 100 g-1 fresh
weight. Protein, carbohydrate, crude fiber, fat and ash content were ranged
from 4.82 to 43.3, 3.93 to 23.47, 33 to 77, 2.37 to 13 and 1.84 to 14.18 g
100g-1 dry weight (d.w.), respectively.
Mineral content (mg kg-1 d.w.) were P
3433.3-28533.1, K 5000.0-22500.0, Ca 500.0-2367.8, Mg 463.7-1800.0, Fe 287.75-4505.58,
Mn 24.37-139.22, Zn 10.49-102.02 and Cu
2.74-145.60. As for the energy value the average was recorded to be 797.8 kJ 100 g-1 d.w.
The nutritional composition of wild fleshy fungi reveals their nutritional
potential except P. subaeruginosa which is
reported to be hallucinatory fleshy fungi and can be poisonous if consumed in
high dose. This study may be useful on issues relating to of wild
fleshy fungi their management and conservation. Key words: Edible flashy
fungi, Nutritional composition, Protein, Carbohydrate, Mineral content, South
Gujarat |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 625-628
(2015) Effect of organic, inorganic and biofertilisers
on nodulation, yield and economics of lentil (lens culinaris
medik.) Under rainfed
conditions Chhaya Deshmukh*1,R. P. Singh2, Dasharath Singh3 and D.P. Sharma2 1JNS Govt. PG College, Shujalpur;
2Division of Agronomy, R.A.K. College of Agriculture,
Sehore-466109, India 3Agricultural Energy and Power Division,
Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal-462 038, India *e-mail:
chhaya2106@gmail.com (Received: February
04, 2015; Revised received: August 28, 2015;Accepted: August30, 2015) |
Abstract: Combined application
of organic and inorganic fertilizers can play an important role for
increasing yield of lentil. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted at
RAK College of agriculture, Sehore during Rabi
2009-10 and 2010-2011, to evaluate the effect of organic manure with and
without chemical and biofertilizers on the yield of
lentil. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design
having fourteen treatments replicated trice. The results revealed that
integration of NPKS (20:17:20:20 kg/ha) with vermicompost
@ 2 t/ha produced significantly higher plant height (32.34), branches/plant
(4.82), pods /plant (74.9), seeds/pod (1.47) and test weight (29.1 g) than
the other treatments. However, significantly higher number of nodules plant
(5.35), dry weight (0.210 g) of nodules were resulted under the integration
of NPKS (20:17:20:20 kg/ha) with Rhizobium
and PSB culture. Significantly higher grain (1195 kg/ha) and straw
yield (1535 kg/ha) were obtained from the application of NPKS (20:17:20:20
kg/ha) as inorganic fertilizer in combination with vermicompost
@ 2 t/ha followed by the application of NPKS (20:17:20:20 kg/ha) with FYM @
5t/ha. The results revealed that recorded higher grain and straw yield (1150
and 1469 kg/ha, respectively). The results revealed that the application of
NPKS (20:17:20:20 kg/ha) + Rhizobium + PSB
gave the maximum net profit Rs. 20425 per hectares and B: C ratio 2.65. Key words: Bio fertilizers,
Crop Production, FYM, Lentil, Vermicompost |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 629-632
(2015) Effect of different intercropping in banana on physico-chemical and biological properties in clayey soil
under organic farming Bambhaneeya S. M*1,
Kaswala A. R2, Mistry
P. S1, Bhoomika Patel1, Vivek Kumar Singhal1
and Ketan Satashiya1
1Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari-396 450, India 2Department of Soil
Science and Agricultural Chemistry, ASPEE College of Horticulture and
Forestry, N.A.U.-Navsari-396 450, India *e-mail:
s.m.bambhaniya@gmail.com (Received: April
15, 2015; Revised received: September 02, 2015;Accepted: September03, 2015) |
Abstract: A field experiment
