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• Environment Friendly Technologies for Sustainable Utilization of NWFPs

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Authors

P. L. Soni , Rameshwar Dayal , Vineet Kumar

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Indian Forester, Vol 129, No 7 (2003), Pagination: 853-858

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Over exploitation of non-wood forest products (NWFPs) is threatening forest ecosystems in India. Harvesting NWFPs from threatened and endangered species has led to search of new alternatives. Thus there is an urgent need to find abundantly available and new substitutes as well as to develop simple and suitable technologies for sustainable utilization of NWFPs to save environment. This paper describes some of the eco-friendly technologies/processes developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun in recent years from abundantly available forest/agro biomass. The new technologies will go a long way in saving the fragile ecosystem of the country.

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• Development and Commercialization of Kunitz Trypsin Inhibitor-Free Indian Soybean (Glycine max L.) Genotypes

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Authors

Anita Rani ¹, Vineet Kumar ¹

Affiliations
1 Khandwa Road, Indore 452 001, IN

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Current Science, Vol 109, No 5 (2015), Pagination: 855-856

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• Assessment of Exotic Vegetable-Type Soybean Genotypes for Nutritional and Antinutritional Components

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Vineet Kumar ¹, Anita Rani ¹, Devendra Pratap ¹, Lokesh Goyal ¹, S. D. Billore ¹

Affiliations
1 Biochemistry Lab, Directorate of Soybean Research, Indore-452017, IN

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The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol 47, No 11 (2010), Pagination: 491-498

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Vegetable-type soybean (VSB) differs from the conventional grain-type soybean in large seed size, sweet taste and pleasant aroma. VSB has been in daily cuisines in SouthEast Asian countries since ages and popularly known by nomenclature like edamame (Japan), mao dou (China) and poot kong (Korea). For consumption, the pods of VSB are picked when they attain approximately 80 per cent maturity but not turned yellow, which corresponds to the R₆ stage of soybean plant development. Freshly harvested pods are boiled in water and directly popped into mouth or tender seeds shelled from boiled pods can be used in various food recipes similar to the chick pea and green pea. Traditional soy products of the South-East countries viz. soy milk, tofu, natto, miso processed from mature seeds, could not evoke much public response in other parts of world including India due to their off-flavour, time-consuming preparation and the exotic appeal. In such countries, VSB owing to its sweet taste, reduced off-flavour, easy cook- ability and more importantly, resemblance to other regular beans viz. chickpea, green pea and French bean offer an excellent alternative mode for harnessing health benefits of soybean. Efforts are underway to introduce the special vegetable-type genotypes from countries like Taiwan, China and India and popularize among masses.

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• Evaluation of Quality Characteristics during Developmental Stages for Green Pod Consumption among some of the Released Cultivars of Indian Soybean

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Authors

Vineet Kumar ¹, Anita Rani ¹, S. S. Vasuniya ¹, O. P. Joshi ¹

Affiliations
1 National Research Centre for Soybean (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), Khandwa Road, Indore, M.R, 452 017, IN

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The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol 41, No 1 (2004), Pagination: 7-11

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Soybean has been endowed with epithet 'functional food of the century' as beyond traditional basic nutrition viz. high protein, PUFA rich oil, vitamins, minerals, it contains biological ingredients like isoflavones that prevent the risk of dreaded diseases like breast cancer, osteoporosis, cardiovascular ailments, kidney stones and help in beating the menopausal blues. Soybean has existed in India as a marginal food plant in some regions of Himalayas since ages but still it doesn’t appear as a common item in Indian cuisine. There are couple of constraints that hinder the promotion of soy- based foods. The prime deterrent among them is the off-flavour associated with various soy-based foods to which Indian populace is not accustomed to.

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• Comparative Activity of Trypsin Inhibitor among Released Soybean Varieties/Strains of India

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Authors

Vineet Kumar ¹, Anita Rani ¹, S. Prakash Tiwari ¹

Affiliations
1 National Research Centre for Soybean, Khandwa Road, Indore, M.P., 452017, IN

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The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol 38, No 12 (2001), Pagination: 437-440

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Soybean packed with the cheapest source of dietary protein (40%), offers a great potential in combating nutritional problems arising because of under and malnutrition in Indian population. Soybased diet is also becoming popular due to nutraceutical benefits that suit lactose intolerants, hypercholestrolics, diabetics, anemics lactating mothers and postmenopausal women. Lately, soy-based diet has been reported to prevent the risk of hazardous diseases like breast cancers, cardio-vascular diseases, osteoporosis, kidney and gallstone formation. However, soybean does suffer from shortfall of poorer protein digestibility. This is because of the presence of protease inhibitors primarily trypsin inhibitor. This biological component in soybean seed affects digestibility of proteins attributed to its antitryptic activity especially when soybean is consumed raw or used as flour without preblanching.

