Cardiomyocyte-restricted overexpression of extracellular superoxide dismutase increases nitric oxide bioavailability and reduces infarct size after ischemia/reperfusion

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Effect of Pre and Early Post Emergence Herbicides on the Growth and Yield of Rainfed Greengram

A field experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Kovilpatti during kharif 2017 to find out the suitable weed management practices for rainfed greengram. In this study, application of Oxyfluorfen @ 0.10 kg a.i. ha-1 or Pendimethalin @ 0.75 kg a.i. ha-1 as pre emergence + application of Imazethapyr @ 50 g a.i. ha-1 as early post emergence on 20 DAS recorded lowest weed density and dry weight at 15, 30 and 45 DAS and resulted in lower weed dry weight, higher weed control efficiency, higher plant height, grain and haulm yield. Unweeded control treatment produced least grain yield due to its maximum crop weed competition.&nbsp

Plant Geometry, Macro and Micro Nutrients on Growth and Growth Analysis of Dual Purpose Sorghum under Rainfed Vertisol Condition

Field experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Kovilpatti during rabi season (October 2017 to January 2018) to find out the suitable plant geometry, levels of fertilizers and foliar spray of micronutrients (Zn and Fe) at 15, 30 and 45 DAS to improve the growth and yield of sorghum variety K12 (dual purpose). The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three replication and twelve treatments. The treatment consists of two plant geometry, three different dose of fertilizer and foliar spray of micronutrients viz., 0.5% ZnSO4 + 0.2% FeSO4 at 15, 30 and 45 DAS. Observation on growth parameters, growth analysis and finally grain and stover yield were recorded. The experimental results shows that reduced plant spacing of  30 × 15 cm together with enhanced application of 50:25:25 kg NPK ha-1 + foliar spray of 0.5% ZnSO4 + 0.2% FeSO4 at 15, 30 and 45 DAS significantly increased the growth parameters viz., plant height, stem girth and days to flowering. This attributes ultimately resulted in higher grain (3961 kg ha-1) and stover (13972 kg ha-1) yield of dual purpose sorghum compared to recommended practice of rainfed sorghum having 45 × 15 cm spacing and application of recommended 40:20:0 kg NPK ha-1 alone

A cognitive science analysis of the Quaker Business Method: is how it works why it works?

The Quaker Business Method (QBM) has been in development for over 300 years. Quakers believe that the QBM is an effective means for making decisions. This paper develops a tripartite theoretical framework to analyze the QBM in order to examine its efficacy, both in terms of the quality of its processes and the morality of its decisions. The framework encompasses: (1) a decomposition of the QBM as a set of tools; (2) a selection of theories and models from cognitive science that explain how humans think; (3) a set of relational models that can be used to objectively judge the morality of different forms of human behavioural interactions. Overall, it appears that QBM tools may counter the deficits in natural human abilities to reason and solve problems, and that they may promote decision making practices that are moral and that the resulting decisions, themselves, may be moral

Influence of Liming on Yield of Rice and Soil Properties in Acidic Soils of High Rainfall Zone

Soil acidity is an important agricultural problem while evaluating the production potential of most of the crops. A field experiment was conducted in farmers field at Gananadhasapuram village of Thovalai taluk (strongly acidic soil) and Andarkulam village of Agastheswaram taluk (moderately acidic soil) during Pishanam (Oct-Feb) and late Pishanam (Nov–Mar) season of 2017-2018 respectively, in the high rainfall zone to study the effect of different source and levels of lime on yield of rice and soil properties. Liming materials viz., dolomite and calcite were tried at different levels along with recommended fertilizers + ZnSO4. The experiment was conducted in RBD. The results of the experiment revealed that significantly higher grain (7.09 and 7.40 t ha-1) and straw (10.3 and 10.5 t ha-1) yield of rice were recorded with the application of dolomite @ 0.75 LR (6.36 t ha-1) (T7) and @ 0.50 LR (1.6 t ha-1) (T5) respectively in the strongly and moderately acidic soils along with recommended dose of fertilizers during pishanam and late pishanam seasons. The soil pH, EC, available NPK, exchangeable Ca, Mg and DTPA extractable Zn, Cu were increased and the DTPA extractable Fe and Mn were decreased upon lime application irrespective of the sources. The economics of various treatments revealed that, the highest B:C ratio (1.86 and 2.56) was recorded with the application of dolomite @ 0.75 LR (6.36 t ha1) (T7) and @ 0.50 LR (1.6 t ha-1) (T5) along with recommended dose of fertilizers in the strongly and moderately acidic soils respectively during pishanam and late pishanam seasons. The study clearly indicated that in strongly acidic soils, the application of dolomite @ 0.75 LR (6.36 t ha-1) (T7) and in moderately acidic soils, dolomite @ 0.50 LR (1.6 t ha-1) (T5) along with recommended dose of fertilizers and ZnSO4 is found to be the best for getting higher yield and higher returns per rupee invested under rice cultivation. &nbsp

