Sulfur mustard (bis[2-chloroethyl]sulfide; C4H8Cl2S; CASRN: 505-60-2) or as it is commonly called, ‘mustard gas’, is one of a class of vesicant chemical warfare agents with the ability to form vesicles or blisters on exposed skin. Sulfur mustard is a viscous liquid at ambient temperature, but becomes a solid at 58 °F (14 °C). It is heavier than water as a liquid and heavier than air as a vapor....

The role of hyperthermia during regional alkylating agent chemotherapy is controversial. The aim of this study was to determine the exact contribution of hyperthermia to tumor response during isolated limb infusion with l-phenylalanine mustard. Rats bearing rodent fibrosarcoma on the hindlimb underwent isolated limb infusion with saline, saline plus heat, l-phenylalanine mustard, l-phenylalanin...

*Corresponding author E-mail : [email protected] INTRODUCTION The genus Brassica comprises an important group of cultivated vegetable and oilseed crops and have great economic importance worldwide. The cultivated species of Brassica include cabbage, cauliflower, kale, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, turnip, swede, oilseed rape, various mustards and other leafy vegetables (Hong et al. 2008). As oils...

Manual weed control in mustard is very expensive because of its high labour requirement i.e., 150-250 labourers/ha. Chemical again imposes environmental hazards. Mechanical not still that popular till date. Due to severe competition, the yield reduction Indian may go as 70 per cent. Thus zero using high-density sowing (HDS) was studied different farmers’ field, at ICAR-CRIJAF, North 24 PGS and ...

In Sri Lanka, mustard (Brassica juncea) is cultivated as a subsidiary crop for the seeds used as a condiment in cooking. In the Indian sub-continent, however, it is an important oilseed crop used as a source of vegetable oil. Mustard has over 45% erucic acid (C22:1) which is unsuitable nutritionally for human consumption. The Brassica oilseed species, B. napus and B. campestris, were developed ...

Background: Indian mustard is an important oilseed crop which occupies premier position in agriculture. Developing high yielding genotypes a major breeding objective mustard. Present study was conducted at Experimental Farm of Ranaghat, Nadia, West Bengal, during 2017 to 2019. Methods: Line x tester analysis seven lines and five testers carried out identify the heterotic crosses their relations...

Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L. Czern. & Coss) is a natural amphidiploid which the greatest pre-dominating crop of oilseed Brassica group. A study was undertaken to estimate genetic variability, correlation and path coefficient analysis yield its contributing traits in 75 genotypes grown Randomized Block Design with two replications. The variance highly significant for all characters inv...