Life Sciences

The objective of this study was to evaluate late leaf spot (LLS) disease resistance of 64 peanut lines/varieties. There were 5 varieties, namely number of 17, 23, 24, 44 and 46 which showed infection of spots late with severe rates from 11.22 to 13.74%; disease index from 1.55 to 1.77%, respectively. Total 460 peanut samples caused by Phaeoisaraopsis personata were collected from 3 different provinces in the northern areas.

Many local plantain cultivars are staple foods and many consumers are still not necessarily the subject of scientific studies. This study was carried out to investigate the nutrient and antinutrients contents of 9 local cultivars of plantain. The plantain pulps were removed from the fruits, leaving the peels only. The pulps where thoroughly washed, cut into small pieces, dried and grounded into powder. Thereafter, the mineral analysis, nutriments and antinutrients contents of the pulps were all assessed.

Changes in extracellular enzyme activities and microbial populations were studied during normal compost and vermicomposting process of fruit pulp, vegetable and groundnut waste and cow dung. The microbial numbers and their extracellular enzyme profiles showed relative variation and were found increasingly more abundant in vermicompost than in normal compost leading to the conversion of agricultural waste into value added product. In vermicompost, the maximum enzyme activities (cellulase, Amylase and protease) were observed during 21-35 days.

The purpose of this study was to determine if there exist any relationship between various levels and various dimensions of the home environment of students with Class IV and V of Lucknow region. For study a sample of 1240 students of IV and V Class in which 661 in class IV and 579 in class V was chosen from various Primary schools of Lucknow to find the level their home environment and its relationship with student of Class IV and V. Study reveals that there is a No-significant relationship between student of Class IV and V in Lucknow with various dimensions of their home environment.

Cooking oil fumes (COF) are the main cause of indoor air pollution in our houses. The study aimed to investigate the effects of COF on the lung of rats. Animals were subdivided into four groups; control group; oil fumes group, rats were exposed to the COF for 15 min/day for one month; oil fumes+rosemary extract group, rats were exposed to the COF and orally administered with 300 mg/kg b.wt. of rosemary extract. The oil fumes+sage extract group, rats were exposed to the COF and orally administered with 300 mg/kg b.wt. of sage extract.

Sustainable  rural livelihood has been defined as a livelihood that comprises of the capabilities , assets (stores, resources, claims and access) and activities required for a means of living: A livelihood is sustainable than can cope with and recover from stress and shocks , maintain or enhance its capabilities and assets , and provide sustainable livelihood opportunities for the next generation; and which contributes net benefits to other livelihoods at the local and global levels and in the short and long term.

This research project was undertaken to examine the economic effect of fires to commercial exotic forestry in Zimbabwe. Charter Estate of Border Timbers Limited (BTL) was used as a case study, and the area of its plantations damaged by fire between 2008 and 2009 were established together with the cost implications of each of these threats. Secondary data from BTL records and primary data gathered through structured questionnaires and informal interviews were used to determine the relative significance of each of the fires.

Even in humid tropical Malaysia where rainfall is abundant, water fluctuations due to a lack of rainfall do happened as in the 1998 and 2014 drought which brought unpleasant water supply disruptions in many parts of the country. Following this water crisis, the Government has expressed interest in designing houses to collect rainwater and produced a Guideline on Installing a Rainwater Collection and Utilization System. Rainwater harvesting system becomes popular in domestic usages for schools and households.

Web mining – the application of data mining techniques is used to extract knowledge from web documents. Web has become the root for emerging online business or shopping websites. Increasing number of ecommerce websites has put users in turmoil to search for shopping sites to buy a specific product in interest with best price and quality. The paper describes overview of the web system (website) which increases the user experience .The website enables the online users to analyze the product specifications and compare prices of the specific product available on other e-shopping sites.

 Studies on post anthesis salt stress are very important in order to know the growth, enzyme biomarkers against salt stress.  A pot culture experiment was conducted to know the responses of different Kodomillet varieties under salt stress.