A field experiment was conducted during Kharif 2018 at College Farm, College of Agriculture, PJTSAU to evaluate the effect of various sources of zinc and iron on grain yield, nutrient uptake and grain quality parameters of finger millet. The experiment was laid out in a randomize...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i230154
A field experiment was conducted during Rabi, 2018 at Agricultural Research Station, Raichur on the effect of foliar application of micronutrient mixture on growth, yield and economics of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.). The Experiment was laid down completely randomized bloc...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i230152
Biguanides [HN=C(NR1R2)-NH-C(NR3R4)=NH] constitute an important family of molecules used as drugs in the treatment of diabetes. When R1=R2=R3=R4=H the molecule is named simply “biguanide”. The five nitrogen atoms are potential coordination sites. Several experimental works publis...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i230151
The objective of this investigation was to study the biosorption of Cd (II) from aqueous solution onto Penicillium sp immobilized in calcium alginate and to determine the isotherms and kinetics of the adsorption process. The capacity for Cd (II) biosorption was investigated as a...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i230150
Nano-scale (less than 100 nm) materials have received wide attention because of their rare properties that differ significantly from a bulk sample of the same material. In this research, a physical irradiation method by using UV lamp was established for preparation nanoparticles...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i130148
Aim: The current study focuses on the effect of PP nanocomposite multi-layered film on physicochemical properties of stored idli batter and prepared idli cakes. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Food Packaging and System Development at Indian Institute of Food Processing...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i130149
This study was conducted to evaluate soil fertility status in the fourteen major tasar sericulture adopting villages in Purulia District, West Bengal. For this, a total of 160 surface soil samples (0-30 cm) were collected from dominant tasar sericulture villages along with the de...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i130147
Aim: The current study focuses on development of high oxygen barrier multi-layered packaging film for shelf life extension of Ready-to-Cook (RTC) idli batter. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Food Packaging and System Development at Indian Institute of Food Processing T...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i130146
Excessive use of organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs) in fruits and vegetables may affect human health. In this paper, a simple, rapid and effective method for the determination of five OPPs in winter bamboo shoots by gas chromatography-flame photometric detector (GC-FPD) was devel...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i130145
Silica gel (70-230 mesh ASTM) was packed into a column (45 cm × 3 cm) using the dry method. About 7 g of extract was mixed with 30 g of silica gel and allowed to dry. It was then loaded onto the column and successively eluted initially with pet ether 100%, followed by 10%, 20%, 4...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i130144