ID: 51052
Title: Effect of feeding of Lactobacillus acidophilus milk on growth rate of Calves.
Author: M.P.Saindane, P.T.Dhole, M.G.Mote and S.A.Daghe
Editor: Dr. R.K.Trivedy
Year: 2009
Publisher: Enviro Media, Vol 15, No.(1), 2009
Source: Centre for Ecological Science,Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-12
Reference: None
Subject: Ecology, Environment and Conservation
Keywords: Lactobacillus acidophilus, Skimmed Milk, Treatment group, Control group
Abstract: The study was carried out under two treatments, calves fed with Lactobacillus acidophilus Milk as first group (Treatment) and calves fed with skim milk as second group (control). Calves fed with Lactobacillus acidophilus milk showed significantly higher weekly body weight at 8,9,10,11 and 12th week of age than calves fed with skimmed milk. Aslo the calves showed significantly higher daily weight gain at all age interval except ' 0 to ' 3 week interval. The results thus show that the Lactobacillus aciophilus milk fed to young calves could increase the final body weight.
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ID: 51051
Title: Potential of Rhizosphere microorganisms in phosphate solubilization
Author: P.Srilatha and K.Venkateswarlu
Editor: Dr. R.K.Trivedy
Year: 2009
Publisher: Enviro Media, Vol 15, No.(1), 2009
Source: Centre for Ecological Science,Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-12
Reference: None
Subject: Ecology, Environment and Conservation
Keywords: Phosphate solubilization, Tricalcium phosphate, Phosphatase, Groundnut, Foxtail millet, Bacillus Aspergillus
Abstract: The diversity of phosphate-solubilizing microorganisms in rhizhospere soils of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) and foxtail millet (Setaria italica (L.) Beauv.) was studied in pot experiments. Out of 23 phosphate-solubilizing microorganisms isolated from the rhizosphere, only the species of Bacillus and Aspergillus were found to be the most prevalent in the rhizosphere. The isolates which exhibited good solubilization of tricalcium phosphate in solid medium were further used for their phosphate solubilization in liquid medium. Surprisingly, the potential of some cultures for phosphate solubiliztion decreased. Aspergillus spp. proved to be potent solubilizers than the species of Bacillus. Pikovskaya ' s medium was an efficient medium compared to the phosphate growth medium, recommended by National Botanical Research Institute of Lucknow or mineral salts medium.
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ID: 51050
Title: Physico-chemical and biological characteristics of a fresh water pond of Katihar , Bihar , India
Author: R.K.Mishra, Md.Rahil Ahmad and Birendra Kumar
Editor: Dr. R.K.Trivedy
Year: 2009
Publisher: Enviro Media, Vol 15, No.(1), 2009
Source: Centre for Ecological Science,Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-12
Reference: None
Subject: Ecology, Environment and Conservation
Keywords: Physico-chemical, Fresh water, Pond, Macrophytes, phytoplankton, Zooplankton
Abstract: The Physico-chemical and biological characteristics of a freshwater pond of Katihar town (Bihar) were investigated for the parameters like temperature, pH, alkalinity, heavy metals, phytoplankton, zooplankton etc. It was observed that several important constituents have crossed the pollutional limits of the water whereas some of the factors are favourable for the production of air breathing fishes.
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ID: 51049
Title: Microbial pretreatment of lignocellulosic biowaste for biogas, value added mushrooms and compost: A recalcitrant recycling tool
Author: Anita Patil , Aruna Deshmukh, Shivaji Deshmukh, Jitesh Khadse, Swapna Khade and Surendra Patil
Editor: Dr. R.K.Trivedy
Year: 2009
Publisher: Enviro Media, Vol 15, No.(1), 2009
Source: Centre for Ecological Science,Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-12
Reference: None
Subject: Ecology, Environment and Conservation
Keywords: Bioconversion, Lignocellulosic waste, Physicochemical properties, Biogasification potentials, Compost
Abstract: Unused wood residues can be converted into value-added products such as biogas, gourmet and medicinal mushrooms and also the compost. In this study, lignocellulosic wood waste was used to cultivate wood-inhabiting ligninolytic white-rot Basidiomycetes of the genus Pleurotus. The spent agrowaste was again converted into value added compost by adding Pongamia pinnata (L.) waste seed cake. The enhancement of biogasification potential of waste seed cake, leads to economic returns needed to support ecosystem management. These values include reducing fuels for fire, decreasing pest and disease outbreaks and increasing biodiversity.
