A new species of Philautus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Eastern Ghats, south-eastern India

A new species of Philautus is described from the vicinity of Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh in south-eastern India. The new species is compared with congeners from peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Since the members of the genus are restricted to wet evergreen forests of the region, remnant patches of wet forests within a now largely degraded and arid Eastern Ghats are apparently refugia, supporting species that are tolerant of mesic conditions

ADOPTION BEHAVIOUR OF THE SERICULTURE FARMERS TOWARDS NEW TECHNOLOGIES

New technologies have established their benefit in production of quality and quantity silk all over eastern and north eastern regions of India. Some technologies are yet to be adopted by the sericulture farmers for some constraints viz. Small land holder, inaccessibility of the product, socio-economic condition, lack of confidence negligence and unawareness. A study was conducted for 2 years in 2011-12 and 2012-13 to assess the behaviour of sericulture farmers in adoption of 18 No. of technologies evolved by this Institute. The pooled data collected for 12 months from April, 2012 to March, 2013 from 9 states revealed that adoption percentage of high yielding mulberry varieties from 37.78% in Manipur to 100% in West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim and Mizoram. Adoption of 2" x 2" spacing in mulberry field was observed as 16.13% in Odisha to 100% in W.B. and Sikkim. Biofertilizer was used to the extent of 11.11% in Manipur to 100% in Sikkim and Meghalaya. Adoption percentage of pest and disease management in Sikkim was 1.85% and 100% in Odisha followed by 68.68% in W.B. Concerning disinfection of rearing room with 5% bleaching powder solution, adoption of productive silkworm hybrids, incubation of disease free layings, recommended spacing in mountages and time of harvesting most of the states under study registered 100% adoption while the states like Sikkim, Mizoram and Manipur showed 100% adoption in chawki rearing

Erysipeloid

A 27 year old male presented with erysipeloid lesion on the leg without any systemic involvement. The disease is very uncommon and area involved was unusually large. It is reported because of rarity

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Not AvailableThe study has assessed the performance of different crops and cropping pattern in the state of Punjab using alternative scenarios like market prices; economic prices (net out effect of subsidy) and natural resource valuation (NRV) considering environmental benefits like biological nitrogen fixation and greenhouse gas costs. The study has used unit-level cost of cultivation data for the triennium ending 2010-11. It has analyzed crop-wise use of fertilizers, groundwater, surface water and subsidies. The paper provides insights into relative profitability of various crops with and without state support in the form of subsidies and by reckoning positive and negative environmental externalities. The study has shown that even after netting out the effect of input subsidies and effect on environment and natural resource, the relative profitability of various crops doesn’t change. Under the present set of marketing infrastructure, minimum support price, and agricultural technological know-how, the rice-wheat cropping pattern produces the highest and more stable incomes. The study has pointed out that farmers may not move towards diversification until incentivized by economically attractive alternatives.Not Availabl

Pigeonpea improvement: An amalgam of breeding and genomic research

In the past five decades, constant research has been directed towards yield improvement in pigeonpea resulting in the deployment of several commercially acceptable cultivars in India. Though, the genesis of hybrid technology, the biggest breakthrough, enigma of stagnant productivity still remains unsolved. To sort this productivity disparity, genomic research along with conventional breeding was successfully initiated at ICRISAT. It endowed ample genomic resource providing insight in the pigeonpea genome combating production constraints in a precise and speedy manner. The availability of the draft genome sequence with a large‐scale marker resource, oriented the research towards trait mapping for flowering time, determinacy, fertility restoration, yield attributing traits and photo‐insensitivity. Defined core and mini‐core collection, still eased the pigeonpea breeding being accessible for existing genetic diversity and developing stress resistance. Modern genomic tools like next‐generation sequencing, genome‐wide selection helping in the appraisal of selection efficiency is leading towards next‐generation breeding, an awaited milestone in pigeonpea genetic enhancement. This paper emphasizes the ongoing genetic improvement in pigeonpea with an amalgam of conventional breeding as well as genomic research

Identification of HUGT1 as a potential BiP activator and a cellular target for improvement of recombinant protein production using a cDNA screening system

10.1007/s10059-009-0078-zMolecules and Cells275577-582MOCE