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1. 'Damsel in distress'- The tale of Miss Kerala, Puntius denisonii (Day), an endemic and endangered cyprinid of the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot (South India)

Author:
Raghavan, Rajeev; Prasad, G.; Pereira, Benno; Anvar Ali, P.H.; Sujarittanonta, L.
Source:
Aquatic conservation 2009 v.19 no.1 pp. 67-74
ISSN:
1052-7613
Subject:
biodiversity; fish; fisheries; juveniles; market prices; markets; streams; India
Abstract:
... 1.Denison's Barb, Puntius denisonii (Day) is an endemic and endangered cyprinid fish of the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot in peninsular India, which is the focus of an organized yet undocumented fishery targeting juveniles for the international aquarium trade.2.Research on P. denisonii has been very limited and there has been no systematic effort to assess and monitor their abundance, distrib ...
DOI:
10.1002/aqc.963

2. 'Ladakhi tea' Bidens pilosa L. (Asteraceae): a cultivated species in the cold desert of Ladakh Himalaya, India

Author:
Bhatt, K. C.; Sharma, Neelam; Pandey, Anjula
Source:
Genetic resources and crop evolution 2009 v.56 no.6 pp. 879-882
ISSN:
0925-9864
Subject:
Bidens pilosa; beverages; cold; kitchen gardens; leaves; tea; India
Abstract:
... Bidens pilosa L., a less-known cultivated tea species was collected from cold desert of Ladakh Himalaya, Jammu and Kashmir, India during 2004. The freshly harvested leaves are used in preparation of 'Ladakhi tea' locally known as 'Saja' or 'Soljaa' in cold desert of Ladakh Himalaya, Western Himalaya, Jammu and Kashmir. The local inhabitants were growing this species in their kitchen garden for thi ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10722-009-9441-3

3. 2-Hydroxyacetophenone, the Main Component of the Essential Oil of the Roots of Carissa opaca Stapf ex Haines

Author:
Mallavarupu, Gopal R.; Mishra, Raghvendra K.; Chaudhary, Swati; Pandey, Richa; Gupta, Sarika; Kumar, Sushil; Kaul, Vijay K.; Pathania, Vijaylatha
Source:
Journal of essential oil research 2009 v.21 no.5 pp. 385-387
ISSN:
1041-2905
Subject:
Carissa; roots; chemical constituents of plants; volatile compounds; essential oils; quantitative analysis; spectral analysis; chemical structure; India
Abstract:
... The volatile oil obtained by hydrodistillation of the roots of Carissa opaca was analyzed by GC and GC/MS to study its composition. Thirty-five compounds representing 98.3% of the oil were identified. Si-gel chromatography of the oil yielded 2-hydroxyacetophenone, which was characterized by spectral methods (1H-, 13C-NMR and mass), as the main component, amounting to 89.5% of the oil. ...
DOI:
10.1080/10412905.2009.9700198

4. A 694-year tree-ring based rainfall reconstruction from Himachal Pradesh, India

Author:
Singh, Jayendra; Yadav, Ram R.; Wilmking, Martin
Source:
Climate dynamics 2009 v.33 no.7-8 pp. 1149-1158
ISSN:
0930-7575
Subject:
Cedrus deodara; Pinus gerardiana; climate; growth rings; monsoon season; rain; spectral analysis; variance; India
Abstract:
... We developed ring-width chronologies of Cedrus deodara [(Roxb.) G. Don] and Pinus gerardiana (Wall. Ex. Lamb) from a homogeneous moisture stressed area in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. Running correlation using a 50-year window with overlap of 25 years showed strong correlations between these species chronologies during the entire common period (ad 1310-2005). Response function analysis indicated tha ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00382-009-0528-5

5. Cololejeunea distalopapillata and C. Vidaliana (Lejeuneaceae) new to the liverwort flora of India

Author:
A. E. D. Daniels; P. Daniel
Source:
Acta botanica Hungarica 2009 v.51 no.1-2 pp. 61-66
ISSN:
0236-6495
Subject:
flora; habitats; mosses and liverworts; Africa; India
Abstract:
... The liverworts Cololejeunea distalopapillata and C. vidaliana , earlier known to be distributed in Africa and, Africa and certain regions of Asia, respectively, are added to the Indian bryoflora from the Southern Western Ghats. They are provided with a detailed description, notes on habitat and distribution, and an illustration. ...
DOI:
10.1556/ABot.51.2009.1-2.8

6. Zingiber parishii (Zingiberaceae): A new record for India from Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Author:
M. Sabu; V. P. Thomas; M. C. Shameer
Source:
Acta botanica Hungarica 2009 v.51 no.3-4 pp. 363-366
ISSN:
0236-6495
Subject:
Zingiber; indigenous species; plants (botany); Andaman and Nicobar Islands; India; Myanmar
Abstract:
... Zingiber parishii Hook. f. (Zingiberaceae), a native plant of Myanmar has been reported for the first time from India. Detailed description, illustration and other relevant notes are provided. ...
DOI:
10.1556/ABot.51.2009.3-4.12

