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Introduction A genome marker or a genetic marker is words commonly used to refer to a marker, which is identical to the term “marker.” Genes, genetic variants, or random sequences can all be represented by markers. Markers act as milestones or signposts while creating DNA and genomic maps. Markers are DNA sequences that are frequently identified by their position in a genome. The transmission of traits or the risk of sickness within families can be tracked using markers. It is essential to the continued existence of the species and boosts an organism’s ability to adjust environmental conditions. In conjunction with other evolutionary forces like genetic drift and selection, genetic diversity inside an individual evolves, leading to divergence at the population/ communities, species, as well as higher order taxonomic levels (Askari et al., 2013). Numerous fields, including evolutionary research, resources management and conservation, and genomic improvement programmes, can benefit from the conclusion derived from genetic variety data (Liu and Cordes, 2004).

17.1 Introduction

The plant layout needs a proper arrangement of each constituent area, along with their interrelationship. One of the most important considerations is the future expansion potential. The plant layout design should permit expansion readily and economically. One side of the building should be free of permanent installations such as compressors, septic tanks, toilets, drain fields, offices, and loading docks to permit the addition of building units without relocating these auxiliary facilities.

Social institutions encompass a cohesive array of norms that uphold fundamental societal values. It refers to a structured system of social relationships that encapsulates shared values and protocols, fulfilling specific societal requirements. According to Horton, it embodies common values and procedures, addressing the fundamental needs of a society. These institutions are formal cultural frameworks designed to satisfy essential social needs and establish organized patterns of human behavior in the execution of core societal functions

Social institutions emerge from societal interactions to address fundamental needs such as stability, law enforcement, and the delineation of authority and decision-making roles. Each organization operates within established sets of rules, traditions, and customs, collectively termed as institutions. These institutional frameworks consist of recognized procedures and norms that are accepted by society, regulating interactions and relationships between individuals and groups.

Introduction
Energy is necessary for people, ecosystems, and living things to function. The effects of energy generation and use on the  environmentdetermine life quality. Our main source of energy comes from the sun. Energy is used by humans for running transportation, producing industrial items, farming, and residential use.
Definitions
Energy is the ability to do tasks.
Resource: Anything we obtain from our surroundings in order to fulfill our needs and wants. A natural resource is any substance or energy that comes from the environment and is utilized by all living things, including humans. Examples of natural resources include air, water, soil, minerals, plants, and wildlife.

Abstract

The strenuous field trekking, inaccessibility, perception of geology only within the visibility range of the eyes etc. have remained matters of major constraints in the past in field based geological mapping. The remote sensing technology not only eradicated these but also provided lot many newer vistas in the field of geology. In addition, the application of such unique technology has brought out a hierarchy of newer concepts in the field of geology. The paper narrates the newer knowledge gathered on the geology of South India in the post remote sensing Era.

Abstract

Chickpea is one of the major grain legume crops of the tropics and subtropics. It is the second most important pulse crop after pigeon pea in India and is commonly known as gram or Bengal gram is a versatile crop among the grain legumes with a total production of 11.6 (Mt) from 13.2m ha. However, it ranks fifth in the productivity after Fababean, pea, lupin, and lentil and ranks first among the pulses both in acreage and production. Whereas, area under pigeon pea 3.90 mha with a total production and productivity of 2.89 mt and 741 kg/ha, respectively and is commonly known as red gram or Arhar is a very old crop of India. The chromosome number of pigeon pea is 2n = 22 chromosomes. They are the rich source of protein and supplies a major share of the protein requirement of the vegetarian population of the country. Chickpea accounts for 70.7% of the world Chickpea production n India followed by Australia, Pakistan, Turkey, Myanmar, Ethiopia, Iran USA, Canada and Mexico. Both crops are used as an important source of protein in human nutrition and cattle feed. Chickpea is considered to have medicinal effects and it is used for blood purification. Chickpea contains 21% protein, 61.5% carbohydrate, 4.5% fat. Its seed is also rich in protein, starch, fiber, calcium, iron and niacin, malic and oxalic acid, which makes it one of the best nutritionally balanced pulses for human consumption. However, like any other pulses, the chickpea seed also contains antinutrional factors, which can be reduced or eliminated by cooking. Both crops enrich the soil fertility by fixing atmospheric nitrogen in the root nodules and improve the soil structure. It is also to improve soil fertility by biological nitrogen fixation which helps reduce the input cost for the existing crop. These crops usually receive few inputs other than labor, insecticides and seed. Chickpea is a crop of both tropical and temperate regions. Low yield of chickpea attributed to its susceptibility to several fungal, bacterial and viral diseases. In general, estimates of yield losses by individual insects and diseases range from 5 to 10% in temperate regions and 50 to 100% in tropical regions. Whereas, Pigeon pea can be attacked by more than 100 pathogens. These include fungi, bacteria, viruses, nematodes, and mycoplasma like organisms. Fortunately, only a few of them cause economic losses and the distribution of the most important diseases is geographically restricted. The diseases of considerable economic importance at present are Fusarium wilt, sterility mosaic, phytopthera blight and alternaria blight.

