Response of Combined Application of Nutrient Levels with Microbial Strains on Crop Growth, Nodulation and Yield of Soybean

The study focused to investigate the ‘Response of combined application of nutrient levels with microbial strains on crop growth, nodulation and yield of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill.)’ at All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Integrated Farming System Research at College of Agriculture, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India during kharif, 2019-20. The research was conducted in randomized block design (RBD) with 8 treatments, viz. Control with 75% RDF (T1), Control with 100% RDF (T2), 75% RDF with Bacillus megaterium and Bacillus mucilaginosus strains as seed treatment (T3), 100% RDF with Bacillus megaterium and Bacillus mucilaginosus strains as seed treatment (T4), 75% RDF with Bacillus megaterium and Bacillus mucilaginosus strains as foliar application at 30 and 45 DAS (T5), 100% RDF with Bacillus megaterium and Bacillus mucilaginosus strains as foliar application at 30 and 45 DAS (T6), 75% RDF with Bacillus megaterium and Bacillus mucilaginosus strains as seed treatment + foliar application of Bacillus megaterium and Bacillus mucilaginosus strains at 30 and 45 DAS (T7) and 100% RDF with Bacillus megaterium and Bacillus mucilaginosus strains as seed treatment + foliar application of Bacillus megaterium and Bacillus mucilaginosus strains at 30 and 45 DAS (T8). The seed yield of soybean increased to the tune of 14.26 and 19.72 per cent with application of 100% RDF with Bacillus megaterium and Bacillus mucilaginosus strains as seed treatment + foliar application of Bacillus megaterium and Bacillus mucilaginosus strains at 30 and 45 DAS compared to control. Among all the treatments, crop growth and yield (1139 kg/ha) were observed highest with 100% RDF with Bacillus megaterium and Bacillus mucilaginosus strains as seed treatment + foliar application of Bacillus megaterium and Bacillus mucilaginosus strains at 30 and 45 DAS.

Effect of Age of Seedling and Plant Spacing on Yield and Economics of Transplanted Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

An experiment was conducted at Shradhay Bhagwati Singh Agriculture Research Farm (Hajipur), Chandra Bhanu Gupta Krishi Snatakottar Mahavidyalaya, B.K.T., Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) during the Kharif season of 2022. The experiment was laid out in split plot design with three replications keeping three ages of seedlings viz., 21 days of the age of old seedlings, 28 days of the age of old seedlings and 35 days of the age of old seedlings in main plots and three plants spacing 20 cm x 10 cm, 25 cm x 10 cm and 15 cm x 15 cm in subplots. Results revealed that there was significant variation among different times of transplanting with respect to growth. Growth parameters were higher in paddy transplanted at 21 days of age of old seedlings as compared to the rest of the age of seedlings. The yield attributes as effective tillers m-2, panicle length (cm.), numbers of grains panicle-1, grains weight panicle-1 (g.), panicle weight (g.) and 1000 grain weight were significantly superior in paddy transplanted in 21 days of age of old seedlings. 21 days of age of old seedlings proved significantly superior in terms of grain, straw, total biological yield and harvest index when compared to the rest of the age of seedlings. The maximum N – content (%) was significantly superior in paddy transplanted in 35 days of the age of seedling in grain and straw. The N – Uptake (kg/ha.) was significantly superior in paddy transplanted in 21 days of age of seedling in grain and straw. The protein content (%) was significantly superior over in paddy transplanted at 35 days of the age of seedlings in grain and straw. The Protein – production (kg/ha.) were significantly superior in paddy transplanted at 21 days of age of seedling in grain and straw. Growth parameters such as plant height (cm.), dry matter accumulation (gm-2) and leaf area index were higher in paddy transplanted with 20 cm x 10 cm but a number of tillers (m-2) higher with 25 cm x 10 cm as compared to rest of the plant spacing. Plant spacing of 25 cm x 10 cm produced significantly more yield attributes and yield of rice. The maximum N – content (%) were significantly superior in paddy transplanted with 15 cm x 15 cm in grain and straw. The maximum N – Uptake (kg/ha.) was significantly superior in paddy transplanted with 25 cm x 10 cm in grain and straw as compared to the rest of the plant spacing. The maximum protein content (%) were significantly superior over in paddy transplanted with 15 cm x 15 cm in grain and straw. The Protein – production (kg/ha.) was significantly superior in paddy transplanted with 25 cm x 10 cm in grain and straw. Transplanting of paddy 28 days of age of old seedlings with 25 cm x 10 cm plant spacing had higher gross return, net return, and B:C ratio of rice crop.