7. AFLP-based molecular characterization of an elite germplasm collection of Jatropha curcas L., a biofuel plant

Author:
Tatikonda, Leela; Wani, Suhas P.; Kannan, Seetha; Beerelli, Naresh; Sreedevi, Thakur K.; Hoisington, David A.; Devi, Prathibha; Varshney, Rajeev K.
Source:
Plant science 2009 v.176 no.4 pp. 505-513
ISSN:
0168-9452
Subject:
Jatropha curcas; germplasm; genetic variation; genetic polymorphism; genetic markers; amplified fragment length polymorphism; biofuels; energy crops; India
Abstract:
... Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) was employed to assess the diversity in the elite germplasm collection of Jatropha curcas, which has gained tremendous significance as a biofuel plant in India and many other countries recently. Forty-eight accessions, collected from six different states of India, were used with seven AFLP primer combinations that generated a total of 770 fragments wit ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.plantsci.2009.01.006

8. Above ground standing biomass and carbon storage in village bamboos in North East India

Author:
Nath, Arun Jyoti; Das, Gitasree; Das, Ashesh Kumar
Source:
Biomass and bioenergy 2009 v.33 no.9 pp. 1188-1196
ISSN:
0961-9534
Subject:
diameter; allometry; Bambusa; carbon; carbon sequestration; branches; biomass; leaves; India
Abstract:
... Bamboo forms an important component in the traditional landscape of North East India. For biomass estimation of village bamboos of Barak Valley, North East India, allometric relationships were developed by harvest method describing leaf, branch and culm biomass with DBH as an independent variable using a log linear model. The culm density of the stand was 8950 culms ha-1 during 2005 of which 67% o ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biombioe.2009.05.020

9. Abundance of sewage-pollution indicator and human pathogenic bacteria in a tropical estuarine complex

Author:
Nagvenkar, G. S.; Ramaiah, N.
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2009 v.155 no.1-4 pp. 245-256
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
Aeromonas; Enterococcus faecalis; Escherichia coli; Salmonella; Streptococcaceae; Vibrio cholerae; coasts; coliform bacteria; drainage; estuaries; humans; indicator species; monsoon season; pollution; rivers; seasonal variation; sewage; India
Abstract:
... Studies on abundance and types of various pollution indicator bacterial populations from tropical estuaries are rare. This study was aimed to estimate current levels of pollution indicator as well as many groups of human pathogenic bacteria and their seasonal variations in different locations in Mandovi and Zuari Rivers in the central west coast of India. The sampling covered the estuarine and ups ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-008-0432-1
PubMed:
18633722

10. Accumulating characteristics of platinum group elements (PGE) in urban environments, China

Author:
Pan, Suhong; Zhang, Gan; Sun, Yali; Chakraborty, Paromita
Source:
Science of the total environment 2009 v.407 no.14 pp. 4248-4252
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
cities; developing countries; nickel; palladium; platinum; pollution; rhodium; soil; spectroscopy; traffic; China; India
Abstract:
... The three-way catalytic converters [mainly using platinum, palladium and rhodium of platinum group elements (PGE)] have been widely used to reduce the pollution arising from vehicular traffic. Since the late 1990s, the Chinese government has implemented measures for new vehicles, equipped with the three-way catalytic converters in metropolitan cities. However, the PGE spreading on environments has ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.03.030
PubMed:
19410274

11. Accumulation of heavy metals in dietary vegetables and cultivated soil horizon in organic farming system in relation to atmospheric deposition in a seasonally dry tropical region of India

Author:
Pandey, J.; Pandey, Usha
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2009 v.148 no.1-4 pp. 61-74
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
Amaranthus; alkaline phosphatase; atmospheric deposition; bulk density; cadmium; carbon; carrots; consciousness; copper; farms; food intake; food production; fruits; greenhouses; heavy metals; lead; leaves; microbial biomass; nickel; organic production; porosity; radishes; rain; regression analysis; roots; spinach; sustainable agriculture; tomatoes; toxicity; tropics; vegetable crops; water holding capacity; zinc; India
Abstract:
... Increasing consciousness about future sustainable agriculture and hazard free food production has lead organic farming to be a globally emerging alternative farm practice. We investigated the accumulation of air-borne heavy metals in edible parts of vegetables and in cultivated soil horizon in organic farming system in a low rain fall tropical region of India. The factorial design of whole experim ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-007-0139-8
PubMed:
18202901

12. Acmaeodera (Cobosiella) glebi sp. n. – a new species of Acmaeoderini from India (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Polycestinae)

Author:
M.G. Volkovitsh
Source:
Kavkazskij èntomologičeskij bûlletenʹ 2009 v.5 no.2 pp. 241-242
ISSN:
1814-3326
Subject:
Buprestidae; new species; India
Abstract:
... Acmaeodera (Cobosiella) glebi sp. n. from India (Tamil-Nādu) is described and illustrated, and differential diagnosis is provided ...
DOI:
DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2009-5-2-241-242

13. Acridids as indicators of disturbance in dry deciduous forest of West Bengal in India

Author:
Saha, Hiroj Kumar; Haldar, Parimalendu
Source:
Biodiversity and conservation 2009 v.18 no.9 pp. 2343-2350
ISSN:
0960-3115
Subject:
anthropogenic activities; community structure; dry forests; forest ecosystems; habitat destruction; habitats; species diversity; statistical analysis; India
Abstract:
... Acridid communities are sensitive to anthropogenic disturbance and the community structure of acridids plays vital role in functioning the forest ecosystem. They are potentially useful bioindicators for conservation planning and habitat disturbances. Acridid assemblages of three different habitat types based on degree of disturbance as follows five natural sites, five moderately disturbed sites an ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10531-009-9591-9

