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Subramanian, K. S.
- Urea Intercalated Biochar–a Slow Release Fertilizer Production and Characterisation
Authors
1 Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641 003, Tamil Nadu, IN
2 Department of Nano Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641 003, Tamil Nadu, IN
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Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 6, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 5579–5584Abstract
A laboratory study was undertaken to determine the N release pattern of Urea Intercalated Biochar derived from Prosopis juliflora. Biochar was produced by pyrolysing the wood cuttings excluding the bark at 350°C. The resultant biochar was characterized using XRD, FT-IR, Raman Spectroscopy and SEM. After characterization, different forms of nitrogen viz., NH4+, NO3−, NH2, Combined NH4+ and NO3− were loaded at varying concentrations (20-200 mM) and sorption and desorption characteristics were examined. Among the forms tested, urea fortified with biochar showed lower desorption at levels of N loading concentration. A new biochar based formulation was evolved by intercalating biochar with urea at 1:1 ratio through hydrothermal method. The intercalated urea: biochar (1:1 ratio) fertilizer was characterised using the set of equipments and the total nitrogen was quantified as 30% as per the EDAX values which closely coincided with analytical values. The retention and release pattern of urea intercalated biochar depicts that the biochar derived PJ is a potential substrate that can be exploited to develop slow release N fertilizer with higher use efficiency and less environmental harzard.Keywords
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- Effect of High Energy Ball Milling on Particle Size and Surface Area of Adsorbents for Efficient Loading of Fertilizer
Authors
1 Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore(T.N.), IN
2 Department of Nano Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore(T.N.), IN
3 Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Madras, CHENNAI (T.N.), IN
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An Asian Journal of Soil Science, Vol 8, No 2 (2013), Pagination: 249-254Abstract
No AbstractKeywords
Biochar, Zeolite, Surface Area And Slow Release FertilizerReferences
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- Genotypic Variation for Micronutrient Content in Traditional and Improved Rice Lines and its Role in Biofortification Programme
Authors
1 Centre for Plant Breeding and Genetics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, IN
2 Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, IN
3 Department of Nano science and technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, IN
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Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 7, No 9 (2014), Pagination: 1414-1425Abstract
Biofortification is an emerging cost-effective strategy to address global malnutrition especially in developing countries. This strategy involves supplying of micronutrients such as iron and zinc in the staple foods by using conventional plant breeding and biotechnology methods. Initial step in conventional plant breeding is to screen the natural gene reservoir for existing variation. The objective of this study is to estimate iron and zinc in the brown rice of 192 germplasm lines and to define its role in biofortification programme. Substantial variations among 192 lines existed for both iron and zinc content. Iron concentration ranged from 6.6 ìg/g to 16.7 ìg/g and zinc concentration from 7.1 ìg/g to 32.4 ìg/g in brown rice. Iron and zinc concentration were positively correlated implying the chance for concurrent selection for both the micronutrients. Micronutrient-rich genotypes identified in this study opens up the possibilities for the identification of genomic regions or QTLs responsible for mineral uptake and translocation that can be used as donor for developing nutrient enriched varieties.Keywords
Biofortification, Germplasm, Iron, Micronutrient, Variability, Zinc- How Old are Laterites in the Indian Peninsula? - A Suggestion
Authors
1 3-6-6333, Himayatnagar, Hyderabad - 500029, IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 19, No 6 (1978), Pagination: 269-272Abstract
The Indian Peninsula lies within the zone of Koppen's 'A' climate to which laterite formation at present is restricted. The moot point is whether, the laterites which are widely distributed at varied altitudes in the Peninsula are to be related to the present day climate alone or whether palaeoclimates also favoured lateritisation.The problem of the age of laterites is viewed on the basis of global models of weather patterns and palaeogeography for Eocene and Oligocene and also floral evidences from the Peninsula. It is suggested that in Tertiary, lateritisation process could have been intense at intervals.
- Effect of Separation of Sri Lanka and India on High Level Landforms and Coastal Sedimentation
Authors
1 Geological Survey of India, Kerala Circle, Trivandrum 695 104, IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 22, No 6 (1981), Pagination: 253-257Abstract
The high level plateau landforms characterised by lateritic bauxite cappings and traced at altitudes of about 2,000m in the Nilgiri and the Palni hills in the Western Ghats and in the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka, are correlatable.The presence of Talchir sediments (Lower Gondwana) below Upper Gondwana sediments in the Palar Basin suggests that the initiation of NE-SW trending tectonic basins on the east coast was in Pre-Jurassic times. The Palar Basin evolved even before the break-up and fragmentation of the Gondwanaland, determining the configuration of the east coast of the Indian Peninsula. The Cauvery Basin, where the oldest sediments are of Upper Jurassic age, came into being in Jurassic times, consequent on the impetus provided by the rifting and fragmentation of Antarctica from the east coast of India.
