Aravazhi Selvaraj, R. V. Karnan, Saikat Datta Majumdar, G. Divya Nancy, Harshavardhan Mane, Priyanka Durgulla, Bhattacharjee Suchiradipta & Adapa Siva Shankar·Advances in Research·2018
Sustainable agricultural development can be ensured by empowering smallholder farmers with inclusive business models that enhance their livelihoods. This paper outlines the interventions by International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in collaboratio...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/45809
Efforts have been made by some communities towards conserving their forest, but deforestation still poses serious problems. Despite efforts to conserve community forest, increasing dependence on the forest is bound to shrink the forest continuously. Thus, findings from the study...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/42604
Ram Keval, Hanumanth, Sabuj Ganguly & Snehel Chakravarty·Advances in Research·2018
Aim: To study the seasonal incidence pattern of major insect pests on two commonly grown cultivars of pigeonpea. Study Design: Complete Randomized Block Design. Place and Duration of Study: Field experiments were conducted at Agriculture Research Farm, Institute of Agricultural S...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/44498
Aims: This study aimed to examine the effects of the position and pressure of the hand during hand help on body sway and leg muscle activity during OLS. Study Design: Fifteen elderly subjects (71.5 ± 3.9 years) performed OLS with and without hand help for 30 s. Methodology: The t...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/42870
Kaliyaperumal Ashokkumar, Arjun Pandiyan, Muthusamy Murugan, M. K. Dhanya, Thiravidamani Sathyan, Paramasivam Sivakumar & Surya Raj·Advances in Research·2018
Fruits and vegetables are rich source of carotenoids. The aim of this study was to find out the rapid and simple extraction method for carotenoids in grapes, blueberries, sweet potato and green chilli using HPLC analysis. Four different extraction methods; MeOH:DCM simple [methan...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/45132
Akaninyene Paul Joseph, Bassey Esio Otong, Finian Tobias Okoro & Ofonmbuk Edet Akpan·Advances in Research·2018
The toxicological effects of cypermethrin on Clarias gariepinus fingerlings and its contamination of culture water was studied. Ten fingerlings were stocked in each aquarium and was exposed to 5 different concentrations of cypermethrin and there was a control group. The fingerlin...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43309
Mallikarjun G. Handiganoor, S. B. Patil & S. N. Vasudevan·Advances in Research·2018
Aim: The study aims to evaluate the effect of seed coating polymer and micronutrients on stomatal conductance and resistance at different growth stages of pigeonpea. Place of Study: Field experiment was carried out during kharif 2014 at Main Agricultural Research Station, College...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/42837
Forecasting of crop production is one of the most important applications of statistics in agriculture. Such predictions before harvest are needed by the national and state governments for various policy decisions relating to storage, distribution, pricing, marketing, import- expo...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/42670
Kadiri Umar Afegbua, Tahir Abubakar Yakubu, Haruna T. Sanni, Olawale Oluwafemi, Hayrullah Karabulut & Musavver Didem Cambaz·Advances in Research·2018
Preliminary evaluation of the performance of the Broadband Seismic Stations in Nigeria has been carried out. The aim is to test the recording capability, data quality for research and estimate the signal to noise ratios of the stations. The methodology involves the noise analysis...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/39641
Due to the problem of irregularity of power supply eminent in underdeveloped and developing countries and the growing cost of hydrocarbon, there arises the need to develop alternative energy source to power heating oven. The dual powered baking oven is the joining or mixing toget...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43706