Life Sciences

An experiment was conducted during the year 2011-12 to to study the influence of integrated nutrient management on growth and yield of Davana” at College of Horticulture, Mudigere, Karnatakaka. At 75 days after transplanting significantly taller plants (45.18 cm) were found in plots receiving 75%RDF + Azospirillum 2 kg ha-1 (T5). The maximum number of leaves per plant (147.16), laterals per plant (19.49), stem girth (1.41 cm),  were registered in 50%RDNPK + Vermicompost 2.5 t ha-1 + Azospirillum 2 kg ha-1 + PSB 2 kg ha-1 (T12), which was on par with T5 - 75%RDF + Azospirillum 2 kg ha-1   .

Objective: To promote the Phytochemical screening and Antibacterial evaluation of Wattakaka volubilis (L. f) Stapf.
Scope: The medicinal plant used in the present study is regarded as a potentially safe drug and a bioactive natural product.

Present study was conducted for a period of 156 days (February - July, 2010) in three earthen ponds of each 10000m2 area in different salinities. P. monodon seeds were stocked at a density of 15 nos /m2 in all the ponds. The water quality parameters such as temperature, salinity, hydrogen ion concentration (pH), dissolved oxygen and alkalinity were monitored. The alkalinity at pond I,II and III showed a significantly value (60-130ppm,180 to 230ppm and 220-260ppm) at 86 DOC. The Pond II showed higher survival rate than that of pond I and III.

The antiproliferative effect of the lipid lowering agent, simvastatin, has recently grabbed the attention of the pharmaceutical industries. The apoptotic effect of simvastatin, encapsulated in a microemulsion formula composed of Cremophor EL, Transcutol, Captex 355 and water, was assessed in the A549 non-small cell lung cancer cells.

Sesame (Sesamum indicum L. syn. S. orientale Linn.) genotypes TTVS 51 and TTVS 19 was exposed to variable doses of gamma rays to study their consequence on several characters like plant height, number of branches, days to 50% flowering, Number of capsule per plant, thousand seed weight and single plant yield. In M1 generation the results disclosed that there was more reduction at higher doses compared to lower doses for all the characters.

A study was taken up with the main objective of identifying and analyzing the adoption of package of practices by the Bt cotton farmers as recommended by the scientists of ANGRAU. It was conducted in 2013 with a sample of Fifty (50) farmers in the Ranga Reddy district of Andhra Pradesh. Cent per cent of the respondents fell in the category of fully adopted with respect to seed treatment. 96.00 per cent of the respondents fully adopted recommended time of sowing, pest management practices & time of harvest; while the remaining 4.00 per cent fell in the category of partially adopted.

After Second World War, the nuclear knowledge that was under military control had led to the production of atomic weapons was redeployed for peaceful purposes in many countries. Atomic energy counted several benefits and realized that this energy source was not risk-free. There was the danger of nuclear war, the spread of atomic weapons, and nuclear terrorism. But intensive international cooperation and a number of negotiated agreements suggested that these dangers could be avoided.

An attempt was made to synthesis a Nano-zeolite based slow release sulphur nutrients and to characterize them using high resolution instruments as a confirmation note of the effort. Zeolite is a natural super porous mineral (part of group of hydrated alumino silicates) carrying a negative charge balanced by freely moving cations with positive charges. This provides an ideal trap for positive cations which are then released that commensurate with crop nutrient requirement. Naturally occurring mesoporous material (zeolite) was reduced to a desirable nanosize (50-60nm).

Understanding the sorption process in natural zeolites is necessary for effective utilization of these minerals as nutrient adsorbents and consequently as controlled releases of plant nutrients. This research was undertaken to characterize the ability of natural zeolites minerals to adsorb and release sulphur. The potential for sorption of these ions were evaluated by applying the Langmuir equations. Thus a percolation reactor experimental setup was used to study the sorption, desorption pattern of nutrients. The nano-zeolite has been fortified with a sulphur source (Gypsum).

Since it was first described in the 1990s, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection among people with no contact with a hospital setting or with no traditional risk factors has spread worldwide and is now an important epidemiological and public health problem. This study aims to emphasize the current importance of this emergent pathogen in our area. In the present study we have analyzed the impact of modified MRSA screening of carriers and patients on epidemiological situation of MRSA during 2010-2013 in Gwalior region of Central India. All S.