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• Discrimination of Basmati and Non-Basmati Rice Types Using Polarimetric Target Decomposition of Temporal Sar Data

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Authors

Vineet Kumar ¹, Mamta Kumari ², S. K. Saha ²

Affiliations
1 Indian Institute Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, IN
2 Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (ISRO), 4, Kalidas Road, Dehradun 248 001, IN

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Current Science, Vol 110, No 11 (2016), Pagination: 2166-2169

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The present study distinguishes the growing areas of basmati and non-basmati rice types using polarimetric target decomposition technique on temporal Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data. Multi-temporal quad-pol RADARSAT-2 data of part of the Indo-Gangetic plains were acquired to analyse the contribution of different scattering components (double bounce, singe bounce and volume scattering) at various crop growth stages of both rice types. A decision tree-based framework has been proposed to segregate both rice types and other major land use-land cover classes by capturing the temporal variations in different scattering components. Both rice types were separated in the study area with user's accuracy of 85.19% and 82.93% for non-basmati and basmati rice respectively.

Keywords

Basmati Rice, Decision-Tree Classifier, Polarimetric Target Decomposition, Synthetic Aperture Radar.

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• Marital Adjustment and Life Satisfaction among High Computer User and Low Computer User Married Couples

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Authors

Virendra Byadwal ¹, Sudha Jaiswal ¹, Vineet Kumar ¹, Sandeep Kumar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, IN

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Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, Vol 6, No 4 (2015), Pagination: 444-447

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In modern life, adjustment is necessary aspect when we talk about a relationship. Successful marital life gives satisfaction to each person. Every person wishes to make his or her marital life successful. The present study is an effort to find out the factors which may contribute in marital adjustment and life satisfaction in the context of high computer user and low computer user couples. The present study aimed at tracing how marital adjustment and life satisfaction is affected among high computer user and low computer user couples of Jaipur, India. To achieve this objective 100 married couples were randomly selected from Jaipur city of Rajasthan, India, 50 couples were high computer users and 50 couples were low computer users. The Marital Adjustment Questionnaire by Kumar and Rohtagi(999) and Life Satisfaction Scale by Alam and Srivastava (1971) were used to measure the level of marital satisfaction and life satisfaction respectively. The analysis of data reveals that there is a significant difference in the level of marital satisfaction and life satisfaction among high computer user and low computer user couples. These findings stress the need to minimize the use of computers to an extent of comfortable zones of marital satisfaction and life satisfaction.

Keywords

Marital Adjustment, Life Satisfaction, High Computer Users and Low Computer Users, Adjustment.

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• Workplace Spirituality:A Strategic Tool in Organizational Development

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Authors

Vineet Kumar ¹, Sandeep Kumar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Utter Prasesh, IN

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International Journal of Education and Management Studies, Vol 5, No 4 (2015), Pagination: 278-282

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Research on workplace spirituality has gained momentum from last two decades. It has been identified among the crucial factors which lead to organizational development in terms of productivity and efficiency at workplace. The aim of this study is to provide a systematic and comprehensive appraisal on various constructs affecting workplace spirituality domain. More than hundred research papers on workplace spirituality were downloaded from Google Scholor, Scopus, NIH, and other online journals, were reviewed. The comparative appraisal revealed that those organisations which adapted to workplace spirituality functioning obtained high productivity, low turnover rates, edge over competitors, etc as compared to others which lacked in spiritual development of employees. Moreover, the review also identified that workplace spirituality is instrumental in maintaining work-life balance to overcome workplace stress and leads to several positive outcomes both at personal and organisational levels.

Keywords

Spirituality, Workplace Spirituality, Organizational Development.

