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Effect of AM Fungi on Biomass Production and Nutrient Uptake of Agroforestry Tree Seedling of Acacia species
Abstract: ABSTRACTIn a controlled pot experiment, agroforestry legume trees Acacia senegal (L.) Willd. and Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. Ex. Del seedlings were inoculated with three different species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), Glomus deserticola, Glomus fasciculatum and Gigaspora margarita which were isolated by extraction from the soil from different localities of western Rajasthan. Inoculation treatments under water deficiency significantly increased biomass production and nutrient uptake in both the species of Acacia …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Botany · Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2012 · pp. 28–34 Read article
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Tree Assets of Vasna, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Abstract: ABSTRACTGrowing trees has become miracle but a complex chemical engineering. As we evolved, trees have provided additional necessity such as shelter, medicine, and tools. Moving to higher level of modernization, supply of necessities becomes limited and hence gap of demand-supply has created huge incremental cost and deterioration of health. Needless to mention that, we fail to maintain growth of tree diversity at the same pace we have grown and hence …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Botany · Vol. 1, Issue 3, 2012 · pp. 13–17 Read article
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Tree Diversity of Parimal Garden, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Abstract: ABSTRACTThe Parimal Garden is situated in Ambavadi area in western part of Ahmedabad city, Gujarat state of India. Its legal name is “Pari Trikamlal Bhogilal Municipal Recreation Park.” This garden was established in the year 1960 and is located at 23 o 01’ 11” N, 72 o 33’ 21” E and at 155 ft above sea level. The nearest wellknown places are Gujarat College, Ambavadi Circle, Panchvati, etc. This garden …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Botany · Vol. 1, Issue 3, 2012 · pp. 18–20 Read article
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Evaluation of Inhana Rational Farming (IRF) Technology as a Cost Effective Organic Cultivation Method in Farmer’s Field
Abstract: AbstractInhana rational farming (IRF) technology was studied as an organic package of practice in farmers’ field using green gram (Samrat: PDM-84-139) as test crop. The study was conducted at Binuria village in Birbhum district of West Bengal during the crop season of 2013–14. The study area lies in 23.66°N and 87.63°E at about 179 ft above MSL, with level to nearly level landscape. The experiment was laid down as per …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Crop science and Technology · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2016 · pp. 1–16 Read article
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Prolific Garole Sheep: Pride of Bengal
Abstract: AbstractGarole, a micro sheep breed of India, are distributed in the Sundarban area of 24-Parganas district of West Bengal and is famous for high prolificacy rate, resistance to foot rot disease, grazing in knee-deep water, good adaptability to hot humid conditions and high mothering instinct for their neonates. This meat type animal is of short stature with a light brown coarse texture coat and produces coarse wool, good quality skin …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Dairy Science and Technology · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 11–19 Read article
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Growth Trends and Impact of Literatures Published on Public Library: A Scientometric Study Based on SCOPUS
Abstract: This study seeks to analyze the growth and impact of literature published on public library in Scopus database. During 2001–2016, total 1499 publications were published on public library. The average number of publications published per year was 93.69 and the highest number of publications (126 (8.41%)) were published in 2014. Out of total publications, 628 (41.89%) were produced by multiple authors and 871 (58.11%) by sole authors. Authors from USA …
Published in Journal of Advancements in Library Sciences · Vol. 7, Issue 3, 2020 · pp. 19–28 Read article
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Diversity of Maize (Zea Mays) Along an Altitudinal Gradient of Kuloor Watershed Kumaun Himalaya, India
Abstract: AbstractZea mays belongs to the family Gramineae (Poaceae) commonly known as Maize. Maize is another Kharif crop locally known as "bhutta," "ghokka," "makka" in the study area Kullor watershed. A total of six landraces of maize are grown in the study area and among these, highest frequency of cultivation (60%) is of the variety Lal and the lowest of Timasia and Pahari (6.6%) each. Considering that the studied watershed is …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Botany · Vol. 3, Issue 3, 2014 · pp. 19–26 Read article