Influence of Different Organic Manures on the Growth and Yield of Baby Corn

 Field experiment was conducted at Agricultural College and Research Institute, Killikulam during Purattasipattam (September - October) of 2017 to study the Influence of different organic manures on the growth and yield of baby corn. Baby corn G 5414 was used as test variety. The field trail was laid out in randomized block design and replicated thrice. Three different organic manures were used viz., farmyard manure, poultry manure and vermicompost with or without panchagavya as foliar spray. Significantly higher values of growth parameters were registered with application of 100% N through poultry manure and higher green cob and green fodder yield was obtained with the application of 100% N through poultry manure (10920 kg ha-1 and 29797 kg ha-1 respectively) and it is superior to the rest of treatments. Application of 100% N through poultry manure + 3% Panchagavya spray at vegetative and tasseling stage recorded higher green cob and green fodder yield (10418 kg ha-1 and 28636 kg ha-1 respectively). This was followed by the application of 50% N through farmyard manure + 50% N through poultry manure + 3% Panchagavya spray at vegetative and tasseling stage and application of 50% N through farmyard manure + 50% N through poultry manure which registered higher green cob and green fodder yield (10401 kg ha-1 and 28498 kg ha-1 respectively, 10354 kg ha-1 and 28389 kg ha-1 respectively). These treatments were on par with each other. Application of 100% N through poultry manure produced significantly higher growth and yield of baby corn when compared to the rest of combinations.&nbsp

Edge Computing and Blockchain in Smart Agriculture Systems

The advancement of Internet-based technologies has made huge progress toward improving the accessibility of "smart agriculture." With the advent of unmanned and automatic management, smart agriculture is now able to accomplish monitoring, supervision, and real-time picture monitoring. It is not possible to know for sure that the data in a smart agriculture system is complete and secure from intrusion. This article investigates and assesses the potential of edge computing and blockchain for use in smart agriculture. We combine the advantages of blockchain technology and the edge computing framework to create a smart agriculture framework system that is based on a very straightforward analysis of the evolution of smart agriculture. The study proposes a thorough method for emphasizing the significance of agriculture and edge computing, as well as the advantages of incorporating blockchain technology in this context. This paper also proposes an intelligent agricultural product traceability system design: edge computing with blockchain for smart agriculture. The study concludes with a discussion of outstanding problems and difficulties that can arise during the creation of a blockchain-based edge computing system for smart agriculture systems

Genetic diversity in cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) plus trees in Tamil Nadu by simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers

The range of polymorphism of about 27 cocoa plus trees screened in the major cocoa growing regions of Tamil Nadu were assessed using 10 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. The gene diversity, genetic differentiation and genetic similarities were analyzed for the cocoa trees. The number of alleles detected by different primers ranged from 0 to 3 and the level of polymorphism was 0 to 100%. The polymorphism information content (PIC) value ranged from 0.000 to 0.677. The higher the PIC value, the more informative was the SSR marker. Hence, primer mTcCIR33 was found to be highly informative. The Jaccard’s similarity coefficient for the SSR data set varied from 0.39 to 1.00. The SSR marker profiles resulted in nine clusters at nearly 54% similarity. From this study, it could be inferred that the diversity exists in cocoa plantations in Tamil Nadu and can be exploited in crop improvement research.Keywords: Cocoa, simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers, polymorphism, genetic diversity, breeding.African Journal of BiotechnologyVol. 12(30), pp. 4747-475

INFLUENCE OF WEED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON WEED DYNAMICS AND YIELD OF DRUM SEEDED RICE UNDER PUDDLED CONDITION

 Field experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Thirupathisaram during Rabi season (November- March) of 2017 - 2018 to evolve suitable weed management practices for drum seeded rice under puddled condition. Among the chemical treatments tried, the application of pretilachlor @ 0.75 kg a.i ha-1on 8 DAS as PE fb bispyribac sodium @ 25 g a.i ha-1on 20 DAS as Eearly Post Emergence (EPoE) recorded significantly lowest total weed density, total dry weight and highest weed control efficiency when compared to other treatments. Higher grain yield (6436 kg ha-1) and straw yield (7210 kg ha-1) was recorded in the application of pretilachlor @ 0.75 kg a. i ha-1on 8 DAS as PE fb bispyribac sodium @ 25 g a.i ha-1on 20 DAS as EPoE apart from weed free check.&nbsp

Objective And Subjective Outcome Measures in Conventional Curettage Adenoidectomy vs Endoscopic Guided Microdebrider Assisted Adenoidectomy – A Prospective Randomised Single Blind Study

Adenoid hypertrophy is a common disease in the community. Adenoidectomy is the definite way of managing the disease, and it is one of the most common surgeries performed in the day-to-day practice of ENT surgeons. This study evaluated the merits and demerits of the conventional curettage method with the microdebrider-assisted adenoidectomy. This single-blinded randomized controlled trial was undertaken to study the Objective and Subjective outcome measures in conventional curettage adenoidectomy versus endoscopic guided microdebrider-assisted adenoidectomy. All the patients were divided equally into two groups based on simple random sampling numbers generated by computer. All the patients in Group A were subjected to adenoidectomy by conventional curettage method with the help of St. Clair Thomson adenoid curette and the patients in Group B were subjected to adenoidectomy with the help of the endoscopic guided microdebrider assisted adenoidectomy.All the patients were evaluated and compared between the two groups for the amount of blood loss occurring during the surgery, the operative time between the procedures, the presence of the residual tissues in the nasopharynx after the procedure, the recovery time, development of the intraoperative and the postoperative complications, comparison of the pain score on the first and seventh postoperative day between the two groups and the presence of the residual symptoms in the follow-up period. Although the microdebrider group is associated with increased bleeding during surgery and increased intraoperative time, it is associated with decreased intraoperative post operative complications, fewer residual tissues and improvement of the symptoms in the post operative period compared with the conventional curettage method. Microdebrider-assisted adenoidectomy has proven its importance by complete tissue clearance at the expense of increased bleeding and operative time