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In the present study, breeding information spread over a period of 14 years from 1995 to 2008, was collected from the history-cum-pedigree sheets and milk yield registers of Murrah buffaloes maintained at four centres of Network Project on Murrah Buffalo Improvement (National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal; Central Institute for Research on Buffalo, Hisar and Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana and Choudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar). Data on first lactation traits of 832 Murrah buffaloes sired by 95 bulls were used for the study.

Tukra is one of the major problem in mulberry growing areas and it is caused by pink mealy bug Maconellicoccus hirsutus which affect both the quality and yield of mulberry leaf. A preliminary attempt has been made to control tukra in mulberry using plant extracts of natural pesticide origin. The seed kernel and leaf extracts of Azadirachta indica, Pongamia pinnata, Madhuca longifolia and only leaf extracts of Lantana camara, Adathoda vasica were directly used as a foliar spray in the control of tukra in M-5 mulberry variety. Total of four sprays were given with an interval of 7 days.

Rapid urbanization in the world is quite alarming, especially in developing countries such as India. In the present study historical change in urban area was analyzed using multi-temporal satellite images of 1980, 2000, 2010 and 2013 respectively to identify the areas where the increase or decrease has taken place over the period of last 33 years. High resolution satellite data of CARTOSAT 1 and 2 was used for base map and Digital Elevation Model generation.

Mulberry, Morus alba L., the only host plant of silkworm (Bombyx mori L.,) is attacked by about 300 species of insect pests. Among them, pink mealy bug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus Green is the most serious causing more than 35 per cent yield loss besides impairing nutritional quality of mulberry leaves. The management of pink mealy bug by using plant products is gaining attention due to proven specificity, biodegradability, low toxicity to non target organisms and low residual toxicity in the mulberry ecosystem.

Women empowerment is able to control over material assets, intellectual resources and ideology in the society. It involves power to power with and power within among women. Empowerment involves ability to get what one wants and to influence others in the society. The present study concentrates to find various indicators for assessing women empowerment.

Nor the capitalism nor the communism didn’t proved to be the ideal systems. The second has imploded, while the first is transformed under the impact of the strong forces of globalization, crisis, technology, demography and ongoing ideas. It is looking for some kind of mixtum compozitum, which often prove just pure illusions. The crisis is proving to be a structural one, even a systemic one, not as cyclical as it was thought.

Globalization provide a fascinating field of study. Globalization is viewed as an agent of change. The term globalization was first used by Theodore Levitt in 1983 (in an article he wrote in the Harvard Business Review) till the early 1990s.

This study found that the main component of the money supply before 2003 was banknotes in circulation. From 2003 to 2012, demand and term deposits are the main components of the money stock. An econometric analysis, through an error correction model, revealed that all the variables, namely, the monetary supply, the monetary base, the credits to the economy, net foreign assets and the interest rate are integrated of the order 1 and the residuals of the order 0. Therefore, there is a co-integrating relationship between them. Monthly data over the period 2001-2012 were used.

In recent years the worldwide emergence of multidrug-resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been studied. This organism shows a remarkable capacity to resist antibiotics. In the present study, phenol degrading P. aeruginosa MTCC 4997 showed highest antibiotic resistance in penicillin, followed by antimycin, ampicillin, kanamycin and nystatin. The remarkable ability of P. aeruginosa MTCC 4997 to adapt and thrive in wide variety of environments is may be due to its extensive genetic versatility.

A newly isolated Pseudomonas aeruginosa MTCC 4996 capable of degrading phenol Pseudomonas aeruginosa MTCC 4996 cells were immobilized with six different matrices. All the immobilized matrices showed faster degradation than free cells. Among the matrices, PUF immobilized cells showed maximum degradation followed by alginate and k-carrageenan, agarose, polyacrylamide and hen egg white. P. aeuriginosa MTCC 4996 cells immobilized with PUF were showed 100% degradation up to 1400 mg/l within 750 min.