Life Sciences

The present investigation was undertaken with the main objective to study the effect of different level of vermiwash spray on growth and yield of Fenugreek cv. Local. The experiment consists of five treatments involving spraying of vermiwash viz., 0.5 %, 1 %, 1.5% and 2 % by mixing with simple water and control were imposed and the foliar application was made 200 l/ha (1 time) with knapsack sprayer in the evening hours thrice at 15, 30 and 45 days after sowing seeds.

Sugarcane is mainly cultivated for sugar production in the world and is an important cash crop of India. It plays a key part in the upliftment of socio-economic condition of the growers. In Uttar Pradesh, sugarcane not only supports the economy but also the major crop which is the source of income of millions of farmers. As an important cash crop of mid western plain zone sugarcane occupies nearly 70 percent of cultivated land. This study is based on primary data and conducted during the year 2012-13.

In the present paper, we report the use of ISSR markers and their comparison with RAPD to analyze the genetic diversity of Butea monosperma from different agroecological regions viz. arid, semi-arid, dry sub-humid and moist sub-humid. For this purpose, 26 ISSR primers were tested. Of them 7 reproducible primers yield 58 (83%) polymorphic bands. The average value of Nei’s gene diversity and resolving power were 0.71 and 7.47 respectively.

Green revolution, going green, environmental protection, sustainable life style, sustainable development, protecting our earth and many more has been become a natural phenomenon in our everyday life. Green marketing is a tool used by many companies in various industries to follow this trend. Green marketing which is alternately known as Environmental Marketing and Sustainable Marketing refers to an organization’s efforts at designing, promoting, pricing and distributing products that will not harm the environment or products which are environmentally safe or environmental beneficial.

Vitamin D deficiency is a prevalent health problem worldwide. Several factors determine vitamin D status including ethnicity, nutrition, and extent of adiposity. Well-educated medical students are expected to have higher levels of vitamin D than that reported in the general population. The aim of this study was to determine vitamin D status in female medical and paramedical students studying at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Investigation on the spatial distribution of yellow mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) was studied at the Department of Entomology, GKVK, Bangalore during 2008-09. The mite population comprising of eggs as wells as active stages were more abundant on leaves in the top canopy (165.69/leaf) of the chilli plant compared to the leaves in the middle canopy (111.18/leaf).

Field experiment was carried out at AICRP- Water Management block, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai during 2010 - 2011 to study the effect of subsurface drip fertigation on growth, yield, quality and economics of banana cv. Rasthali. Banana requires high levels of nutrients for proper growth and production. It is estimated that a crop of fifty two tones in one hectare removes 320 kg of N, 32 kg of P2O5and 925 kg K2O every year. The frequent supply of nutrients with irrigation water in fertigation treatment significantly increased NPK uptake over drip irrigation.

This study was designed to assess the effectiveness of food aid in alleviating hunger in ward 29 of Mutare District through establishing the nature and assessing the benefits of food aid. A questionnaire was distributed to forty six (46) households in order to collect primary data for the study. Five (5) interviews two focus group discussions were done with five (5) headmen from different villages an average of six respondents per group respectively. The research was conducted April and August of 2012-2013 phase.

This study determined oil recovery potential of Hyptis suaveolens for its beneficial use. Pulverized leaves (500 g) of Hyptis suaveolens was hydro-distilled for 3 hours using Clevenger apparatus set up. The percentage yield of the oil was 0.29 % (v/w). The GC-FID analysis of the extractedoil revealed 36 chemical components (99.99 %) of which 72.54 % is mono-terpenoids, 21.96 % is sesquterpenoids and 5.49 % is non-terpenoid constituents.

The aim of this study is to determine the presence of pathogenic bacteria and fungi in the hospital environment. The samples for the study were obtained from the hospital wards and were taken from the indoor air during, before and after disinfection by means of settle plate method. Nutrient agar, Blood agar, Macconkey agar, and Sabouraud‘s dextrose agar were used for isolation of bacteria and fungi respectively. 35 bacterial species and 19 fungal species were cultured from the hospital wards.