Rhodium catalyzed selective hydroaminomethylation of biorenewable eugenol under aqueous biphasic condition

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Not AvailableFoxtail millet [Setaria italica (L.) Beauv.], also known as Italian millet, is valued as a crop of short duration, which is good as food, feed and fodder. Of late, the importance of it was recognized as diabetic food. Foxtail millet provides approximately six million tonnes of food to millions of people, mainly on poor or marginal soils in southern Europe and in temperate, subtropical and tropical Asia. At present in India, foxtail millet is cultivated on a limited area in TS, AP, KA, MH and north eastern states. There is wide genetic diversity available in foxtail millet, and characterizing these resources is a pre-requisite for the genetic improvement of its cultivars. More precise assessment of morphological diversity through characterization and identification of trait specific germplasm is essential. In this context, the present investigation was carried at Centre on Rabi sorghum (ICAR-IIMR), Solapur. A total of 138 Foxtail millet germplasm were evaluated in RCBD with two replications during kharif -2017. Huge amount of variability was observed for various agro-morphological traits. The variability found in Days to flowering (PCV=17.29), Plant height (CV=15.66), Panicle exertion (CV=41.68), Peduncle length (CV=22.71), Grain yield/plant (CV=33.55), Fodder yield/plant (CV=33.55).Qualitative traits viz., plant pigmentation, mid rib colour, leaf colour, and apical sterility was categorized into various classes. Line no. 1003, 1010, 1021, 1025, 1028, 1032, 1037 were of high yielding; Line no. 1043, 1052, 1058, 1065, 1072, 1085 and 1094 were of compact, Non-shattering and non-lodging type. The identified lines may serve as valuable genetic stocks for further crop improvement.ICA

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Not AvailableFinger millet also known as Ragi or African millet is an annual plant widely grown as an important food crop in the arid areas of Africa and south Asia. It ranks third in importance among the millets after sorghum and Pearl millet in India. Finger millet is rich in nutritional qualities with good quality protein, plentiful minerals, dietary fibres, phytochemicals and vitamins. It is the richest source of calcium providing 8-10 times more than that of rice and wheat. Finger millet is essentially a self-pollinated crop. Being a food grain crop, yield improvement is the major goal in varietal improvement. Characterization and evaluation of germplasm thus becomes important to identify the genotypes with novel traits and to break the yield plateau. In this context, the present investigation was carried out at Centre on Rabi sorghum (ICAR-IIMR), Solapur during kharif-2017 to evaluate 38 Finger millet germplasm lines. Trial was conducted in RCBD with two replications. ANOVA revealed there is a significant difference between the lines. The accession no. 5117 showed highest number of fingers/plant (59), 5114 with highest no. of productive tillers/plant (36) and finger length (17.5g), 5141 with highest panicle weight (180g). Most of the lines were of non-pigmented type except line no. 5146. Similarly most of the lines exhibited lodging character except line nos. 5121 and 5122 despite being tall. Some of the lines viz., 5141, 5140 and 5107 showed good grain and fodder yield/plant. The selected lines can be successfully utilized as donors in hybridization for better realization of superior transgressive segregants.ICA

