Evaluate Integrated Nutrient Management Practices in Mulberry Growth and Yields Parameters

The increase in the demand for increased crop yield with minimal impact on the soil fertility has lead to innovation in crop cultivation practices. Integrated Nutrient Management is the practice of maintaining the fertility of the soil as well as the ensuring the continuous supply of nutrients to the soil at an optimum level for sustaining the desired productivity by optimizing the benefits of organic, inorganic and biological sources in an integrated manner. Sericulture is basically an agro-based industry that involves cultivation of host plants and the rearing of silkworms for the production of cocoon which in turn yields raw silk. Good quality mulberry leaves are very importance source of food for the silk worms as it indirectly determines the quality of the silk produced. One such technique to enhance the quality of mulberry leaves produced is the practice of Integrated Nutrient Management. In this study, Cow dung, Vermicompost and NPK was practiced on the field after I, II, and III pruning of mulberry crop during the time period of 2018 – 2019 at field No.1 of Western block, Department of Sericulture, Demonstration cum Training Centre, V.M Chatram, Tirunelveli to evaluate the efficiency of Integrated Nutrient Management practices on growth and yields parameters of mulberry. It was found from the study that the Cow dung and vermicompost when applied to the field displayed a better effect over the parameters of growth such as height, no of branches, leaves, leaf yield and stem girth, etc in comparison to the commercially available NPK. It can be concluded from the study that Integrated Nutrient Management practices when applied for plant cultivation can provide better yield without affecting the native properties of the soil

Cohesive Strip Antenna for Biotelemetry Analysis

ABSTRACT: This paper demonstrates the design of cohesive patch antenna for wireless medical telemetry services(WMTS). The antenna structure resembles as that of band aid strip which can be placed on human tissue. The antenna specifications such as reflection coefficient, radiation pattern, efficiency are evaluated. Obtained radiation efficiency of the designed antenna was 89% in free space and 45.2% when placed on human tissue. The back radiation was reduced by placing a semi conductor metal plate below the ground plane. The examined antenna is used for WBAN technology. Thus the paper explores the detailed design process of proposed antenna with reduced SAR and increased efficiency