Evaluation of Hybrids and Cultivars of Single type Tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa)

Hybrids and cultivars of single type tuberose was evaluated to fulfill the need to develop new hybrids as demanded by commercial growers. Evaluation of fifteen genotypes showed significant variation in growth, floral and bulb characters. Cultivar Arka Prajwal was significantly superior over all genotypes, which recorded least number of days for opening of 1st floret (78.55 days) with maximum diameter of spike (1.18 cm), length of floret (6.05 cm), weight of individual floret (3.12 g) and weight of spike (121.43 g).The hybrid genotype L1P4 (Variegated X Phule Rajani) was observed to be superior in terms of rachis length (39.78 cm), inter-nodal length (7.25 cm), length of bulb (8.09 cm), diameter of bulb (3.76 cm) and diameter of bulb-lets (1.85 cm). Among the hybrid genotypes L1P4 also recorded maximum plant height (116.39 cm), spike length (109.58 cm), weight of cut spike (105.08 g) and vase life (11.00 days). However, it was foundto be at par for number of florets per spike (57.25), length of floret (5.92 cm) and number of spikes per clump (10.14) with all other cultivars and hybrids tested. From the overall performance, it was found that the cultivar Arka Prajwal was the best. Genotype L1P4 found promising for loose as well as cut flower production because of its number of florets, inter-nodal length and spikes per clump which are important characters considering loose flower for taking maximum number of pickings. However, characters such as rachis length, spike length, vase life and weight of spike which are imperative for cut flowers are also noted superior in genotype L1P4

Spherical Casimir energies and Dedekind sums

Casimir energies on space-times having general lens spaces as their spatial sections are shown to be given in terms of generalised Dedekind sums related to Zagier's. These are evaluated explicitly in certain cases as functions of the order of the lens space. An easily implemented recursion approach is used.Comment: 18 pages, 2 figures, v2:typos corrected, inessential equation in Discussion altered. v3:typos corrected, 1 reference and comments added. v4:typos corrected. Ancillary results added in an appendi

Biometric Fusion and Recognition

Biometric is the science and technology of measuring and analyzing biological data of human body, extracting a feature set from the acquired data and comparing this set against the template set in the database. In this paper, Recognition through fusion of face and iris biometric images based on wavelet features and Kernel Fisher Discriminant Analysis (KFDA) is developed. Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) of face and iris image is used to reduce the dimensions which help to prevent from requirement of storage space of database. Nearest Neighbour classifier is selected to assign class to its nearest neighbour. Then, nonlinear original input space can be converted through a nonlinear map function into a linear high-dimensional feature space with the use of KFDA

Utilisation of Renewable Energy Source for Domestic Purpose Applications by Using Wind Mill

The Earth's winds comprise immense amounts of energy. Peoples use that energy for various purposes like sail ships, grind grain and pump water. In recent trend conversion of wind energy into electrical energy is mostly like one. In that by using some mechanical and electrical arrangement we able to produce electrical energy for domestic purpose as well as industrial purpose. The burning of fossil fuel produces 21.3 billion tons of CO2 per year and that are very hazardous for human existence on earth. By using renewable energy sources, we are able to overcome that problem. Due to absence of risk and disasters Renewable energy is always consult as reliable source. In this regard, various policies were prepared to encourage citizens for use of renewable source. Citizens were able to installed small wind mill for domestic purpose. It has one-time capital investment after that we can consume that energy or can connect to grid also. In this paper, we discuss about energy generation for home appliances from small windmill. This is contributing for reducing dependency on fossil fuels. [1]. Today, new wind turbines offer an efficient amount of electrical energy by catching more and more wind energy. Wind turbine converts the kinetic energy of wind into rotational kinetic energy and then converts into electrical energy by using electrical converters [2]. Wind turbines can be utilized for individual homes and also jointly to generate electricity for utility grids. Generated electricity is totally depends upon the size of rotating blades and speed of wind

EVALUATION OF LEUCAS ASPERA WHOLE PLANT EXTRACTS FOR DIURETIC AND LAXATIVE PROPERTY

ABSTRACTObjective: This study was undertaken to investigate diuretic and laxative potency of Leucas aspera whole plant.Methods: The dried whole plant (leaves, stems, and flowers) material was subjected to extraction by continuous hot percolation method. Inevaluation of diuretic activity male albino rats were used as the experimental animals. The first group of animals, serving as control, received normalsaline (25 ml/kg, post-operative); the second group received furosemide (10 mg/kg, post-operative) in saline. Other groups received doses of extract(200-400 mg/kg) in normal saline. The parameters determined were total urine volume, the concentration of Na(chloride) in the urine. Na+ and K+ concentrations were determined by flame photometer, and Cl−+(sodium), K concentration was estimated by titrimetric method.Laxative activity was also studied using male albino rats. The animal groups were administered orally either with vehicle (1% Tween-80 solution innormal saline, 25 ml/kg), reference standard drug, agar-agar (300 mg/kg, post-operative) in saline or doses of extract (200-400 mg/kg). After 8 h ofdrug treatment, the feces were collected and weighed.Results: This study revealed that L. aspera whole plant extracts possesses significant diuretic and laxative activity in comparison with the standarddrugs. The activity may be due to the chemical constituent present in the plant parts. The further studies may be taken up to isolate these activeconstituents.Conclusion: L. aspera whole plant possesses diuretic and laxative property since it contains a variety of phytoconstituents.Keywords: Leucas aspera, Diuretics activity, Lipchitz method, Laxative activity, Furosemide, Agar-agar.+(potassium), and Clâˆ

Aquatic Fungi from Nasik District-I

The paper deals with five species of aquatic fungi belonging to five genera of freshwater hyphomycetes found in foam samples collected from Trambkeshwar stream of Nasik District. The foam spora of this region represents mixture of both tropical and temperate species. Brief notes and illustration are given for each taxon. Geographical distribution of each species in India is also provided

Study of Eimeria necatrix in broiler chicken from Aurangabad District of Maharashtra state India

The objective of this study was first to investigate the prevalence of poultry coccidiosis and to identify the coccidial species occurring in the study area on local strain .The study involved   survey, fecal examination, and identification of coccidial species based on their morphology, predilection site in the intestine and sporulation time. During the present study ten species of Eimeria are found in Broiler chicken. Seven species are redescribed and three are new species. Â

Comparative study of seasonal incidence (Monsoon) of Chicken coccidia in different eight districts , Marathwada region (M.S.)

During the period of 4 months (Monsoon Season) that is from, Jul,2011 - Oct, 2011, total 699 faecal samples were examined for coccidial infections, out of which 172 samples were positive the percentage of prevalence being 25.40%. Comparative study of different eight districts shows minor differences in prevalence