IOSR-JAVS   Volume-4 ~ Issue-6 ~ Sep-Oct-2013

ABSTRACT: Davana (Artemisia pallens) ia an important high valued annual medicinal and aromatic herb of India belonging to the family Asteraceae. India has a monopoly in production and export trade of davana oil and India stands 3rd in essential oil production in the world. This study was conducted at Department of seed science and technology, TamilNadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore to determine the seed developmental and maturation studies in davana. The bulk davana crop was raised in the field. Individual flower heads were tagged at the time of flower opening. The seeds were collected at 5 days intervals and subjected to the following seed quality assessment. The observation made on seed moisture content (%), 1000 seed weight (mg), germination %, seedling length (cm), dry matter production and vigour index. The results revealed that physiological maturity of davana seeds was attained on 35th day after anthesis, where in germination percentage (86), seedling length (2.3), vigour Index (198) and dry matter production (1.23mg) were higher. Keywords: Davana, seed development and maturation, germination %, seedling length, drymatter production, vigour index.

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ABSTRACT: The organic cotton textiles are being used widely all around the globe. With the ban of lot of dye varieties and processes natural dyes and age old dyeing processes are coming back. In every part of the globe there were processes around textile spinning, dyeing, weaving and finishing which were followed meticulously with consciousness. In the last few decades due to massive technological advancement and in making everything in 100s and 1000s of pieces every country around the globe has lost lot of its unique treasures which could not stand up to the metal mechanics. Today lots of communities, cities and countries are in the mode of co-creating the old realms. Slow processes are coming back in textiles and apparel. Products with consciousness, environmental tags, and sustainable designs are being made. Water, yarn and fabrics are tested with poly interference photography, GDV and EIS ,pre and post detoxification process. Significant changes were observed in the values in organic cotton, naturally dyed materials, after the detoxification process of water, yarn and fabric. Methods used for detoxification had a positive impact on the fabric which will be passed on to the wearer for improvements in long term physical, physiological and emotional state.

Keywords: Consciousness, Detoxification, Natural dyes, Organic cotton, Energy fields

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ABSTRACT: Sweet Pepper/Bell Pepper (Capsicum annum) is one of the most favored species of chilli and widely used universal spice, named as wonder spice. Different varieties of it are cultivated for varied uses like vegetable, pickles, spice and condiments. Sweet pepper, the gifted plant of nature is generally regarded as the king of cultivated crops has 80 per cent consumption in food purpose and others is using in industry. In india, the farmers grow hybrid sweet pepper and deshi sweet pepper. At present an area of 98 thousand hectare is occupied by hybrid sweet pepper, which constitutes 86 per cent of total sweet pepper area. India contributes 17.9 per cent of the total production. Out of total pesticide usage, Sweet pepper crop alone consumes 2.6 per cent. Adoption pattern of the recommended cultivation practices of the sweet pepper growers. The Study has been conducted in Raipur district of Chhattisgarh Out of thirteen blocks the TILDA block has been selected randomly with 750 respondents. For the study of adoption behavior nineteen recommended practices of Sweet Pepper production technology were selected and found complete adoption in maximum practices.

Key Words- Sweet Pepper, Adoption Behavior

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ABSTRACT: This study examined barriers faced by cassava farmers in adapting to climate change in Oron agricultural zone of AkwaIbom State. Multi-stage sampling was used to select eighty respondents for the study. Data was collected with the use of interview schedule. Barriers to adaptation were captured using a 4 point Likert-type scale, while the data was analyzed using descriptive statistics namely; mean, percentage, frequency count. Varimax rotated factor analysis was used to analyse the barriers faced by the cassava farmers in adapting to climate change . The findings show that 30% of the respondents were between the ages of 31 and 40 years. Majority of the respondents were male (67.5%), married (86.3%), literate (90%) with an average farming experience of 25 years. The result of the factor analysis identified eight major barriers faced by the cassava farmers in adapting to climate change namely; Land and labour constraints, non-accessibility/availability of farm inputs, non-availability/high cost of farm facilities, farming practices and traditional belief, information constraints, poor agricultural extension service delivery, income constraint and government non chalant attitude towards climate change issues. The study recommended that Agricultural development programme should make room for extension agents to visit farmer and disseminate proven measures to overcome barriers faced by these farmers in adapting to climate change.

Keywords: Climate change, cassava, cassava farmers, Barriers

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ABSTRACT: In the process of development of cold and heat tolerant rice varieties was done in field conditions. The current work is the extension of the same. In the current paper an extensive Insilico based research was carried out on the Mutational analysis and hot spot prediction of the protein CDPK3, Calcium Dependent Protein Kinases of Oriza Sativa. The work involves the retrieval of the protein sequence from the NCBI primary data base and identification of the Functional domains. Several sequences of the same protein from the other related plant species were collected and the phylogenetic study and the conservation prediction were performed. Tools like Protparam and SOPMA have been applied to analyze the Physico chemical parameters and the Structure prediction of the protein was carried out. The regions of disorder present in the protein sequence were identified using several tools including DISEMBL, GLOBPLOT, RONN etc. Based upon the results of RONN the major sites prone for mutations are identified. The effect of possible substitution mutations on the selected target site was analyzed. I mutant tool was employed to check the effect of all the substitution mutations on the stability of the protein sequence, PolyPhen was used to evaluate the effect of mutations on Functionality and the tolerance level is calculated using SIFT. The work concludes to provide the complete protein annotation of Cold tolerance protein CDPK with a focus on the mutation hot spot prediction.

