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<#LINE#>Earthworm Diversity in Trans-Gangetic Habitats of Haryana, India<#LINE#>Sharma @R.K. ,Bhardwaj @Poonam <#LINE#>1-7<#LINE#>1.ISCA-RJAFS-2013-071.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Zoology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra-136119, INDIA@Department of Zoology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra-136119, INDIA<#LINE#>30/12/2013<#LINE#>15/1/2014<#LINE#>The status of earthworm biodiversity in Transgangetic plains of Eastern Haryana, (longitude 76� 27' 30 E to 77� 36' 40 E and latitude 29� 10 25 N to 30� 32 55 N) India has been assessed. A total of 285 different sites covering cultivated, wasteland, garden, grassland and sewage in rural, urban and sub- urban localities were surveyed. A total nine taxa of earthworms, namely Amynthas morrisi, Amynthas robustus, Lampito mauritii, Metaphire posthuma, Eutyphoeus incommodus, Eutyphoeus waltoni, Eutyphoeus nicholsoni, Octocheatona beatrix and Drawida nepalensis belonging to six genera and three families were recorded in the study area constituting 2.15 per cent of total Indian earthworm fauna. Of these nine taxa reported, three are exotic peregrine and remaining six are endemic peregrine. Out of nine, six species have been reported for most of the sampling sites (L. mauritii, M. posthuma, E. incommodus , E. waltoni and D. Nepalensis) while remaining three (A. morrisi, A. robustus, E. nicholsoni, and O. Beatrix) were limited to some specific sites in studied regions of Haryana. Earthworm diversity has been influenced directly by microclimatic factors and anthropogenic activities. Positive correlation has been observed with organic carbon, total nitrogen and moisture content. The preference for physico-chemical conditions of soil and food quality affects the distribution of earthworms in a particular area. This study contributes first hand information on earthworm fauna of the transgangetic planes and likely to add more native species to the existing ones, which are very important for vermicomposting process.<#LINE#>Lavelle P., Bignell D., Lepage M., Walter V., Roger P., Ineson O.W. and Heal Dillion S.@Soil function in a changing world: The role of invertebrate ecosystem engineers@Journal of European Soil Ecology, (33) 159-193(1997)@Yes$Julka J.M. and Paliwal R.@Distribution of earthworms in different agro-climatic region of India@In: Ramakrishnan, P.S. Saxena K.G. Swift K.G. and Rauks Maikhuri R.K. (eds), Soil Biodiversity, Ecological Processes and Landscape, Oxford and ABH Publication Co. Pvt. Ltd. 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<#LINE#>Vegetative Propagation for Different Physiological Ages of Embelia Ribes Cuttings in Different Seasons<#LINE#>M.T.@Saumya ,T.@Surendran ,T.K. @Hrideek  <#LINE#>8-12<#LINE#>2.ISCA-RJAFS-2014-001.pdf<#LINE#>Tree Physiology Department, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur, Kerala, INDIA@Tree Physiology Department, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur, Kerala, INDIA@Tree Physiology Department, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur, Kerala, INDIA<#LINE#>29/11/2013<#LINE#>3/1/2014<#LINE#>Embelia ribes Burm. f. is one of the red listed medicinal plant belongs to the family Myrsinaceae. This threatened medicinal plant valued for its thermogenic, carminative, depurative and laxative property. E.ribes is now reported as vulnerable due to over exploitation. The main threat of this plant is its unsustainable and indiscriminate harvesting for commercial purposes. The regeneration from seedling of this plant is very poor. Traditional