K. Raja, M. Karthikeyan, I. Johnson, P. Latha & D. Saravanakumar·Advances in Research·2017
Plant growth promoting bacterial (PGPB) strains of Pseudomonas fluorescens were tested for their capacity to overcome the water stress under rice fallow condition in black gram plants. Among the different bacteria used, P. fluorescens TRRI-1 were exhibited the highest antagonisti...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/34227
Aims: The research work was carried out to study the effect of different packaging materials on quality of fenugreek and to study the shelf life of fenugreek at different storage conditions in kharif season. Study Design: The fresh fenugreek samples were packed with 100 g weight...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/35266
The present study is an attempt towards identification of principal agricultural and socio-economic dimensions in Haryana using principal component analysis (PCA) and canonical correlation analysis techniques. Principal component analysis transforms the original set of variables...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/34767
The process of species accumulation, during progressive sampling, results in the regular, monotonic increase of the number of recorded species with sampling size. On the contrary, the numbers f1(N), f2(N), f3(N), …, fx(N) of those species recorded 1-, 2-, 3-, …, x-times at sampli...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/35223
Lignocellulose biomass was bioconverted with Aspergillus niger and Trichoderma viride to produce cellulase. Groundnut husk is a cheap and readily available substrate with potential for bioconversion. Cellulase production from alkali and biological pretreated groundnut husk was co...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/18155
Roberto Panizzolo, Stefano Biazzo & Alberto Maria de Crescenzo·Advances in Research·2017
Aims: A Performance related pay (PRP) plan rewards employees with a financial payment, either consolidated or non consolidated, following an assessment of their performance and, typically, the achievement of objectives. Many different types of PRP schemes have been developed over...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/34518
Oluowo Elohor Freeman, Olomukoro John Ovie & Isibor Patrick Omoregie·Advances in Research·2017
Climate change affect the physiochemical characteristics of water bodies directly through temperature increase with resultant effect in reducing heavy metals concentrations in surface water temporarily, and indirectly changing the physical and chemical processes related to temper...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/34754
In this research, the synthesis of a silver coordination polymer derived from1,2-bis (4-pyridyl)-ethane (BPA) and benzimidazole (BIMZ) is reported. It was synthesized, characterized and used as a precursor for silver oxide nanoparticles by calcination. The as-obtained complex pro...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/34338
The issue of poverty estimation in India has been drawing attention since independence. The process for measuring poverty in India was initiated in early sixties, when a working group from planning commission provided a quantification of minimum food and non-food requirements of...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/34765
Fidelis Azi, Ngozi U. Oledinma, Helen Amaka Njoku, Veronica N. Nwobasi & Amechi S. Nwankwegu·Advances in Research·2017
Aflatoxins are very potent mycotoxins produce by molds. Molds are very common pre-harvest and post harvest contaminant of cereals/cereal products. Despite improved handling, processing and storage of cereals, aflatoxins still remain a major problem in the cereal processing indust...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/32890
Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) is any system that encompasses methods for collecting, concentrating and storing various forms of runoff for various purposes. Agriculture in semiarid tropics depends on the vagaries of weather, especially of the rain. Without doubt, the greatest clima...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33983
Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) is an important seed spices crop of family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) and possess 2n=22 chromosomes with cross-pollination as mode of reproduction. A field experiment was conducted at CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar to study the effect of...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33354
G. O. Oyeleke, R. O. Adetoro, R. T. Lawal & M. A. Salam·Advances in Research·2017
Thaumatococcus daniellii is an under-exploited, wild rhizomatous perennial herb from Africa that is classified as one of the non-timber forest products. The aril contains an intensely sweet and non-toxic protein used as sweetener in food and other related industries. This study e...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33423
Rishi Richa, N. C. Shahi, Anupama Singh, U. C. Lohani, P. K. Omre, Anil Kumar & T. K. Bhattacharya·Advances in Research·2017
The purpose of the current review paper is to investigate and analyze about the effects of ohmic heating (OH) different application in the field of fish, meat and its product and compare it with other conventional thermal methods of food processing such as thawing, heating, cooki...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33799
New Product Development (NPD) involves creating a new product from concept to the market. The product could be entirely new or rebranding. It is a critical focus of any production firm. The increase in volume of new competitive products is an indicator of any fast growing product...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/33027