Report by the District Magistrate, Koraput, Odisha in Original Application No - 148/19 filed by Basanta Patra Vs State of Odisha & Others. The matter related to preservation of Jagannath Sagar, Jeypore, Odisha. The report stated that for de-weeding of Jagannath Sagar, the district administration has agreed to hire the …
JORHAT, May 17: The Department of Entomology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, is organizing a national-level workshop on biological control of crop pests and weeds on May 29 and 30 at the University. This was informed by Dr A Basit, Principal Scientist, AICRP on bio-control and organizing secretary of the workshop. …
K. Lakshmi It is also being used to store water from Veeranam tank Seeking Attention: Most parts of the Porur lake have turned green due to the growth of aquatic weeds. CHENNAI: The Porur Lake, which is used as a storage point for city water supply, presents a pathetic picture …
- Volunteers launch a clean-up drive at water body hours before showers It was double delight for the Dhakuria Lakes on a day that began with a two-hour clean-up drive and ended with the summer
There is widespread interest in biofuel crops as a solution to the world's energy needs, particularly in light of concerns over greenhouse-gas emissions. Despite reservations about their adverse environmental impacts, no attempt has been made to quantify actual, relative or potential invasiveness of terrestrial biofuel crops at an appropriate regional …
BHUBANESWAR: Climate change will not only have a single manifestation of rapid and unpredictable temperature rise, but also has tremendous impact on agriculture
Conservation Agriculture In yet another step towards popularising conservation agriculture among the farmers of the region, the Punjab Agro Foodgrains Corporation (PAFC) has demonstrated cultivation of wheat using minimalist tillage technology. The wheat has been grown on 120 acres of PAFC farmland in Ladhowal, Ludhiana.
Studies conducted on parthenium in the Cancer Research Institute, Mumbai indicate that parthenin, the principle component of the grass, might possess anti-cancer properties. The plant is already part of folk remedies for certain skin afflictions, fever, anaemia and dysentery. parthenium is used as firewood as well as green manure in …
Agents to control this dreaded weed work well in labs, need to be taken to fields congress grass or parthenium, a native of tropical America, came to India accidentally in 1955. A rapidly growing invasive species, this grass competes well for nutrients and space and reproduces fast. One of the …
Talk about weeds changing labour market Vandana Khobragade, a small farmer, knew the wheat and chickpea growing on her half hectare farmland needed weeding. But she could not afford to pay Rs 50 a day for labour to farm hands in her village Matkazari in Maharashtra
Chandigarh: Housing a number of enclosed spaces, the maintenance of green spaces assumes prime importance in Sector 28. Stretching from those adjoining the V-3 roads to inside the sector, the green spaces are in need of some serious sprucing up. With heaps of construction waste littered around and a population …
They are good for pollinators WEEDS have invariably been considered unwanted by modern agriculturists who have always laid emphasis on their removal. They affect crops by competing for nutrients. India loses an estimated 30 per cent of its crop yield every year due to weeds. This is more than the …
The present work reports on the habitat characteristics of some weeds of pulses crop field. Reported weeds are more adapted in the Gangetic alluvium soil under certain climatic factors.
Jasrota Wildlife Sanctuary, with an area of 10.04 km2, is situated on the right bank of the Ujh river in district Kathua, J&K; State. The mammals of Jasrota Wildlife Sanctuary represent 4.3% of the total mammals (372 species) recorded by Hossetti (2002) from India. The observed mammalian diversity in the …
South Asia's endangered Great One-horned Rhinoceros is being driven out of its natural habitat in search of food into the hands of illegal poachers, experts said on Thursday. A meeting of the Asian Rhino Specialist Group in Nepal said that the massive animal's feeding grounds were being invaded by "exotic …
The ability for heavy metals removal by C. odorata and V. zizanioides grown on contaminated soil and synthetic contaminated soil in experimental pots was investigated. Both contaminated and uncontaminated soils, for preparing the synthetic contaminated soil in this study, were obtained from Mae Sot district, Tak province.
Activated charcoals have been prepared from the weed like Argemone mexicana L. by using chemical activating agents like Zinc Chloride, Ortho Phosphoric Acid, etc.
Cotton-wheat is a long established crop production system of north-western plains of India and Pakistan, and it occupies an important place in the agricultural economy of both these countries. While cotton is a cash crop, wheat provides the necessary food security. Accordingly, this crop rotation has brought rich dividends to …
policymakers in India swear by the insecticide ddt to contain sand fly, the kala-azar vector. There are alternatives to using chemicals, a group of researchers has found by studying 50 villages in five kala-azar endemic districts in Bihar. The disease is most prevalent in the state. Critics say the study …
Field experiment was conducted at the Student's Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana during rabi 2005-06 to evaluate the feasibility of different weed management options in bed planted wheat. Amongst different weed control methods integration of one interculture with post emergence application of clodinafop 40 g ha-1 …
