Freeze dried powdered leaves of Cymbopogum citratus (DC) Stapf, Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Nee & Eberm Ipomoea mauritiana Jacq. Tamarandus indicus L., Lantana camara L., Myroxylon balsumum (L.) Harm, Citrus aurantium L. ...

With the objective of characterizing the Q- banding pattern of cattle chromosomes, peripheral blood lymphocyte metaphase chromosomes of a bull calf (Bos indicus x Bo s taurus L.) were studied using quinacrine fluorescence ...

With a view to elucidating the factor(s) responsible for gregarization in locusts, the behavioural and pigmentary characteristics of hatchling Schistocerca gregaria (Forskal) have been quantified using logistic regression ...

Twenty three dwarf mutants, five early flowering mutants and four commercial varieties of Basmati rice were studied for genetic correlations among yield and yield components. Yield per plant showed highly significant ...

A high yielding, early maturing, semi dwarf variety of peanut {Arachis hypogaea L.) was multiplied in vitro by embryonal shoot tip culture on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with phytohormones. Of the different ...

Field experiments were conducted in 1985- 88 and in 1995- 97 in Nigeria to determine the effect of melon and okra on the micro-environment and crop growth in mixtures with maize, cowpea and cassava. The vegetables and ...

The diurnal variations of water relations of the tea plant were studied using petted young tea plants with particular reference to drought tolerance. Glasshouse experiments showed that the diurnal changes of plant water ...

Food legumes are an important component in upland cropping systems of subsistence farmers in Sri Lanka. The objective of this study was to understand the factors responsible for the gap between potential yield and farmer ...