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Not AvailablePearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) is a C4 plant with high photosynthetic efficiency and dry matter production capacity. Pearl millet is widely cultivated in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. It is mostly grown in Rainy (Kharif) season. Its grains are highly nutritious with high levels of metabolizable energy and protein. Utilization of different kinds of germplasm and breeding material is very critical in the diversification of cultivars. Being a cross pollinated crop, it provides very good opportunity for recombination and easy pollen flow, making hybrids more rewarding to the farming community. Identification of good maintainer (B) lines and Restorer (R) lines is of utmost importance to breed for hybrids. In this context, the present investigation was carried out at Centre on Rabi sorghum (ICAR-IIMR), Solapur during Kharif 2017 and the study consists of two sets of material viz., 56 B lines and 65 R lines. These lines were evaluated in a Randomized Block Design with two replications. To utilize large number of lines is difficult hence to bring the number to utilizable size cluster analysis is very useful. The variability in six quantitative traits such as Days to 50% flowering, Plant height, Panicle length, Panicle thickness, Grain yield/plant, Fodder yield/plant was studied. Maximum variation was found in Panicle exertion (B; CV=43.84, R; CV=38.48) followed by fodder yield per plant (B;CV=37.24, R; CV=37.54). All the six traits were used as variables in cluster analysis. In the present study four clusters were assigned a priori in both B and R lines. The frequency classes in the qualitative traits were studied to identify the common and rare types in total set. It was found that 75% of lines were of intermediate Spikelet density and synchrony of maturity, 85.3% were with good Seed Yield Potential and 50% with good Fodder Yield Potential. The promising lines belonging to different clusters are to be crossed to broaden the genetic base. Superior ones are hybridized with their counter A linesICA

Dioscorea bulbifera Mediated Synthesis of Novel AucoreAgshell Nanoparticles with Potent Antibiofilm and Antileishmanial Activity

Dioscorea bulbifera is a potent medicinal plant used in both Indian and Chinese traditional medicine owing to its rich phytochemical diversity. Herein, we report the rapid synthesis of novel AucoreAgshell nanoparticles by D. bulbifera tuber extract (DBTE). AucoreAgshell NPs synthesis was completed within 5 h showing a prominent peak at 540 nm. HRTEM analysis revealed 9 nm inner core of elemental gold covered by a silver shell giving a total particle diameter upto 15 nm. AucoreAgshellNPs were comprised of 57.34±1.01% gold and 42.66±0.97% silver of the total mass. AucoreAgshellNPs showed highest biofilm inhibition upto 83.68±0.09% against A. baumannii. Biofilms of P. aeruginosa, E. coli, and S. aureus were inhibited up to 18.93±1.94%, 22.33±0.56%, and 30.70±1.33%, respectively. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) confirmed unregulated cellular efflux through pore formation leading to cell death. Potent antileishmanial activity of AucoreAgshellNPs (MIC=32 µg/mL) was confirmed by MTT assay. Further SEM micrographs showed pronounced deformity in the spindle shaped cellular morphology changing to spherical. This is the first report of synthesis, characterization, antibiofilm, and antileishmanial activity of AucoreAgshellNPs synthesized by D. bulbifera

Proceedings of National Conference on Relevance of Engineering and Science for Environment and Society

This conference proceedings contains articles on the various research ideas of the academic community and practitioners presented at the National Conference on Relevance of Engineering and Science for Environment and Society (R{ES}2 2021). R{ES}2 2021 was organized by Shri Pandurang Pratishthan’s, Karmayogi Engineering College, Shelve, Pandharpur, India on July 25th, 2021. Conference Title: National Conference on Relevance of Engineering and Science for Environment and SocietyConference Acronym: R{ES}2 2021Conference Date: 25 July 2021Conference Location: Online (Virtual Mode)Conference Organizers: Shri Pandurang Pratishthan’s, Karmayogi Engineering College, Shelve, Pandharpur, India

The Galaxy platform for accessible, reproducible and collaborative biomedical analyses: 2022 update

Abstract Galaxy is a mature, browser accessible workbench for scientific computing. It enables scientists to share, analyze and visualize their own data, with minimal technical impediments. A thriving global community continues to use, maintain and contribute to the project, with support from multiple national infrastructure providers that enable freely accessible analysis and training services. The Galaxy Training Network supports free, self-directed, virtual training with >230 integrated tutorials. Project engagement metrics have continued to grow over the last 2 years, including source code contributions, publications, software packages wrapped as tools, registered users and their daily analysis jobs, and new independent specialized servers. Key Galaxy technical developments include an improved user interface for launching large-scale analyses with many files, interactive tools for exploratory data analysis, and a complete suite of machine learning tools. Important scientific developments enabled by Galaxy include Vertebrate Genome Project (VGP) assembly workflows and global SARS-CoV-2 collaborations