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PIC880209 Supplemental Material - Supplemental material for Fluid flow analysis of a turbulent offset jet impinging on a wavy wall surface
No full textSupplemental material, PIC880209 Supplemental Material for Fluid flow analysis of a turbulent offset jet impinging on a wavy wall surface by Tej Pratap Singh, Amitesh Kumar and Ashok Kumar Satapathy in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science</p
Antibiotic losses in runoff and drainage from manure-applied fields
No full text1 online resource (PDF, 5 pages)The objective of this research is to quantify the effects of liquid swine manure application on antibiotic and nutrient (N and P) losses via surface runoff and subsurface drainage under a conventional (moldboard plowing) and a conservation (chisel plowing) tillage system.USGS-WRR1 104G National Grants CompetitionGupta, Satish; Singh, Ashok; Kumar, Kuldip; Thompson, Anita; Thoma, David. (2003). Antibiotic losses in runoff and drainage from manure-applied fields. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/181406
"Antibiotics Feeding in Food Animals and Its Consequences on The Environment," 67th Minnesota Nutrition Conference and University of Minnesota Research Update Session:Livestock Production in the New Millennium, Proceedings, September 19-20, 2006, St. Paul, Minnesota.
No full textGupta, Satish; Kumar, Kuldip; Colliver, Holly; Chander, Yogesh; Singh, Ashok; Goyal, Sagar. (2006). "Antibiotics Feeding in Food Animals and Its Consequences on The Environment," 67th Minnesota Nutrition Conference and University of Minnesota Research Update Session:Livestock Production in the New Millennium, Proceedings, September 19-20, 2006, St. Paul, Minnesota.. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/201959
ICTs and rural development in India
No full textThis monograph compares the methodologies and progress of the different existing models of information and communication technology (ICT) use for broad-based development and economic growth in India. It will examine the role of complementary reforms in government administration and policies. The focus is chiefly on the rural economy, where the developmental needs are the greatest, and the use of ICTs presents the most challenges. It examines the nature of benefits in areas such as education, health, market efficiency, and democratic participation, the channels through which impacts can be realized, and the practical means for realizing potential benefits, including organizational innovations and government policy as well as structural changesIndia; ICTs; Internet; development
sj-docx-1-pie-10.1177_09544089231159832 - Supplemental material for Optimization of cavitation-assisted biodiesel production and fuel properties from <i>Neochloris oleoabundans</i> microalgae oil using genetic algorithm and response surface methodology
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-pie-10.1177_09544089231159832 for Optimization of cavitation-assisted biodiesel production and fuel properties from Neochloris oleoabundans microalgae oil using genetic algorithm and response surface methodology by Aqueel Ahmad, Ashok Kumar Yadav, Achhaibar Singh and Amit Pal in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering</p
Amelioration technology for soil sustainability/ Ashok K. Rathoure, editor.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references."This book provides the latest and practical guideline to readers working in the field of soil sustainability and crop yield. It also examines characteristics of various soil amendments, hydrophobic soil amelioration, nutrient solubilizing microorganisms, the impact analysis of amendment application, and recent advances on soil liming "--Synergism between microbes and plants for soil contaminants mitigation : microbes and plants for mitigation / Usha Rani, Sanjay Gupta, Swami Rama, Vivek Kumar -- Soil quality and soil sustainability : sustainable agro-ecosystem management / Ashok Rathoure -- Fly ash properties and their applications as a soil ameliorant / Virendra Yadav, Priti Pandit -- Soil sampling, analysis and rock phosphate amendments : good practices for soil sustainability / Ashok Rathoure -- Amelioration technology for agricultural efficiency : biochar and compost amendments for soil sustainability / Kanchan Rathoure -- Amelioration and remediation techniques for the sustenance of soil fertility in the cotton based cropping system / Bipin J. Agrawal -- Biochar and soil amelioration : contaminants mitigation (pesticides, heavy metals etc.) / J. Anuradha, R. Sanjeevi, Sandeep Tripathi -- Impact of hydrocarbons on some soil properties near petrol pumps in Gwalior (India) / Khursheed Ahmad Wani, Kupozulu Swuro -- Nutrient solubilizing microorganisms / Deepti Gulati, Shalini Singh -- Role of microbes in carbon sequestration in forest soil / Poonam Dubey, Rupnarayan Sett.1 online resource
A comparison of farming practices and performance for wheat production in Haryana, India
No full textAvailable online: 15 May 2015Abstract not availableD.R. Coventry, R.S. Poswal, Ashok Yadav, Amritbir Singh Riar, Yi Zhou, Anuj Kumar, Ramesh Chand, R.S. Chhokar, R.K. Sharma, V.K. Yadav, R.K. Gupta, Anil Mehta, J.A. Cummin
Bollywood cinema: A critical genealogy
No full text"Bollywood" has finally made it to the Oxford English Dictionary. The 2005 edition defines it as: "a name for the Indian popular film industry, based in Bombay. Origin 1970s. Blend of Bombay and Hollywood." The incorporation of the word in the OED acknowledges the strength of a film industry which, with the coming of sound in 1931, has produced some 9,000 films. (This must not be confused with the output of Indian cinema generally, which would be four times more). What is less evident from the OED definition is the way in which the word has acquired its current meaning and has displaced its earlier descriptors (Bombay Cinema, Indian Popular Cinema, Hindi Cinema), functioning, perhaps even horrifyingly, as an "empty signifier" (Prasad) that may be variously used for a reading of popular Indian cinema. The triumph of the term (over the others) is nothing less than spectacular and indicates, furthermore, the growing global sweep of this cinema not just as cinema qua cinema but as cinema qua social effects and national cultural coding. Although Indian film producers in particular, and pockets of Indian spectators generally, continue to feel uneasy with it (the vernacular press came around to using "Bollywood" only reluctantly), its ascendancy has been such that Bombay Dreams (the Andrew Lloyd Weber musical) and the homegrown Merchants of Bollywood both become signifiers of a cultural logic which transcends cinema and is a global marker of Indian modernity. As the Melbourne (March 2006) closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games showed, Bollywood will be the cultural practice through which Indian national culture will be projected when the games are held in Delhi in 2010. International games (the Olympics, World Cup Soccer, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, and so on) are often expressions of a nation's own emerging modernity. For India that modernity, in the realm of culture, is increasingly being interpellated by Bollywood
Wild Lentils: Treasure of Novel Diversity
No full textThe cultivated lentil (Lens culinaris ssp.
