Papaya (Carica papaya L.) Leaf Powder: Novel Adsorbent for Removal of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solution     

M. Zobayer Bin Mukhlish  Maksudur Rahman Khan  Mithun Chandra Bhoumick  Sumona Paul 《Water, air, and soil pollution》2012,223(8):4949-4958

Batch sorption experiments were carried out to investigate the potentiality of papaya leaf powder (PLP) for the removal of methylene blue (MB) from aqueous solution. The effects of various experimental parameters, such as adsorbent dose, initial solution concentration, contact time, and solution pH were also studied. The amount of dye adsorbed was found to increase with increase in initial dye concentrations. Papaya leaf adsorbs MB better in basic medium. The adsorption equilibrium data fitted well in the Langmuir isotherm equation with a monolayer sorption capacity of 512.55?mg?g^?1. The kinetics of MB adsorption onto papaya leaf was examined using the pseudo-first and pseudo-second order and unified approach kinetic models. The adsorption kinetics followed the pseudo-second order kinetic model, but the rate constant was found to depend on initial dye concentration. The unified approach model described the equilibrium and kinetics well. The forward and backward rate constants were determined from the unified approach model.  相似文献   

Clinico-immunological profile and outcome of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-positive children     

Choudhary N  Gomber S  Narang M 《Public health nutrition》2012,15(8):1442-1445

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Enzymatic discoloration and phenolic content of potato tubers from cultivars resistant and susceptible to the golden nematode     

Nell I. Mondy  Subhash Chandra  William D. Evans 《American Journal of Potato Research》1985,62(5):207-213

Phenolic content and discoloration were determined for 13 commercial potato cultivars and 6 potato clones grown at 2 locations over a period of 5 successive years. Tubers from 6 potato cultivars and 5 potato clones resistant to the golden nematode were compared with tubers from 7 potato cultivars and 1 clone known to be susceptible to the golden nematode. Tubers from resistant plants were lower in phenols and discolored less than tubers from susceptible plants.  相似文献   

Quality of potato tubers as affected by freezing: II. lipids and minerals     

N. I. Mondy  Subhash Chandra 《American Journal of Potato Research》1979,56(3):125-132

The effect of freezing on the chemical composition of Katahdin and Atlantic potatoes was studied. Tubers were exposed to a temperature of ?20°C for 24 hrs., then thawed for 1 hr. at 20°C prior to analysis. Frozenthawed tubers were compared with unfrozen controls for total lipid, phospholipid, fatty acid and mineral content. Following freezing, a significant (p<.01) decrease was observed in crude lipid and phospholipid content of both cortex and pith sections. Generally, an increase in palmitic acid and a decrease in linolenic acid occurred in the phospholipid fractions of both varieties. A decrease in both macro and micro mineral content also occurred following freezing.  相似文献   

Comparative nutrient utilization,growth, and rumen enzyme profile of mithun (Bos frontalis) and Tho-tho cattle (Bos indicus) fed on tree-leaves-based ration     

Das  Krushna Chandra  Haque  Nazrul  Baruah  K. K.  Rajkhowa  C.  Mondal  M. 《Tropical animal health and production》2011,43(1):209-214

A study was conducted to compare the nutrient utilization, growth, and rumen enzyme profile of mithun (Bos frontalis) and Tho-tho cattle (Bos indicus) reared in the same feeding and managemental conditions. For the purpose, male mithun (n = 8) and male Tho-tho cattle (n = 8) of 1.5 years age, selected from the farm of National Research Centre on Mithun, Nagaland, India, were fed on mixed-tree-leaves-based ration as per the requirement of NRC (2001) for cattle for 12 months. Average daily gain (ADG), average dry matter intake (DMI), and feed conversion ratio (FCR) for all animals were recorded. A metabolic trial was conducted at 6 months of the experiment to assess the digestibility coefficient of different nutrients and nutritive value of ration. At 12 months of the experiment, rumen liquor was collected from all animals and analyzed for rumen enzyme profiles, viz., carboxymethylcellulase, xylanase, α-amylase, β-glucosidase, α-glucosidase, urease, and protease. It was found that ADG (507.8 g vs 392.8 g), DM intake (6.59 vs 5.85 kg/day) and DMI/W^0.75 (98.75 g vs 91.00 g/day), crude protein intake (780 vs 700 g/day), and total digestible nutrient intake (3.65 vs 3.32 kg/day) were higher (p < 0.05) in mithun than cattle. The nitrogen balance was higher and FCR was better (p < 0.05) in mithun compared with cattle. The digestibility coefficient of different nutrients was similar (p > 0.05) between the species. The microbial enzyme profiles of mithun and cattle were not different (p > 0.05). The better growth performance of mithun than cattle as found in the present study clearly indicates that the mithun has higher genetic potential for growth than Tho-tho cattle of north-eastern hilly region of India.  相似文献   

Comparative evaluation of raw and roasted soybean in lactating crossbred cows     

Sirohi SK  Walli TK  Mohanta RK 《Tropical animal health and production》2011,43(3):725-731

