A systematic investigation was done on the Apocynaceae family that is found growing all around Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu, India. We gathered and identified a total of 17 species from 12 genera Apocynaceae. complete taxonomic account each has been given along with their current name, common brief description phenology. Based morphological floral characteristics, classification proposed.

The paper investigates the role of knowledge management in enabling project success, innovation, completion times, operational efficiency and the generation of new knowledge in development projects. Four projects in Uganda, Nigeria, and Cote d‘Ivoire were used as case studies. The objective was to explore the nature of knowledge management practices in these projects in order to see how they co...

The project of electronic corpora for Manding languages was launched in St. Petersburg in 2009. By now, it is carried out by an international team with an assistance by specialists in Manding languages from different countries. Tools have been developed taking into account the specifics of Manding languages (and adaptable to other languages). The Bamana Reference Corpus was put on line in 2012,...

Heliconia is one of the important emerging exotic specialty cut flowers which gaining importance in Indian markets and used as a flower, floral decoration, beautifying gardens. We carried out field experiment at Horticultural Research Station, Pechiparai, Kanyakumari to evaluate performance pendent genotypes based on growth characteristics. The results revealed that among eight evaluated, H. ch...

Alpha-galactosidase is a glycoside hydrolase enzyme that hydrolyses the terminal alpha-galactosyl moieties from glycolipids and glycoproteins. Pseudomonas sp. MCCMB3 an alpha galactosidase producer was isolated from the rock soil of Kulasekaram, Kanyakumari district, South India. Totally 10 strains were isolated, when compared with other strains, predominant enzyme activity has been observed in...

Acinetobacter is one of the important opportunistic pathogens involved in hospital acquired infection. They cause various types of human infections leading to morbidity and mortality. Of these Acinetobacter species, Acinetobacter baumannii is the most prevalent in clinical specimens causing pneumonia. It is very common among inpatients admitted in ICUs for various ailments. Around hundred sputu...