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• Early Detection of Epilepsy using Automatic Speech Recognition

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Authors

Yazdan Ahmad Qadri ¹, Vineet Kumar ¹

Affiliations
1 Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar-Delhi G.T. Road, National Highway 1, Phagwara, Punjab –144411, IN

Source

Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 9, No 47 (2016), Pagination: 

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Objectives: Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that is characterized by occurrence of seizures. The Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals are used as the primary source of data for the study of epilepsy. This study uses Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients(MFCC) for early detection of epilepsy in adults. Method: Use of MFCC is a de-facto method of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR). Extending the use of the same method for EEG signals yields reliable results as the properties of EEG signals resemble the properties of speech signals. The training and test samples were taken from EEG database of the University of Bonn. Using the database a support vector machine was trained and then was used for testing. Findings: The use of MFCC and along with Support Vector Machine (SVM) has an average accuracy of 98.5%. Therefore, an epileptic EEG signal can be detected with a high accuracy. The results reaffirmed the fact that there is a high correlation between the speech signals and EEG signals. The newer methods of ASR may be explored for finer results. There is a significant improvement in accuracy over other methods of epilepsy detection.

Keywords

Automatic speech recognition, Epilepsy detection, MFCC.

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• Detection of Cardiac Arrhythmias using SVM Classifier

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Authors

Onkar Singh ¹, Vineet Kumar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of ECE, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara- 144411, Punjab, IN

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 9, No 48 (2016), Pagination: 

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ECG (Electrocardiogramis a critical non-intrusive clinical instrument for the finding of heart diseases.Thediscovery of cardiovascular arrhythmias is a testing assignment since the little varieties in ECGsignals can’t be recognized decisively by human eye. Heart arrhythmias are ordered utilizing Discrete Wavelet Change (DWT) and Double Tree Complex Wavelet Change (DTCWT) procedure.The DWT highlight set involves measurable components extricated from the sub groups got afterdeterioration of QRS complex signs up to 5 scales while the DTCWT highlight set includes waveletcoefficients removed from the fourth and fifth scale disintegration of QRS complex signs. The twoarrangements of elements are affixed independently by two different components (Maximum and minimum) separated from the QRS complex sign of each cardiovascular cycle. These capabilitiesare autonomously grouped utilizing a Support Vector Machine taking into account back spreadcalculation. In this work, 3 sorts of ECG beat (Normal Sinus Rhythm (N), Atrial Fibrillation (AF) and Supraventricular (S)) are characterized from the 48 records of MIT-BIH arrhythmia database.The trial results show that the DTCWT system groups ECG beats with a general affectability of94.78%.

Keywords

Dual-tree complex wavelet transform (DT-CWT), Electrocardiogram (ECG), Empirical mode decomposition (EMD), Support Vector Machine (SVM).

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• An Improved Watermarking Technique for Image Authentication.

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Authors

Kausav Kumar ¹, Vineet Kumar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara - 144411, Punjab, IN

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 9, No 48 (2016), Pagination: 

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Digital image watermarking is one of the best techniques available now a day to tackle the problems regarding digital image authentication and its security. There are lots of ways and methods and techniques for digital image watermarking. This paper tried to improvise one of those techniques and comes up with a better and improved way to digital image watermarking. In this paper combination of two techniques: - Discrete Wavelet Transform and Arnold Transform are merged together in such a way that the outcome provides best possible results for invisible watermarking. Via using the new technique similarity ratio of 0.892 and signal-to-noise ratio of 59.11 is achieved. Technique is also measured against some of the common attacks on digital image.

Keywords

Arnold Transform, Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT), Image Authentication, Invisible Watermarking, Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR), Similarity Ratio (SR)

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• Scanning Electron Microscopic Study On The Cocoon Filaments And Degummed Fibers Of Two Silkmoth Hybrids Of Bombyx Mori Linn

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Authors

Mousumi Mondal , Kanika Trivedy , S. Nirmal Kumar , Vineet Kumar , Srinivas V. Bandlamori

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International Journal of Innovative Research and Development, Vol 2, No 5 (2013), Pagination: 

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The cocoon filaments and degummed fibers of CSR2 x CSR4 (Bivoltine hybrid) and PM x CSR2 (Multivoltine x Bivoltine hybrid) of Bombyx mori were examined under a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The degummed fibers obtained from the different methods used earlier, were under taken to study the characteristics of degummed fibers. The morphological study revealed that the diameter of the cocoon filament was 15 μm in diameter in PM x CSR2 hybrid and 12 μm in CSR2 x CSR4 hybrid, when studied at ultra structural level. In all the degummed process, the diameter of the degummed fiber of both the hybrids were 6 µm except soap soda degumming method, where the diameter of degummed fiber was measured 6.3 μm and the difference was due to the soap attachment to the degummed fiber. The degummed fibers were noticed intact in soap soda and 1% Na₂CO₃ methods.  However, in Gulrajani method, the fibers were noticed fibrillation of 1.2 µm diameter which may be due to the more time taken for degumming process.

