Gulzar S. Sanghera, Harmandeep Singh, Vikrant Tyagi, Rupinder Pal Singh & Lenika Kashyap·Advances in Research·2017
Thirty sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrid complex) elite clones/varieties were evaluated for different sugar yield and other quality traits under two water regimes. Analysis of variance revealed significant differences among clones tested for different characters in both normal (E1...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/35914
Handloom products are traditional consumer products. India has a rich and exclusive collection of Handloom products made in different states. There is a lot of fame for Indian handlooms all over the world. Their history dates long back and one can consider handlooms as a heritage...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/35618
Ama Anya Agwu, Nwigbo Solomon Chuka, Okolie Paul Chukwulozie & Aguh Patrick Sunday·Advances in Research·2017
This research assessed the level of health effects of noise and vibration on human health from the use of local electric generating sets. This is a common practice in most of our homes and business places in developing countries. Sample of trading places in Ekwulobia, Aguata Loca...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/35668
Pterocarpus santalinus L.f. is a highly valued timber species, because of its “heavy, dark -red heartwood,” especially that possessing a ‘wavy’ grain. Propagated through mainly seeds; problem in seed germination because of hard seed coat, so limits poor seed germination productio...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/34246
Aim: The aim of our study is to isolate, identify and pathogenicity test of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. malvacearum (Xam) causing bacterial blight of cotton and to determine the comparative efficacy of some selected chemicals and antibiotic in controlling Xam in vitro. Place and D...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/35626
A one-step computational method is proposed for the simulation of Duffing oscillators in this research. In achieving this, power series was adopted as a basis function in the derivation of the method. The integration was carried out within a one-step interval, where the interval...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/36133
Cordyceps is an entomophagous medicinal mushroom that commands a price close to that of Gold or even more, it is believed that the price of this fungus reached USD $20,000 to 40,000 per kg in the international market. Cordyceps spp is mainly endemic to the Tibetian plateau inclu...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/35923
Manel Mellouli, Jihène Sahli, Manel Limam, Jicem Toumi, Meriam El Ghardallou, Thouraya Ajmi, Ali Mtiraoui & Chekib Zedini·Advances in Research·2017
Aim: We conducted this study to assess the functional disability of institutionalized elders and to identify its associated factors. Place and Duration of the Study: This study was conducted during a period of 3 months from the first January to 31 March 2015 in the long-stay inst...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/35889
Ravi Kumar, Randhir Kumar, Amit Kumar & Divakar Kumar Bharati·Advances in Research·2017
Heterosis is widely utilized for the selection of superior cross combinations. Since the heterosis has become commercially feasible in developing hybrid brinjal. In the present investigation, six parents were selected on the basis of divergence and crossed in diallele design. The...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/35385
In this paper we present some results on making Ni/CNTs composite by electroplating technique. The work aims to create an advanced nano-composite coating surfaces by taking superior mechanical properties of the CNTs. The Watts solution was used for nickel plating experiments. We...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/35922
In this paper, the solution of fuzzy relational equations are determined in the case of k - regular intuitionistic fuzzy matrices. Also we introduce the concept of k - regularity for block intuitionistic fuzzy matrices and the consistency of intuitionistic fuzzy relational equati...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/35535
Many studies have been done to control lepidopteran by the biological insecticide Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein (Bt protein). But in the current study, we concentrated more on identification and characterization of cry genes specific to dipteran insects from twenty nativ...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/32920
John Stephen Tenywa, Margaret Nabasirye, Revocatus Twinomuhangi & David. Mfitumukiza·Advances in Research·2017
Knowledge and technology uptake in the context of climate change adaptation is critical in ensuring that communities vulnerable to climate risks, respond effectively with appropriate actions, and particularly to its extreme events that are increasingly bedeviling agricultural nat...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/34892
In higher power tractors, to fully utilize the available power and for timeliness of tillage operations, front mounted three-point linkage is another option. With this view, a user friendly computer program is developed in Visual Basic environment to design of front mounted three...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/35767
The electrodeposition of Fe-Ni alloys was performed galvanostatically in chloride solutions of pH 1.5–2.5 at 70°C, and the deposition behavior was investigated. The presence of hydroxide iron in the electrolyte was the main cause of anomalous codeposition. Hydroxide iron precipit...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/35714