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No full textNot AvailableA 60-day feeding trial was conducted to study the effect of dietary supplementation of tryptophan in juvenile silver pompano Trachinotus blochii (Lacepede, 1801) (Average initial weight=6.81±0.05 g). Five isonitrogenous and isolipidic feeds supplemented with tryptophan at different levels, 0 (TRP0), 0.5 (TRP0.5), 1.0 (TRP1.0), 1.5 (TRP1.5) and 2.0 (TRP2.0) g 100 g-1 of diets were formulated. The weight gain%, specific growth rate, hepato-somatic index, digestives enzymes of stomach and intestine except protease activity in stomach, red blood cells, white blood cells, crude protein, fat and ash content of the fish were significantly influenced (p<0.05) by tryptophan supplementation. The viscero-somatic index, intraperitoneal fat ratio, muscle ratio, protease activity in the stomach and acid insoluble ash were unaffected by the treatment. Best observations in terms of growth, body composition and digestive enzyme activity among the treatments were obtained in the fish group fed with tryptophan at a level of 0.5 g 100 g-1 feed. From the current observations it can be concluded that supplementation of tryptophan at the rate of 0.5 g 100 g-1 diet can positively influence the growth of T. blochii.Not Availabl
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No full textNot AvailableIn the present study effect of TiO 2 nanoparticles was tested on six plant growth promotory
rhizobacteria (HS2, HS10. HS12, HS11, HM4 and HR11) recovered from soyabean and maize rhizosphere.
HM4 showed highest IAA (56.31 μg/ml) production and HR11 showed highest siderophore (56%) production.
All the isolates showed maximum growth at 50 ppm TiO 2 in nutrient broth , HS10 and HS12 showed best growth.
Effect of TiO 2 nanoparticles was evaluated on plant vigour of maize treated with selected plant growth
promotory bacteria. Bacterial treatment showed enhanced shoot germination, plant height and leaf area over
control in the presence of TiO 2 nanoparticles. Average total chlorophyll in maize plant was also maximum (5.04
µg/g) in the presence of TiO 2 nanoparticle. Performance of HS12 was best among all treatments. After 45 days
of pot experiment, fluorescein diacetate hydrolysis (57.91µg/ml), dehydrogenase (38.10µg/ml) and alkaline
phosphatase (207.16 µg/ml) was reported in the presence of nanoparticles and bacterial cultures. HM4 and
HS12 treatment in the presence of 10 ppm TiO 2 enhanced enzyme activities.Not Availabl
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No full textNot AvailableThe present annual report 2004-05 highlights some of the glimpses of the research achievements made, new methodologies developed, significant advisory and consultancy services provided, dissemination of knowledge acquired and human resource development, linkages cultivated/nurtured with various ICAR Institutes, SAUs and other research organisations in India and abroad. The scientists, technical personnel, administrative, finance and other staff of the institute have put in their best efforts in fulfilling the mandate of the institute and also in achieving the targets set during the year. The Institute initiated various new studies/projects during the year funded by AP Cess Fund of the ICAR. These are - ‘Combined analysis of experiments on long range effect of continuous cropping and manuring on soil fertility and yield stability’, ‘Outliers in designed experiments’, ‘National information system on agriculture education network in India’, ‘Statistical investigation on the performance of non-parametric stability measures when the genotype by environment data is non normal’, and ‘Some investigations on stable and robust clustering procedures’. The Institute also initiated some studies/projects supported by the Institute. These are- ‘Design and analysis of agroforestry experiments’, ‘A study on editing and imputation using neural networks’, ‘Software for analysis of survey data’, ‘Statistical analysis of experiments on determining level and frequency of phosphorous application in different cropping systems’, ‘Effect of selection of incomplete model specification on heritability; and Outside Institute (Funded by DST): ‘Statistical and algorithmic approach for improved estimation of treatment effects in repeated measurements designs’ and ‘Design and analysis of experiments for spatially correlated experiments’. Some of faculty received academic distinctions during the year. Dr. Rajender Parsad received ICAR National Fellow Award for his contributions in the field of Agricultural Statistics to work in the project entitled ‘Efficient design of experiments for quality agricultural research’. Many scientists received awards for their published papers as Best Paper Award from the Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics, New Delhi. Two scientists of the Institute were deputed for presentation of their papers in the international conferences.Not Availabl
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No full textNot AvailableThe effects of dietary osmolytes for alleviating osmotic stress and enhancing growth are not well elucidated in
fish reared in inland saline water. The present study evaluated the effects of dietary taurine or potassium (K+)
individually or in combination on growth, ionic homeostasis, and stress response of GIFT tilapia reared in po-
tassium deficient low saline water (PDLSW, 10 ppt salinity) mimicking inland saline water. Isonitrogenous and
isoenergetic diets supplemented with five potassium concentrations (0, 0.3, 0.45, 0.6 and 0.75 %), two taurine
(T) concentrations (0.5 and 1.0 %) and two combinations of both (K+ 0.1 % + T 0.5 % and K+ 0.2 % + T 0.5 %)
were fed to GIFT juveniles (4.4 ± 0.02 g body weight) and reared in PDLSW for 45 days. The fish fed on the diet
fortifying with K+ 0.2 % + T 0.5 % showed the highest growth performance among the controls and other
treatment groups. Dietary supplementation had no effects on PDLSW induced increase in osmoregulatory end-
points. The optimum dietary potassium requirement of GIFT reared in PDLSW was 0.57 and 0.599 g/100 g diet.
