Osteosclerotic bone dysplasia of the craniofacial bones.

Melorheostosis is a rare sclerosing bone dysplasia which is characterized by a localized, diffuse thickening of the cortical bone mainly affecting diaphysis of long bones, and bones of hand and feet unilaterally. Involvement of the maxillofacial region is rare and the diagnosis is mainly based on radiographic features. We report a rare case of a 5 year old girl with Osteosclerotic Bone Dysplasia (Melorheotosis) of multiple craniofacial bones.

Effect of Long Term Fertilization on PH, EC and Exchangeable CA and MG in Vertisols Under Sorghum-Wheat Cropping Sequence.

The experiment was under taken during the year 2007-08 to study the effect of long term fertilization and manuring on exchangeable Ca and Mg. The soil is calcareous slightly alkaline in reaction, low in OC and available N very low in available P and high in available K. The experiment comprised of twelve treatments including NPK levels with and without FYM, sulphur and zinc replicated four times in randomised block design. The manure and fertilizers were given to sorghum crop every year and only fertilizers were applied to wheat crop. The soil samples from all the treatments were collected from 0-20 cm depth. Highest and significant exchangeable Ca and Mg were noticed in the treatment 100% NPK + 10 t FYM ha-1.

Influence of Long Term Fertilization on Labile Carbon and N Mineralization of Soil in Sorghum-Wheat Cropping System.

The experiment was under taken during the year 2007-08 to study the effect of long term fertilization and manuring on labile carbon and N mineralization. The dynamics of C and N was studied in the ongoing long term fertilizer experiment initiated since kharif 1988 at Akola, Maharashtra. The experiment comprised of twelve treatments including NPK levels with and without FYM, sulphur and zinc replicated four times in randomised block design. The manure and fertilizers were given to sorghum crop every year and only fertilizers were applied to wheat crop. The soil samples from all the treatments were collected from 0-20 cm depth. The highest and significant increase in the, labile carbon, and NO3 - N and NH3 - N were recorded in the treatment of 10 t FYM ha-1 + 100% NPK (100:50:40 kg NPK for sorghum and 120:60:60 kg NPK for wheat) by 40.1, 18.5 and 29.0 per cent respectively over 100% recommended NPK.