Comprehensive Management Strategies for Fig Rust Disease in Ficus carica: An Integrated Approach

Fig rust, caused by the fungus Cerotelium fici, poses a significant threat to Ficus carica cultivation, leading to reduced leaf area, premature defoliation, and compromised fruit quality. This study presents a comprehensive review of management strategies for fig rust, emphasizing an integrated approach that combines cultural, chemical, and biological methods. Key strategies include the application of fungicides, timely irrigation practices, and the removal of infected plant debris. Additionally, the study explores the potential of biocontrol agents and resistant fig cultivars as sustainable solutions. The findings highlight the importance of a multi- faceted approach to effectively mitigate fig rust, ensuring improved fig tree health and productivity

Use of mobiles in dairying for information dissemination: A multi-stakeholder analysis in India

Among all the information and communication technology (ICT) tools, mobile phone has emerged as one of the widely accepted and adopted instruments for delivery of agriculture and livestock related information. Though, mobile use in dairying is considered as an emerging tool in Indian dairy industry, there is a need to study its impact at field conditions. With this theoretical background, the study has focused on the efforts of government of India for mobile message delivery, perception and per cent gap among multi-stakeholders with regards to relevance, profitability and sustainability of mobile use in dairying. The study included primary data using 360 dairy farmers, 80 research scientists and 40 extensionists in North India and also relevant secondary data. The study revealed that perception of scientists and extension experts was more favorable towards relevance, profitability and sustainability of mobile use in dairying, while the perception of farmers was less favourable towards mobile use. The study also observed that there was a wide gap (higher per cent gap) among farmers-scientists and farmers-extensionists withn regards to relevance, profitability and sustainability, while the gap was very narrow among scientists and extensionists. The study concluded that researchers and extension experts need to be familiarized about use of mobiles to disseminate information and improve productivity in the dairy sector. Further, the scientists have to generate and transfer field relevant, profitable and sustainable tools and techniques with the involvement of farmers as the partners of research and extension for effective generation and transfer of dairy innovations

A Secure Storage Management & Auditing Scheme for Cloud Storage

Cloud computing is an evolving domain that provides many on-demand services that are used by many businesses on daily basis. Massive growth in cloud storage results in new data centers which are hosted by a large number of servers. As number of data centers increases enormous amount of energy consumption also increases. Now cloud service providers are looking for environmental friendly alternatives to reduce energy consumption. Data storage requires huge amount of resources and management. Due to increasing amount of demand for data storage new frameworks needed to store and manage data at a low cost. Also to prevent data from unauthorized access cloud service provider must provide data access control. Data access control is an effective way to ensure data storage security within cloud. For data storage cost minimization we are using DCT compression technique to ensure data compression without compromising the quality of the data. For data access control and security asymmetric cryptographic algorithm RSA is used. For data auditing we have used MD5 with RSA to generate digital signatures, In proposed work we tried to cover all attributes in terms of efficiency, performance and security in cloud computing

Web3 Chain Authentication and Authorization Security Standard (CAA)

Web3 is the next evolution of the internet, which uses blockchains, cryptocurrencies, and NFTs to return ownership and authority to the consumers. The potential of Web3 is highlighted by the creation of decentralized applications (dApps), which are more secure, transparent, and tamper-proof than their centralized counterparts, allowing for new business models that were previously impossible on the traditional internet.Web3 also focuses on user privacy, where users have more control over their personal data and can choose to share only what they want. The emergence of Web3 represents an exciting new frontier in blockchain technology, and its focus on decentralization, user privacy, and trustless systems has the potential to transform the way we interact with the internet.Web3 authentication is required for enhanced security, increased privacy, and simplified user interface. Traditional login procedures and an authorization flow using web3 authentication work together seamlessly. However, there are several challenges associated with Web3, including scalability and regulatory issues. Chain Authentication and Authorization (CAA) is a multi-layer security mechanism that allows users to choose the security layer that suits them, just like a heavy iron chain, where the user and CAA developers act as blacksmith and form their security protocol that suits them. CAA is a solution to the challenges associated with Web3 authentication and authorization, and it focuses on creating a secure and decentralized authentication and authorization system that is scalable, flexible, and user-friendly

Antioxidant and metal chelating activities of Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl peel, pulp and aerial parts in relation to their total phenol and flavonoid content

ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the antioxidant activity and total phenol and flavonoid content of different parts (peel, pulp and aerial parts) of Lagenaria siceraria. Method: Successive extraction was done by cold percolation method using solvents of different polarity viz. petroleum ether, toluene, ethyl acetate, acetone, water. Total phenol content was determined by Folin-Ciocalteu's reagent method and flavonoid was determined by aluminium chloride colorimetric method. The antioxidant assays evaluated were 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging activity, 2, 2'-Azino-bis-(3-ethyl) benzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid (ABTS) radical cation scavenging activity and Ferric reducing antioxidant power. Results: L. siceraria peel possessed maximum phenol and flavonoid content in acetone and toluene extracts respectively. FRAP was maximum in acetone extract of peel. The peel extract demonstrated stronger DPPH activity with IC 50 value of 111 µg/ml followed by pulp extract. The same extract was effective in scavenging ABTS radical with an IC 50 value of 39 µg/ml while other parts were ineffective. Conclusion: This work demonstrated good antioxidant activity of L. siceraria vegetable cultivated in India and recommends that the peel of this vegetable may be of interest from a functional point of view as a major source of natural antioxidant

Higher slaughter weight affects broiler meat quality and bird welfare

An experiment was conducted to determine the influence of increasing broiler’s slaughter weight on, carcass characteristics, meat quality, sensory evaluation, immunity, and welfare. Commercial strain “Vencobb-430” chicks (n=280) were randomly distributed among eight groups consisting of 35 chicks in each. The experimental birds were fed on commercial maize soya-based basal diet. The broiler chicks were reared for up to 48 days and slaughtered at a different live body weight of 1.0-1.2, 1.5-1.7, 2.1-2.2, 2.5-2.7, 2.8-3.0 and 3.3-3.5 (i.e 24, 28, 34, 39, 42 and 48- day slaughter day). The results revealed that dressing and breast % were significantly (P2.1 kg, an increasing trend of gait score and breast cleanliness was observed at each stage of slaughter weight. Based on the results, the broiler birds reared up to 2.1 to 2.2 kg live body weight resulted in better welfare, immune status, and meat quality parameters

Analytical method Development and validation of Ivabradine by using RP-HPLC

The RP-HPLC method, which makes use of an XTERR C8 column (150mm × 4.6mm, 3.5μm) and a mobile phase of acetonitrile:0.01N KH2PO4(60:40) of HPLC grade, became created and accepted to be used in Ivabradine analysis. Buffer's pH became stored at 3. After being subjected to a 10-minute sonication, the use of a 0.45μm Nylon clear out, A 0.9mL/min waft charge became used to clear out the cellular section. After 260 nm of detection, it became observed that Ivabradine had a 1.846-minute retention period. Linearity became found with equation y=14200x+106895, from 80–120 μg/mL (R2 became the coefficient of determination). ICH hints had been accompanied with inside the validation of the approach

Feasibility studies for the measurement of time-like proton electromagnetic form factors from p¯ p→ μ+μ- at P ¯ ANDA at FAIR

This paper reports on Monte Carlo simulation results for future measurements of the moduli of time-like proton electromagnetic form factors, | GE| and | GM| , using the p¯ p→ μ+μ- reaction at P ¯ ANDA (FAIR). The electromagnetic form factors are fundamental quantities parameterizing the electric and magnetic structure of hadrons. This work estimates the statistical and total accuracy with which the form factors can be measured at P ¯ ANDA , using an analysis of simulated data within the PandaRoot software framework. The most crucial background channel is p¯ p→ π+π-, due to the very similar behavior of muons and pions in the detector. The suppression factors are evaluated for this and all other relevant background channels at different values of antiproton beam momentum. The signal/background separation is based on a multivariate analysis, using the Boosted Decision Trees method. An expected background subtraction is included in this study, based on realistic angular distributions of the background contribution. Systematic uncertainties are considered and the relative total uncertainties of the form factor measurements are presented

Precision resonance energy scans with the PANDA experiment at FAIR: Sensitivity study for width and line shape measurements of the X(3872)

This paper summarises a comprehensive Monte Carlo simulation study for precision resonance energy scan measurements. Apart from the proof of principle for natural width and line shape measurements of very narrow resonances with PANDA, the achievable sensitivities are quantified for the concrete example of the charmonium-like X(3872) state discussed to be exotic, and for a larger parameter space of various assumed signal cross-sections, input widths and luminosity combinations. PANDA is the only experiment that will be able to perform precision resonance energy scans of such narrow states with quantum numbers of spin and parities that differ from J P C = 1 - -