Introduction Fish oil is the major source of essential Fatty acids (EFA) for humans. Generally, Fish requires three long-chain highly unsaturated Fatty acids (HUFA) for their normal growth and development including reproduction like docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6n-3), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20:5n-3) and arachidonic acid (ARA, 20:4n-6) (Sargent et al. 1993a, 1995, 1997). Like the terrestrial mammals, DHA, EPA, and ARA are all involved in maintaining the cell membrane structure and function of fish but majorly EPA and DHA are considered. Moreover, the EPA and DHA are the major currency as fatty acid for the synthesis of phospholipids, Prostaglandins, and energy etc. However, the biosynthesis of EFA in fish changes in accordance with the relative bioconversion capacity of the PUFA (Linoleic acid and α-Linolenic acid) as shown in figure 01.

Types of Biomedical Waste

1. Infectious waste: waste contaminated with blood and other bodily fluids (e.g. from discarded diagnostic samples), cultures and stocks of infectious agents from laboratory work (e.g. waste from autopsies and infected animals from laboratories), or waste from patients with infections (e.g. swabs, bandages and disposable medical devices)

2. Pathological waste: human tissues, organs or fluids, body parts and contaminated animal dead bodies

A Literature Review is a systematic and comprehensive analysis of books, articles and research papers to a specific topic providing a base of knowledge on the topic. Literature reviews are designed to identify and critique the existing literature on a topic to justify your research by exposing gaps in current research. This investigation should provide a description, summary, and critical evaluation of works related to the research problem and should also add to the overall knowledge of the topic as well as demonstrating how your research will fit within a larger field of study. A literature review should offer critical analysis of the current research on a topic and that analysis should direct your research objective. This should not be confused with a book review or an annotated bibliography both research tools but very different in purpose and scope. Key to a good Literature Review is to document your process.

Ascochyta Blight
Diagnostic Symptoms
• All above ground parts of the plant are infected.
• Round or elongated lesions, bearing irregularly depressed brown spot and surrounded by a brownish red margin on leaf.
• Similar spots may appear on the stem and pods.
• Spots on the stem and pods have pycnidia arranged in concentric circles as minute black dots.
• When the lesions girdle the stem, the portion above the point of attack rapidly dies.
• If the main stem is girdles at the collar region, the whole plant dies (Fig.1).
Etiology
Scientific Classification
Kingdom : Fungi
Division : Eumycota

Introduction

Urbanization, a vital global phenomenon, refers to the process of city establishment and growth; the term commonly connotes population increase in the city from internal growth and immigration as well as their spatial expansion (Revi, 2007). Recent developments, uncontrolled population growth have been linked with the process of urbanization. Urban areas cover 3% of the global land but it gives shelter to nearly 26% of the global population (U.S. De, 2009). Increase in population growth and industrialization is posing threat to natural resources such as land air and water. Anthropogenic factors have led to change in land use pattern, high energy consumption, high level of generation of waste etc. As per UN survey, by 2050, approximately 70 percent of the global population will be living in cities (UN, World Urbanization Prospects, 2014). Unplanned growth is damaging the existing ecosystems along with that causing climate change and loss of biodiversity.