was conducted during Rabi season of 2011-12, in organic farm at NAU, Navsari (Gujarat), to study the different intercropping
in banana on physico-chemical and biological
properties in clayey soil under organic farming. The result revealed that
post harvest evaluation of physical properties of soil was
significantly influenced due to the various intercropping treatments of
organic manures and favorable significant effect on soil fertility. Soil
microbial population bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes
were examined after harvest of banana .The different organic treatments
significantly enhanced the microbial count during experimentation. However,
with high levels of organic manure doses, lower the microbial count was
recorded. The maximum CO2 evolved was obtained with 100% RDN
through organic manure treatment as compared to 50% RDN. Significantly the
highest content of soil organic carbon (0.93 %), available N (305.9 kg ha-1),
P2O5 (62.3 kg ha-1), K2O (323.8
kg ha-1), S (13.1 mg/kg) and Fe (22.6 mg kg-1) were
observed in treatment T5 of Banana + Garlic @ 100% RDN. However,
the highest Mn (33.4 mg kg-1) content
was registered with the treatment T3 Banana + onion @ 100% RDN
whereas the higher Zn (0.96 mg kg-1) and Cu (4.82 mg kg-1)
content were found under treatment T9 Banana + Beet @ 100% RDN. It
was also inferred that under organic farming, application of nutrients
through organic manures also improved the physical, chemical and biological
status of soil which helps in sustainability of soil fertility. Key words: Banana,
Intercropping, Organic farming, clayey soil, soil properties |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 633-636
(2015) Community
tourism as an alternative to environment conservation and sustainable
development: A SWOT analysis Jai Prakash1, Neha Upreti1and Anoop
Singh Chauhan*2 1Dept. of Extension
Education, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi, 221005, India Deptt. of Animal
Husbandry & Dairying, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture &
Technology Kanpur-02, India *e-mail:
aschauhan7569@gmail.com (Received: February
25, 2015; Revised received: August14, 2015;Accepted: August17, 2015) |
Abstract: In India, tourism
is seen as ‘development paradigm’. India is among the countries with the
fastest growing tourism industries.Studying
contribution of tourism to development needs holistic approach including
local participation, access, environment and ultimately sustainability. The
paper provide an analysis of its conceptualization, development,impacts
on host society and concept of CBT as a solution to the problem of
environment conservation and improvement in quality of life of the community
leading to sustainable development using SWOT analysis. Findings indicate the
requirement of sustainable approach in order to maximize positive and
minimize negative impacts on community and need of more research related to
influences on host and focused for development of impact measurement tools. Key words: Community,
Tourism, Sustainable development, Environment conservation |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 637-642
(2015) Influence of nutrient management on macro and micro nutrients
availability of inceptisols under java citronella (Cymbopogon winterianus) S.P.
Nandapure*1, S.G. Wankhade2,
B.S. Bhople3, S.R. Imade4,
S.M. Jadhao2 and Arun
Kumar3 1NICRA, AICRP for Dryland
Agriculture, 2Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Dr. PDKV,
Akola, India 3Lovely Professional University, Phagwara
(Punjab); 4 Dept. of Agronomy, NAU, Navsari
(Guj), India *e-mail:
sachin.nandapure@gmail.com (Received: March
14, 2015; Revised received: August27, 2015;Accepted: August29, 2015) |
Abstract: An experiment
conducted at Nagarjun Medicinal Plants Garden, Dr.