- Origin of the Palghat Gap in South India -A Synthesis
Authors
1 Geological Survey of India, Kerala Circle, Trivandrum 695 014, IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 26, No 1 (1985), Pagination: 28-37Abstract
The east-west trending Palghat Gap across the Western Ghat hill ranges is a part of a well-defined low level landform along 10°45'N latitude in south India. The Nilgiri hills to the north and the Anai Malai-Palni hills to the south of the gap are marked by remnant plateau landforms representing a planation surface of Jurassic age. Field evidences are against block faulting and uplift of the hills to the north and south in post-Jurassic times to account for the elevation of the Jurassic surface and the evolution of a low level landform in between the hills. Results of recent studies do not support marine incursion in the gap area to carve out a low level landform.
It is put forward that crustal upwarp along an east-west axis coinciding with the Palghat Gap elevated the Jurassic surface; the brittle crustal rocks along the axis got ruptured by tensional stresses resulting from upwarping; and the ruptured rocks were eroded with comparative ease by fluviatile action. LANDSAT imagery (MSS Band 5 and 7) bears out the signature of an easterly flowing palaeo stream (Proto-Amaravati), which apparently dried up in post Mio-Pliocene times because of a change in the climatic pattern.
The upwarp of the continental crust is considered to be a natural response to correct the imbalance in equilibrium resulting from the erosion of crustal rocks and deposition of stupendous amounts of sediments in taphrogenic basins on the east coast. From the Plate tectonics angle, the elevation of the continental crust may be attributed to tremendous pressure exerted on the crust by vertical thermal plume activity related to Deccan trap volcanism.
- Possible Cause of Easterly Tilt of the Southern Part of India
Authors
1 Geological Survey of India, IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 29, No 3 (1987), Pagination: 362-363Abstract
The Precambrian terrain in South India is marked by a well defined overall slope towards east and a westerly slope in Malagasy has been recorded. The definition of opposing directions of slope in the two lands is considered to be the result of crustal upwarping along a NNW-SSE 'trending axis prior to the separation of Malagasy from India about 100 m.y.- 80 m.y. ago. The change in the courses of the Cauvery and a few other rivers in South India from northeast to east is attributable to the easterly tilt.- Comment
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 34, No 1 (1989), Pagination: 104-104Abstract
No Abstract.- S. V. Desikachar (1926-1991)
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 37, No 4 (1991), Pagination: 411-411Abstract
No Abstract.- Has Deccan Volcanism Accelerated the Pace of Bauxitisation?
Authors
1 Plot 283, 17th East Street, Kamaraj Nagar, Madras 600041, IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 40, No 5 (1992), Pagination: 476-477Abstract
No Abstract.- "Koda Kallu"-Megalithic Monument in Laterite, Kerala
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1 283, 17th East Street, Thiruvanmiyur Madras-600041, IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 46, No 6 (1995), Pagination: 679-680Abstract
No Abstract.- Black Soils of Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu
Authors
1 Plot No.283, 17th East Street, Kamaraj Nagar Madras - 600 041, IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 41, No 4 (1993), Pagination: 384-386Abstract
No Abstract.- Shiva Crater
Authors
1 Chennai 600 041, IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 50, No 5 (1997), Pagination: 663-663Abstract
No Abstract.- Geological and Geo-Tectonic Settings of Palk-Bay - Gulf of Mannar Area between India and Sri Lanka - Their Relevance to Sethu Samudram Shipping Canal Project
Authors
1 Geological Survey of India, IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 71, No 4 (2008), Pagination: 600-601Abstract
No Abstract.- Inherited Geochemical Characteristics of Palaeo-Domains by Alkaline Complexes and Related Rocks within Southern Granulite Terrain, India-Implications of Crustal Contamination in their Genesis and Emplacement
Authors
1 '"Harikesa", 30/6, (Old No.41/6), 3rd main Road, Raja Annamalai Puram, Chennai - 600 028, IN
2 plot 283, 17 East Street, Kamaraj Nagar, Tiruvanmiyur, Chennai - 600 041, IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 69, No 4 (2007), Pagination: 684-698Abstract