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• Achieving Excellence in Technical Education through TQM

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Vineet Kumar ¹, Dinesh Khanduja ¹, K. S. Kasana ¹

Affiliations
1 MED, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, IN

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Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Vol 21, No 4-1 (2007), Pagination: 32-36

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The economic turbulence sweeping the world today has created several threats as well as opportunities for the education sector as well. In order to cater to the demands in changed scenario, planners for education in general and technical education in particular. have to reinvent and redesign their strategies so that the age old Indian tradition of 'excellence in education' does not get diluted. For this. the TQM approach has been gaining momentum recently as it is an effective. trusted and tested technique for the manufacturing and services sector. The attributes of quality in education are complex and intangible where as the stakeholders are large and varied. So this paper attempts to rethink on this issue and emphasize the significance of TQM for improving the quality of education so as to serve the nation better.

Keywords

'Total Quality Management' (TQM), Technical Education, Engineering Institutes, Quality Standards, Stakeholders.

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• Spectral Analysis and Effect of Temperature on Thermodynamic Parameters and Biological Activities of some Substituted Quinoline

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Authors

Vineet Kumar ¹, P. Kumar ²

Affiliations
1 Singhania University, Pancheri Bari, Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan), IN
2 Singhania University, Pancher i Bari, Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan), IN

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The Asian Journal of Experimental Chemistry, Vol 6, No 2 (2011), Pagination: 61-75

Abstract

The present paper concerns with an introduction of the molecular spectroscopy in brief, selection rule for infrared, Raman spectra and electronic transition. Electronic and vibrational spectra of benzene and quinoline substituents have been discussed. The present paper also concerns the effect of substituents, their position on the vibrational and electronic spectra and the effect of polar and nonpolar solvents have also been discussed. The present investigation also concerns the effect of pH on the vibrational and electronic spectra have also been discussed. The subject also concerns Thermodynamic parameters and biological studies have also been discussed.

Keywords

Infrared Spectra, Raman Spectra, Electronic and Vibrational Spectra of Quinolines Substituents.

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• Pongamia pinnata:A Bio-Diesel Tree Spp of India

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Authors

Ashish Dwivedi ¹, Vineet Kumar ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Agronomy, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut (U.P.), IN
2 Department of Soil Science, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut (U.P.), IN

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Rashtriya Krishi (English), Vol 12, No 2 (2017), Pagination: 89-90

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Biofuel development in India centres mainly on the cultivation and processing of Jatropha plant seeds which are very rich in oil (40%). The drivers for this are historic, functional, economic, environmental, moral and political. Jatropha oil has been used in India for several decades as biodiesel for the diesel fuel requirements of remote rural and forest communities; jatropha oil can be used directly after extraction (i.e. without refining) in diesel generators and engines. Jatropha has the potential to provide economic benefits at the local level since under suitable management it has the potential to grow in dry marginal non-agricultural lands, thereby allowing villagers and farmers to leverage non-farm land for income generation. As well, increased Jatropha oil production delivers economic benefits to India on the macroeconomic or national level as it reduces the nation’s fossil fuel import bill for diesel production (the main transportation fuel used in the country); minimizing the expenditure of India’s foreign-currency reserves for fuel allowing India to increase its growing foreign currency reserves (which can be better spent on capital expenditures for industrial inputs and production). And since Jatropha oil is carbon-neutral, large-scale production will improve the country’s carbon emissions profile. Finally, since no food producing farmland is required for producing this biofuel (unlike corn or sugar cane ethanol, or palm oil diesel).