Keywords: Protein Annotation, Insilico Characterization, Mutation hotspots, CDPK, Cold tolerance

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ABSTRACT: Morphological characterization of 470 rice (Oryza sativa L.) accessions including five checks collected from different regions country were assessed using 19 quantitative characters traits. Accessions were evaluated in a field experiment in an augmented experimental design. The aim of the research was to study variations and to select lines that could be used as potential parents in future breeding programs. A principal components plot and distance between genotypes in different cluster groups were used to group the accessions. The rice genotypesgrouped into divergent cluster 12 and 18 are expected to give promising and desirable recombinants in the segregating generations. Also, traits contributing maximum to genetic divergence viz. Seed vigor followed by Fertile Grains/ Panicle, Fertile Grains/ Panicle and panicle length may be utilized in selecting genetically diverse parents.

Key words: genetic divergence, cold tolerance, rice, inter cluster distance

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ABSTRACT: There were six lime treatments viz.T1: Control, T2 : 0.5 t lime ha-1 , T3 : 1.0 t lime ha-1, T4 : 1.5 t lime ha-1, T5 : 2.0 t lime ha-1, and T6 : 2.5 t lime ha-1. Dolochun(CaCO3) was used as the liming material. The design of the experiment was Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD )with three replications. Every plot received 140.0 kg N, 25.0 kg P, 106.0 kg K, 3.06 kg S, 3.6 kg Zn and 0.6 kg B ha-1 from urea, TSP, MoP, gypsum, zinc sulphate (monohydrate) and boric acid, respectively. Available K, P, Ca and Mg were significantly increased due to application of lime which was mainly associated with increased wheat yields. The different characters of wheat viz. plant height, tillers plant-1, spike length, grains sipke-1 and grain yield were significantly increased by the application of lime. The application of 0.5 t lime ha-1 significantly increased most of the growth parameters of wheat compared to that without any lime application. The application of lime had significant effect on the grain yield of wheat. The highest grain yield was found in T4 (4.73 t ha-1), which was statistically identical with the grain yields obtained in T5 and T6 treatments but superior to those found in T1, T2, T3 treatments. Thus, the application of 1.50 t lime ha-1 is enough for satisfactory yield wheat.

Keywords: Wheat, Lime, Yield, Spike, Panicle, Grain

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ABSTRACT: The present study was conducted to chalk out socioeconomic characteristic, average per unit cost of production and average net return earned by the mazri producers. Mazri is a dwarf palm grows naturally in the dry tropical regions of Pakistan. Mates, ropes, banns, ornamental products, different commodities for mosques, baskets, brooms, trays, hand fans, grain bins, cordage, cupboards and decoration pieces etc. are prepared from the foliage of this plant. Balochistan is the biggest producer of Mazri in Pakistan with an average annual production of 27,265 tonnes. About 65,000 people are directly are indirectly involved in the processing of mazri leaves, among which 78% of them are women. The involvement of women was quite active in mazri manufacturing. Most of the collection and harvesting task was performed by women. The results showed that Rs 118/- is the daily labor charges of a women working on mat making, which is far below than working anywhere else. There is no regular market of mazri, therefore the community is not availing its deserving amount of their produce.

Key Words: Mazri (dwarf palm), foliage, net return and cost of production, Balochistan

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ABSTRACT: Increased use of chemicals, under intensive cultivation has disturbed the harmony existing among soil, plants and animals and human health. The extensive use of chemicals and antibiotics in inorganic food production technology has compelled the health conscious people to explore and support organic farming. The study reveals the fact that the food produced using organic methods taste better and contains a better balance of vitamins and minerals than inorganically grown food. The eating of organic food considerably reduces the heart attacks, strokes, cancer, bowel cancer, and many other diseases. Hence, importance of organic farming has increased due to its environmental friendly methods and growing consumer awareness of food safety. The role of the Government is critical in motivating the farmers switching over from inorganic farming system to organic farming system where organic farming is economically viable in the country. Besides, the government has to take appropriate measures like the separate market for organic products; announcement of support price, creation of demand by more awareness programmes, subsidy for organic inputs producers, subsidies for encouraging organic farmers; certification of farms and increase in investment on research and development activities in organic farming practices.

Key words: Organic Farming System, Inorganic Farming System, eco system, sustainability, food security, certification

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ABSTRACT: The present research work was undertaken to choose the most effective sugar concentration in in vitro microtuberization from cultured shoot tips and to select the best substrates for minituber production from ex vitro transferred plantlets. Percentage of survivability of microtuber producing plants increased with the increase of sucrose concentration. Best survival rate and average diameter of tuber per plant was found at 10% sucrose. Minituber production on direct field showed best performance. It was observed that after 30 days, maximum shoot length per plant (188.87 mm) was found on the direct field whereas the lowest shoot length per plant (66.81 mm) was on coconut dust. Lowest weight of tuber per plant was also recorded on the substrates containing coconut dust. The highest weight of tuber was found in direct field. In case of, average diameter of tuber per plant, 25% soil + 75% coconut dust showed minimum result and on the other hand, in direct field, large size of tubers were found

Key words: Microtuberization, Minituber, In vitro, Ex vitro, Potato

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