Slaughtering and dressing of different kinds of animals and birds is an age old practice. Initially slaughtering was done by cutting the throat or stabbing the throat or breast. But today’s world of progress and scientific evolution slaughter methods has undergone material changes. Scientifically there are two essentials of slaughtering i.e. humane slaughter to avoid unnecessary pain and sufferings to the animals and complete bleeding. Legislations require stunning of animals to render them unconscious before bleeding except in Jewish and Muslim slaughter. The animals subjected to slaughter must be clean which is generally achieved by cleaning. The premises and transportation vehicles should also be maintained in good hygienic and sanitary conditions. All the facilities required for slaughter animals and birds arranged well in advance. In commercial plants and export units, slaughtering and dressing is performed on overhead rails but for domestic use, booth and simple rails may serve the purpose due to low throughput. The requirements and systems of overhead rail are mentioned in chapter 1. Some of the requirements are listed in following table

Abstract

The study area falls in the southern part of the Indian Peninsular comprising hard crystalline rocks of Archaeozoic and Proterozoic Era. In the present study, the GIS based 3D visualizations of gravity, magnetic, resistivity and topographic datasets were made and therefrom the basement lineaments, shallow subsurface lineaments and surface lineaments/faults were interpreted. These lineaments were classified as category-1 i.e. exclusively surface lineaments, category-2 i.e. surface lineaments having connectivity with shallow subsurface lineaments and category-3 i.e. surface lineaments having connectivity with shallow subsurface lineaments and basement lineaments. These three classified lineaments were analyzed in conjunction with known mineral occurrences and historical seismicity of the study area in GIS environment. The study revealed that the category-3 NNE-SSW to NE-SW lineaments have greater control over the mineral occurrences and the N-S, NNE-SSW and NE-SW faults/lineaments control the seismicities in the study area.

1. Introduction

Biological systematics (biosystematics) deals with the grouping of biological organisms in discrete taxonomic units based on their character states. These character states are determined through morphological, anatomical, ecological, biochemical and molecular biological analyses of specific parameters. If these character states are converted into numerical parameters, we can apply several statistical and numerical methods to achieve appropriate biosystematic inferences. In fact this particular application of statistical and numerical methods has given rise to what we may describe as Numerical Taxonomy, a concept first developed by Robert R. Sokal and Peter H. A. Sneath nearly a half century ago. In recent years the application of numerical methods to taxonomy has received a great deal of attention with the development of the computer and computer technology to the extent that even classical taxonomists are now resorting to the use of such numerical taxonomy methods with the help of computers. In this article the various methods commonly used, their application and specific limitations or otherwise are discussed in the context of their usefulness for classification and taxonomic disposition of the plants.

Among the different biometrical methods available, triple test cross analysis is one of the most efficient designs currently available for investigating the genetic structure of populations. It provides a test of epistasis and in its absence it gives independent and equally precise estimates of additive and dominance genetic components (Mather and Jinks, 1982).

11.1. Statistical analysis

Triple test cross

Jinks and Perkins (1970) method was applied to detect epistasis and estimate additive and dominance components of genetic variance.

• General considerations

 • Indications

 • Limitations

 • Techniques of bone marrow examination

 • Cell types

 • Cellular composition of bone marrow

 • Morphology of the cells

 • Interpretation of bone marrow examination

Downy Mildew
Diagnostic Symptoms
• At first grayish white, moldy growth appears on the lower leaf surface, and a yellowish area appears on the opposite side of the leaf.
• Infected leaves can turn yellow and die if weather is cool and damp.
• Stems may be distorted and stunted.
• Brown blotches appear on pods, and mold may grow inside pods(Fig-2).
Etiology
Scientific Classification
Phylum :Heterokontophyta
Class : Oomycota
Order : Peronosporales
Family :Peronosporaceae
Genus :Peronospora

 

Marketing is a critical component of loose flower production because flowers are highly perishable and subject to substantial seasonal price fluctuations. This chapter examines important local and national markets, export opportunities, transportation systems and marketing channels. It explains direct marketing, commission-agent systems, wholesaler-retailer networks and emerging contract arrangements. The role of APMC markets in price discovery, grading, auctioning and market access is discussed along with online trading, e-commerce and digital payment systems. The chapter also considers institutional support, export promotion, value addition and crop insurance. Improved packaging, cold-chain infrastructure, processing and market information systems are highlighted as important strategies for reducing losses and improving farmer profitability.

Abstract

The emergence of Remote Sensing and GIS technologies has substantially eased the problems of groundwater targeting in hard rock aquifer systems. Proper utilization of these can provide more vital information in managing such scarce resource. In this context, a new technique of GIS based visualization of groundwater levels of different periods (1985- 1990 -1995) was attempted for a part of Western Ghats hill-plain region of Tamil Nadu and various groundwater features viz: ridges, valleys, domes and basins were interpreted. The integration of such groundwater features of different periods and their analysis with structural features provided some newer information on geosystem processes and their interface dynamics with hydrosystems, from which, certain strategies were suggested for better groundwater management in hard rock areas.