The nutritional status of food plants and altitudes play pivotal role in successful rearing of Indian tropical tasar silk worm Antheraea mylitta Drury both in commercial and seed crops. The pupa is the most crucial stage of its life cycle for the adult life and race continuation as well as for exploiting its genetic potency and dynamics to our best advantages. In the present investigation an ex...

INTRODUCTION Studies conducted amongst the inhabitants of high altitude suggested that systolic and diastolic blood pressures are lower in the high than in low altitude population. So a study was designed to look at the blood pressure values among permanent residents of high altitudes of rural Western Nepal. METHODS This is a descriptive cross sectional study conducted at two different altitu...

The study of plant under environmental conditions leads to an appreciation of their physical and chemical requirements for growth and reproduction. It contributes to increase the knowledge of where the plants grow. This study was conducted to determine the main autecological characteristics of Salvia hydrangea L. which is an endemic plant distributed in Mazanadarn province, Iran. The habitats o...

(up to about 2000 m) were shown to have lower mortality from coronary artery disease (CAD) and stroke (-22% and-12% per 1000 m) [1] and an about 50% lower risk of dying from Alzheimer's disease compared with their counterparts living at lower altitudes [2]. In contrast, reported altitude effects on cancer mortality are still conflicting [3]. However, due to shared risk factors, e.g. obesity and...