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Sahu, Chandramani
- A Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge and Attitude of Parents Regarding Behavioral Problem of Pre-School Children in Selected Rural Community of Durg District (C.G.)
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1 Shri Shankaracharya College of Nursing, HUDCO, Bhilai, IN
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Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research, Vol 4, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 469-471Abstract
"Today's children are tomorrow's citizens who shape the density of the nation so it is imperative that they should taught and train to grow up into good and healthy adults.
Children come into this world helpless and unable to thrive without elders. Our job to love, nurture and teach them how to live. the home is the first great training school in behavior or misbehavior and parents secure as the child's first teacher, they can ensure the child to be more independent, responsible, sociable, imaginative, secure, loving and creative and plays vital role . As children are inexperience and dependent, they count on their parents for leadership, love and security. They always watch their parents instinctively.
Behavior problems typically develop in childhood or adolescence. These problems are mainly due to failure in adjustment to external environment and presence of internal conflict. behavioral problems always required special attention. Behavior problems are nail biting, thumb, sucking, enuresis, etc.
Present study finding mainly seen knowledge level of parent is low as study sample have basic education up to high school higher secondary level only few parent (n=10) are working outside out of which n=9 had good knowledge. Male person shows good knowledge (n=10) as they were in contact media, news paper or other source of information.
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- Screening of Karanj, Pongamia pinnata L. Against Various Insect Pests Under Agro-Silvi Pattern of Cropping System at Raipur (C.G.)
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1 Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur (C.G.), NA
2 Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur (C.G.), IN
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International Journal of Plant Protection, Vol 9, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 570-577Abstract
Six provenances of P. pinnata were screened namely Raipur, Ambikapur, Jabalpur, Nainpur, Zaheerabad and Keesaragutta. Fortnightly recorded of various insect pests along with the number of their associated natural enemies were also recorded. The major insect pests were the common banded awl, leaf webber, leaf blotch miner, pod borer, leaf hopper, leaf eating beetle, mealy bugss and green lace wing, mantis along with some species of spiders were observed as the natural enemies. Maximum population of common banded awl, Hasora chromus was recorded as 17.00 larvae/twig on provenance Jabalpur. Maximum infestation (36.3%) seeds were by pod borer, Ephestia sp. was recorded on Nainpur. Population of leaf webber was maximum (3.92 larvae/twig) on Jabalpur and Keesaragutta, blotch miner (8.41 blotches/leaf) on Jabalpur, leaf eating beetles (5.25 beetles/twig) Zaheerabad, leaf hoppers 5.58 (nymphs and adults/ leaf) on Keesaragutta, mealy bugss (6.50 nymphs and adults/twig).Keywords
Karanj, Provenances, Population, Screening.References
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- Detection of Insecticidal Resistance against Various Insect Pests in Vegetable Crops at Raipur
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1 Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur (C.G.), IN
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International Journal of Plant Protection, Vol 9, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 589-592Abstract
Bioassay methods such as leaf dip and larvae dip were used in the laboratory conditions for testing lethal dose of insect pests conducted at laboratory of department of entomology, IGKV, Raipur (C.G.) during 2009-2010. At least five dilutions for each of the selected insecticides were tested using different methods. In each method and insecticide at least 10 larvae of 2-3rd instars were released on each dilution in 3 replications along with untreated control. The results shown that the Helicoverpa armigera population was maximum LD50 value to Chlorpyriphos (O.633 μg/lit) followed by Spodoptera litura population LD50 (0.576 μg/lit) and lower value for Leucinodes arbonalis LD50 (0.503 μg/lit) and the Plutella xylostella population showed maximum LD50 value to Cypermethrin (0.810μg/lit) and lower LD50 value (0.246 μg/lit) for Trichoplusia ni. Therefore, H. armigera showed higher resistance to Chlorpyriphos and P. xylostella showed higher resistance towards Cypermethrin.Keywords
Bioassay, LD50 Value, Chlorpyriphos, Cypermethrin.References
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- A Study to Assess the Knowledge of Working Mothers against Reactive Attachment Disorder
Authors
1 Shri Shankaracharya College of Nursing, Bhilai, IN
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International Journal of Nursing Education and Research, Vol 2, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 359-361Abstract
"The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent."- Assessment of Some Home Processes for Decontamination of Insecticide Residues in Vegetables
Authors
1 Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur (C.G.), IN
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International Journal of Plant Protection, Vol 10, No 1 (2017), Pagination: 83-86Abstract