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Studies on Dynamics of Post-Kharif Rice Fallows Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Techniques in India
Abstract: India has largely become self-sufficient in food grain production at macro level. However, the mismatch between the demand and supply, imbalance in food grain components, declining growth rate of food grain yields especially in cereals, pulses, oilseeds, rice, and wheat in the last decade add to the woes of malnutrition and food security problems. The rice, wheat and pulse crops constitute the main components of food security mission. Optimal utilization …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Crop science and Technology · Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2013 · pp. 19–28 Read article
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Comparison of Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Potential of Tea Samples from Seven Valleys of Darjeeling
Abstract: Darjeeling, Queen of Hills, located at the foothills of the Himalaya is famous for its muscatel flavored universally acclaimed tea. Tea plantations in Darjeeling are restricted to Darjeeling and Kurseong sub-divisions. Tea is grown at an altitude ranging from 1968 ft msl-6500 ft msl. Fresh tea leaves (two leaves and a bud) were collected from seven different valleys of Darjeeling viz. Darjeeling East, Darjeeling West, Kurseong South, Kurseong North, Mirik, …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Crop science and Technology · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 4–13 Read article
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Production and Utilization Pattern of Milk and Milk Products in Rajasthan: An Empirical Study
Abstract: The study was aimed to assess the inter-regional differences existing in production and utilization pattern of milk and milk products across regions in Rajasthan. The regions identified for the study were South and South-Eastern plains (S&S-E plains), Transitional & Eastern plains (T&E plains) and North and North-Western plains (N&N-W plains). The data was collected from 120 milk producing households spread across six villages (2 villages from each region) and from …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Dairy Science and Technology · Vol. 11, Issue 1, 2022 · pp. 27–35 Read article
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Evaluating improved Irish Potato varieties for the yield and agronomic traits in Southwest region of Ethiopia.
Abstract: Despite making substantial contributions to food security, revenue production, the provision of food energy, and the preservation of the resource base, the food potential of horticulture crops, particularly that of root and tuber crops, has not yet been fully tapped and utilized. In order to determine the optimal high yielding, pest and disease resistant/tolerant variety(ies) for the target area, the experiment was conducted to test the adaptability of enhanced potato …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Crop science and Technology · Vol. 12, Issue 2, 2023 · pp. 7–12 Read article
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Principal Component Analysis of Black and Brown Seeded Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) Genotypes at Jimma and Bonga Southwestern Ethiopia
Abstract: Sixty-four soybean genotypes were evaluated for cluster analysis based on their morphological characters. The field experiment was carried out at Jimma and Bonga in south-western Ethiopia during the main cropping season of 2019. The experimental study was laid with simple lattice design with two replications. Data on 11 quantitative agronomic traits were gathered. For all of the examined variables, analysis of variance revealed substantial to very significant variations among genotypes. …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Crop science and Technology · Vol. 12, Issue 2, 2023 · pp. 13–17 Read article
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Studies on Different Qualitative Traits of Green Tea Grown in Nontraditional Area Processed by Oven Drying and Microwave Drying in Different Power Levels
Abstract: In this study, tea plants (Camellia sinensis L.) were grown in nontraditional region with different soil and climatic characteristics in the southern part of West Bengal. To study the effect of different drying methods for production of green tea is main focus of this paper. Green tea is produced by applying nominal heat treatment targeting to inactivate the polyphenol oxidase and peroxidase enzymes to retain the original polyphenol content. Therefore, …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Food Science & Technology · Vol. 7, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 9–15 Read article
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Aerosol Optical Depth Variation Over Asian Region During The Last Fourteen Years
