Life Sciences

The sericulture industry is very unique and popular for its high valued textile fiber, agricultural outputs including, cocoons and cottage based labor intensive and for the production of high quality textiles. An attempt has been made to formulate a strategic model to recognizethe potential strength and challenges of sericulture in Raigarh district at Chhattisgarh state. We report results of the comparative studies relating to the silk production and productivity at Raigarh district from the silkworm species Antheraea mylitta and Bombyx mori.

The Greater Rann of Kachchh (GRK) is a marshy and highly saline area characterized by flat terrain, harsh climate and ecologically fragile due to very low soil moisture and high soil salinity.  Therefore, an attempt was made on a pilot scale to reclaim the Rann and accelerate the natural recovery process of two bets (upland area), namely, the Kuar and Mori bets. Some traditional techniques of land resource practices were applied for reclaiming the area in year 2001 and 2007.

The identification of the growth hormones in the D. alata’stuber was conducted to investigate the composition (mg/l) of auxin, gibberellin and cytokinin in the three sectional parts of the D. alata’stuber in order to understand the potential aspects of the other parts of the tuber to be used as the seed. The findings show that the head, middle and tail sections of the D. alata’stuber content at least one growth hormone with the concentration of averagely more than 2.5 mg/l. Auxin was found in all sections with a significant concentration of ~ 2.8 mg/l.

The present investigation was conducted in Beed and Nanded district of Marathwada region in Maharashtra State. The main objective of the study was to assess the relationship between profile of beneficiaries with their extent of participation and impact of NWDP. The data were collected with the help of pre-designed interview schedule by contacting 200 respondents i.e. 100 beneficiaries from watershed villages and 100 non-beneficiaries from non-watershed villages.

A search for an environmentally safe and economically viable strategy for control of plant diseases has led to an increased use of plant based products in agriculture. To control the plant diseases, use of fungicides can impact the environment and human health. One method to eliminate these drawbacks is promoting induced protection. This study investigated the use of plants extracts and antagonistic fungi as a biological control of Drechslera graminea or as an inducer of protection in barley plant against the pathogen and also evaluated the possible mechanisms.

The experiment was conducted in plot No. 126 of E block, Main Agricultural Research Station (MARS), University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad during kharif, 2011. The geographical co-ordinates of the experimental site are 15026' N latitude and 75007'E longitude and an altitude of 678 m above mean sea level (MSL).The uptake of nutrients by maize increased significantly with incorporation of organic manures with RDF and the highest uptake was recorded in the treatment with PM.

The use of suitable mesh size in the gill net fishery is important as it creates a possibility of protecting the fish, which has not reached the minimum legal or commercial length. For this reason, study on the gill net selectivity of mesh size of Hampala barb catch in Lake Kerinci was carried out from April to October 2013. The length data of fish samples were obtained from fishermen using various mesh sizes gill nets of 1.0 to 4.5 inches.

With the aim to evaluate the efficacy of shadbindu taila Nasya and topical Azelastine hydrochloride nasal spray in the management of Allergic Rhinitis, a Single blind randomized clinical study was done. For the clinical study of Allergic Rhinitis 60 subjects was selected and studied. Subject’s fulfilling the criteria of diagnosis was studied irrespective of their religion, caste, sex and socio-economic status from shalakya-tantra (ENT) department of the institute after thorough scrutiny and proper consent in his/her language.

The success of Indian dairy industry is much dependent on productivity and efficient reproduction performance of Murrah buffaloes. .It is a established fact that first lactation yield is a good indicator of lifetime performance but still there is further need to study the relationship between first, later lactations and lifetime performance traits for overall better evaluation of genetic worth of the female individual’s own performance and for ranking of sires. The literature pertinent to genetic and phenotypic parameters of early performance traits viz.

The study was designed access the neonatal survival rate in puppies delivered through Cesarean Section (CS) under diazepam- propofol-isoflurane anesthesia. A total of 15 newborn puppies delivered through 8 CS were grouped into two groups. Puppies delivered through CS within four-and-half hour after the onset of second stage of labour (7 puppies) and puppies delivered through CS after four-and-half hour after the onset of second stage of labour  (8 puppies) were grouped as Group I and II respectively. New-born puppy survivability was predicted by modified Apgar Scoring system.