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Adoption of green& sustainable technologies in the transport sector is the need of the hour. High initial price charging time & limited range are the obstacles towards the adoption and diffusion of electronic vehicles. Deployment of electronic vehicle has been a key measurers to reduce pollution in urban areas caused by the logistic sector. A technology emerged more than a century ago EV failed in its several encounters with the gas powered cars and the efforts to penetrate the market. Though much progress has been made in the past decade, the wide adoption of EVs is still in question. In the process of reducing the pollutions world is searching for every alternative to reduce the emissions and find the solutions to the alternative energy’s. The study aims to find out those barriers to the adoption of electric vehicles. The articles is contemporary and examines the different factors that affect a consumer’s adoption of an EV.

Rhizosphere, phylloplane and caulosphere is the region where a complex community of microbes, mainly bacteria and fungi are present. The microbe- plant interaction in these regions can be beneficial, neutral, variable, or deleterious for plant growth. The bacteria that exert beneficial effects on plant development are termed plant growth promoting bacteria. To isolate the bacteria from rhizosphere, phylloplane and caulosphere of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.). The seeds of 16 cultivars of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) viz., Arka keshav, Arka shirish, Arka kusumaker, and IIHR accession numbers 389,386,387,377 Tc, BB44, 391, 433, 434, 427, 447, 448, 476 and 487 that were used in the initial screening experiment were obtained from the Department of Vegetable crops, IIHR, Hessaraghatta, Bangalore. Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) plants of different varieties were collected from seven locations around Bangalore viz., Hessaraghatta, Yelahanka, Kengeri, Madi vala, Hebbal, Tirumalapura and Attibele were also screened for the presence of associative bacteria. Associative microorganisms isolated from the rhizosphere, phylloplane and shoot regions of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.), revealed the presence of three morphologically different colonies. 80% of 16 cultivars of the brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) screened showed the presence of associative bacterial colonies. In this study diazotrophic BBI were obtained from the rhizoplane, phylloplane and stem of 16 cultivars of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) that were screened. The dominant pearl-colored colonies isolated from all varieties of brinjal plants that were screened was identified and showed maximum nitrogen fixing ability compared with that of the other colonies. The phylloplane of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) plants from seven different locations around Bangalore showed the presence of the dominant pearl-colored colonies. Moderate growth of bacteria was observed in root, stem and leaf bits sterilized up to 35 minutes. Even on surface sterilized roots which were homogenized and inoculated on growth media, dense growth of bacteria was observed there by establishing the presence of bacteria inside the root system. For the first time the presence of growth promoting bacteria on the rhizosphere and endorhizosphere of brinjal (Solanum Melongena L.) cultivars was established.

We planned to conduct this study with the main aim to develop bivoltine breeds for our tropical climatic conditions by using silkworm breeds with known genetic backgrounds (KA, NB18 and PM) in various hybrid combinations and incorporating them over generations, followed by backcrossing and adequate selection of different generations with the objective of profitability and productivity. The isolated Bivoltin lines (R1 and R2) were reared with their parental races at different times of the year to evaluate their stability in the expression of commercial traits. For the present breeding program, the purebred Bivoltine Kalimpong-A (KA), which spin white oval cocoons, New Bivoltine18 (NB18) white cocoons with rotating dumbbells and Multivoltine Pure Mysore (PM), the yellow pointed cocoons of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori L., Selected. One-way and three-way crosses were made using the above three breeds. The first single cross comprised KA females and PM males. The second unique cross comprised NB18 females and PM males. Selection was performed at the egg, larva, pupal, and cocoon stages over the course to determine the desired traits. The offspring of F from the respective crosses were backcrossed with their respective bivoltine males to improve commercial traits. Heterosis in the F1 generations of crosses, including NB18 and PM, was determined by the mean score of the parents (MPV) and the best score of the parents (BPV). A significant test for heterosis was performed using a standard ANOVA table. Based on the results of our study, it was found that the performance of the characters, viz. The weight of mature larvae and the duration of the larvae over generations do not simply increase or decrease regularly, but fluctuate irregularly. The reason for this variation may be due to random genetic drift, sampling errors in estimating generational means, selection pressures, and environmental factors. Therefore, inbreeding variations due to random drift and sampling errors could be reduced by increasing the number sampled and selected.

Biometrics is a method based on the recognition of the biological characteristics of an individual like fingerprint, vocal, and facial features. Biometric features hold a unique place when it comes to recognition, authentication, and security applications as they cannot be easily duplicated. Deep learning-based models have been very successful in achieving better efficiency in biometric recognition. They are more beneficial because deep learning-based models provide an end-to-end learning framework.

Antibiotics provide the main basis for treating infectious diseases. Hence, there is an increase in the investigations on plants as a source of human disease management. Morus alba belonging to family Moraceae has been reported to possess several medicinal properties. In the present study the antimicrobial properties of mulberry plant grown in different conditions have been analysed. The main aim of the study was to compare the differences in the antimicrobial properties of mulberry grown on different organic manures such as farmyard manure and silkworm litter. The antimicrobial properties of aqueous, ethanolic and methanolic leaf extracts were tested against pathogenic bacteria such as E.coli and Pseudomonas and fungi such as Aspergillus niger and Penicillium notatum . Significant zone of inhibition were obtained for both bacterial pathogens when treated with extracts of mulberry grown on silkworm litter. Whereas with respect to fungi, FYM treated plant leaf extracts showed significant antifungal properties.