Herbicide resistance in little seed canary grass (Phalaris minor Retz.) wheat is the major sustainability issue, which puts rice-wheat (R-W) system north-western Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) under serious threat. To assess level, a questionnaires based survey with systematic approach was conducted during rabi 2017-18 five districts (Yamuna Nagar, Kaithal, Karnal, Fatehabad and Rohtak) of Haryana....

Isoproturon, 3-p-cumenyl-1 dimethylurea was the only herbicide controlling Phalaris minor, a major weed growing in wheat fields till the early 1980s. Since it has acquired resistance against isoproturon, like other substituted urea herbicides, where the identified target site for isoproturon is in the photosynthetic apparatus at D1 protein of Photosystem-II (PS-II). Nucleotide sequence of susce...

The objective of this study was to determine the specific methane yields of four grass species (cocksfoot, tall fescue, reed canary grass and timothy) cultivated under boreal conditions as well as how harvesting time and year of cultivation affects the specific methane yields per ha. The specific methane yields of all grasses and all harvests varied from 253 to 394 Nl CH4/kg volatile solids (VS...

A continuous flow filtration system was designed to identify and quantify the removal mechanisms of Cyanobacteria (Microcystis aeruginosa) by hydroponic biofilters Phalaris arundinacea compared synthetic filters. The units were continuously fed under plug-flow conditions with Microcystis grown in photobioreactors. cells decreased at two rates studied (1.2 ± 0.2 54 ± 3 cm3 minˉ1) results suggest...

Three new species of parasitic wasps (Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from southern India are described and illustrated. Glyptapanteles clanisae sp. nov., a remarkable gregarious endoparasitoid, was bred from the caterpillar of Clanis phalaris Cramer (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) on the host plant Pongamia pinnata (L.) (Leguminosae) along with a hyperparasitoid, Eurytoma sp. (Eurytomidae). Glyptapantel...