14. Adsorption of Arsenate on Coarse Loamy Mixed Hyperthermic Fluventic Haplustept Soil of Punjab, Northwest India

Author:
Hundal, H.S.; Singh, Kuldip; Singh, Dhanwinder
Source:
Communications in soil science and plant analysis 2009 v.40 no.19-20 pp. 3015-3022
ISSN:
0010-3624
Subject:
arsenates; water quality; water pollution; remediation; loam soils; absorbents; absorption; sorption isotherms; groundwater; iron; India
Abstract:
... A laboratory experiment studied the adsorption of arsenate on coarse loamy mixed hyperthermic Fluventic Haplustept soil of Punjab to serve as cheap materials for removal of arsenic (As) from water with elevated As concentration. The arsenate adsorptions onto soil and soil + iron fillings are described by a two-region Langmuir isotherm equation; that is, the plots showed two distinct linear portion ...
DOI:
10.1080/00103620903261593

15. Aerosol direct forcing of the summer Indian monsoon as simulated by the NCAR CAM3

Author:
J. Craig Collier; Guang J. Zhang
Source:
Climate dynamics 2009 v.32 no.2-3 pp. 313-332
ISSN:
0930-7575
Subject:
General Circulation Models; aerosols; cooling; evaporation; heat; monsoon season; soil; summer; surface temperature; troposphere; India
Abstract:
... In this study, the effects of aerosols on the simulation of the Indian monsoon by the NCAR Community Atmosphere Model CAM3 are measured and investigated. Monthly mean 3D mass concentrations of soil dust, black and organic carbons, sulfate, and sea salt, as output from the GOCART model, are interpolated to mid-month values and to the horizontal and vertical grids of CAM3. With these mid-month aeros ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00382-008-0464-9

16. Agricultural Activities Influence Nitrate and Fluoride Contamination in Drinking Groundwater of an Intensively Cultivated District in India

Author:
Kundu, Manik Chandra; Mandal, Biswapati
Source:
Water, air, and soil pollution 2009 v.198 no.1-4 pp. 243-252
ISSN:
0049-6979
Subject:
fluorides; groundwater contamination; water analysis; fertilizer application; nitrate nitrogen; anthropogenic activities; drinking water; wells; India
Abstract:
... We assessed the potential of nitrate-nitrogen (NO₃-N) and fluoride (F) contamination in drinking groundwater of an intensively cultivated district in India as a function of its agricultural activities. Three hundred and forty two groundwater samples were collected from different types of wells with varying depths and analyzed for pH, EC, NO₃-N load and F content. Database on predominant cropping s ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11270-008-9842-5

17. Agricultural technology and child labor: evidence from India

Author:
Self, Sharmistha; Grabowski, Richard
Source:
Agricultural economics 2009 v.40 no.1 pp. 67-78
ISSN:
0169-5150
Subject:
agricultural industry; children; developing countries; labor; India
Abstract:
... Child labor continues to be a major problem in developing countries, particularly in agricultural countries. The latest ILO global report points out that nine out of every ten child laborers is involved in the agricultural sector. The focus of this article is on the rural sector in India, a country where child labor continues to be prevalent. A number of factors have been found to significantly in ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1574-0862.2008.00360.x

18. Agriculture in Uttarakhand, India--Biodiversity, Nutrition, and Livelihoods

Author:
Rais, Mohammad; Pazderka, Bohumir; VanLoon, Gary W.
Source:
Journal of sustainable agriculture 2009 v.33 no.3 pp. 319-325
ISSN:
1044-0046
Subject:
rural population; dietary energy sources; high-yielding varieties; agriculture; land use; sustainable agriculture; animal husbandry; terrace soils; vegetable crops; farm income; agroecosystems; biodiversity; grain crops; rural economics; terraces; food production; fruit crops; off-farm employment; agricultural policy; India
Abstract:
... This study investigates food production and agrobiodiversity in the Tarikhet and Ukhimath blocks in Uttarakhand, India, located in the middle ranges of the Himalayas. On the small patches of terraced land available to the average household in these areas, the cultivation of a wide range of traditional and high-yielding varieties of grains, legumes, vegetables, and fruits is a positive feature in t ...
DOI:
10.1080/10440040902773152

19. Air Quality Impact of Sponge Iron Industries in Central India

Author:
Rao, Padma S.; Kumar, A.; Ansari, M. F.; Pipalatkar, P.; Chakrabarti, T.
Source:
Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 2009 v.82 no.2 pp. 255-259
ISSN:
0007-4861
Subject:
air; air pollution; air quality; emissions; industry; models; particulates; India; United States
Abstract:
... Emission load of particulate matter from 42 sponge iron industrial units located in clusters in the Indian State of Chhattisgarh was estimated to be 1,361 TPD. US EPA air pollution dispersion model ISCST-3 applied to predict the impact of the sponge iron industry emissions on ambient air quality showed contribution up to 546 μg/m³ to the surrounding air basin causing the air quality exceeding the ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00128-008-9519-1
PubMed:
18784898