Dietary K+ down-regulated the PDLSW induced expression of NKAa1, AQP1, and ClC2, whereas inhib-
ited taurine-induced up-regulation of AQP1 and CLC2, which is the first report in tilapia. In addition, dietary K+
and taurine modulated antioxidant and metabolic enzyme activities for easing stress and balancing energy re-
quirements. Thus, blending of potassium (0.2 %) and taurine (0.5 %) in the diet appears best to mitigate stress
and enhance GIFT growth reared in inland saline water.Not Availabl
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No full textNot AvailableIn bio- and edapho-climatic constraints, enhanced human & livestock pressure and wide spread land degradation, Optuntia ficus-indica is viewed as a potential source of forage and fruit crop for arid and semi-arid regions of India. Since, planting of cladode in field immediately after detaching it from mother plant has not been so successful; therefore, present study was undertaken to understand the effect of moisture loss of cladode on survival and sprouting behaviour of Cactus pear (spineless cactus) in arid region. Data revealed that moisture loss of cladode influenced significantly the survival and sprouting behaviour of spineless cactus. Out of moisture loss of cladode ranging from 10-60 %, the best performance in term of sprouting, number of new cladode and growth has been observed in cladode treated with 10-20% loss of moisture. The maximum number of sprouting kids (1.66/cladode) and significantly more number/cladode was recorded at the 20 % moisture loss than other treatment. 20% reduced moisture treatment produced maximum kids (46) with cent percent sprouting pads which was at par with 10 % moisture loss, while lowest kids (15) in the 60% reduced moisture treatment with 50 percent sprouting pads. Thus cladode with 10% and 20% reduced moisture was the best treatment for planting in the field since it gave the maximum sprouting kids/pad than other treatment.Not Availabl
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No full textNot AvailablePRESENTS THE RESULTS OF A FIELD STUDY CONDUCTED DURING 1984-91 ON ERODED ALLUVIAL SOIL WITH BHABAR GRASS ( EULALIOPSIS BINATA) UNIFORMLY INTERCROPPED UNDER EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS PLANTED AT 2500 ha-1 FOR POLEWOOD IN A NORTH - SOUTH ORIENTED PAIRED ROWS SYSTEM ALLOWING BETTER CANOPY ADJUSTMENTS AND LIGHT CONDITIONS. THE RESPONSE TO SIX EUCALYPTUS PLANTING TREATMENTS I.E USUSAL PITS OF 0.3 M3 (TI) , SHALLOW AUGERHOLES SAH (6 X 60 cm ) (T2) , DEEP AUGERHOLE DAH ( 6 X 120 cm ) (T3), DAH FILLED WITH 1 KG FARM YARD MANURE ( FYM) ( T4) DAH FILLED WITH 1 KG OF RICE HUSK (RH) (5) AND DAH +FYM +RH (T6) WAS STUDIED TO FIND OUT THE BEST PRACTICE THAT PROMOTES TREE GROWTH AND MINIMIZES COMPETITION FOR MOISTURE. AFTER SEVEN YEARS, THE BEST TREATMENT OF DAH+FYM (T4) , AND THE WORST PIT PLANTING (T1) RECORDED A SURVIVAL OF 84 AND 53% DBH OF 9.7 ANF 8.6cm , POLE BIOMASS OF 67.1 AND 28.5 AIR DRY TONNES , MARKETABLE NUMBER OF POLES 21009 AND 1328 AND ANNUAL NET RETURNS FROM TREES AND GRASS RS 10659 AND RS 6239 ha-1 yr-1 , RESPECTIVELY AGAINST RS 700 HA-1 YR-1 FROM RAINFED FIELD CROPS. DAH WITHOUT FYM (T3) AND SAH (T2) FOLLOWED THE BEST TREATMENT . RICE HUSK ( HIGH CN RATIO) SERIOUSLY DEPRESSED TREE GROWTH. THE GRASS YIELD UNDER TREE PLANTING TREATMENTS WAS ALMOST UNIFORM AND VARIED FROM 11 t ha-1 IN GOOD TO 2 t ha-1 IN POOR RAINFALL YEARS.Not Availabl
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No full textNot AvailableRidge gourd [Luffa acutangula (Roxb.) L.] is an important vegetable crop and it is grown in different parts of India. The field trials were conducted during rainy season of 2018 and 2019 to test efficacy of botanicals and inorganic salts against management of mosaic disease in ridge gourd. In this study, naturally infected leaf samples exhibiting characteristic mosaic disease symptoms were collected during experiments. Among 11 treatments, imidacloprid (@ 0.05%) was found the most efficient treatment against mosaic disease with minimum per cent disease index (15.90%) and per cent disease reduction (61.69%). Next best treatment was neem leaf extract (@ 10%) with per cent disease index of 19.34 % and per cent disease reduction of 53.41%, followed by tumba fruit extract @ 10% (21.18% PDI and 48.97% disease reduction). Least effective treatment was borex (500 ppm) with PDI of 36.89%, followed by salicylic acid (500 ppm) with PDI of 35.36% against mosaic disease on ridge gourd in pooled data.Not Availabl
