HORTICULTURE · Fruits and vegetables are also recognized as protective foods. · Loss of sensitivity of skin, paralysis, enlargement of heart, loss of appetite – Vitamin B2 (Thiamine). · Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) required for growth and health of the skin abundantly prevent in pomegranate. · Deficiency of phosphorus leads to bleeding of …
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Farm Power and Machinery: · Manual power – 0.1 HP; Animal power – 1.0 HP. · The average force (or) draft animal can exert is nearly 1/10th of its body weight. · If the wind velocity is more than 32 km/hr. wind mills can be used for lifting water. · …
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Agricultural Engineering · “Counter poise lift” is commonly used to lift water from shallow wells. · “Rope and bucket lift” is the most common water lift in India to draw water from deep wells. · Centrifugal pump mainly consists of two parts. 1. Impeller (or) rotor: Which add energy to the …
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Silvicultural System of Concentrated Regeneration a) Clear Felling System: i) Clear Felling System: Defined as Silvicultural System in which equal or equi-productive areas of mature crop are successively clear felled in one operation to be regenerated most frequently, artifcially but sometimes naturally also. Regeneration: 1) Artificial: a) Deptt. plantation b) Taungya i) …
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India since ages has been known to be an agrarian country as nearly 60% of its population is dependent on agriculture for living. During the mid-1960s, India suffered a shortage of agricultural products that later on led to the green revolution that revolutionized the agricultural sector. India not only was …
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BIOTECHNOLOGY Starch Slurry in Water (Liquefaction Bacterial amylase, 550C +Dextrins) (Saccarification Fungal amylase) Maltose (Amylo glucosidae) Glucose (Partial isomerization) Fructose + glucose · Variation created in tissue culture is called “Somaclonal variation”. · The specialized cells (B – cells) in the spleen and lymph glands release antibodies. · Monoclonal antibodies …
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