In a Palaeo-Tectonic-Domain based classification involving an evolutionary model of '"Terrane-Terrane amalgamation through "Palaeo-sutures" for the Southern Granulite Terrain (SGT), India, the alkaline-carbonatite and related rocks fall within three distinct domain groups viz., Group 1 - "Within Micro-terrancs", Group 2 - "Along the Margins of Micro-Terranes with palaeo-sutures" and Group 3 - "Within Palaeo-sutures". These Late Proterozoic to Early Palaeozoic alkaline and related rocks of SGT falling within the above three groups have inherited the geochemical attributes of their respective Archaean Palaeo-Domains and fall in the fields of such domains in many of the tectonic discriminant plots used and studied by various workers in the different sectors of SGT. Such inheritance of Palaeo-Domain characteristics points to the validity of both the terrane amalgamation through Palaeo-Sutures evolutionary model for SGT as well as the Tectanic-Domain-Based classification of the alkaline related rocks of SGT. It also adds further support to the interpretation of crustal contamination in the genesis and emplacement of alkaline and related rocks in SGT, as deduced from other sources such as field relationships, petrographic criteria etc., while evidences from isotopic signatures are inconclusive.Keywords
Alkaline Complexes, Genesis, Southern Granulite Terrain, Inherited Geochemistry, Crustal Contamination, South India.- T. A. Selvan (1938-2007)
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 70, No 1 (2007), Pagination: 176-176Abstract
No Abstract.- The 26th December 2004, Tsunami
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1 Plot 283, 17th East Street, Kamraj Nagar, Tiruvanmiyur Chennai - 600 041, IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 65, No 4 (2005), Pagination: 515-515Abstract
No Abstract.- Sethusamudram Project
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1 Plot 283, 17th East Street, Kamraj Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai-600 041, IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 66, No 5 (2005), Pagination: 659-659Abstract
No Abstract.- The Sunda Trench and the Andaman-Nicobar Islands
Authors
1 Plot 283, 17th East Street, Kamraj Nagar, Tiruvanmiyur, Chennai - 41, IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 66, No 2 (2005), Pagination: 255-255Abstract
No Abstract.- Carbon and Oxygen Isotopic Compositions of Carbonate Concretions of the Talchir formation and their Palaeo-Environmental Implications
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1 Plot 283, 17th East Street, Kamraj Nagar, Tiruvenmiyur, Chennai - 600041, IN
2 Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad - 380 009, IN
3 Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur - 721 302, IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 61, No 5 (2003), Pagination: 633-633Abstract
No Abstract.- Groundwater Recharge
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1 283 East Street, Kamraj Nagar Thruvanmiyur, Chennai - 600 041, IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 62, No 5 (2003), Pagination: 649-649Abstract
No Abstract.- Hydrogeological Investigations in Namagiripettai Area, Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu
Authors
1 Geohouse, H.No.2-4-38/C/2, Road No.2, Adarsh Nagar, Nagole, Hyderabad - 500 068, IN
2 Department of Applied Geology, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai - 600025, IN
3 Plot 283, 17th East Street, Kamraj Nagar, Chennai - 600 04, IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 59, No 2 (2002), Pagination: 183-186Abstract
No Abstract.- Climatic and Environmental Significance of Calcrete-Gypsum Nodules
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1 Plot 283, 17th East Street, Kainrnj Nagar, Thiruvnnmiyur, Chennni - 600 041, IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 60, No 4 (2002), Pagination: 476-476Abstract
No Abstract.- Wake Up Before it is Too Late
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1 No.283, 17th East Street, Kamaraj Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai 600 041, IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 52, No 3 (1998), Pagination: 365-365Abstract
No Abstract.- Fossil Wood in Tertiary Cuddalore Sandstones near Tiruvakkarai, South Arcot District, Tamil Nadu
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1 283, 17th East Street, Kamaraj Nagar, Tiruvanmiyur, Madras-600 041, IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 50, No 2 (1997), Pagination: 231-234Abstract
In the CuddaIore sandstones of Mio-Pliocene age in the east coast of Tamil Nadu, the lignite horizon in Neyve1i is succeeded by pebbly sandstones with petrified tree trunks in Tiruvakkarai. Obviously, fluctuations in climate during Mio-Pliocene gave rise to different environments of deposition of sediments and vegetal matter, resulting in the carbonisation of vegetal matter in Neyveli and siliceous petrification of tree trunks in Tiruvakkarai.Keywords
Palaeontology, Fossil Wood, Sandstones, Tamil Nadu.- Geomorphic Significance of Lateritic Bauxite in the Shevaroy and Kollaimalai Hills, Salem District, Tamil Nadu
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1 Geological Survey of India, Manoranjan, 5-5-449, Mukheramjahi Road, Hyderabad 500001, IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 20, No 6 (1979), Pagination: 282-289Abstract
In the Shevaroy and the Kollaimalai hills, Tamil Nadu, lateritic bauxite cappings occur at altitudes of about 1550 m and 1300 m, respectively. The gently undulating terrains on plateau landforms with flat-topped hills and wide shallow valleys and the altitudinal restriction of the cappings are suggestive of the prevalence of a planation surface/surfaces.