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ID: 51048
Title: Avian diversity around Jajiwal pond- A natural wetland
Author: Archana Gaur, Devendra Mohan and Devendra Choudhary
Editor: Dr. R.K.Trivedy
Year: 2009
Publisher: Enviro Media, Vol 15, No.(1), 2009
Source: Centre for Ecological Science,Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-12
Reference: None
Subject: Ecology, Environment and Conservation
Keywords: Avifauna, Water birds, Grus virgo, Wetlands
Abstract: Wetlands support a vast variety of faunal diversity by providing them suitable habitat, along with food and water. Avifauna hold a significant place in a wetland ecosystem thus an attempt has been made to assess the avian diversity around Jajiwal wetland. Sixty two species of birds were observed during 2004-05, belonging to 26 families namely- Podicipedidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Ardeidae, Charadriidae, Upupidae, Corvidae, Columoidae, Phasianidae, Psittacidae, Muscicapidae, Ploceidae, Rallidae, Sturnidae, Pteroclididae, Pycononotida, Meropidae, Anatidae, Recuvirostridae, Accipitridae, Alcedinidae, Nectariniidae, Gruidae, Cuculidae, Turdinae, Dicruridae and Scolopacidae. The Dominant families of resident waterbirds were Phalacrocoracidae, Ardeidae, Charadriidae. The area in the close vicinity was dominated by family Columbidae, Psittacidae, along with the resident birds, migratory birds such as Grus virgo (Gruidae) also appeared at the wetland during mid October and stayed here up to mid February. These migratory birds inhibited the wetland area for winter months and showed local diurnal migration. All these birds depend up on wetland flora and fauna along with the nearby crop fields for their food. Anthropogenic activities are on their peak around the studied site, thus affecting the advent of Avifauna.
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ID: 51047
Title: Feasibility study of water hyacinth in treatment of hexamine wastewater
Author: Rokhsareh Akbarzadeh and Mitra Kami Delivand
Editor: Dr. R.K.Trivedy
Year: 2009
Publisher: Enviro Media, Vol 15, No.(1), 2009
Source: Centre for Ecological Science,Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-12
Reference: None
Subject: Ecology, Environment and Conservation
Keywords: Water hyacinth, Organic compounds, Hexamine wastewater
Abstract: Hexamine wastewater contains substantial pollution loads in terms of organic and inorganic compounds. Phytoremediation used for pollutants by aquatic macrophytes treatment systems is a well established environmental protective technique. A lab scale study was conducted to test the feasibility of water hyacinth for treating of : 1.Hexamine wastewater 2.Formalin removal of wastewater and 3. Removal of detoxified formalin. The pH changed from alkaline to nearly neutral in 2 cases: initial wastewater and detoxified formaldehyde (sodium formaldehyde), but in case of formalin pH remained almost constant up to loading rate of 300 mg/L of the solution, and then it drastically fell. This study reports the results of removal of chemical organic matter and nitrogen compounds from synthetic wastewater. The concentration of synthetic wastewater in the inlet varied from 1% to 50%. The maximum reduction in the COD mean reduction of initial wastewater, formalin and detoxified formalin were 55.1%, 54.1% and 34.3%, respectively; while the formaldehyde reduction in initial wastewater and formalin solution were 89.4% and 87.9%, respectively. A significant reduction of formaldehyde was noted in all the different concentrations of formalin solution and synthetic wastewater. Water hyacinth has significant potential to absorb methanol from the hexamine wastewater as the results of this study. Thus water hyacinth can be an efficient biological agent in reducing the pollution loads in hexamine wastewater.
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ID: 51046
Title: Energy use pattern in agriculture in a changing tribal area, micro level analysis
Author: S.P.Mohapatra and H.P.Sahoo
Editor: Dr. R.K.Trivedy
Year: 2009
Publisher: Enviro Media, Vol 15, No.(1), 2009
Source: Centre for Ecological Science,Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-12
Reference: None
Subject: Ecology, Environment and Conservation
Keywords: Joules, HYV seeds, Correlation , Stepwise multiple regression, FYM
Abstract: A micro level analytical study of energy use pattern in agriculture was conducted in the eleven tribal villages of three panchayats (Chikalbahal, Kudasinga, Bhutiyarbahal) of Bolangir Dist. of Orissa, dominated by tribal like sangara, kondha, gond, mahar etc. To statistically prove the relationship between the four factors i.e income level, area under irrigated cropped land, area under unirrigated cropped land, family size and the agricultural energy consumption level. The tribal Panchayats require 10.8 lakh MJ of energy per annum (equal to 3 lakh units of electricity) of cultivate crops in 36 ha. of irrigated land & 60 ha. of unirrigated land. On an average the Panchayats consumes 11194 MJ of energy per ha.of cropped area per annum for agricultural operations.
