Life Sciences

The Ascomycetous Fungi is the largest group. These fungi are highly diverse and versatile organisms adapted to all kinds of environment. Also they are heterogenous in nature and rich in their pattern. However, it was observed that since during last few years Mycology, a branch of Botany has been neglected in Marathwada region and no studies have been done on this particular branch. Therefore, it was felt to undertake the work on taxonomic studies of ascomycetous fungi. To investigate fungal flora and to study their taxonomic aspects, Ramling hill forest was selected.

Bambara groundnut [Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.], a grain-legume is a neglected and under used crop in Africa and Togo in particular. The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the diversity of Bambara groundnut in the dry savannah zones of Togo, crop management practices and challenges faced by farmers in sustainable production of the crop. A survey followed by collection of Bambara groundnut accessions was therefore undertaken in the seven districts of Kara Region. A total of 107 producers were randomly interviewed and 133 landraces were collected.

Background: Population’s exponential growth leads to an increase of human activities that brings large amounts of pollutants that contaminate soils and century plants by metallic elements Trace (ETM). These, like Cu, Pb and Cd cause serious issues. Material and methods: In this study, experiments in culture pots were conducted. Three plant species, Cyperusesculentus, Daturainnoxia and Ricinuscommunis were tested. Cultures were made in two soil types (low polluted and highly polluted soils) contaminated by ETM Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn. They were watered daily with tap water.

Lignin is a complex biopolymer which forms the hard part of woody tissues. It’s high molecular weight and rigid nature makes it recalcitrant for digestion. Lignin is exudated to access other compounds like cellulose, hemicellulose etc., for industrial production of bioethanol, paper etc., Paper pulp industries being one of the major wood processers remove lignin through various thermochemical methods like sulphonation, chlorination etc., to give a soft texture for paper.

The regeneration of roots and shoots through leaf cuttings is a feasible technique for plant clonal propagation, using a quite available organ, which can be collected without great damage to the plant. A protocol of propagation through leaf cuttings was defined to Piper hispidum, a plant whose compounds have great potential use in medicine and agriculture. Leaves of three sizes were used, according to their length: small (4-6 cm), medium (7-9 cm) and large (10-12 cm). The leaves were cut in halves (apical and petiolar) by transverse cutting in the middle of the leaf blade.

This paper addresses the application of robots to aid in the physical rehabilitation of patients. The objective is to present the design of a pneumatically driven robotic workbench with force control for rehabilitation of upper and lower limbs. Recently, the research in the mechatronic systems field is being developed to assist the physical rehabilitation of people who have suffered some form of serious physical injury.

In the last 10 years, the Cassava Brown Streak Disease has spread across Africa from the east coast of Africa to central Africa. Similar root necrosis to cassava brown streak disease have also been identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo where the first symptoms were identified in 2002 in Kinshasa and Central Kongo province. In 2012, the presence of cassava brown streak disease was confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. All attempts since 2002 in western Democratic Republic of Congo to identify the cause of these root necrosis failed.

We propose, with the writing of this text, the accomplishment of a survey of data in the bibliographical field, that makes possible to construct a dialogue between the thematic technical formation of young people of the field and their relation with the human ecology. Therefore, the main objective of this work is to carry out a systematic review, which we call bibliographic mapping, as a way to broaden the debate and strengthen the discussion about the technical formation of young people in the construction of a dialogue with Human Ecology.

A field experiment was conducted at research and demonstration block of Research Institute on Organic Farming, UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru during 2016 and 2017 to study the effect of different proportions of organic manures viz., compost, vermicompost and poultry manure on growth and yield of okra. The experiment was laid out in Randomised Completely Block Design. There were twelve treatments consisted with different proportions of organic manures and these were replicated thrice.