20. Air pollutant emissions from rice straw open field burning in India, Thailand and the Philippines

Author:
Gadde, Butchaiah; Bonnet, Sébastien; Menke, Christoph; Garivait, Savitri
Source:
Environmental pollution 2009 v.157 no.5 pp. 1554-1558
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
crop production; pollutants; particulate emissions; rice straw; gas emissions; prescribed burning; air pollution; Philippines; India; Thailand
Abstract:
... Rice is a widely grown crop in Asia. China (30%) and India (21%) contribute to about half of the world's total rice production. In this study, three major rice-producing countries in Asia are considered, India, Thailand and the Philippines (the later two contributing 4% and 2% of the world's rice production). Rice straw is one of the main field based residues produced along with this commodity and ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2009.01.004
PubMed:
19201513

21. Air-Borne Heavy Metal Contamination to Dietary Vegetables: A Case Study from India

Author:
Pandey, J.; Pandey, Richa; Shubhashish, K.
Source:
Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 2009 v.83 no.6 pp. 931-936
ISSN:
0007-4861
Subject:
Raphanus sativus; Solanum lycopersicum var. lycopersicum; Spinacia oleracea; air; atmospheric deposition; cadmium; case studies; chromium; copper; food contamination; heavy metals; lead; nickel; pot culture; radishes; spinach; tomatoes; India
Abstract:
... Contamination of edible parts of three dietary vegetables, Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.), Radish (Raphanus sativus L.), and Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) by air-borne cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), and lead (Pb) was determined using pot culture experiments at three sites in the city of Varanasi, India. The data revealed that although Cr and Cu in vegetables remain ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00128-009-9879-1
PubMed:
19771380

22. Alcoholic banana beverage - aspects in fermentative production

Author:
SINGH, SUNITA; TRUPTI, DEKHNE; KIRAN, SINGH; KULKARNI, S.D.
Source:
Journal of food processing and preservation 2009 v.33 no.3 pp. 312-329
ISSN:
0145-8892
Subject:
Musa; alcoholic beverages; alcohols; bananas; cities; fermentation; grain sorghum; ingredients; mixing; postharvest losses; pulp; raw materials; retail marketing; shelf life; sugars; supply chain; value added; wholesale marketing; India
Abstract:
... This study quantified fermentative changes in processing alcoholic banana beverage as a result of two factors, namely, sorghum as an ingredient in mix and time period of fermentation, affecting the process in two scales (375 g and 2,900 g) of ingredients mix used. Diluted pulp (with water) from overripe bananas (Musa robusta) mixed with sprouted sorghum grains as ingredients were compared with ing ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1745-4549.2008.00248.x

23. Analysis of Antimicrobial Resistance and Plasmid Profiles in Salmonella Serovars Associated with Tropical Seafood of India

Author:
Kumar, Rakesh; Surendran, P.K.; Thampuran, Nirmala
Source:
Foodborne pathogens & disease 2009 v.6 no.5 pp. 621-625
ISSN:
1556-7125
Subject:
bacterial contamination; genetic resistance; antibiotic resistance; Salmonella; antibiotics; food contamination; multiple drug resistance; seafoods; plasmids; food pathogens; genes; tropical fish; virulence; India
Abstract:
... A total of 256 Salmonella strains consisting of 29 Salmonella serovars isolated from seafood of Cochin (India) were analyzed for resistance to antimicrobials commonly used in human and veterinary medicines as therapeutic agents. The 10 most predominant Salmonella serovars in seafood were also characterized for presence of plasmids using the alkaline lysis method. Antimicrobial susceptibility studi ...
DOI:
10.1089/fpd.2008.0252
PubMed:
19422307

24. Analysis of Cyst and Cone Top Morphometrics of Indian Populations of Maize Cyst Nematode

Author:
Mohammad Abdollahi
Source:
Journal of plant protection research 2009 v.49 no.1 pp. 41-48
ISSN:
1899-007X
Subject:
Heterodera zeae; anus; cluster analysis; computer software; corn; cyst nematodes; morphometry; India
Abstract:
... Hierarchical cluster analysis based on cyst and cone top morphometric means including cyst length, cyst width, cyst length to cyst width ratio, vulval slit length, vulval bridge length, vulval bridge breadth, under bridge breadth, length of fenestra, breadth of fenestra, distance from anus to fenestra and number of secondary bullae was used to learn more about cyst and cone top morphometric means ...
DOI:
10.2478/v10045-009-0006-4

25. Analysis of Water Non-limiting and Water Limiting Yields and Yield Gaps of Groundnut in India Using CROPGRO-Peanut Model

Author:
Bhatia, V.S.; Singh, P.; Kesava Rao, A.V.R.; Srinivas, K.; Wani, S.P.
Source:
Journal of agronomy and crop science 2009 v.195 no.6 pp. 455-463
ISSN:
0931-2250
Subject:
yield monitoring; peanuts; solar radiation; plant growth; soil water content; mathematical models; equations; genetic variation; water stress; crop yield; rain; growth models; high-yielding varieties; Arachis hypogaea; India
Abstract:
... To assess the scope for enhancing productivity of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) in India, well-calibrated and validated CROPGRO-Peanut model was used to assess potential yields (water non-limiting and water limiting) and yield gaps of groundnut for 18 locations representing major groundnut growing regions of India. The average simulated water non-limiting pod yield of groundnut for the locations ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1439-037X.2009.00392.x