The present investigation was conducted at "Residue Analysis Laboratory" Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Raipur (C.G.) during 2009-2010 on Assessment of insecticide residues in vegetables. The indiscriminate use of pesticide on vegetables possesses serious residue problems in humans, animals and environment. The residue is above the Maximum Residue Limit values. Contamination may occur mainly due to harvest of crops before the recommended waiting period. The household processing is the preparation of food using like washing, peeling, cooking, trimming or hulling is reduce to some extent of toxicity from food material. This present results revealed that out of different home processing procedures, tap water wash for 15 minutes was found to be the best for decontamination of endosulfan residues on tomato to an extent of 89.59 per cent followed by hot water treatment (84.24 %).Keywords
Residue, Vegetable, Home Process, Endosulfan, Tomato.References
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- Seasonal Incidence of the Mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera:Pseudococcidae) on Ashwagandha in Raipur (Chhattisgarh)
Authors
1 Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur (C.G.), IN
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International Journal of Plant Protection, Vol 10, No 2 (2017), Pagination: 270-274Abstract
Studies on the seasonal incidence of mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley on ashwagandha, Withania somnifera Dunal was carried out for two consecutive years during 2015-16 to 2016-17. The mealybug, P. solenopsis was observed as a major insect pest on ashwagandha. The present investigation revealed that the maximum population of mealybugs was observed during the second fortnight of December with 123.00 mealybugs per ten centimeter apical stem during 2015-16 while in 2016-17 maximum population was noticed during the first fortnight of January with 117.75 mealybugs per ten centimeter apical stem. The correlation analysis of mealybug population to meterological parameters showed that the population was highly significant and negatively correlated with maximum temperature (-0.562**) and minimum temperature (-0.837**) during 2015-16 but highly significantly negatively correlated with minimum temperature (-0.839**) in 2016-17.Keywords
Seasonal Incidence, Mealybug, Ashwagandha, Meteorological Data, Correlation.References
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- Evaluation of Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK) against Rice Leaf Folder, Cnaphalocrosis medinalis (Guen.) at Southern Parts of Chhattisgarh, India
Authors
1 Department of Agricultural Entomology, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G.), IN
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International Journal of Plant Protection, Vol 10, No 2 (2017), Pagination: 429-433Abstract
Among various factors responsible for low yield, losses due to insect-pests attack are of prime importance. Paddy crop is attacked by more than hundred insect species, of which fifteen are of major economic importance. Among these insect-pests, leaf folder, Cnaphalocrosis medinalis Guen is noticed as regular insect-pest at baster plateau zone. Present studies on evaluation of efficacy of indigenous technology against leaf folder. The results revealed that significantly least infestation (3.16%) with the highest grain yield, gross return and CB ratio of 38.32 q/ha, Rs. 50,199.20 and 2.39, respectively recorded in standard check chemical i.e. chlorpyriphos 20 EC. Among the ITK components, Neem had least leaf infestation (9.52%) with highest grain yield (31.52 q/ha), maximum gross return (Rs. 41,291.20) and maximum CB ratio (2.05).Keywords
Leaf Folder, ITK, Grain Yield, Gross Return, CB Ratio.References
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- Biodiversity of Mealybugs, their Host Range and Bio-Control Agents Associated in Different Districts of Chhattisgarh Plains
Authors
1 Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur - 492012, Chhattisgarh, IN
2 ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru – 560024, Karnataka, IN
Source
Journal of Biological Control, Vol 33, No 2 (2019), Pagination: 88-97Abstract
The survey of host range of mealybugs in five districts of Chhattisgarh plain regions namely Rajnandgaon, Balod, Dhamtari, Mahasamund and Raipur districts in which 132 plant species were observed. Among these, 72 plant species belonging to 28 families were identified as hosts out of which two species were of pulses (2.78%), one oilseed (1.39%), ten vegetables (13.89%), twelve fruits (16.67%), one fibre (1.39%), one sugarcane crop (1.39%), nineteen ornamentals (26.39%), fifteen medicinal (20.83%), two forest trees (2.78%) and nine plants under weeds (12.50%). The highest number of host plants of mealybugs were recorded in the family Malvaceae and Asteraceae followed by Fabaceae, Apocynaceae, Solanaceae, Rosaceae, Amaranthaceae and Lamiaceae. Among 72 plant species, 36 species of host plants were found having low infestation, 12 species had medium infestation and 24 plant species were observed to be highly infested by mealybugs. A total of eight mealybug species namely Ferrisia virgata Cockerell, Maconellicoccus hirsutus Green, Nipaecoccus viridis Newstead, Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, Rastrococcus iceryoides Green and seven species of their natural enemies i.e., Cheilomenes sexmaculata, Brumoides suturalis, Scymnus sp., Chrysoperla sp., spiders as a general predator and Aenasius sp. and Pseudleptomastix mexicana as parasitoid were observed during the present studies. Among the Mealybugs species, P. solenopsis Tinsley was noticed as the most dominant species which observed on 14 species of different host plants infested with maximum 46.66 percent.Keywords
Host Plants, Mealybugs, Natural Enemies.References
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