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- Rice Straw Biomass to High Energy Yield Biocoal by Torrefaction:Indian Perspective
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S. R. Dhakate
1,
Abhishek K. Pathak
1,
Prateek Jain
1,
Mandeep Singh
1,
B. P. Singh
1,
K. M. Subhedar
1,
S. S. Sharda
1,
R. K. Seth
1
Affiliations
1 CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Dr K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110 012, IN
1 CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Dr K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110 012, IN
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Current Science, Vol 116, No 5 (2019), Pagination: 831-838Abstract
India is an agriculture based country and generates more than 600 million tonnes of biomass waste from different crops and produces 140 million tonnes of rice straw alone annually. To dispose the rice straw for making field ready for next crop, farmers are burning it in the fields. Burning of rice straw in agriculture fields poses lot of environmental, health and economic issues in various parts of the country. On one hand, rice straw is a good source of renewable energy but on the other hand it has some inherent problems. Therefore, to mitigate problems due to the burning of rice straw, in this study, an effort is made to convert rice straw into an useful product by torrefaction process, i.e. biocoal. The biocoal which has the calorific value equivalent to that of bituminous coal is used in thermal power plants. By optimizing the processing parameters of torrefaction process, desired calorific value of torrefied product has been archived. The 10% use of torrefied product with coal can consume 140 million tonnes of rice straw and as a consequence, it reduces the consumption of fossil fuels. This can greatly solve problems arising due to burning of rice straw and reduce greenhouse gas emission significantly.Keywords
Calorific Value, Energy Yield, Pelletization, Rice Straw, Torrefaction.Full Text
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- Radio-sterilized Spodoptera litura (Fabr.) as a conducive host for in vivo safe transport of viable entomopathogenic nematodes, Steinernema thermophilum as potential parasitoids
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Affiliations
1 Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, North Campus, Delhi 110 007, India
1 Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, North Campus, Delhi 110 007, India
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Current Science, Vol 123, No 6 (2022), Pagination: 791-796Abstract
The potential of a radio-sterilized host, Spodoptera litura (Fabr.), an established noctuid pest, was ascertained for in vivo transport of the viable entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs), Steinernema thermophilum. Radio-sterilization (70 Gy) of the host (pest) was done to avoid any pest population build-up from the host larvae that could inadvertently miss EPN infection. The infective juveniles (IJs) derived from a radio-sterilized host took 67.3 h to induce host mortality, 132 h for incubation, and showed 87.8% parasitization with 98.9 IJs har-vesting per mg host body wt, indicating almost similar parasitizing behaviour of these IJs as control. The findings indicated the suitability of the radio-sterilized host, S. litura, for carrying the IJs (in vivo) in a safe mode, that could retain a substantial degree of infecti-vity to be utilized in the field for managing this serious noctuid pest using biocontrol measures.Keywords
Biocontrol agents, entomopathogenic nema-todes, host irradiation, pest management, Spodoptera litura, Steinernema thermophilum.Full Text
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