P.D.K.V., Akola during kharif
2009-10 and 2010-11 under randomized block design with thirteen treatment
combination replicated three times. The experimental soil was calcareous in
nature and moderately alkaline in reaction. The fertility status of the soil
was moderate in organic carbon, low in available nitrogen and available
phosphorus and very high in available potassium while the soil micronutrient
contents (Zn, Fe, Mn, Cu)
were above the critical level. The treatment imparted to Java citronella were
control (no fertilizer/manure), 5 t FYM ha-1, 10 t FYM ha-1,
80:20:40 kg NPK ha-1, 100:30:60 kg NPK ha-1, 140:40:80
kg NPK ha-1, 5 t FYM + 80:20:40 kg NPK ha-1, 5 t FYM +
100:30:60 kg NPK ha-1, 5 t FYM + 140:40:80 kg NPK ha-1,
10 t FYM + 80:20:40 kg NPK ha-1, 10 t FYM + 100:30:60 kg NPK ha-1,
10 t FYM + 140:40:80 kg NPK ha-1 and 100 kg N through FYM (based
on FYM analysis). The results revealed that maximum availability of
macronutrients (N, P, K, S) was observed through the application of 10 t FYM
+ 140:40:80 kg NPK ha-1 and the highest micronutrients
availability of Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu with the
application of 100 kg N through FYM. Hence, from the two years of
experimentation and among the different treatments of nutrient management it
can be concluded that, application of FYM @ 10 t ha-1 in
combination with chemical fertilizer @ 140:40:80 kg NPK ha-1 was
found more beneficial way of nutrient management to improve the availability
of macro and micro nutrients status of soil under Java citronella. Keywords: Java citronella,
Nutrient management, Inceptisol, Macro and Micro
nutrients |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 643-644
(2015) Assessing
heterotic potential in rice (Oryza
sativa L.) under sodic soil Gaurav Dharwal, O.P. Verma*, G.P. Verma, D.K. Dwivedi and P.K. Yadav Department of
Genetics and Plant Breeding, Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology,
Faizabad-224229, India *e-mail:
ompverma.verma@gmail.com (Received: March
21, 2015; Revised received: August18, 2015;Accepted: August22, 2015) |
Abstract: In present
investigation, a wide range of variation in estimates of heterobeltiosis
and standard heterosis in positive and negative
direction was observed for grain yield per plant and its contributing
components. In case of grain yield per plant heterobeltiosis
ranged from -26.87 (NDRK 5096/ Jaya × CSR 10) to 10.78 (IR2-9-B-1-5/
Jaya × CSR 10) and standard heterosis varied from
-22.18 (NDRK 5096/ Jaya × CSR 10) to7.03 (IR2-9-B-1-5/ Jaya × CSR 10) over SV1.
NDRK 5026/Jaya, NDRK 5026/CSR10, NDRK 5026/ Jaya × CSR 10, NDRK 5096/
Jaya × CSR 10, NDRK 5088/ Jaya × CSR 10 and CSRS (C) 52-1-1/ Jaya × CSR 10
were found highly significant over standard variety SV2 (CSR 10),
while, NDRK 5096/Jaya, NDRK 5096/CSR10, NDRK 5088/Jaya and NDRK 5088/CSR10
were significant over SV2 for grain yield per plant. The estimates
of heterosis were attributed to genetic interaction
arising from both additive as well as high degree of non additive gene action
for major physiological traits. Two physiological traits viz.,
biological yield per plant and harvest index followed by filled spikelets per panicle, spikletes
per panicle, 1000grain weight, L/B ratio and size of flag leaf remained as
major contributors to heterobiltiosis and standard heterosis(as has been observed inNDRK
5026/ Jaya). These hybrids needs commercial
exploitation for sustainability under sodic soil. KeyWords:Heterosis, Heterobeltiosis, Standard heterosis,
Yield, rice (Oryza sativa L.). |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 645-650
(2015) Antioxidant and nutritional activities of potato flour as affected by different cooking methods Sukhpreet Kaur* and Poonam Aggarwal Department
of Food Science and Technology, Punjab Agricultural University,
Ludhiana-141004, India *e-mail:
sukhpreetnagra1@gmail.com (Received: March
20, 2015; Revised received: August19, 2015;Accepted: August22, 2015) |
Abstract: The aim of the
study was to evaluate the effect of different cooking (i.e. water and steam)
methods on the antioxidant properties and bioactive components in potato
flour. Potato flours prepared by different cooking methods were screened for
nutritional (moisture, starch, fat, protein & ash) analysis, phytochemical (ascorbic acid & total phenolics) analysis, total antioxidant capacity measured
by DPPH radical scavenging method and color (L*, a*, b*) analysis. Results
showed that nutrient components of potato flours prepared from both cooking
methods were almost similar to those of raw tubers, indicating a
non-significant effect of processing. However, processing of raw potato
tubers into flour resulted in a significant reduction in phytochemical
content and total antioxidant capacity, regardless of the cooking method. Methanolic extracts of flour obtained by water-blanched
potato exhibited higher reductions in total phenolics
and antioxidant activity compared to flour obtained by steam cooking. Cooking
in water caused a leaching effect on the antioxidant phytochemicals
while steam cooking resulted in retention of these bioactive compounds.