propagation techniques are not successful in large scale production of this valuable species. Only accessible way for the conservation of this species is vegetative propagation through stem cutting. Exogenous application of IBA and NAA has a significant positive effect on the percentage of rooting. Rooting ability of cuttings was mostly influenced by the type of cutting, retention of leaves and time of the year in which cuttings were taken. Semi hardwood cuttings with two or three leaves, treated with IBA in 3000mg/l concentration in season I (January � April) appears to be a successful method for vegetative propagation (100% rooting) for producing sufficient number of propagules of this species. Significant increase in number of new root, leaves and shoots and length of roots was recorded in stem cuttings treated with 3000mg/l IBA.<#LINE#>Harish G.U., Vijay D., Renuka Jain and Villoo MorawalaPatell.@Endangered Medicinal Plant Embelia ribesBurm@f.- A Review, Phcog J., 4, 6-7 (2012)@Yes$Ravikumar K. and Ved D.K.@100 Red Listed MedicinalPlants of Conservation Concern in Southern India@Foundation for Revitalization of Local Health Traditions(FRLHT), Bangalore, 136-141 (2000)@Yes$Rama Shankar, Lavekar G.S., Sourabh Deb., Sharma B. K.and Rawat M. S.@Distribution, conservation and folk usesof Vaibidang (Embelia ribes Burm. f.)@Int. J. Biodivers.Conserv., 4(13), 525-529 (2012)@Yes$Raghu A.V., Geetha S.P., Martin G., Balachandran I. andRavindran P.N.@Direct shoot organogenesis from leafexplants of Embelia ribes Burm@f.: A vulnerablemedicinal plants, J. For. Res., 11, 57-60 (2006)@Yes$Mhaskar M., Joshi S., Chavan B., Joglekar A., Barve N.and Patwardhan A.@Status of Embelia ribes Burm f.(Vidanga), an important medicinal species of commercefrom northern Western Ghats of India@Curr. Sci., 100(4),548-589 (2011)@Yes$Surendran T.@Vegetative propagation of asokam@Evergreen., 41, 9 (1998)@No$Saumya M.T., Surendran T. and Sreena K.R.@Vegetativepropagation of Oroxylum indicum in different seasons@Proceedings of the 25th Kerala Science Congress, January2012, Thiruvananthapuram, 24-26 (2012)@No$Palanisamy A.K., Ansari S.A., Kumar P. and Gupta B.N.@Adventitious rooting in shoot cuttings ofAzadirachtaindica and Pongamiapinnata@New For., 16,81-88 (2004)@Yes$Chalapathi M.V., Thimmegowda N.D., Kumar S.,Gangadhar G., Rao E. and Mallikarjun K.@Influence oflength of cutting and growth regulators onvegetativepropagation of Stevia (Stevia rebaudianaBert.)@Crop Res., 21, 53-56 (2001)@Yes$Louiza Rodrigues@Artificial and Natural Regeneration ofthe Forests of Bombay Presidency: 1838 to 1860@Res.J.Recent Sci., 1(2), 113-118 (2012)@No$Raval A.A. and Desai P.B.@Rhizobacteria fromRhizosphere of Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) and theireffect on Plant Growth@Res.J.Recent Sci., 1(6), 58-61(2012)@Yes$Mondal Debashri and Mondal Tamal.@A Review onefficacy of Azadirachta indica A@Juss based biopesticides:An Indian perspective, Res.J.Recent Sci., 1(3), 94-99(2012)@Yes$@Comparative Study of Seed Germination and Percentage ofFungal Infection of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera(L.) Dunal.)@Ingle Subhas and Bnagale Sachin,Res.J.Recent Sci., 1(7), 80-82 (2012)@Yes$Shadparvar V.@The effects of IBA and 2ip on callogenesisand shoot formatting of Cymbidium orchid var RedTiffani@Res.J.Recent Sci., 1(8), 70-72 (2012)@No