Factors associated with nutritional status among mothers and children in India

Background: This study examined the relationships between child, maternal, health care utilization and household characteristics and nutritional status of both mother and child in India. Nutritional status is the best indicator of the global well-being of a society. In India 36 percent of children, under five years of age suffer from underweight due to acute under nutrition. Methods: This study analyzed secondary data from fourth round of National Family Health Survey. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were preformed to estimate the effect of independent variables on dichotomous dependent variables. Results: Result shows that prevalence of stunting among male and female children was 39.14% and 37.52% respectively. Prevalence of underweight and stunting increases with the increase in child age group. Prevalence of underweight was more between both the rural and poorer mothers. The odds of stunting among female children was significantly lesser than their male counterparts (OR=0.93). Children belong to the older mother were less likely to be underweight (OR=0.81 and 0.70 for the mother in the age group 25-34 and 35-49 years respectively). Household characteristics show a significant result for the risk of underweight among women. Conclusion: Finding suggests that child sex and age influence the nutritional status significantly. Analysis indicate that increasing maternal age and educational attainment have statistical significant and positive effect on both maternal and child nutritional status. Study also found that utilization of health care services has better impact on nutritional status of both mother and child.

An in vitro study to evaluate retentive property of resinous dental adhesives and other dental luting cements.

Background: Retention of crowns depends on various factors such as the retentive properties of the luting cements and the type of cast metal. Limited information is available regarding the retentive strengths of crowns, cemented with resin cements. Objective: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the retentive property of resinous dental adhesives with three other luting cements. Material and methods: Twenty freshly extracted human sound first mandibular molar was used for the study. The root of each tooth was embedded into a cylindrical shape block of self cured resin. Each of the tooth samples was prepared to receive a full metal crown. Total samples were divided into four groups, each containing five samples, for cementation of the metal crown in order to compare retentive properties of resinous adhesive and other luting agents; group A- resinous adhesive Panavia, group B - Zinc Phosphate cement, Group C- Glass ionomer cement, and group D- polycarboxylate cement. After 10min of cementation, the retention test was performed in an Instron tensile testing machine, to analyze the retentive properties of different luting cements. A one-way analysis of variance was used to analyze the data, with a significance level of alpha =.05. Results: Result showed a maximum mean retentive strength in Panavia Ex. (281.34kg), followed by Glass Ionomer (70.21kg), Polycarboxylate (63.06kg), and least in Zinc Phosphate cement (40.31 kg), which was statistically significant. Conclusion: Within the limitation of the present study, it was concluded that resinous adhesive Panavia Ex. cement has better retentive properties compare to other luting cements.

Restoring esthetics by immediately loaded implant placement.

The replacement of a single missing anterior tooth with an implant-supported crown is a demanding therapy. This report describes a treatment in which an anterior maxillary implant was immediately restored with a provisional restoration. During the provisional phase, an optimal emergence profile was created by adjusting the provisional restoration. An impression was made with an individually fabricated impression post for an accurate reproduction of the established emergence profile and, finally, a screw-retained all-ceramic crown was placed. By implementing this protocol, an optimal definitive result could be achieved, together with immediate patient satisfaction.

A multidisciplinary approach for ocular rehabilitation following ophthalmomalacia in a paediatric patient.

The traumatic loss of an eye is not just the loss of an essential sense organ. It results in life-long agony of not being like others with two eyes, which can see and admire the nature’s beauty. As young patients are quite sensitive to peer pressure and for them, the greatest challenges are in the terms of identity and social acceptance, so, early rehabilitation is must in such patients. This article reports on the rehabilitation of a 13-year boy with custom ocular prosthesis for his traumatically injured left eye. The custom made ocular prosthesis fitted over the patient’s left eye with ophthalmomalacia, successfully restored the patient’s aesthetics and improved his social acceptance thereby, improving his quality of life.