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Background: Aspergillus niger and A. flavus cause rotting, damping-off, loss in germination and toxification of oil seeds. Aspergillus is a common mold in tropical and Sub-tropical countries and causes aflatoxin contamination. A. flavus and A. niger were responsible for storage rot of groundnut. In addition to storage rot, aflatoxin contamination also leads to adverse effects on consumer health. Therefore, present study was conducted to estimate the impact of both A. niger and A. flavus on seed quality parameters of groundnut. Methods: Effect of major seed borne fungi A. niger and A. flavus on seed quality characters of thirteen different genotypes of groundnut was observed in the present study. All the seedling quality characters were measured as per ISTA guidelines. Result: On an average A. niger caused 25.14, 25.18, 43.99, 26.20 and 44.75 per cent reduction in seed germination, seedling length, seedling vigour index I, seedling dry weight and seedling vigour index II, respectively, over the control whereas A. flavus caused average per cent reduction of 22.38, 24.23, 41.18, 23.92 and 40.95 in seed germination, seedling length, seedling vigour index I, seedling dry weight and seedling vigour index II, respectively, over the control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Byline: G. Rama Rao [AUTHOR:1] With a deep sense of loss, the Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists mourn the sudden and sad demise of Prof. Dr. B. Narasimha [...]

Cultivation of rice under dry direct sown condition is a viable alternative to reduce the pressure on natural resources, more importantly on available fresh water sources. Moisture stress and intense weed competition are the major limitations under this system for which early seedling vigour is a desirable trait to counter this problem. Laboratory and field experiments were conducted during 2015-16 at S. V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India, with 36 aerobic rice genotypes to understand the physiological and biochemical basis for early vigour. High and low vigour genotypes were categorized based on seedling vigour index under polyethylene glycol (PEG) induced moisture stress at -5 and -10 bars. The biochemical basis for high seedling vigour index (SVI) was studied to explore the role of α-amylase in rapid conversion of starch into reducing sugars in high vigour genotypes. Laboratory findings were confirmed in the field experiment where in early vigour genotypes (NLR-33671, NLR-3042, NLR-4002, NLR-40024, MTU-7029, MTU-1010, JGL- 20171 and JGL-11727) showed high crop growth rate in pre-anthesis period of crop growth. The influence of early vegetative biomass was also reflected on number of tillers and number of productive tillers in high vigorous genotypes compared to low vigorous genotypes (MTU- 1075 and MTU-1112). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Byline: G. Rama Rao, Sridevi, Betsy. Narayan, A. Amareswar, S. Sandhya Sir, Currently, the treatment of all types of tuberculosis is by the directly observed treatment short course (DOTS) strategy, [...]

Byline: P. Sravani, N. Babu, K.V.T. Gopal, G. Rama Rao, Athota. Rao, Bhagavatula. Moorthy, T. Rao Background: Vitiligo is an acquired disorder characterized by circumscribed depigmented macules devoid of identifiable [...]

Byline: G. Rama Rao, A. Amareswar, Y. Kishan Kumar, Radha. Rani Sir, Isolated facial palsy as a neurological complication of varicella is reported. [sup] [1],[2],[3],[4],[5] As such neurological complications caused [...]

Byline: K. Anuradha, H. Singh, KVT. Gopal, G. Rama Rao, T. Ramani, Jyothi. Padmaja Background: Genital ulcerative disease is one of the risk factors for acquisition of HIV. As HSV-2 [...]

Byline: G. Rama Rao, R. Rani, A. Amareswar, P. Krishnam Raju, P. Kumari, Y. Kumar A 26 year-old married woman presented with a two-year history of asymptomatic, multiple papular lesions [...]

Byline: G. Rama Rao, P. Krishna Rao, K.V.T. Gopal, Y. Kumar, B. Ramachandra Background: Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a neurocutaneous genodermatosis characterized by hamartoma formation in multiple organs. There [...]

Byline: KVT. Gopal, G. Rama Rao, Y. Kumar, M. Appa Rao, P. Vasudev, Srikant. Background : Recent clinical and animal experimental studies postulate that the pathogenetic mechanisms of vitiligo could [...]

Process scheduling means allocating a certain amount of CPU time to each of the user processes. One of the popular scheduling algorithms is the "Round Robin" algorithm, which allows each and every process to utilize the CPU for short time duration. This paper presents an improvisation to the traditional round robin scheduling algorithm, by the proposed a new method. The new method represents the time slice as a function of the burst time of the waiting process in the ready queue. Fixing the time slice for a process is a crucial factor, because it subsequently influences many performance parameters like turnaround time, waiting time, response time and the frequency of context switches. Though the time slot is fixed for each process, this paper explores the fine-tuning of the time slice for processes which do not complete in the stipulated time allotted to them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the study of finding a rare titanium-niobium-rich astrophyllite in the Podili alkali granite pluton in Andhra Pradesh, India. It mentions that occurrence of astrophyllite, a hydrous potassium iron titanium silicate, has been the result of immense petrographic and mineral chemistry studies. It also mentions that chemical composition of astrophyllite grains has been determined by electron microprobe.

The article presents a study which investigates the factors associated with the low coverage of immunization in the states of Jharkhand and Rajasthan in India. The study shows that the degree of coverage of immunization in Jharkhand is smaller as compared to Rajasthan. Accessibility of center in the village presents an important role in the usage of services. The primary reasons for low coverage include the level staff deficiency and community members lacking information regarding the immunization program. In the country, the central government is responsible for polio eradication while the state government is responsible for the immunization of children.