culinaris) is an annual herbaceous self pollinating true diploid (2n=2x=14) species
with an estimated genome size of 4063
Mbp/C (Arumuganathan and Earle, 1991).
The crop is one of the first domesticated
species originated from the Near East
center of origin (Zohary, 1999), and is
most preferred grain legume of the old
world (Smartt, 1990). It is an important
winter season legume species grown in
Mediterranean and semi-arid climates. It
is a valuable source of protein (22-25%)
and emerged as nutritious substitute for
meat. Besides high protein, it also provides
minerals (K, P, Fe and Zn), carbohydrates,
crude fiber and vitamins (folic acid,
pantothenic acid and vitamin B6
) for human
nutrition (Bhatty, 1988; Kumar et al., 2018).
The lentil seeds are also rich in lysine and
tryptophan amino acids (Erskine et al.,
1990). Lentils high nutritional value with
a low level of anti-nutritional factors and a
shorter cooking time than most of other
pulses, make it highly suitable for human
consumption (Sahi et al., 2000).
The genus Lens belongs to family Fabaceae
and a total of seven taxa have been
recognized including domesticated species as lentil gene pool. The other wild lentil
taxa includes L. culinaris ssp. odemensis
Ladizinsky; L. culinaris ssp. orientalis
(Boiss) Ponert; L. ervoides (Brign) Granade;
L. lamottei Czefr; L. nigricans (Bieb)
Godron; and L. tomentosus Ladizinsky.
As far as compatibility relationships of
wild lentil taxa are concerned, L. culinaris
subsp. orientalis is readily crossable with
cultivated lentil (Robertson and Erskine,
1997) and considered as immediate
progenitor of domesticated species
(Barulina, 1930; Mayer and Soltis, 1994).
Globally, lentil stands in sixth position in
production among important pulses after
common bean, pea, chickpea, faba bean
and cowpea (FAO, 2018). However, the
world lentil production contributed 6% of
total dry pulse production during 2010-
2015 with an average productivity of 926
kg/ha. India is the largest lentil producer in
the world followed by Canada and Turkey,
which collectively contributed to 66% of
total world lentil production (FAO STAT,
2018). An average lentil grain yield in Asia
is 817 kg/ha, which is far below the world
average of 926 kg/ha. Lentil, despite its
significant role in human food, animal
feed and different cropping systems in the
Indian sub-continent, West Asia, Ethiopia,
North Africa and parts of Southern Europe,
Oceania and North America, has remained
under-exploited and researched crop until
recently. Further, modern lentil cultivars
have some eliteness over traditional ones in
terms of their good yielding ability, disease
and pests’ resistance, and high nutritional
value. If we look into the contribution of top
donors for developing high yielding varieties
of lentil, a small number of genotypes have
contributed significantly to the breeding
of majority of improved cultivars through
pure line and mass selection following
hybridization between lines adapted to
specific environmental conditions. Among
different accounts across lentil growing
regions of India, the pedigree analysis
of 35 released lentil cultivars has been
traced back to only 22 ancestors and the
top ten contributed 30% to the genetic
base of released cultivars (Kumar et al.,
2003). This narrow gene flow situation
could lead to the crop vulnerability to pest
and disease epidemics and unpredictable
climatic factors limiting progress towards
enhancing lentil production. Furthermore,
due to lentil cultivation on marginal lands
in most of developing countries including
India, its narrow genetic diversity makes
it more vulnerable to several biotic and
abiotic stresses leading to loss of yield
and nutritionally contributing traits of
interest. Being potential to be used as a
staple crop in many regions of world and
to meet the nutritious dietary requirements
of growing human population through
biofortification, it requires the consolidated
efforts to enhance the gene pool of
existing lentil varieties. Therefore, there is
an immediate need to widen the genetic
base of domesticated lentil cultivars by
introgression of diverse gene sources,
which are currently available in distantly
related wild Lens taxa. To synthesize the
new gene pool and maximize gains from the selection, it is therefore imperative to
accumulate favorable genes and alleles
from unadapted germplasm into the
backgrounds of cultivated germplasm
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