26. Analysis of diversity and distribution of Jatropha curcas L. germplasm using Geographic Information System (DIVA-GIS)

Author:
Sunil, N.; Sivaraj, N.; Anitha, K.; Abraham, Babu; Kumar, Vinod; Sudhir, E.; Vanaja, M.; Varaprasad, K. S.
Source:
Genetic resources and crop evolution 2009 v.56 no.1 pp. 115-119
ISSN:
0925-9864
Subject:
Jatropha curcas; biodiesel; branches; flowering; fruits; germplasm; lipid content; spatial data; India
Abstract:
... Jatropha curcas L., an important biodiesel plant, has been studied for its distribution and diversity in south east coastal zone of India using DIVA-GIS. The Grid maps were generated on the distribution pattern, plant height, number of primary branches, collar length, number of fruits per cluster and oil content. Flowering in the collected accessions were grouped in to very early (35%), early (29% ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10722-008-9350-x

27. Analysis of genetic diversity among wild pomegranates in Western Himalayas, using PCR methods

Author:
Narzary, Diganta; Mahar, Kamalesh S.; Rana, T.S.; Ranade, S.A.
Source:
Scientia horticulturae 2009 v.121 no.2 pp. 237-242
ISSN:
0304-4238
Subject:
interspecific variation; random amplified polymorphic DNA technique; Punica; wild plants; center of diversity; geographical variation; genetic distance; genotype; genetic variation; wild relatives; genetic polymorphism; India
Abstract:
... The genus Punica (Punicaceae) is distributed in Iran, Afghanistan, India and Mediterranean countries. Iran is considered to be its primary center of origin. In India Punica granatum is found in wild only in Western Himalayan regions comprising, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand states. However, there is little information available about the genetic variation present in pomegrana ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scienta.2009.01.035

28. Analysis of heavy metals in marine fish from Mumbai Docks

Author:
Deshpande, Aditi; Bhendigeri, Sandeep; Shirsekar, Tejas; Dhaware, Dhanashri; Khandekar, R. N.
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2009 v.159 no.1-4 pp. 493-500
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
Brama; Eleutheronema tetradactylum; Metapenaeus monoceros; Rachycentron; Rastrelliger; arsenic; atomic absorption spectrometry; cadmium; cold; copper; heavy metals; humans; lead; mackerel; marine fish; mercury; muscle tissues; pollution; salmon; seafoods; shrimp; toxicity; vapors; India
Abstract:
... Seafood containing heavy metals as a result of environmental contamination causes toxicity in human beings. To evaluate such kind of contamination, our study targeted the analysis of metals such as lead, copper, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic in muscle tissue of the fish. The fish commonly consumed such as Brama brama (Pomfret), Rachycentron canadus (Surmai/King Fish), Rastrelliger kanagurta (Macke ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-008-0645-3
PubMed:
19089595

29. Analysis of mortality pattern among indigenous and upgraded pigs under subtropical hill agro climatic conditions in eastern Himalayas

Author:
Basumatary, R.; Naskar, S.; Kumaresan, A.; Khargharia, G.; Kadirvel, G.; Bardoloi, R.K.
Source:
Livestock science 2009 v.123 no.2-3 pp. 169-174
ISSN:
1871-1413
Subject:
mortality; swine breeds; swine; subtropics; hills; mountains; genetic correlation; animal performance; breed differences; seasons; animal genetics; India
Abstract:
... Mortality records of indigenous and upgraded pigs, reared under subtropical hill agro climatic conditions, were collected for the period of 11 years (1993-2003), analyzed and the mortality pattern was correlated with genetic group, age of pigs, climatic factors and causes of death. Results revealed that there was significant (p <0.05) difference in mortality between the indigenous (6.05%) and upgr ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.livsci.2008.11.010

30. Anti-Arthritic Activity of Hydroalcoholic Extract of Flowers of Moringa oleifera Lam. in Wistar Rats

Author:
Mahajan, Shailaja G.; Mehta, Anita A.
Source:
Journal of herbs, spices & medicinal plants 2009 v.15 no.2 pp. 149-163
ISSN:
1049-6475
Subject:
anti-inflammatory activity; Moringa oleifera; arthritis; cytokines; medicinal plants; flowers; plant extracts; inflammation; bioassays; animal models; chemical constituents of plants; histopathology; rats; India
DOI:
10.1080/10496470903139363

31. Anti-inflammatory effect of petroleum ether extract of Vitex negundo leaves in rat models of acute and subacute inflammation

Author:
Subramani, Jaganathan; Damodaran, A.; Kanniappan, M.; Mathuram, L.N.
Source:
Pharmaceutical biology 2009 v.47 no.4 pp. 335-339
ISSN:
1388-0209
Subject:
Vitex negundo; medicinal plants; Ayurvedic medicine; anti-inflammatory activity; leaves; petroleum; plant extracts; animal disease models; rats; acute course; inflammation; carrageenan; edema; dose response; alkaline phosphatase; acid phosphatase; alanine transaminase; aspartate transaminase; serum albumin; pellets; cotton; India
DOI:
10.1080/13880200902752660

