In order to evaluate the effect of plant growth regulators on sex determination and yield, an experiment was conducted by spraying different hormonal combinations on medicinal pumpkin. Experimental treatments were included different concentrations of NAA (25, 75, 100, 125 mg/l), paclobutrazol (50, 100, 200 and 300 mg/l) and combination of growth regulators (NAA 25 mg/l + PBZ 50 mg/l), (NAA 75 m...

vitamin d deficiency is one of the common nutritional deficiency and it exists in both childhood and adult life. the prevalence of vitamin d deficiency is 50-90 % in the indian subcontinent. this was a cross sectional study which includes 96 apparently healthy school going children (50 male & 46 female) of age 5 to 10 years. we found that 33.33% (15 male &17 female) had vitamin d levels {25(oh)...

Purpose Water management affects the bioavailability of cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As) in the soil and hence their accumulation in rice grains and grain yields. However, Cd and As show opposite responses to soil water content, but information, particularly on irrigation, is missing on a field scale. The purpose of the present study was therefore to find a water management regime that can lower a...

Experiments using electrical stimulation of different groups of muscle afferent nerve fibres have shown that most of the known medullated fibres in muscle nerves are involved in reflexly stimulatihg ventilation (Bessou et al. 1959, Koizumi et al. 1961, Senapati 1966). Investigations using natural stimulation of muscle receptors and pmsive limb movements (Kao et al. 1963, Senapati 1966, Kalia et...

OBJECTIVE Determine the effect of a matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor (MMPi) and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEi) on collagen, MMP, tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMPs) expression in the spontaneously hypertensive heart failure (SHHF) rat. METHODS Six groups were tested: normotensive 9- and 13-month-old Wistar-Furth (WF) rats, 9-month-old SHHFs (compensatory hypertrophy), 13-month...

Vitamin D deficiency is one of the common nutritional deficiency and it exists in both childhood and adult life. The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency is 50-90 % in the Indian subcontinent. This was a cross sectional study which includes 96 apparently healthy school going children (50 Male & 46 Female) of age 5 to 10 years. We found that 33.33% (15 Male &17 Female) had vitamin D levels {25(OH)...

There are many remediating methods for the polluted soils but only phytoremediation is a cost effective, environmental friendly, aesthetically pleasing approach that is most suitable for many countries. The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential of native plants for phytoremediation of contaminated soils with lead, zinc, cadmium and nickel in the rangelands around National Lead ...