Abstract: AbstractAOD in Asia has escalated in the past two decades due to increasing anthropogenic activities in that region. The densely populated regions of South Asia are undergoing rapid industrialization resulting in enhanced emissions in the atmosphere, thereby making Asia one of the major hotspots of aerosols. In this study, Asian region is divided into four sub-regions i.e. North Asia, East Asia, South Asia, and West Asia. This paper presents the …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Ecology · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2015 · pp. 12–17 Read article
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Seasonal Changes in Abundance and Distribution of the Soil Litter Micro-arthropods in a Tropical Forest, with Special Reference to Collembola
Abstract: The population study was made on the basis of comparison of seasonal changes of Collembola in relation with the gradient of edaphic factors which include moisture, temperature, pH, organic carbon, inorganic nitrogen, phosphorus, sodium and potassium contents of a tropical forest, in West Bengal, India. The variations in abundances have significant values during the study period. The higher numbers of insects were collected in December and July. This was in …
Published in Research and Reviews : A Journal of Life Sciences · Vol. 8, Issue 3, 2018 · pp. 6–14 Read article
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Eco-Communitarianism: An African Perspective
Abstract: It is an undeniable cliché that the world at large and Africa in particular is facing serious environmental problems such as deforestation, water pollution, air pollution, wetlands destruction, poaching as well as global warming. These problems are mainly caused by economic pressure for industrialization, technological advancement, population growth, poverty and ignorance. Western moral speculations like deep ecology, land ethic, ecofeminism and as well as scientific approaches methodologies have been employed …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Ecology · Vol. 7, Issue 3, 2018 · pp. 8–15 Read article
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Seasonal changes in Abundance of Soil Litter Sap-sucking Insects (Hemiptera) and its Relationship with Edaphic Factors in a Tropical Evergreen Forest
Abstract: This study presents a review on the dynamics of seasonal variation of insects like Hemiptera in response to different edaphic factors, which include temperature, moisture, pH, organic carbon, inorganic nitrogen, phosphorus, sodium and potassium contents of an anthropogenous tropical forest, in West Bengal. The variation in abundance of Hemiptera is significant during the study period. The order showed its maximum population during summer (April) in 1st study year and in …
Published in Research and Reviews : A Journal of Life Sciences · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 1–9 Read article
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Behavioural Ecology, Biogeography and Evolution of Telescopium telescopium (Linnaeus, 1758) from Chandipur-on-Sea, Odisha, India
Abstract: AbstractStudy based on ecology, biogeography and geological history of the species Telescopium telescopium (Linnaeus 1758) from Chandipur-on-Sea is the main stay of the present work. The genus though appeared in Late Miocene is monotypic and at present restricted to Indo-West Pacific. The behaviour of the species was observed in different seasons throughout a span of 12 months and size frequency distribution was taken into consideration. Several early postulates regarding the …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Ecology · Vol. 8, Issue 3, 2019 · pp. 1–7 Read article
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Qualitative Assessment of Floristic Diversity of Fringes and Some Bets (Islands) of Little Rann of Kachchh (LRK), Gujarat, India
Abstract: AbstractThe present study deals with floristic diversity of fringes and bets (Islands) of Little Rann of Kachchh (LRK), Gujarat carried out during October 2015 to March 2017. During the study, transect method had been applied for floral study. The study recorded a total of 210 species of plants which included 22 species of trees, 26 species of shrubs, 108 species of herbs, 33 species of grasses and 21 species of …
Published in Research and Reviews : A Journal of Life Sciences · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 18–26 Read article
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A Review on Taxonomy and Ethnobotany of Caesalpinia crista L. (Caesalpiniaceae)
Abstract: Caesalpinia crista L., belongs to the family Caesalpiniaceae , commonly found along the riverbanks and in the tidal forests that are located close to the Eastern sea-coast beginning in Orissa and continuing Southward along the Western sea-coast beginning in Konkan. All parts of the plant, including the root, leaves, stem, seed and seed kernel have medicinal properties. C. crista L. has been used in traditional and folk medicine for various …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Ecology · Vol. 11, Issue 3, 2022 · pp. 27–36 Read article