32. Antibacterial activity of leaf extracts of Pongamia pinnata from India

Author:
Bajpai, Vivek K.; Rahman, Atiqur; Shukla, Savita; Mehta, Archana; Shukla, Shruti; Arafat, S.M. Yassir; Rahman, M. Mizanur; Ferdousi, Zennat
Source:
Pharmaceutical biology 2009 v.47 no.12 pp. 1162-1167
ISSN:
1388-0209
Subject:
food spoilage; minimum inhibitory concentration; Fabaceae; plant extracts; food pathogens; leaves; anti-infective agents; bacteria; antibacterial properties; India
DOI:
10.3109/13880200903019218

33. Antibacterial study and fatty acid analysis of lipids of the sponge Myrmekioderma granulata

Author:
Manjari Mishra, Pravat; Sree, A.; Baliarsingh, S.
Source:
Chemistry of natural compounds 2009 v.45 no.5 pp. 621-624
ISSN:
0009-3130
Subject:
Porifera; antibacterial properties; aquatic invertebrates; branched chain fatty acids; coasts; eicosapentaenoic acid; fatty acid composition; linoleic acid; omega-3 fatty acids; omega-6 fatty acids; pathogens; sterols; volatile fatty acids; Bay of Bengal; India
Abstract:
... The composition of the lipophilic extract of the sponge Myrmekioderma granulata (Esper) collected from 13 m depth of the Bay of Bengal of the Orissa coast was investigated. Fatty acids as well as volatiles and sterols were identified. 4,8,12-Trimethyltridecanoic acid was identified for the first time along with the important PUFAs such as linoleic acid (n-6, C18:2), dihomo-γ-linolenic acid (n-6, C ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10600-009-9445-4

34. Antibiotic resistance and plasmid profiling of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated from shrimp farms along the southwest coast of India

Author:
Devi, Rekha; Surendran, P. K.; Chakraborty, K.
Source:
World journal of microbiology & biotechnology 2009 v.25 no.11 pp. 2005-2012
ISSN:
0959-3993
Subject:
Vibrio parahaemolyticus; antibiotic resistance; antibiotics; farms; multiple drug resistance; plasmid curing; plasmids; risk; seafoods; sediments; shrimp; sodium dodecyl sulfate; India
Abstract:
... Shrimp, water, and sediment samples were collected from various shrimp farms located in and around Cochin. V. parahaemolyticus was identified by standard biochemical tests and plasmid profiling was carried out for the isolates. Susceptibility was tested against 15 antibiotics before and after the plasmid curing. Incidence of V. parahaemolyticus was found in 46% of the samples screened. Antibiogram ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11274-009-0101-8

35. Antidepressant effects of methanol extract and fractions of Bacopa monnieri

Author:
Shen, Yun-Heng; Zhou, Yun; Zhang, Chuan; Liu, Run-Hui; Su, Juan; Liu, Xiao-Hua; Zhang, Wei-Dong
Source:
Pharmaceutical biology 2009 v.47 no.4 pp. 340-343
ISSN:
1388-0209
Subject:
medicinal plants; plant extracts; medicinal properties; antidepressants; methanol; Bacopa monnieri; mice; oral administration; locomotion; China; India
DOI:
10.1080/13880200902752694

36. Antifertility activity of Drosera burmannii

Author:
Madhavan, V.; Kumar, Basnett Herna Prem; Murali, Anita; Yoganarasimhan, S.N.
Source:
Pharmaceutical biology 2009 v.47 no.2 pp. 128-131
ISSN:
1388-0209
Subject:
traditional medicine; phytosterols; antifertility effect; corpus luteum; Drosera; chemical constituents of plants; flavonoids; plant extracts; pregnancy; plumbagin; saponins; spermatozoa; rats; thin layer chromatography; females; animal disease models; India
DOI:
10.1080/13880200802437149

37. Antifungal activity and chemical composition of Citrus reticulata Blanco essential oil against phytopathogens from North East India

Author:
Chutia, M.; Deka Bhuyan, P.; Pathak, M.G.; Sarma, T.C.; Boruah, P.
Source:
Lebensmittel-Wissenschaft + Technologie 2009 v.42 no.3 pp. 777-780
ISSN:
0023-6438
Subject:
Citrus reticulata; citrus peels; Curvularia; tangerines; Bipolaris oryzae; Fusarium oxysporum; food processing wastes; essential oils; plant extracts; waste utilization; Thanatephorus cucumeris; minimum inhibitory concentration; biological control agents; plant pathogenic fungi; ripening; Alternaria alternata; antifungal properties; India
DOI:
10.1016/j.lwt.2008.09.015

38. Antimicrobial hasubanalactam alkaloid from Stephania glabra

Author:
Semwal, Deepak Kumar; Rawat, Usha
Source:
Planta medica 2009 v.75 no.4 pp. 378-380
ISSN:
0032-0943
Subject:
Stephania; medicinal plants; indigenous species; alkaloids; chemical structure; spectral analysis; stereochemistry; medicinal properties; antibacterial properties; antifungal properties; human health; India
DOI:
10.1055/s-0028-1112223
PubMed:
19148860