Pasting profile of potato flours revealed lower viscosities in steam-cooked
flour due to higher gelatinization of starch during processing, indicating
their wide application in food industry. This study revealed that steaming
appeared to be the most promising method for preserving the bioactive
composition of potato during processing. Key words: Antioxidant
activity, Potato, Potato flour, Phytochemicals,
Total phenolics |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 651-654
(2015) Studies on general combining ability effects (gca effect) in
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum
L.) B.
K. Yadav* and Sanjive K.
Singh Department
of Vegetable Science, Chandra Shekhar Azad
University of Agriculture &Tchnology,
Kanpur-208002, India *e-mail:
bkyadav.7246@gmail.com (Received: April
15, 2015; Revised received: August27, 2015;Accepted: August28, 2015) |
Abstract: The experiment
under the present investigation “studies on general combining ability effects
(gca effect) in tomato (solanumlycopersicuml.)”
was carried out during the period of October, 2011 to April, 2014. The field
experiments were carried out at Vegetable Research Farm of the Department of
Vegetable Science, Kalyanpur, C.S. Azad University
of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The farm is situated at
260 290 “35 N latitude and 800 180
25” E longitude at an elevation of 125.9 M above mean sea level. All
laboratory analysis has been conducted in the Department of Vegetable Science
and Department of Biochemistry, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and
Technology, Kanpur.All possible 45 F1s
along with 10 parents were grown in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three
replications during 22-10-2012 to 20-04-2013. The experiment comprising 45
each of F1 and F2 along with 10 parents were
transplanted in Randomized Block Design with three replications during
15-10-2013 to 14-04-2014. Parents and F1s were transplanted in two
rows with 10 plants in each row while F2swere
transplanted in four rows with 20 plants in each row with 75 x 60 cm spacing
in each replication. The observations were recorded for plant height, days to
flowering, number of fruit bearing branches per plant, Days to maturity,
number of clusters per plant, number of fruit per cluster, Fruitlength, Fruit width, number of locules
per plant, number of fruits per plant , Yield per
plant, T.S.S., dry matter, lycopene, ascorbic acid,
acidity in terms of citric acid and TLCV incidence I, II, II, IV and V stages
were taken only for parents and their best crosses in tomato. Consisting
general combining ability effects may prove advantageous while evaluating
varieties for combining ability. Further the varieties showing good general
combining ability effect for particular component may be used in breeding
improvement for particular component indicating thereby effective improvement
in yield. Varieties H-24, Pusa Rohini
and Type-1 showing good general combining ability effects for TLCV tolerance
and K.S.-229, K.S.-7 and Azad T-6 for yield and their component appear to be
worthy for exploitation in practical plant breeding. Thus, it is suggested
that population involving these lines may be developed through multiple
crossing for isolating high yielding disease resistant varieties. Key word:General Combining Ability
effects, Randomized Block Designand TLCV incidence. |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 655-656
(2015) Sensory
evaluation of developed product by using green papaya, flaxseed and maize
flour to promote traditional food Reema Verma*1, Vinita Singh1, Ambreen Fatima2 andRicha
Mishra1 1Department of Food
Science and Nutrition, College of Home Science, C.S.A. Agriculture
University, Kanpur-208002, India 2 Department of Agri.