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ID: 51045
Title: Evaluation of optimum overall O2 transfer co-efficient for ' Curved Blade Aerator ' with respect to oxidation ditch
Author: S.B.Thakre and L.B.Bhuyar
Editor: Dr. R.K.Trivedy
Year: 2009
Publisher: Enviro Media, Vol 15, No.(1), 2009
Source: Centre for Ecological Science,Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-12
Reference: None
Subject: Ecology, Environment and Conservation
Keywords: Oxidation ditch, Dissolve oxygen, Aerator, Oxygen transfer coefficient
Abstract: This paper examines the use of curved blade aerator for oxidation-Ditch process. The rotor, which controls the aeration, is the main component of the aeration process. Therefore, the objective of this study is to find out the variations in overall oxygen transfer coefficient (KL a) for different configuration of aerators by varying the parameters like speed of aerator, depth of immersion, so as to yield higher values of KL a & simultaneously should consume less power. Four aerators of different configuration were developed and fabricated in the laboratory and were tested for above mentioned parameters. In laboratory studies, the optimum value of KL a was observed to be 10.33 h-1 for speed 48 rpm, depth of immersion 5.5cm.
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ID: 51044
Title: Effect of ritual activity on the lentic water resources of Jotiba (Wadi-Ratnagiri), Kolhapur district, Maharashtra
Author: S.B.Jadhav, N.S.Chavan and M.V.Gokhale
Editor: Dr. R.K.Trivedy
Year: 2009
Publisher: Enviro Media, Vol 15, No.(1), 2009
Source: Centre for Ecological Science,Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-12
Reference: None
Subject: Ecology, Environment and Conservation
Keywords: Jotiba (Wadi-Ratnagiri),Water pollution, Lentic water resource
Abstract: Monitoring of the water resources is the first step to be taken before initiating any management and conservation plan. An attempt is made for the first time to report the status of water resources of Jotiba. Physico-chemical properties of lentic water resources of Jotiba (Wadi-Ratnagiri) of Kolhapur district were measured at four sites, at montly interval. The parameters studied were temperature , pH, electrical conductivity, total solids, hardness, free CO2, total alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, COD, chloride, inorganic phosphorus, nitrate , oil and grease and minerals such as Ca and Mg. The assessment was carried out before and after Chaitra ritual (Chaitra-Yatra) activity. The results of the present investigation suggest great influence of yearly ritual activity on the water resources of Jotiba.
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ID: 51043
Title: Study on tree species diversity of Tala forest of Umaria district of M.P., India
Author: Pushpendra Singh, Manjusha Saxena and Kapil K. Soni
Editor: Dr. R.K.Trivedy
Year: 2009
Publisher: Enviro Media, Vol 15, No.(1), 2009
Source: Centre for Ecological Science,Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-12
Reference: None
Subject: Ecology, Environment and Conservation
Keywords: Species diversity, Butea monosperma, Shanon Wiener ' s and Simpson Index
Abstract: The variability of natural communities is well known. The term diversity is applied to represent this variability in a community. Indeed, the species diversity is the simplest mode to characterize the structure of a community. Species diversity using the Shanon Wiener ' s (H ' ) and Simpson Index (D") was calculated for Tala forest. In the present study, the Tala forest having Butea monosperma as a dominant species with diversity, value H ' = 1.262443 and K ' = 0.9251265.
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ID: 51042
Title: Absorption process for biogas purification and filling into cylinders for using as a transport fuel
Author: Ranjeet Singh and S.K.Mandal
Editor: Dr. R.K.Trivedy
Year: 2009
Publisher: Enviro Media, Vol 15, No.(1), 2009
Source: Centre for Ecological Science,Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-12
Reference: None
Subject: Ecology, Environment and Conservation
Keywords: Biogas purification, Scrubber, Methane
Abstract: The development of biogas purification and filling system for production of methane enriched biogas, which will substitute fossil fuel like petrol, diesel, LPG and CNG used in transport vehicles. Biogas can be used in automobiles after its purification (removing carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and moisture present in it). A chemical purification and filling technology is developed at kanpur gaushala society, Kanpur, based on chemical absorption of carbon dioxide in concentrated sodium hydroxide solution (15%). The purification system is able to remove carbon dioxide (97.7% v/v) from biogas by passing into the scrubber and spraying concentrated sodium hydroxide solution from top of the scrubber in counter current action. Methane enriched biogas is passed through second scrubber where hydrogen sulfide is absorbed (100% v/v) by iron oxide, then this biogas is passed through silica gel column to remove moisture by absorption and the purified biogas is finally stored in reservoir which is joined by a three-stage compressor for filling in steel cylinders (as used in CNG filling) . The methane enriched biogas cylinders are tested as a fuel in Maruthi van successfully.