At first sight, the altitudinal difference of 250 m between the plateau landforms on the Kollaimalai and Shevaroys is suggestive of the prevalance of two independent surfaces. It is apparent that the two surfaces are erosional remnants of a single surface with a southerly slope of 0°15'. The sheared and ductile nature of the gneisses exposed in the east-west running Attur valley in between the two hill ranges suggests that the rocks represent deep tectonic levels of faults. The unsheared nature of the ultramafic emplacements (Chalk Hills of Salem, Precambrian in age) traced within the gneisses indicates that there was no large scale tectonic disturbance along the Attur valley in post-Precambrian times.
The plateau landforms with lateritic bauxite cappings at an altitude of about 2134m (7000') in the Nilgiri and Palni hills belong to the same planation surface as the one on the Shevaroys and the Kollaimalais.
It is suggested that lateritisation commenced towards the end phases of planation by erosion and continued after the formation of the surfaces.
- Bauxite and Hematite Cappings in the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu-Study from Geomorphic Angle
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1 Geological Survey of India, Hyderabad, A.P., IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 17, No 3 (1976), Pagination: 353-358Abstract
The Nilgiri plateau is marked by a number of bauxite and hematite cappings, the former over charnockites and the latter over magnetite quartzite, as products of residual chemical weathering. A study of disposition in space of about twenty groups of bauxite and six groups of hematite cappings indicates their Occurrence confined around 8000' and 7000' above M.S.L. and these conform to two surfaces already reported on geomorphic evidences.
In the absence of datable sediments overlying the cappings, it has not been possible to find the exact age of the laterites. Based on a general finding from worldwide occurrences of bauxite that gibbsite forms first and later transforms over a period of geological time into boehmite and diaspore, it is inferred that the Nilgiri bauxites could be of Tertiary age.
- Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoamendment for Effective Remediation of Soil Acidity
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1 Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (T.N.), IN
2 Department of Nano Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (T.N.), IN
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An Asian Journal of Soil Science, Vol 11, No 1 (2016), Pagination: 51-57Abstract
Industrialization and climate change had increased soil acidity which deteriorated the soil health and reduced crop productivity through release of toxic concentration hydrogen and aluminium, manganese and iron. Acid soils (pH < 5.5) are extensively found in region of high rainfall, temperature and hilly region. Liming of acid soils the changes (pH 5.5 to 6.5), rectifies adverse effects and also improves the soil fertility. But large quantity of lime used (7.2 tons per acre). In order to optimize the rate of lime nano technological approach was used. Naturally available micro-size conventional calcium carbonate particles were used for synthesis of nano crystals through physical method of top down approach, using high energy ball milling (HEBM) with different hours and encapsulated with non-ionic surfactant (1% chitosan). It produced uniform nano sized particles (nano-lime), which were characterised using particle size analyser (approximately 115 - 120 nm), zeta potential (-50 mV), powder X-ray diffraction (d spacing 3.13). It confirmed that presence of Ca and Mg with Raman Shifts (713, 1086 cm-1) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (844.7 cm-1). Shape and structure was observed through scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Synthesized of calcium carbonate nano crystalline particles were environment friendly. Reduced particle size and increased surface area where offered an opportunity for reclamation of soil acidity as an amendment and can be scaled up for agricultural production.Keywords
Acid Soils, Lime, Nanotechnology, High Energy Ball Milling.References
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- Biosafety of Nanoemulsion of Hexanal to Honey Bees and Natural Enemies
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1 Department of Nano Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore – 641035, Tamil Nadu, IN
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Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 8, No 30 (2015), Pagination:Abstract