Food science & Nurtition, University of
Agricultural sciences, Bangalore *e-mail: mgbly99@gmail.com (Received: April
18, 2015; Revised received: August28, 2015;Accepted: August29, 2015) |
Abstract: Traditional
fermented foods are marketed globally as health foods, functional foods,
therapeutic foods, nutraceutical foods or
bio-foods, due to urbanization, changes in life-style, and the shifting from
traditional food habits to commercial fast foods, the production and
consumption of traditional fermented foods is in decline Green papaya,
flaxseed and maize flour have contained vitamin A, omega3-fatty acid, protein
and high calcium. Therefore, they play an important role for a population
suffering from atherosclerosis, vitamin A deficiency, etc. Maize flour,
flaxseed flour was prepared by oven dried method. After that two products laddoo and cutlet were prepared by using green papaya
paste, flaxseed flour and maize flour. Prepared laddoos
and cutlet were made by using green papaya, flaxseed and maize flour to
determine by organoleptic acceptability. Analysis
of variance revealed that III (50:35:15) incorporated sample of laddoos was liked much and I (50:45:5) incorporated
sample of cutlet were liked extremely. Key words:- Green papaya (Carica papaya), Flaxseed (Linum
usitatissimum), Maize(Zea
Mays), Lignans, Cysteine proteinases, Sensory evaluation |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 657-658
(2015) Assessment of carbon sequestration of different tree species
planted under shelterbelt of Northern Transitional Zone of Karnataka Swamy, K.R.*, Shivaprasad, D., Shivaputra
Bammanahalli,Noorandappa T. Lamani and H.Shivanna College
of Forestry, Sirsi, University of Agriculture
Sciences, Dharwad, India *e-mail: scamykrs@gmail.com (Received: April
28, 2015; Revised received: September06, 2015;Accepted: September 08, 2015) |
Abstract: The study was
conducted in Ranebennur Talluk,
Haveri district. Four year old existing
shelterbelts at Devaragudda and ARS Hanumanamatti were selected to assess the amount of
carbon sequestration in five different tree species. Among five different
tree species in shelterbelts of Devaragudda,
maximum volume accumulation of 0.017 m3 was noticed in Acacia auriculiformis, Dalbergia sissoo showed maximum biomass accumulation of 25.69
ton/ha (for four years)with carbon sequestration of 12.84 ton/ha.
Shelterbelts at ARS Hanumanamatti showed
significant difference among different tree species. Among different tree
species Acacia auriculiformis showed maximum
volume accumulation, biomass accumulation and carbon sequestration of 0.022 m3,
29.44 ton/ha and 14.72 ton/ha respectively. The study concludes that among
five different tree species, three species i.e. Acacia auriculiformis,
Azadirachta indica
and Dalbergia sissoo
performed well at northern transitional zone of Karnataka. These species
could be recommended for shelterbelt plantations in low rain fall areas, for
their ability to fix atmospheric carbon. Key words: Carbon
sequestration, Biomass, Shelterbelt |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 659-662
(2015) Anaemia pevalence in pregnancy and its correlation with
maternal age and socio economic status Vinita Singh*1
and Rita Singh Raghuvanshi2 1Subject Matter
Specialist, Krishi Vigyan
Kendra, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh-470002, India 2Dean, College of Home Science,
GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttaranchal, India, *e-mail:
aakritisingh00@rediffmail.com (Received: April
19, 2015; Revised received: September24, 2015;Accepted: September 29, 2015) |
Abstract: The present study
was undertaken in the rural areas of Udham Singh
Nagar district of Uttaranchal to find out the prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia among pregnant women. For the purpose, a total of
200 pregnant women irrespective of their trimesters of pregnancy were
included as subjects from 21 villages or localities. Those subjects were then
followed every trimester for the collection of required information till
their babies were born. The baseline and data was collected by using a
pretested interview schedule and the socio economic status was calculated.