Alcoholism recovery and treatment needs of women
No full textPlan BAmong American women, alcohol is the single leading drug of abuse, yet research in addiction has concentrated on male subjects. Most models of treatment were developed to meet the needs of male patients. Contemporary research indicates that clear differences in substance abuse effects exist between men and women. This study identified specific issues or themes that could help augment recovery for women who are in treatment for alcoholism. Structured interviews were conducted with seven adult women, 21 years or older who are in recovery from alcohol dependence and who regularly attend AA meetings. The study addressed several issues pertaining to women’s alcoholism that formed themes relating to factors that could help women obtain treatment earlier and elements of treatment programs that could be more responsive to female clients and improve their aftercare services. The respondents were asked ten open-ended questions concerning issues that were important in their recovery from alcoholism but were not adequately addressed while in treatment and aftercare. It was found that the two youngest women sought treatment earlier than most of the older women, and that other women often were the impetus for many of the participants seeking treatment. The participants’ answers indicated that if women’s emotional concerns were addressed more in treatment, they likely would have benefited more from treatment. Relationship health was an important topic for women in this study. It was also found that, in general, the women in this study were not satisfied with their counselors in treatment or in aftercare. Information gathered through this study may be helpful to identify the specific recovery and treatment needs of women with alcoholism
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No full textNot AvailableThe present study was conducted with comprised six levels of recipe, three blending ratio,
9 treatments with ginger juice (2%) and 9 treatment without ginger juice [aonla: lime
(25:75, 50:50 and 75:25), aonla: orange (25:75, 50:50and 75:25), aonla: pomegranate
(25:75, 50:50 and 75:25)with ginger juice aonla: lime: ginger (25:73:2,50:48:2
and75:23:2), aonla: orange: ginger (25:73:2, 50:48:2 and 75:23:2), aonla: pomegranate:
ginger (25:73:2, 50:48:2 and 75:23:2) and one control (100% aonla juice) + acidity
(0.3%) + TSS (10%)], thus total 19 treatment combination were laid out under CRD statics
design with three replication. Among various treatments tried in this investigation, the
aonla based blended RTS beverage T16 treatment aonla: pomegranate: ginger (25:73:2) andT
aonla: pomegranate: ginger (50:48:2) were statistically at par with each other and
found best on the basis of organoleptic quality (taste, flavour and overall acceptance) after
120 days of storage. The TSS, total sugars, reducing sugars and non-enzymatic browning
showed increasing trend while, the acidity, ascorbic acid, pH and phenols showed
decreasing trend under ambient condition. However, maximum retention of ascorbic acid
was recorded in T17 (44.50mg/100ml) treatment and minimum acidity in T18 (0.34%)
followed by T17 (0.39%) treatment. The relative economics of treatment T17
gave the highest net return (Rs 36.95/lit) RTS as compared to other treatments.Not Availabl
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No full textNot AvailableDeveloping rapid and improved stem cutting propagation is essential for this promising
multipurpose tree borne oilseed species to achieving higher yield and income using
superior planting stock in commercial plantation. Present study clearly reveals the effect
IBA concentration on success and survival of stem cuttings. Percentage rooting and
primary root number differed significantly between treated and untreated cuttings. The
treatment (T has cutting treated with IBA at 4000 ppm) was the best and most efficient
hormonal concentration in simulation of higher sprouting (52.31 %), rooting (45.16 %),
root number per cutting (4.12), root length per cutting (6.45 cm) and greater survival
(42.56 %) of stem cuttings of Simarouba gluaca. However, there was significant variation
in height growth (shoots sprouts length) of cuttings due to IBA treatments. The results of
this study suggested that it is possible to produce clones of high yielding superior
genotypes of S.gluaca on large scale basis for use in commercial cultivation of forestry and
agro forestry plantations.Not Availabl
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