One of the main drawbacks of mango is its post harvest losses. Hexanal, a volatile plant component inhibits Phospholipase D (PLD), the key enzyme involved in the initiation of plasma membrane deterioration to induce the ripening of fruits. Nanoemulsion of hexanal would be more effective than the conventional form of treatment owing to its smaller droplet size. Studies were conducted to develop nanoemulsion of hexanal and its biosafety to pollinators and natural enemies in mango ecosystem. Combination of hexanal, Tween 20, ethanol at 1:10:10, was found to have good emulsion. The average droplet size was 9.9 nm with the zeta potential of -20.0 mV. This combination was used for the biosafety studies on honey bees Apis cerana indica F., egg parasitoid Trichogramma chilonis Ishii and predator Chrysoperla carnea Stephens. Nanoemulsion of hexanal on honey bees and exposure of bees to hexanal treated mango varieties had no adverse effect on honey bees (0% mortality). Nanoemulsion at recommended field dose (0.04%) showed 96.53% parasitization and 96.61 per cent adult emergence of the egg parasitoid and recorded 85.05 per cent emergence in the predator. When the grubs were fed with hexanal sprayed Corcyra eggs as well as by direct spraying of hexanal nanoemulsion on the grubs, there was 100 per cent pupation and adult emergence.Keywords
Apis cerana indica F., Biosafety, Chrysoperla carnea Stephens, Hexanal, Nanoemulsion, Phospholipase D (PLD), Trichogramma chilonis Ishii- Earth Tremors in the Coastal Belt of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry in September, 2001 - A Geological Analysis
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1 Plot 283, 17th East Street, Kamraj Nagar, Tiruvanmiyur, Chennai - 600 041, IN
2 30,3rd Main Road, Chennai - 600 028, IN
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Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 60, No 6 (2002), Pagination: 691-694Abstract
The earth tremors experienced in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry on the 26th September 2001, is discussed on the basis of the evolution of the geological and structural setup in the coastal region, consequent on the separation of Antarctica from India in the geological past. Subsurface data obtained by drilling in the Cauvery basin bear out the definition of a number of NE-SW to NNE-SSW fault bounded ridges and depressions extending from land into the offshore area. The stupendous thickness of sediments in the structures is suggestive of the sagging of the Precambrian crystalline basement and the release of strain in the process is ostensibly manifested as earth tremors. The reported occurrence of volcanic activity off the coast and the occurrence of thermal water in deep boreholes drilled in the coastal region, both falling within the NE-SW to NNE-SSE fault system, suggest that the weak fault planes in the crust provided channel ways for the eruption of magma and dissipation of subsurface heat.- Volatile Profiles as Affected by Rice Brown Plant Hopper and Yellow Stem Borer in Rice Landraces
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1 Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, IN
2 Agricultural College and Research Institute, Vazhavachanur, Thiruvannamalai 606753, IN
3 Horticultural College and Research Institute for Women, Navalur Kuttapattu, Trichy 620027, IN
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Indian Journal of Entomology, Vol 84, No 3 (2022), Pagination: 573-581Abstract
Rice (Oryza sativa L.,) plants release a complex profile of volatile organic compounds. Present study investigates the differences in volatile compounds from four rice landraces viz., Karuthakar, Norungan, Thavala Kanan and Varappu Kudaichan each under four conditions like healthy, mechanically damaged, and the ones infested by the brown plant hopper Nilaparvata lugens Stal and yellow stem borer Scirpophaga incertulas (Wlk.). The volatiles were collected using air entrainment method and characterized by the GCMS. Statistical analysis tools like clustering, principal component analysis and partial least square discriminant analysis were applied. Clear differences among the treatments were observed and certain volatile compound groups like terpenoids (squalene), unsaturated fatty acids (n-hexadecanoic, tetradecanoic and pentadecanoic acids), alkanes (heptacosane, tetracosane) were found. The statistical test of Partial Least Square Discriminant Analysis was found to be satisfactory in determining the compounds responsible for variations in treatments.Keywords
Rice landraces, Nilaparvata lugens, Scirpophaga incertulas, secondary metabolites, herbivore induced plant volatiles, terpenoids, fatty acids, esters, GCMS, Clustering analysis, multivariate analysisReferences
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