The haemoglobin estimation of the subjects was done
with the use of cyanmethaemoglobin method. The data
of the study showed a total of 70.5 % subjects were from low SES followed by
22.5 and 7 % from middle and high SES respectively. The overall prevalence of
anaemia was 87.41 per cent in which majority were
suffering from moderate type. The mean haemoglobin
was found to be 9.45±.36 mg/dl with a range of 6.3 mg/dl to 12.8 mg/dl.
Statistically significant correlation of anaemia
existed with SES. A significant positive correlation was also found between
age and haemoglobin at third trimester of pregnancy
(r=0.33, pd” 0.05). Key words:Pregnancy, Iron deficiency anaemia, Socio economic status |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 663-666
(2015) Effect
of different months, conditions and age of rootstock over the period of
growth on epicotyl grafting in jackfruit Shwetha, K., Divya, B., Jaganath, S. Sudeep*, H. P. and Praveen Kumar Angadi
Department of
Horticulture, GKVK, Bengaluru, College of
Horticulture, UHS Campus, GKVK Post., Bengaluru,
India *e-mail:
sjaggihort@gmail.com (Received: April
10, 2015; Revised received: September11, 2015;Accepted: September 15, 2015) |
Abstract: An experiment was
conducted to standardize the best time, environment condition and age of root
stock for epicotyl grafting. The epicotyl grafting was performed at different months like
May, June July and Augustunder green house, mist
chamber and open condition by using 7, 14 and 21 days root stocks. The
experiment was laid in a factorial RCBD design with three replications.
Grafting in the month of June (1.77 cm) recorded the highest girth of
rootstock followed by July (1.71cm). The 21 days old rootstocks recorded the
maximum girth of rootstock (1.69 cm). With respect to growing condition, mist
chamber recordedthehighestgirthof rootstock (1.71
cm). The minimum number of days taken for sprouting was recorded in the month
of June (18.16 days) followed by July and maximum was observed in the month
of May. The sprouts found to be maximum in mist
chamber. The 14 days old rootstock recorded maximum sprouts followed by 21
days and 7 days old rootstock over all periods of growth. The per cent of
graft success was found to be maximum in grafting on
7 days old rootstocks followed by 14 days old rootstocks. The grafting
carried in the month of June recorded the highest percentage of grafting. The
results of the present investigation revealed that epicotyl
grafting method performed better, with percent of graft success (74.17%) and
found to be best and it could be adopted for large scale multiplication of
jack fruit with uncured scion under mist chamber. Key words : Jack fruit, Epicotyl grafting, Age of rootstock, Month of grafting
and conditions |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 667-668
(2015) Viral
diseases of cucumber (cucumis sativus l.) and their management with antiviral
substance of plant origin A. N. Chaubey*, S. K. Singh and S.K.Pande
Department of Plant
Pathology, N. D. University of Agriculture & Technology Kumarganj, Faizabad-224229, India *e-mail:
aditya.chaubey2011@gmail.com (Received: February
24, 2015; Revised received: September 14, 2015;Accepted: September 17, 2015) |
Abstract:Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
is an important summer vegetable grown in all parts of India and has many
medicinal properties. The crop is damaged by a number of viral diseases,
which causes heavy losses. An experiment was designed to evaluate the
efficacy of a few botanical extract against viral diseases of cucumber. Minimum
disease incidence (23.44%) was recorded in seed treatment + six foliar sprays
of Ipomea fistulosa
(leaf extract) followed by 33.33% disease incidence in seed treatment + six
foliar sprays of Tinospora cardifolia, 34.66% in six foliar sprays of Ipomea fistulosa,
44.34% in six foliar sprays of Tinospora cardifolia (aerial stem), 53.23% seed treatment + six
foliar sprays of Clerodendron aculeatum (leaf extract) and 62.67% in six foliar
sprays of Clerodendron aculeatum. Maximum disease control (39.19%), maximum
number of secondary branches (64.70 plant-1)
