Life Sciences

The present study deals with the diversity, of soil fungi from different Agricultural fields and un cultivated soils of Nagapattinam Taluk Nagapatinam District, Tamil Nadu. Soil samples were collected at various seasons (Monsoon, Premonsoon, Summer, Postmonsoon) from three villages. The physico chemical parameters of the soils were identified. The physical parameter includes the analysis of pH, moisture content and temperature of the soils.

The present investigation was conducted in the litchi orchard of Sh. S.S. ParmarNangal, Pathankot and in the laboratory of department of horticulture, Khalsa College, Amritsar in the year 2015 to assess the effect of foliar application of zinc sulphate and boron both at the concentrations of 0.3 %, 0.6% and 0.9% on the yield and quality of litchi cv. Dehradun. The results of the study indicated that the application of boron 0.9% resulted in maximum fruit weight (22.17 g), fruit size (4.31 x 3.71 cm), pulp weight (17.22 g) and fruit yield per tree (116.74 kg).

Salinity is the most damaging factor towards crop production. Observing the possible role of thiourea in salinity tolerance, experiments were carried out using optimized thiourea level (400 µM) at which two maize hybrids may show improved growth and physiological attributes in autumn and spring seasons.

Strategies of managing and controlling devastating bacterial wilt of tomato are investigated by fitting binary logistic models to data consisting of dummy response variable of its incidents on reported cases to the plant clinics. Binary logistic methods are used for fitting such models to data describing the distribution and incidents of bacterial wilt (BW) caused by Ralstonia solanacearum on tomato crop. The approach overcomes some of the difficulties encountered when fitting ordinary least square regression to a dummy response variable.

A fatty acid was isolated and purified from pear fruit (Pyrus pyrifolia) peel extract by using column chromatography technique and evaluated its antioxidant activity by 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical-scavenging assay and reducing power assay. The isolated compound was identified as Gadoleic acid on the basis of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and it showed the high percentage of antioxidant activity but less than the ascorbic acid. As the concentration of the compound increased the percentage of activity also increased in both the DPPH assay and reducing power assay.

Knowledge of the existence of fish in the sea is very important to decide the right time for fishing operation. The aim of this study is to decide the right time for fishing operation in the Indian Ocean FMA 573, through 1) information about fishing season of tuna in three different waters in the Indian Ocean i.e, East Java Province, Yogyakarta Province and East Nusa Tenggara Province; and 2) information about size of tuna being caught.

The paper analyses two enterprises in the monopolistically competitive doughnut industry in Mumbai: ‘Mad Over Donuts’ and ‘Krispy Kreme’ and their operative strategies. It concludes that while Krispy Kreme may have the better product, it has a higher price, fewer locations and not enough promotional activity. 

This study aimed to determine the influence of subjective norms of the communities in the watershed Mamasa to the behavior of preserving neighborhoods. This research was quantitative research. The population in this research was the whole community that settled in the region of watershed Mamasa. They Consist of 16 700 head of family. The numbers of samples in the study were 340 head of the family. In this study variables Consist of independent variables namely Subjektive Norms (SN) has a relationship with the dependent variable Behavior (B).

Personality assessment using projective techniques is aim to assess the personality of a respondents using projective techniques, in early days there were various methods used to assess the personality. Pherenology, Phsiognomy, Pelmistry and astrology were some of the pseudo-scientific methods but these methods of assessment are not at all reliable so the method were discarded. The more reliable and scientific method have been developed later and widely used method was projective techniques for assessing personality.

The need to increase productivity of Haricot beans and improve on the livelihood of farmers led to the introduction of improved Haricot beans with shorter life cycle, high yielding and resistant to pest and diseases. Despite these positive benefits, effective adoption has been slow as farmers remain reluctant to adopt most of these varieties. The survey, thus, focus on evaluating the production, marketing and consumption of released improved Haricot beans by farmers in the Western highlands. It also examines the socio-demographic factors that influence its adoption.