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ID: 51041
Title: Influence of sub-cane pruning and cycoceal application on yield and quality in Thompson seedless grapes
Author: R.A.Chougule, D.B.Ahire , S.B.Shinde and S.N. Borse
Editor: Dr. R.K.Trivedy
Year: 2009
Publisher: Enviro Media, Vol 15, No.(1), 2009
Source: Centre for Ecological Science,Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-12
Reference: None
Subject: Ecology, Environment and Conservation
Keywords: Cane & leaf density, cycoceal , yield and quality
Abstract: Study on effect of sub-cane pruning and cycoceal application on yield and quality in Thompson seedless grapes revealed that significantly the highest weight of bunch (439.9 g), length of berry (22.69 mm ), diameter of berry (19.78 mm), weight of berry (3.51 g) were recorded in cane density 30 per vine, leaf density 16 per cane with application of cycoceal @ 500 ppm at five leaf stage. The significantly highest yield (15.96 kg/vine; 35.44 MT/ ha), TSS (22.42o Brix), TSS: acidity ratio (45.7) with minimum acidity (0.49%) were recorded in cane density 35 per vine, leaf density 16 per cane with application of cycoceal @ 500 ppm at five leaf stage after October pruning.
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ID: 51040
Title: Vermicomposting-A cost effective disposal of market waste
Author: V.Karthikeyan and R.Murugesan
Editor: Dr. R.K.Trivedy
Year: 2009
Publisher: Enviro Media, Vol 15, No.(1), 2009
Source: Centre for Ecological Science,Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-12
Reference: None
Subject: Ecology, Environment and Conservation
Keywords: vermicomposting ,Market waste, Bio-compost, Inoculants, Press-mud
Abstract: The disposal of solid waste is one of the major problem being faced globally. Solid waste generated from domestic, commercial and industrial activities are set aside on the street in an unscientific manner in under-developed and developing countries which leads to severe environmental concerns and health hazards. The Salem city generating a huge quantity of solid waste from four zones Suramangalam, Hasthampattii, Ammapet and Kondalampatti was estimated as 335 MT per day. Wherein, market waste alone estimated as 22.41 MT per day from daily vegetable market. At present, the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) were collected, transported and dumped at Erumapalayam landfill for more than four decades in an unscientific manner, which is almost overflowing. An alternate method of disposal is need of the hour. The vermicomposting process is becoming more popular for its cost-effectiveness and eco-friendly approach. In this study, market was taken for vermicomposting process. To accelarate the vermicomposting process, inoculants viz. cow-dung and press-mud were used in proportions 1:0.5, 1:1, 1:1.5 and 1:1:0.5 . The temperature and moisture were maintained in suitable condition. This study reveals that the proportions of 1:1 (Market Waste:Cow dung) and 1:1:0.5 (Market Waste: Cow dung: Press - mud) gives the optimum results by producing good quality of bio-compost in 30 days and 20 days. If the entire quantity of market waste is converted into bio-compost by vermicomposting process, will fetch lucrative revence to the authorities concerned. Also this will conquer the environmental concerns.
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ID: 51039
Title: Effect of parasitic infection on oxygen consumption values of Carassius auratus var. bicaudatus (Redcap, Redform and Telescope)
Author: P.Suguna and K.Sree Ramulu
Editor: Dr. R.K.Trivedy
Year: 2009
Publisher: Enviro Media, Vol 15, No.(1), 2009
Source: Centre for Ecological Science,Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-12
Reference: None
Subject: Ecology, Environment and Conservation
Keywords: Dissolved oxygen, Carassius auratus var. bicaudatus
Abstract: The hydrobiological study on Carassius auratus var. bicaudatus (Redcap, Redform and Telescope) which belongs to carp family cyprinidae were made because carp has worldwide choice for culture. In the present study Carassius auratus var. bicaudatus (Redcap, Redform and Telescope) were collected from aquarium designing centers and were observed for the effect of parasitic infection on oxygen consumption values. Dissolved oxygen was found to be an important factor in parasitic infection.
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ID: 51038
Title: Study on micropropagation in Grape (Vitis champini)
Author: R.P. Bhor , D.B.Ahire , Y.G.Ban and S.N.Borse
Editor: Dr. R.K.Trivedy
Year: 2009
Publisher: Enviro Media, Vol 15, No.(1), 2009
Source: Centre for Ecological Science,Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-12
Reference: None
Subject: Ecology, Environment and Conservation
Keywords: Micro propogation, shoot tip and nodal segments
Abstract: A micro propogation study in grape (Vitis champini) revealed that, among the explant tried, nodal segment and shoot tip from axenic shoot produced 2-4 multiples with good response to in vitro rooting. The auxillary bud enable to sprout. For shoot multiplication nodal segment responded better in MS media supplemented with BAP 1 mg/L. However for rhizogenesis, 1/2 MS medium was better than full MS medium supplemented with IBA (1.00 mg/L).
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