and maximum number of fruits (18.77 plant-1) was recorded in seed
treatment + six foliar sprays of Ipomea fistulosa treated plots. Key words: - Viral Diseases,
Plant extract, Cucumis sativus L, Botanicals Management. |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 669-672
(2015) Performances
of seed cum fertilizer drill for wheat crop in
tribal area of Madhya Pradesh S.S. Dhakad*1, A.K. Badaya2,
Rajiv Umat1 and D.K. Paliwal3
1Krishi Vigyan Kendra (RVSKVV) Shajapur-465001; 2Krishi Vigyan Kendra (RVSKVV) Dhar- 454001, India 3Office of Director
Extension Service (RVSKVV) Gwalior-474002, India *e-mail:sudhirdhakad@rediffmail.com (Received: March
05, 2015; Revised received: September 16, 2015;Accepted: September 18, 2015) |
Abstract:A field
experiment was conducted during rabi seasons
of 2011-12 and 2012–13 to assess seed-cum-fertilizer drill and simple seeddrill for sowing of wheat crop. Wheat sown by
seed-cum-fertilizer drill was found higher in term of plant population, plant
height, root length , grain weight per plant, seed yield, straw yield and
economics of treatments comparison with simple seeddrill
sowing machine .The net return is the best index of profitability of wheat
crop production and higher net return (Rs 42121 per ha) was recorded under
seed cum fertilizer drill where as lowest net return of (Rs 30788 per ha)
under normal seeddrill sowing Key Words: Wheat, Seed-cum-fertilizer
drill, Growth character, Yield |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 673-674
(2015) Screening of maize (Zea mays L.) germplasm for crtRB1-3’TE allele enhancing provitamin A concentration in endosperm Deepti B. Sagare*1, Prashant Shetti1, S. Sokka
Reddy1,M. Surender1 And T. Pradeep2 1Department of
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, 2Maize Research Centre, Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad- 500030, India *e-mail:deepti.sagare@gmail.com (Received: March
30, 2015; Revised received: September 19, 2015;Accepted: September 21, 2015) |
Abstract:Among the several genes
involved in the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway crtRB1
is one of the crucial gene with three polymorphic sites viz., 5’TE, InDel4
and 3’TE, significantly associated with variation for endosperm carotenoids in maize. 3’TE (Transposable element)
polymorphism of crtRB1 gene has three alleles, among which 543bp
allele (allele1/favourable allele) alone can double
the -carotene concentration in maize
endosperm. There is a strong relation between allele1 of crtRB1-3’TE
and -carotene concentration in maize
kernel. This enables the opportunity to use marker assisted selection (MAS)
for allele 1 of crtRB1-3’TE gene in enhancing carotenoid breeding programme.
To identify the maize inbreds carrying allele 1 of crtRB1-3’TE
we screened seventy inbred lines using crtRB1-3’TE gene specific
marker and identified four inbreds (MGU 23379, MGU
23207, BAJIM 12-11 and CM 150) possessing allele1. Keywords: Maize, crtRB1-3’TE,
Provitamin A, MAS. |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 675-678
(2015) Effect of pruning intensity, foliar feeding of P.G.R. and
micro nutrients on physico-chemical attributes of phalsa (Grewia subinaequalis) fruits Ashutosh Kumar Singh*, Anil
Kumar and A.L. Yadav Department of Horticulture, College of
Horticulture & Forestry, N.D. University of Agriculture and Technology,
Faizabad-224 229, India *e-mail:ashu9889801958@gmail.com (Received: December
24, 2014; Revised received:August 11,
2015;Accepted:August 14, 2015) |
Abstract:A field experiment
was conducted to find out the effect of pruning intensity, foliar feeding of
P.G.R. and micro nutrients on physico-chemical
attributes of phalsa (Grewia
subinaequalis) fruits. Significantly higher
fruit size (length and breadth) was analyzed by foliar spray of ZnSO4 @ 0.4 per cent. Pruning levels also had
significant effect on fruits size. The maximum weight of fifty fruits was
recorded with foliar feeding of ZnSO4 @
0.4 per cent. Higher weight of fruits was also weighed with pruning at 50cm
above from the ground level. Effect of plant growth regulators and
micro-nutrients spray was non-significant to influence pulp stone ratio.