39. Antimicrobial resistance and in vitro gene transfer in bacteria isolated from the ulcers of EUS-affected fish in India

Author:
Das, A.; Saha, D.; Pal, J.
Source:
Letters in applied microbiology 2009 v.49 no.4 pp. 497-502
ISSN:
0266-8254
Subject:
Aeromonas; Catla catla; Cirrhinus mrigala; Escherichia coli; Puntius; ampicillin; antibiotic resistance; aquaculture; bacteria; chloramphenicol; epizootic diseases; erythromycin; fish; gene transfer; novobiocin; plasmids; rifampicin; streptomycin; sulfadiazine; India
Abstract:
... The occurrence of drug resistance and plasmid-mediated transferability was investigated in 15 Aeromonas isolates collected from the ulcers of epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS)-affected fishes Katla (Catla catla), Mrigel (Cirrhinus mrigala) and Punti (Puntius sp.). Disc diffusion assay showed that all the strains were resistant to ampicillin and sensitive to streptomycin. Of the 15 isolates exami ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02700.x
PubMed:
19709369

40. Antinociceptive activity of Amaranthus spinosus in experimental animals

Author:
Zeashan, Hussain; Amresh, G.; Rao, Chandana Venkateswara; Singh, Satyawan
Source:
Journal of ethnopharmacology 2009 v.122 no.3 pp. 492-496
ISSN:
0378-8741
Subject:
Ayurvedic medicine; medicinal plants; analgesic effect; anti-inflammatory activity; Amaranthus spinosus; animal disease models; acetic acid; inflammation; carrageenan; aspirin; morphine; naloxone; dose response; tail; ethanol; plant extracts; India
Abstract:
... Aim of the study: 50% ethanol extract (ASE) of Amaranthus spinosus (whole plant) has been evaluated for antinociceptive and antiinflammatory activities. Materials and methods: Analgesic and antiinflammatory activities were studied by measuring nociception by formalin, acetic acid, hot plate, tail immersion method while inflammation was induced by carrageenan. Results: ASE had significant dose depe ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jep.2009.01.031
PubMed:
19429318

41. Antiurolithic effect of Bergenia ligulata rhizome: An explanation of the underlying mechanisms

Author:
Bashir, Samra; Gilani, Anwar H.
Source:
Journal of ethnopharmacology 2009 v.122 no.1 pp. 106-116
ISSN:
0378-8741
Subject:
lipid peroxidation; medicinal plants; plant extracts; malondialdehyde; medicinal properties; animal disease models; traditional medicine; Bergenia; in vitro studies; rats; diuretics; renal calculi; calcium oxalate; antioxidants; diuresis; free radicals; magnesium; rhizomes; protein content; India; Pakistan
Abstract:
... Ethnopharmacological relevance: Bergenia ligulata is widely used plant in South Asia, mainly India and Pakistan, as a traditional medicine for treatment of urolithiasis. Aim of the study: To rationalize the Bergenia ligulata use in kidney stones and to explain the underlying mechanisms. Materials and methods: The crude aqueous-methanolic extract of Bergenia ligulata rhizome (BLR) was studied using ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jep.2008.12.004
PubMed:
19118615

42. Application and analysis of support vector machine based simulation for runoff and sediment yield

Author:
Misra, Debasmita; Oommen, Thomas; Agarwal, Avinash; Mishra, Surendra K.; Thompson, Anita M.
Source:
Biosystems engineering 2009 v.103 no.4 pp. 527-535
ISSN:
1537-5110
Subject:
watersheds; runoff; sediment yield; sediment transport; simulation models; neural networks; rain; hydrologic models; monsoon season; algorithms; calibration; model validation; data analysis; accuracy; India
Abstract:
... The objective of the study was to use Support Vector Machines (SVM) to simulate runoff and sediment yield from watersheds. Recently, pattern-recognition algorithms such as artificial neural networks (ANN) have gained popularity in simulating rainfall-runoff-sediment yield processes producing comparable accuracy to physics-based models. We have simulated daily, weekly, and monthly runoff and sedime ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.04.017

43. Application of Modified Internal Rate of Return Method for Watershed Evaluation

Author:
K.J.S. Satyasai
Source:
Agricultural economics research review 2009 v.22 no.conf pp. 401-406
ISSN:
0974-0279
Subject:
agricultural economics; research; watersheds; India
Abstract:
... The use of modified IRR in developmental projects has been demonstrated by using data pertaining to four watersheds — two from Tamil Nadu and two from Maharashtra. The conventional internal rate of return (IRR) widely used in project evaluation, suffers from certain problems, most important one being the assumption of reinvestment at the rate of IRR, which has been often contested in project evalu ...