<#LINE#>Biodegradation of Saw in Mulching<#LINE#>Sivaramanan@Sivakumaran  <#LINE#>13-20<#LINE#>3.ISCA-RJAFS-2014-002.pdf<#LINE#>Post Graduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, SRI LANKA<#LINE#>3/12/2013<#LINE#>28/12/2013<#LINE#>Many horticulture crops and cultivars of corn, soybean and cotton prefer applying saw dust as an additive in plant fertilizer, composting is an aerobic biological process. Composting wood wastes, reduces the waste volume, detoxifies the waste and transform it to humus which is a valuable amendment to soil and improves aeration of soil, but decomposition of saw dust takes years of time for cultivation. This is due to its slow biodegradation and this can be overcome by treating them with fungal enzymes as similar to fungal biological succession, partially degraded saw is a better substrate for decomposition. Main aim of this work is to produce raw information about biodegradation of saw which can be used in the studies on examining the amelioration of applying fungal enzyme treated saw as fertilizer to seek immediate benefit. On this aspect cellulose degrading fungi were isolated from natural sources, cultured on saw dust substrate, extracted crude enzymes were assayed on filter paper substrate and Fpase activity was measured by DNS reagent method. Aspergillus sp. and Trichoderma sp. depicted activity of 26.35and 25.8 FPU/ml respectively whereas their percentage of biodegradation depicted 1.88 and 1.84% respectively.<#LINE#>Barbarick K.A.@Organic Materials as Nitrogen Fertilizers@Extension, no. 0.546., Colarado University (2013)@Yes$@Southeast Iowa cattle herd thriving on saw dust- basedfeed@the gazette, 25 February (2013), B 380, retrieved on6th December 2013, from http://thegazette.com/2013/02/25/northeast-iowa-cattleherd-thriving-on-sawdust-based-feed/.(2013)@No$Roberts A.N. and Mellenthin W.M.@Effects of SawdustMulches@Horticultural crops II, Technical bulletin 50(1959)@No$Thorn R.G., Reddy C.A., Harris D. and Paul E.A.@Isolation of saprophytic basidiomycetes from soil@AppliedEnvironmental Microbiology, 62(11), 4288 (1996)@Yes$Pointing S.B.@Qualitative methods for the determination oflignocellulolytic enzyme production by tropical fungi@Fungal Diversity, 2, 17-33 (1999)@Yes$Mandels M. and Andreotii R.C.@Measurement ofsaccharifying cellulose@Biotechnology BioengineeringSymposium, 6, 21-23 (1976)@No$Miller G.L.@Use of Dinitrosalicylic acid for determinationof reducing sugar@Anal. Chem., 31, 426-429 (1959)@Yes$Richard P., Leonard, West Seneca, N.Y.,@US Patent@(1982)@No
<#LINE#>Profile of Extension Education Students Using E-resources for Communication<#LINE#>Singh Meena@Raghuveer ,Ghadei@Kalyan  <#LINE#>21-23<#LINE#>4.ISCA-RJAFS-2014-003.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Extension Education, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU, Varanasi, INDIA@Department of Extension Education, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU, Varanasi, INDIA<#LINE#>12/1/2014<#LINE#>23/1/2014<#LINE#>Now the existing environment is rapidly changing in favour of electronic side. This is why the demand of internet and E-resources among the communities belonging to academic and research is increasing rapidly. However the review of literatures reveals that there is decline in the studies on the use of E-resources and internet in context of academics, researchers and students all over the world. This paper aims at highlighting the social profile of the students using E-resources. It was found that the maximum numbers of respondents (84.90 per cent) were observed the male and remaining (15.09 per cent) were female. Highest number (54.72 per cent) of respondents was from 23-25 age groups. In this study (62.26 per cent) respondents was represent post graduation level and (37.74 per cent) respondents was represent research scholars. Maximum of the respondents (64.15 per cent) completed their basic education in Hindi language. Near about most of the respondents� Parents source of income is Agriculture. Most of the respondents� family income less than 1 Lakh Rupees and near about (50.94 per cent) respondents were from rural background.