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P. S. Deshmukh ¹, D. B. Phonde ¹

Affiliations
1 Vasantdada Sugar Institute, Manjari, Pune, M.S., IN

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted in Suru season at Vasantdada Sugar Institute research farm during 2009-10 to study the effect of seaweed extract on growth, yield and quality of sugarcane. Experiment was designed in randomized block design with seven treatments where seaweed extract was applied in soil as well as sprayed on leaves @ of 500, 1000 and 1500 g ha^-1. The results showed that application of seaweed extract @ 1500 g ha-1 through soil application alongwith recommended dose of fertilizer increased cane yield by 14.1 % and sugar yield by 23.1%. The juice quality was not affected either by soil as well as foliar application of seaweed extract. The effectiveness of seaweed for promoting tillering and growth alongwith nutrition may be resulted in increased cane yield and sugar yield.

Keywords

Seaweed Extract, Sugarcane, Yield, Quality

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G. B. Bhanage ¹, P. U. Shahare ¹, V. V. Aware ¹, K. G. Dhande ¹, P. S. Deshmukh ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri (M.S.), IN

Abstract

Stripping is a very popular harvesting concept that continues to challenge designers. The principle of stripping, i.e. removing the seeds from the plant without harvesting the straw. The header loss of the stripping mechanism was greatly influenced by parameters such as crop height, peripheral speed of stripping rotor, forward speed of the machine. Test rig was developed for optimizing these parameters in the laboratory. Test rig consisted of stationary stripping mechanism and movable platform which moves in forward and reverse direction. Stationary stripping mechanism consisted of stripping rotor, stripping elements and adjustable hood. Stripping elements were made of natural rubber having two shapes as slender arrow head and spaced slender arrow head. Movable platform consisted of track, height adjustable platform and crop holders. Track (9×0.7 m) was made of M.S. angle and adjustable platform (4×0.65) m made of plywood. Crop holder (spacing 25×15 cm) with spring arrangement was used for holding crop on the platform. Separate electric motors were provided for power transmission. The experiment was designed with three peripheral speed (14, 17, 20 m/s) of stripping rotor, two forward speeds (1.65 and 2.25 km/h) of the platform and three replications. Stripping rotor height 490 mm from platform and hood height 100 mm from the center of the stripping rotor were kept constant to simulate field crop condition. Testing was done in Rabi season (2015) with paddy variety Ratnagiri-1. The result of trial shows that 2.25 km/h forward speed and 20 m/s peripheral speed of stripping rotor, minimum grain loss was found as 5.56 per cent along with maximum stripping efficiency of 98.12 per cent. The slender arrow head stripping element had better performance with minimum grain loss than that of spaced slender arrow head.

Keywords

Stripping, Stripping Header, Paddy, Harvesting, Test Rig.

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Komal R. Bhaskar ¹, V. O. Bondhare ², P. S. Deshmukh ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural Economics and Statistics, Post Graduate Institute, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola (M.S.), IN
2 Department of Agricultural Economics and Statistics, Post Graduate Institute, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola (M.S.), IN

Abstract

The research entitled, performance of non-performing assets of Nagpur District Central Co-operative Bank was carried and study is based on secondary data. The time series data relating to aspect of study was collected for the period from 1980-81 to 2010-11 from various annual reports of the bank. On the basis of analysis of data, NDCCB show good performance about number of branches, total member, paid up share capital, own reserved funds, total deposits and working capital, which were found to be positive and significant increased over a period of time. Number of branches of NDCCB, shows the positive growth rate of 18.69 per cent on overall period. Total member shows the increasing trends at the rate of 11.77 during study period. Paid up share capital found good and progressive lead of 2.55 per cent while that of own fund is 4.54 per cent. Total deposits are increasing day by day which reflect the faith of people on bank. It has the growth rate of 4.19 per cent during study period. Due to some financial corruption the bank has to face the loss large amount. To cover this loss bank has to regularly take loan from State Co-operative bank. Thus, the amount of borrowing shows the growth rate of 15.49 per cent during study period. Though there is much up and down in banking business, working capital of NDCCB shows the positive growth during study period. Loan disbursed i.e. loan and advances and SAO shows positive and significant growth, which reveals the contribution of bank on agricultural finance. Loan overdues, loan outstanding and NPA are increasing day by day which are the major problems of bank which leads to increasing the gross loss of bank. The growth rate of loan outstanding and loan overdues is found more in ST loan as compared to MT and LT loan. The NPA position of bank is also recovering as the passage of time. Thus, on overall basis, the gross loss increased by the NDCCB was found increasing trend from the year 2003 to 2010 (i.e. from Rs. 121.99 crore to Rs. 255.25 crore.) projected that the NDCCB was found in continuous loss in banking business.

Keywords

Bank, Assets, Overdues, Loan.

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D. B. Phonde ¹, P. S. Deshmukh ², K. Banerjee ³, P. G. Adsule ³

Affiliations
1 Vasantdada Sugar Institute, Majari (Bk), Pune (M.S.), IN
2 Department of Agro-Chemicals and Pest Management, Shivaji University, Kolhapur (M.S.), IN
3 National Research Centre for Grapes, Manjri Farm, Pune (M.S.), IN

Abstract

A survey of 74 sugarcane growing fields from South, Central, Marathwada and Vidharbha regions of Maharashtra state (India) was undertaken for plant available silicon (PA-Si) status in soil extracted with 0.5M ammonium acetate (pH 4.8), 0.5M acetic acid and 0.01M calcium chloride and physico-chemical properties. The plant available silicon extracted by 0.5M ammonium acetate, 0.5M acetic acid and 0.1M calcium chloride from soils ranged from 31.42 to 465.76, 66.76 to 590.19 and 12.65 to 134.40 mg kg^-1 with the mean content of 194.19, 359.71 and 63.63 mg kg^-1, respectively. Extraction pool of PA-Si was found maximum by 0.5M acetic acid followed by 0.5M ammonium acetate and least by 0.01M calcium chloride which were positively correlated to each other. The relationship between PA-Si extracted by different extractants with soil properties revealed that plant available Si content in soil increased with pH, clay content, exchangeable cations and cation exchange capacity of the soil. Phosphate availability was increased in higher PA-Si containing soils. Of the surveyed plots 33 fields monitored for leaf Si concentration at 120 days after sugarcane plantation, cane and sugar yield showed positive strong correlation with 0.5M acetic acid extractable PA-Si compared to 0.5M ammonium acetate. It revealed that the 0.5M acetic acid was suitable extractant to measure plant available silicon from the soil.

Keywords

Sugarcane, Plant Available Silicon, Physico-Chemical Properties, Cane and Sugar Yield.

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