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• Effect of Drought on Indian Agriculture

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Authors

Ashish Dwivedi ¹, Vineet Kumar ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Agronomy, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut (U.P.), IN
2 Department of Soil Science, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut (U.P.), IN

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Rashtriya Krishi (English), Vol 12, No 2 (2017), Pagination: 166-167

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Drought is the greatest annoyance in countries like India where the economy is still depends on the agriculture. Hence tackling drought is foreseeable. The adoption of appropriate soil management regimes like conservational tillage, mulching, use of manure, compost, green manure, concentrated organic manure and sheep penning can show the way to an enhanced agricultural production in drought hit areas of our country. These management practices are not only cheap but also effective, environment friendly, good from soil health view point and sustainable in long period of time.

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• Green Revolution:Experiences, Challenges and Opportunities in India

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Authors

Ashish Dwivedi ¹, Vineet Kumar ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Agronomy, SardarVallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut (U.P.), IN
2 Department of Soil Science, SardarVallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut (U.P.), IN

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Rashtriya Krishi (English), Vol 13, No 1 (2018), Pagination: 7-10

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A detailed retrospective of the Green Revolution, its achievement and limits in terms of agricultural productivity improvement, and its broader impact at social, environmental, and economic levels is provided. Lessons learned and the strategic insights are reviewed as the world is preparing a “redux” version of the Green Revolution with more integrative environmental and social impact combined with agricultural and economic development. Core policy directions for Green Revolution 2.0 that enhance the spread and sustainable adoption of productivity enhancing technologies are specified. The developing world witnessed an extraordinary period of food crop productivity growth over the past 50 y, despite increasing land scarcity and rising land values. Although populations had more than doubled, the production of cereal crops tripled during this period, with only a 30% increase in land area cultivated.

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• FAO (2011). The State of Food and Agriculture 2011: Women in Agriculture: Closing the Gender Gap for Development (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome).
• World Bank (2007). World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development (World Bank,Washington, DC)

• Lantana Camara –A Weed Having Medicinal Values

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Authors

Ashish Dwivedi ¹, Vineet Kumar ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Agronomy, SardarVallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut (U.P.), IN
2 Department of Soil Science, SardarVallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut (U.P.), IN

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Rashtriya Krishi (English), Vol 13, No 1 (2018), Pagination: 25-26

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Lantana camara is an aggressive alien flora in the country. Invasive alien species are non-native organisms that cause, or have the potential to cause, damage to the environment, economics or human health. Aliens are invariably introduced without their natural enemies that control and balance their spread in their native land and hence grow without any hindrance causing damage to the environment. Alien flora are often referred to as ‘biological pollutants’ due to their detrimental impacts on the man managed and natural ecosystems.

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References

• Adama, K., Janam, F. and Faruda, M. (2009). In vitro anthelmintic effect of two medicinal plants (Anogeissusleiocarpus and Danielliaoliveri) on Haemonchuscontortus, an abosomal nematode of sheep in Burkina Faso. African J. Biotechnol., 8 (18) : 4690-4695.
• Kumar, S.V., Sankar, P. and Varatharajan, R. (2009). Antiinflammatory activity of ischolar_mains of Achyranthesaspera. Pharmaceutical Biol., 47 (10) : 973-975.
• Rajkumar, V., Gunjan, Guha, Kumar, R Ashok, Lazar, Mathew (2009). Evaluation of cytotoxic potential of Acoruscalamus rhizome. Ethnobotanical Leaflets, 13 (6) : 832- 839.
• Sabu, M.C. and Kuttan, R. (2000). Anti-diabetic activity of medicinal plants and its relationship with their antioxidant property. J. Ethnopharmacol., 81 (2) :155-160.

• Effect of Soil Erosion on Indian Agriculture

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Authors

Ashish Dwivedi ¹, Vineet Kumar ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Agronomy, SardarVallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut (U.P.), IN
2 Department of Soil Science, SardarVallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut (U.P.), IN

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Rashtriya Krishi (English), Vol 13, No 1 (2018), Pagination: 39-42

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Soil erosion is a world-wide challenge for sustainability of agriculture especiallyin the tropical region. The rates of soil erosion that exceed the generation of new top soilare a dynamic process which leads to decline in the soil productivity, low agricultural yield and income. The balance between soil-forming and depleting processes is of utmost importance for attaining long-term sustainability in any production system. Land degradation in the form of soil erosion is a major problem in the semiarid region of Lower Chambal Valley. In the present study Land sat satellite images for the years of 1977, 1990 and 2000 have been used to identify the change in degraded land in the region. Evidences suggest that the rate of encroachment of arable land is high and is equal to spreading rate of degraded land. The data obtained by field survey reveal that productivity of crop land is negatively correlated with share of degraded land to gross cropped area. The productivity of agriculture, measured through gross value of output per area, is comparatively high in villages having fewer shares of degraded land and vice-versa. Simple linear regression model explains high variation of productivity by high share of degraded land (above 50 % of gross cropped area).

