The color of leaf corresponds to nitrogen deficiency status of that particular crop, farmers compares color of leaf with Leaf Color Chart (LCC) in order to estimate the need of nitrogen fertilizer of their crop. However the ability to compare leaf color with the LCC varies from person to person that affects the accuracy of final result. The present study proposes a...

The rice-wheat rotation has led to an agrarian crisis in Punjab in terms of depleted aquifers, soil toxicity and salinity and over exploitation of natural resources. To preserve the natural resources and soil fertility, Precision farming is the need of hour and yield monitor is a logical first and important development in precision farming & agricultural machinery ...

Vegetables are a major source of protein foods in human nutrition. India is the second largest producer of vegetables after China. Production of vegetables in India stands at 7% of the world production. Area under vegetable crops was about 7.803 million ha and production is about 125.89 million tons during 2007-08. Manual transplanting of seedlings, weeding and har...

These days, it seems like everything is happening online, and accounting is no exception. While many financial bookkeeping practices have been computerized for some time, online accounting and bookkeeping is still relatively new. In a large organization, accounting requires a lot of paperwork, and maintaining accurate records can be terribly difficult. So there...

Maturity is the key factor which determines the storage life and ripening quality of fruits. In order to provide marketing flexibility and to ensure the acceptable eating quality to the buyer it is very crucial to determine the right maturity stage. Maturity indices are also important for trade regulation, marketing strategy and for efficient use of labor and resou...

Tree volume is one of the oldest areas of interest and is a crucial task in tree management system. Estimating the woody volume of a live tree is important for economic, scientific purposes and provides a tool to researcher/grower. It provides the useful information about the commercial value of wood to the potential buyer/seller. Manual methods are being used larg...

WSN is the special kind of Ad- hoc network in which large numbers of sensor nodes are connected to each other. WSN is the Wireless sensor network. WSN implements in various application areas such as military, whether detection, agriculture, medical science, industries etc. WSN is the simple network but with the technology advancement the security of the WSN is ...

Based upon ergonomic considerations and stability against overturning, an operator’s seat was developed to convert the boom sprayer into a riding type. Synthetic rubber based vibration isolators were developed and installed at engine mountings, base of handle bar, chassis-seat interfaces and handle grips of the boom sprayer. Studies were conducted under field co...

Parallel version of bioinformatics applications can speed up the analysis of large scale sequence data, specially sequence alignment. sharing of distributed computing resources and data with the use of parallel version softwares on high performance computing is an emerging step. Clusters provide an excellent platform for solving a range of parallel and distribut...

There are significant environmental benefits of recycled aggregates prepared from demolished concrete and reusing it as coarse aggregates for structural concrete, but the use of recycled aggregates in concrete is yet limited. Fly ash is an industrial waste which can be used in concrete as a partial replacement of cement. Foundry sand is also an industrial waste ...