Significantly higher TSS value in fruits was analyzed by foliar spray of ZnSO4 0.4 per cent and the maximum TSS was
recorded with pruning at 50 cm above from the ground level. The maximum
reducing, non-reducing and total sugars have been observed with foliar spray
of ZnSO4 0.4 per cent. Remarkable
reduction in acidity of fruit was observed with the foliar spray of ZnSO4 0.4 per cent. The foliar spraying of ZnSO4 0.4 per cent was found significantly
most effective in increasing ascorbic acid content of fruit. Employing
pruning at 50 cm also showed higher ascorbic acid content. Key
words: Phalsa, Pruning intensity, Micronutrients,
Physio-chemical property and Foliar spray. |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 679-686
(2015) Assessment of status and site-specific management strategies
for conservation and rejuvenation of sacred groves inKullu
Valley of Himachal Pradesh A.
Rajasekaran and Shalu
Devi Thakur* Department
of Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation, Himalayan Forest Research
Institute, Panthaghatti, Shimla-171009, India *e-mail:shalu2006@gmail.com (Received: February
20, 2015; Revised received:August 15,
2015;Accepted:August 18, 2015) |
Abstract: The concept of
sacred and nature have long been interlinked. Various cultural aspects such
as religion, faith, traditions bring people closer to nature and the natural environment.
Sacred Groves is the example of such cultural landscapes that exist today.
The Research article mainly deals with the significance of such sites to the
environment and the deep rooted significance it has to the people. These
sacred groves play an important role in biodiversity conservation and
environmental protection. There are many differences between the
establishments of sacred groves, but the underlying significance is the same.
Sentiments, emotions play an important role in landscape planning and
management. Hence the people and communities living at these sites need to be
involved in any planning activity or decisions. The conservation of the
environment should appeal to the sentiments of the people; the need to be
‘with nature’ should be used in the preservation of sacred groves. Key
Words:
Sacred groves, Management strategies, Conservation, Kullu
valley |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 8(4) 687-690
(2015) Enhancement of soil fertility and productivity of organic rice [Oryza
sativa (L.) sub sp.japonica] Victor Debbarma* and Thomas Abraham Department
of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Sam Higginbottom
Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, Allahabad-211007, India *e-mail:victoragronomist@gmail.com (Received: April
08, 2015; Revised received:August 17,
2015;Accepted:August 21, 2015) |
Abstract: The experiment was
carried out during Kharif season 2013
at Crop Research Farm, SHIATS Model of Organic Farm (SMOF), Department of
Agronomy, Allahabad School of Agriculture, SHIATS, Allahabad (U.P.) to study
the enhancement of soil fertility and productivity of organic rice as
influenced by planting methods, green manure crops and liquid forms of organic
manures. The result recorded that the available organic carbon, nitrogen,
phosphorus, potassium, organic sulphur, zinc, iron,
manganese and copper were increased by the effect of both the green manure
crops (Sesbania aculeata
L. and Crotolaria juncea
L.). The pH of the soil was decreased in all the treatment by the influenced
with both the green manure crops dhaincha
and sunnhemp. The combined effect of all the tree
factors influenced higher grain yield (2.10 t ha-1) and straw
yield (3.90 t ha-1) in the treatment T6 [SRI(t) + Sesbania aculeata
L. + Fish amino acid]. Key
words:
Organic japonica rice, Green manure crops, Liquid organic
formulations, Soil macro and Micro nutrients, Productivity |