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• Global Warming:Its Causes and Effects on Human Health

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Authors

Ashish Dwivedi ¹, Vineet Kumar ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Agronomy, SardarVallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut (U.P.), IN
2 Department of Soil Science, SardarVallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut (U.P.), IN

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Rashtriya Krishi (English), Vol 13, No 1 (2018), Pagination: 64-66

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Tropical country like India global warming would adversely affect the human health. Moreover, the incidence of mosquito borne infectious diseases like malaria, Japanese encephalitis, filaria, dengue fever, chikungunya and West Nile fever would increase. Whereas, the scourges of sexually transmitted diseases like AIDS, hepatitis B, gonorrhoea and syphilis would also increase 7 fold. There would also be raise the incidence of non-infectious diseases like night blindness, rickets, anaemia, marasmus, beriberi, kwashiorkor and pellagra.

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References

• Fagan, B. (1999). Floods, famines and emperors. El Niño and the fate of civilisations. New York, USA, Basic Books.
• McMichael, A.J. (2001). Human frontiers, environments and disease. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press.
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Climate Change 2001: Third Assessment Report (Volume I). Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press,2013.
• World Bank (2014). World development report. Development and the environment. Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press.

• Role of Insects and Weed in the Environment

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Authors

Ashish Dwivedi ¹, Vineet Kumar ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Agronomy, SardarVallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut (U.P.), IN
2 Department of Soil Science, SardarVallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut (U.P.), IN

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Rashtriya Krishi (English), Vol 13, No 1 (2018), Pagination: 93-94

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There is no reliable study of worldwide damage due to weeds. However, it is widely known that losses caused by weeds have exceeded the losses from any category of agricultural pests such as insects, nematodes, diseases, rodents, etc. The potential crop yield loss without weed control was estimated by 43%, on a global scale. While has reported that of the total annual loss of agricultural produce from various pests, weeds account for 45%, insects 30%, diseases 20% and other pests 5%. Annual worldwide losses to weeds were estimated to comprise approximately 10-15% of attainable production among the principal food sources. Moreover, among insects collected, 50% were harmful either as pests of plants or parasites on useful insects and other animals. These matter collected at different research paper, showed that insects and weed are widely distributed on the earth and play a vital role in the environment.

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• A Trial on Azadirachta indica as Herbal Remedy Against Coccidiosis in Poultry

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Authors

Vineet Kumar ¹, Rajeev Kumar Agnihotri ¹, Devina Sharma ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Veterinary Parasitology, DGCN College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krtishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur - 176 062, IN

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Himachal Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol 44, No 1&2 (2018), Pagination: 109-116

Abstract

The present study was carried out to assess the anticoccidial and immuno-modulatory effects of indigenous Azadirachta indica against experimental coccidiosis in poultry. The ethanolic extract of A. indica at dose rate of 7g/liter of drinking water showed better weight gain (p < 0.05) in poultry compared to untreated control group, however, there was non-significant difference in feed conversion ratio. The immunological parameters viz. humoral immune response and cell mediated immune responses were measured by haemagglutination inhibition titre values and delayed type hypersensitivity reaction in terms of skin thickness measurement, respectively. Azadirachta indica treated group maintained a significantly high level of HI titres (1.603 ± 0.06) compared to untreated group (1.405 ± 0.06) and showed the maximum skin thickness (2.51 ± 0.14 mm) at 72 hours post exposure as compared to the untreated (1.405 ± 0.06 mm) suggestive of its immunomodulatory properties. There was a significant (p < 0.05) reduction in oocysts per gram of faeces (OPG) in the experimentally infected birds, fed with the ethanolic extract of A. indica at dose rate of 7g/liter of drinking water indicating its therapeutic property against coccidiosis in poultry.

Keywords

Azadirachta indica, Coccidiosis, Poultry.

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