44. Application of Principal Component Analysis in Grouping Geomorphic Parameters for Hydrologic Modeling

Author:
Singh, P. K.; Kumar, Virendra; Purohit, R. C.; Kothari, Mahesh; Dashora, P. K.
Source:
Water resources management 2009 v.23 no.2 pp. 325-339
ISSN:
0920-4741
Subject:
drainage; hydrologic models; principal component analysis; streams; variance; watersheds; India
Abstract:
... Principal component analysis has been applied to thirteen dimensionless geomorphic parameters for sixteen watersheds of the Chambal catchment of Rajasthan, India, in order to group the parameters under different components based on significant correlations. Results of the principal component analysis clearly revealed that first two principal components are strongly correlated with some of the geom ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11269-008-9277-1

45. Application of chemometric analysis for identifying pollution sources: a case study on the River Adyar, India

Author:
Venugopal, T.; Giridharan, L.; Jayaprakash, M.
Source:
Marine & freshwater research 2009 v.60 no.12 pp. 1254-1264
ISSN:
1323-1650
Subject:
anthropogenic activities; case studies; chemical composition; chemometrics; cluster analysis; factor analysis; heavy metals; ions; pollution; river water; rivers; saline water; seasonal variation; India
Abstract:
... The various factors responsible for the chemical budget and pollution of river water have been evaluated and characterised using various statistical tools. The potential sources of pollution that alter the chemical composition of River Adyar water have been identified and quantified. Thirty-three samples were collected from the River Adyar and basic chemical parameters and heavy metals were interp ...
DOI:
10.1071/MF08178

46. Application of indoxacarb for managing shoot and fruit borer of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) and its decontamination

Author:
Saimandir, Jayakrishnan; Gopal, Madhuban
Source:
Journal of environmental science and health 2009 v.44 no.3 pp. 292-301
ISSN:
0360-1234
Subject:
Leucinodes orbonalis; boring insects; Solanum melongena; indoxacarb; insect control; eggplants; high performance liquid chromatography; application rate; half life; insecticide residues; potassium permanganate; washing; mass spectrometry; decontamination; food contamination; food processing; India
DOI:
10.1080/03601230902728443
PubMed:
19280483

47. Application of neural network and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems for river flow prediction

Author:
Source:
Hydrological sciences journal 2009 v.54 no.2 pp. 247-260
ISSN:
0262-6667
Subject:
algorithms; fuzzy logic; neural networks; prediction; river flow; rivers; watersheds; wet season; India
Abstract:
... Appropriate outflow from a barrage should be maintained to avoid flooding on the downstream side during the rainy season. Due to the nonlinear and fuzzy behaviour of hydrological processes, and in cases of scarcity of relevant data, it is difficult to simulate the desired outflow using physically-based models. Artificial intelligence techniques, namely artificial neural networks (ANN) and an adapt ...
DOI:
10.1623/hysj.54.2.247

48. Appraisal of salinity and fluoride in a semi-arid region of India using statistical and multivariate techniques

Author:
Mor, Suman; Singh, Surender; Yadav, Poonam; Rani, Versha; Rani, Pushpa; Sheoran, Monika; Singh, Gurmeet; Ravindra, Khaiwal
Source:
Environmental geochemistry and health 2009 v.31 no.6 pp. 643-655
ISSN:
0269-4042
Subject:
alkalinity; aquifers; calcium; carbonates; dental caries; drinking; groundwater; human health; magnesium; monitoring; pumps; risk; salinity; semiarid zones; India
Abstract:
... Various physico-chemical parameters, including fluoride (F⁻), were analyzed to understand the hydro-geochemistry of an aquifer in a semi-arid region of India. Furthermore, the quality of the shallow and deep aquifer (using tube well and hand pumps) was also investigated for their best ecological use including drinking, domestic, agricultural and other activities. Different multivariate techniques ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10653-008-9222-5
PubMed:
19030998

49. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Association in Plants Growing on Metal-Contaminated and Noncontaminated Soils Adjoining Kanpur Tanneries, Uttar Pradesh, India

Author:
Khade, Sharda W.; Adholeya, Alok
Source:
Water, air, and soil pollution 2009 v.202 no.1-4 pp. 45-56
ISSN:
0049-6979
Subject:
soil pollution; polluted soils; rhizosphere; tannery waste; metals; vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae; Glomus; Scutellospora; mycorrhizal fungi; species diversity; microbial colonization; edaphic factors; India
Abstract:
... Commonly occurring plant species on metal-contaminated soils and noncontaminated soils adjoining Kanpur Tanneries, Uttar Pradesh, India were surveyed for arbuscular mycorrhizal association. In the present study, pH, electric conductivity (E.C.), organic carbon, macronutrients (available phosphorus, available potassium), micronutrients (Cu and Zn), and toxic metals (Cr, Cd, Pb) were higher in metal ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11270-008-9957-8

50. Arbuscular mycorrhizal status of some Kashmir Himalayan alien invasive plants

Author:
Manzoor A. Shah; Zafar A. Reshi; Damase Khasa
Source:
Mycorrhiza 2009 v.20 no.1 pp. 67-72
ISSN:
0940-6360
Subject:
biogeography; ecological invasion; habitats; introduced plants; invasive species; mycorrhizal fungi; roots; vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae; India
Abstract:
... In view of the recently reported role of arbuscular mycorrhizas (AM) in plant invasions, we examined 63 alien plant species representing 26 families, collected from diverse habitat types in the Kashmir Himalaya, India, for the extent and type of their AM association. Based on the percent AM fungal root length colonization (% RLC), the investigated plants were categorized into five classes (class A ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00572-009-0258-x
PubMed:
19488791