Nitrate reductasdc*EC 1.6.6.1) activity in the leaves of various crop plants declined slowly but gradually when the ligruVgrown seedlings were shifted to darkness. A minor temporary increase in the in vivo NR activity at the time of sudden darkening could probably be attributed to elimination of photosystem-I dependent nitrite reduction. The in vivo NR activity eve...

The present investigations were undertaken to study the physical characteristics, proximate mposition, limiting v amino acids, protein fractions, in vitro pa»etein digestibility and phosphorus in the seeds of some ixnproved cultivars of maize with an object to identify nutritionally superior genotype(s). The eeds of 15 cultivars of maize with different genetie ...

This is to certify that the thesis entitles " sTUDY ON THE GLNETIC DIVERSITY IN THE AFRICAN COLLECTION OF FINGER MILLET (Eleusine coracana Gaertn) AND THEIR INTERACTION WITH ENVIRONMENTS" submitted by Mr. M.H.SWAMYNATH for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE (AGRICULTURE) in AGRICULTURAL BOTANY (PLANT BREEDING AND GENETICS) of the University of Agricultural sciences, B...

Water is an essential resource, to feed the rapid growing population and improving living standards. The pressure on available water resources is increasing and per capita availability is reducing day by day. Water harvesting is a traditional water management technology to insure recurrent droughts and future water scarcity in many arid and semi arid regions of wor...