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The present study was attempted to examine whether there is improvement in the status of women whom are members of SHG.  The study attempted to examine this with of help of 190 women sample respondents selected at random from 34 villages of seven taluks, Coimbatore District.  The primary data collected from the sample respondents indicated that the status of women has improved after becoming member of SHG group.  The awareness of the sample respondents in terms of various factors including, family politics has also improved.

An experiment was conducted to study the “Influence of organic substances on quality attributes of grapes cv. Muscat”. The various organic inputs were given as foliar application in the form of seaweed extract, humic acid, panchakavya, vermiwash at the rate of 0.1% and 0.5% at pea and marble stage. The vermiwash application @0.5% showed the best result by recordingthe maximum reducing sugars(%), titrableacidity(%), juice content(%), total soluble solids( °Brix) than other treatments and also enhanced the shelf life by retaining grape berry in stalk for about 7 days from harvest.

Diseases are serious constraints affecting dairy cattle production and these diseases affect livestock production in various ways, such as reduced growth rate, milk production, fertility and value of hides and mortality, thus cause considerable economic losses to livestock keepers. Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious viral disease of many wild and domestic cloven-footed mammals and many other animals. Hence, this study was planned to estimate the incidence of Foot and Mouth Disease among dairy cows in the Cuddalore District of Tamil Nadu.

The effect of crude seaweed extracts from the green seaweed Ulva lactuca and the brown seaweed Sargassum wightii was studied on germination and protein profile of five different crops viz., Amaranthus roxburghinus (sirukeerai), A. tricolor (mulakeerai), Arachis hypogea (ground nut), Capsicum annum (chilli) and Tagetes erecta (marigold) seedling. The seeds of five different test plants were treated with 1.0% SLF of both seaweeds for 6h durations and allowed to grow under laboratory conditions. Five day old seedlings of Amaranthus roxburghinus, A.

The method of training programme has certain aims to fulfill. These are concerned with the determination of change in the organizational behavior and the change needed in the organizational structure. Hence evaluation of any training program must inform us whether the training programme has been able to deliver the goals and objectives in terms of cost incurred and benefits achieved. The analysis of the information is the concluding methods of programme. The analysis of data should be summarized and then compared with the data of other training programmes similar nature

To study the influence of foliar spraying of different organic compounds namely panchagavya, humic acid and kunapanjola on the yield of maize and their impacts on soil microbes after the harvest of the crop a field experiment was conducted at experimental farm, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, Chidambaram. It was laid out in Randomized Block Design with eleven treatments and replicated thrice.

This study set to investigate the secular attitude and attitude towards discipline among the professional college students. This was with a view to ascertain the extent to which variable like gender, location of the residence and religion may influence the secular attitude and attitude towards discipline of the professional college students. A 972 item questionnaire was designed to elicit responses from the students. A random sample of 972 professional college students was chosen from 15 professional colleges within the rural and urban areas of Tamilnadu.

The present study is aimed to analyse the physico-chemical parameters in two stations of Pichavaram mangroves. In the present study the physico-chemical parameters such as temperature, pH, salinity, dissolved oxygen and total dissolved solids were analysed during 2009. The station was selected for the present study (Station-1: Agricultural land and Station-2: Mud flats). The temperature, pH and salinity were increased during summer season and dissolved oxygen and total dissolved solids were lowered in summer season.

In the Present investigation, an attempt has been made to study the Predictive Correlates of the Knowledge of Natural Hazards and Knowledge of Eco-System of College Students in Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India. It is found that 92.5% have average level of the knowledge of Natural Hazards and 79.5% of them have average level of the knowledge of Eco-System. Also it is found that the gender and locality caused no significant difference in respect of their knowledge of Natural Hazards whereas subject group caused significant difference in respect of their knowledge of Natural Hazards.

India is a subcontinent, noted for numerous festivals in all parts of the country, celebrated every now and then. This study provides evidential information that human relation and religious harmony are maintained, as the people of different castes and communities, religions and languages join hands in the celebration of Chithirai festival, accepting the doctrine Love is God. Celebrating the festival, the people of Radhapuram and those in the surrounding hamlets pay their sense of reverential gratitude to their deities.