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of roasting whole soybean in the local level on their chemical composition, nitrogen fractions, in situ degradability, and feeding performance in crossbred (Karan Swiss and Karan Fries) dairy cows. Twelve lactating crossbred cattle (369.08 ± 17.53 kg body weight) were randomly divided into two groups on the basis of milk yield (10.18 kg/day) and day of calving (89 days) in a randomized block design. Cows were fed green maize fodder and concentrate mixtures with 1 kg raw soybean as fed basis (7.6% of total diet) in the control group, where as roasted soybean replaced raw soybean in the treatment group to make both diets isonitrogenous and isocaloric. The roughage to concentrate ratio was around 55:45 in both diets. The cows were housed in individual byres and fed experimental diet for 90 days. The total dry matter intake per animal in both groups was similar. The digestibility of dry matter, organic matter, crude protein, ether extract, and neutral detergent fiber was comparable in both groups. The average milk production and fat-corrected milk yield per day was similar during the trial. Milk fat, milk protein, and solids not fat content remained unaffected and similar in both groups. All the animals maintained their body weight in both groups. Thus, rumen bypassing of protein fractions at the present method of bypassing did not have the desired level of beneficial effect in medium producing crossbred cows.  相似文献   

AFLP analysis in pigeonpea (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Cajanus cajan</Emphasis> (L.) Millsp.) revealed close relationship of cultivated genotypes with some of its wild relatives     

K. N. Ganapathy  B. N. Gnanesh  M. Byre Gowda  S. C. Venkatesha  Sunil S. Gomashe  V. Channamallikarjuna 《Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution》2011,58(6):837-847

A total of 561 amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) loci were generated and used to study the genetic diversity of wild and cultivated genotypes of pigeonpea. Out of 561 marker loci, 558 were polymorphic with an average of 76.12 bands. Analysis of molecular variation (AMOVA) revealed significant strong population structure when genotypes were structured according to continent of origin (F_ST = 0.22) also when structured into cultivated and wild genotypes (F_ST = 0.16). Maximum polymorphic loci were observed in cultivated species C. cajan (352) which is due to more number of genotypes used while, a minimum number of 45 polymorphic bands were obtained in C. acutifolius. Highest (0.291) average gene diversity was recorded in species C. mollis and lowest (0.079) average gene diversity was recorded in C. acutifolius. The 33 genotypes grouped into 14 clusters at 26% Jaccard’s similarity coefficients. Clustering analysis revealed most cultivated genotypes grouped into one major cluster while, the wild genotypes grouped into many clusters at 26% Jaccard’s similarity revealing greater diversity within wild species as compared to cultivated genotypes. From among the various cultivated genotypes studied, four genotypes BRG 3, ICP 7035, TTB 7 and ICP 8863 were molecularly and morphologically diverse and were used as parental genotypes to study nature of inheritance and to identify markers linked to sterility mosaic disease.  相似文献   

Oil expression from Jatropha seeds using a screw press expeller     

Rama Chandra Pradhan  Sabyasachi Mishra  Satya Narayan Naik  Naresh Bhatnagar  Virendra Kumar Vijay 《Biosystems Engineering》2011,109(2):158-166

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Carbon and water footprints of major crop production in India     

Amaresh Kumar NAYAK  Rahul TRIPATHI  Manish DEBNATH  Chinmaya Kumar SWAIN  Biswaranjan DHAL  Shanmugam VIJAYKUMAR  Anshuman Debasis NAYAK  Sangita MOHANTY  Mohammad SHAHID  Anjani KUMAR  Manoj RAJAK  Khitish Chandra MOHARANA  Dibyendu CHATTERJEE  Susmita MUNDA  Pravat GURU  Rubina KHANAM  Banwari LAL  Priyanka GAUTAM  Suschismita PATTANAIK  Arvind Kumar SHUKLA  Nuala FITTON  Pete SMITH  Himanshu PATHAK 《土壤圈》2023,33(3):448-462

Scarcity of water and emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) are the two key environmental issues affecting crop production in India.Reducing the carbon footprint (CF) and water footprint (WF) of crop production can help to mitigate the environmental hazards that stem from GHG emissions and water scarcity.The CFs and WFs of three major cereal crops,rice,wheat,and maize,were estimated for the year 2014 under the environmental conditions in India,based on national statistics and other data sources.To...  相似文献   

Effect of moisture stress on Nitrate Reductase Activity (NRA) in PEA (Pisum sativum L.) [C3] and sorghum (Sorghum vulgare Pers.) [C4] plants     

R. Chandra  G. S. Sirohi  P. Raghuveer 《Journal of plant nutrition》2013,36(7):629-640

Nitrate reductase activity (NRA) was studied in pea, a C₃ plant, and sorghum, a C₄ plant, at various stages of growth and development. Influence of moisture stress and nitrogen application was also observed since these factors have profound influence on growth and development.

In pea, NRA was maximum at pod maturity stage and minimum at flowering stage. In sorghum plant there was gradual increase in NRA upto grain formation followed by a fall in activity at maturity.

Nitrogen treatment as nitrate and ammonia significantly increased nitrate reductase activity over control in both pea and sorghum. Treatment with potassium nitrate was found to stimulate more NRA in pea than with ammonium sulphate. In sorghum, both forms of nitrogen did not differ much in their influence on NRA.

Influence of moisture stress in reducing NRA was more clear in sorghum, a C₄ plant than in pea, a C₃ plant. In general, control plants recorded low NRA in both the crops when compared to nitrogen treated plants except at pod formation stage in pea.  相似文献