Sikkim, a mountainous state in the Himalayas joined the democratic mainstream of the Indian Union in 1975. It has made enormous progress in planned economic development since then. Mountainous terrain and lack of reliable transportation and infrastructure does not allow establishments of large scale industries. Agriculture, dairy farming and cottage industries have limited scope of expansion. H...

Although entomogenous nenmtodes generally have many of the attributes of the ideal biocontrol agent, many of these attributes make the nematodes less than desirable for commercial production. Environmental limitations, lack of patent protection, "shelf life," shipping problems, and the need for users to receive specialized training are factors that have discouraged the involvement of larger com...

Amitrole-containing herbicides are commonly used by home and cottage owners for spraying grass. They are manufactured and distributed in the United States, Canada and throughout the world by several pharmaceutical/chemical industries under many different trade names, such as Amitrole-T, Amizol, Azolan, Cytrol and Weedazol. They have not been previously associated with pulmonary toxicity in man ...

Rajasthan has been a state of natural conflicts. Due to adverse geographical location, desert, lack water and infrastructure, there little development large scale industries. Therefore, small cottage industries, rural industries handicraft have special importance in the economy Rajasthan. Small hold for terms employment generation, income, best utilization local resources, industrial decentrali...

Detection of defect on finished fabrics and their classification based on their appearance plays a vital role in inspection of both hand-woven and machine woven fabrics. Generally the defect detection process is carried out by making use of the manual effort, during which some of fabric defects are very small and undistinguishable and can be identified only by monitoring the variation in the in...