<#LINE#>Bavakenthy, M., Veeran, M.C.K. and Salih, T.K.M.@Information Access Management and Exchange in theTechnological Age@EssEss Publications, New Delhi,(2003), Retrived fromhttp://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~mbolin/sethi-panda.htmon 24/2/2013 (2013)@Yes$Madhusudhan M.@Internet use by research scholars inUniversity of Delhi@India, Library Hi Tech News, (8), 36-42 (2007)@Yes$Thanuskodi S.@Use of internet and electronic resources foragricultural science information: A case study@The socialsciences, 5(4), 364-367 (2010)@Yes$Oskouei R.J. and Chaudhary B.D.@Internet Usage Patternby Female Students: A Case Study@ITNG, IEEE SeventhInternational Conference on Information Technology,1247-1250 (2010)@Yes
<#LINE#>Studies of Feasibility of Intercropping of Camelina sativa in Jatropha Plantation in Semi – Arid Climate in Andhra Pradesh, India<#LINE#>Chandra @K.,Sharma @D.K.,Meher @L.C.,Kulkarni @A.V.,Nasim @M.  <#LINE#>24-27<#LINE#>5.ISCA-RJAFS-2014-005.pdf<#LINE#>Defence Institute of Bio-Energy Research, Project Site Secunderabad, Military Farm Road, Old Bowenpally, Secunderabad-500011, AP, INDIA @Defence Institute of Bio-Energy Research, Project Site Secunderabad, Military Farm Road, Old Bowenpally, Secunderabad-500011, AP, INDIA @Defence Institute of Bio-Energy Research, Project Site Secunderabad, Military Farm Road, Old Bowenpally, Secunderabad-500011, AP, INDIA @Defence Institute of Bio-Energy Research, Project Site Secunderabad, Military Farm Road, Old Bowenpally, Secunderabad-500011, AP, INDIA @Defence Institute of Bio-Energy Research, Project Site Secunderabad, Military Farm Road, Old Bowenpally, Secunderabad-500011, AP, INDIA <#LINE#>13/1/2014<#LINE#>25/1/2014<#LINE#>The article describes the feasibility of intercropping of Camelina sativa in jatropha plantation in semi�arid climate in Andhra Pradesh. The normal agricultural practices were adopted during the intercropping experiments. The yield of Camelina sativa was 1100-1700 kg ha-1 and improved to 2000 � 2200 kg ha-1 on rotating the crop with leguminous fodder crops. The oil content in the seed was in the range of 27.6�0.5%. Intercropping of Camelina sativa may be recommended as alternate oilseed crop for biofuel in jatropha plantation.<#LINE#>Hunter J. and Roth G.@Camelina Production and Potentialin Pennsylvania@Penn state’s college of Agriculturalsciences, Pennsylvania State University, 1-2 (2010)@Yes$Abramovic H. and Abram V.@Physico-chemical Properties,Composition and Oxidative Stability of Camelina sativaoil, Food Technol@Biotechnol, 43(1), 63 (2005)@Yes$Moser B. R.@Camelina (Camelina sativa L.) Oil as a biofuelsfeed stock: Golden opportunity or false hope@LipidTechnology, 22(10), 270-271 (2010)@Yes$Moser B. R., Vaughn S. F.@Evaluation of alkyl esters fromCamelina sativa oil as bio- diesel and as bland componentsin ultra low – sulfur diesel fuel@Bioresource Technology,101, 649 (2010)@Yes$Agarwal A., Pant T., Ahmed Z.@Camelina sativa : A newcrop with bio-fuel potential introduced in India@CurrentScience, 99(9), 1195 (2010)@Yes$Enrehsing D.T. and Guy S. O.@Camelina, Oilseed crops@EM 8953-E, 5 (2008)@No$Shukla V. K. S., Dutta P. C., Artz W. E.@Camelina oil andits unusual cholesterol content@J. Am. Oil Chem.Soc.,79(10), 965 (2002)@Yes$Pilgeram A. L. et al.@Camelina sativa, A Montana Omega-3and Fuel Crop@Issues in New Crops and New Uses, VA,129 (2007)@Yes