Edible vegetable oil samples purchased in Akure, Nigeria, were subjected to physicochemical properties and trace metals analysis. The physiochemical parameters such as acid value, iodine value and saponification value were carried out by standard methods and the levels of the tra...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i730178
Seven germplasm lines (IC No. 381538, 450535, 463380, 464140, 464186, 574807 and 578388) were categorised as best entries with resistance/ moderately resistant reaction at both vegetative (dead hearts) and reproductive (white ears) stages of the rice crop through field screening...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i730179
Thejangulie Angami, Lobsang Wangchu, Prankanu Debnath, Pranabjyoti Sarma, Barun Singh, Amit Kumar Singh, Siddhartha Singh, B. N. Hazarika, Mayanglambam Chandrakumar Singh & Ashok Chhetri·International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry·2020
The present study was carried out with the aim to screen out the nutritional characteristics of three underutilized fruit species of the genus Spondias which are seen grown wild in the forest of the north-eastern region of India, as the detail information on nutrient composition...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i730176
Pristine and oxygen functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes were used as adsorbent for removal of Methyl Orange (MO) dye. The adsorption was carried out under different pH values. The analysis of results indicated that the adsorption characteristics of the MO dye by pristine...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i730175
Ion exchange is the interchange of equivalent amount of ions from the solution with ions which are swarming in a boundary of charged surface in equilibrium. It is developed due to the presence of charge in the soil colloids or layer lattice clay minerals. The source of charge dev...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i630174
Background: Titanium dioxide (TiO2) NPs are used in agriculture to increase seeds germination and seedlings growth and can improve yield by approximately 30%. The present experimental investigation demonstrated the effect of nanoparticles (NPs) Anatase - TiO2 (<100 nm size) on...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i630173
Aims: The aim of controlling vegetative growth of Chandler strawberry cultivar using pusa hydogel (25 g and 50 g), Cycocel (500 ppm and 1000 ppm) and triacontanol (100 ppm and 150 ppm). Study Design: The experiment was carried out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three repli...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i630172
Continuous use of fertilizers decreasing the biological activity of the soil. Fertile soils teem with microorganisms, which directly contribute to the biological fertility of the soil. Microorganisms are responsible for the availability of nutrients to the plants which are alread...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i630171
An Randamised Block Design (RBD) field investigation with ten crop sequences under irrigation with recommended package of practices in sandy loam soils of Southern Telangana Zone (STZ), Telangana was carried out during Kharif, Rabi and summer of 2018-2019 with an objective of the...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i630170
Millets have substantial benefits as a drought-resistant crop, yield good productivity in the areas with water scarcity, possesses remarkable edibles and nutritive values. Nutritional quality of food is the most important parameter for maintaining human health and complete physic...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i530169
The adsorption of Fast Green (FG) dye on pristine multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was investigated in this study. The adsorption was carried out under different operating conditions. The operating conditions were contact time, adsorbent dosage, initial dye concentration, the...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i530168
A field experiment was conducted during Kharif 2018-19 and 2019-20 at the farm of Regional Research station, Old Alluvial Zone, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Majhian, Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal to study the Performance of direct seeded rice (var. GB-1) under integrated nu...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i530167
Background: Contamination of vegetables with heavy metals is a health concern. Therefore, monitoring levels of heavy metals in vegetables can provide useful information for promoting food safety. The level of heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn in mg/kg) in vegetable samples from dif...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i530165
The presence of heavy metals in industrial wastewater needed to be removed in other to control pollution which has been caused as a result of human and industrial activities. Several adsorbents have been used for the remediation process but with this particular research work, Zeo...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i530166
Evaluation of crude oil and its residue using derivatography, is one of the most common physical and chemical methods analytical research. Crude oil residues 350+ obtain from two Iraq-Kurdistan crudes (Tawke T-21A well and Shekhan PF2 well) by using atmospheric distillation after...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i430164