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<#LINE#>Detection of heavy metals in green leafy vegetables from North Mumbai, Maharashtra, India<#LINE#>Anushri @Kini,Sonal @Salvi,Rutuja @Mhatre,Kajal @Chavan,Shrutika @Padhye,Prakash @Khedekar,Smita @Subramanian <#LINE#>1-5<#LINE#>1.ISCA-IRJBS-2018-025.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Zoology, VIVA College, Virar, MS, India@Department of Zoology, VIVA College, Virar, MS, India@Department of Zoology, VIVA College, Virar, MS, India@Department of Zoology, VIVA College, Virar, MS, India@Department of Zoology, VIVA College, Virar, MS, India@Department of Zoology, VIVA College, Virar, MS, India@Department of Zoology, VIVA College, Virar, MS, India<#LINE#>27/4/2018<#LINE#>18/8/2018<#LINE#>Green leafy vegetables are the part of daily meal and also important constituent of balanced diet. Heavy metals are naturally occurring element with high atomic weight and density. Various anthropogenic activities produce effluent which builds up runoff water and consequently bleaches into soil adding to heavy metal contents of soil. Green leafy vegetables absorb water through this soil polluted with heavy metals. Former studies highlighted presence of heavy metals in green leafy vegetables. Current study focuses on detection of heavy metal concentration in Spinach from three vegetable markets of Dahisar (D), Mira road (M) and Bhayandar (B). Samples were analysed using atomic absorption spectrometer. Zinc was detected in highest concentration in spinach samples from all locations. Samples from Dahisar showed concentrations of Copper, lead and Zinc, far more than WHO suggested acceptable limit. Chromium was found to be more than WHO limit in spinach sample collected from Dahisar, Mira road and Bhayandar. Remaining metals were found to be in permissible limit. 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<#LINE#>Comparative study of Dormancy pattern in selected Aquatic and Terrestrial organisms<#LINE#>Gebeyehu @Feleke,B. Sairam @Patnaik <#LINE#>6-11<#LINE#>2.ISCA-IRJBS-2018-034.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Biology, Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia@Department of Biology, Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia<#LINE#>29/5/2018<#LINE#>27/8/2018<#LINE#>Among the various peculiar characteristics of lower animals the most prominent is avoidance to insensitive conditions as an adaptation to thrive the existing situation which is generally referred as Dormancy. Dormancy is a latent period in the life history of an organism when growth, development, and metabolic activities are provisionally clogged due to prevailing environmental conditions. The minimizations of metabolic activities facilitate an organism to conserve energy as well as life expectancy. This is the period when, an agile creature becomes inactive only to overcome the situation for an extensive period of life. Quiescence is a state of quietness or inactivity due to several reasons such as change in environment, availability of food, predator etc for a very short period. Here the creature sometimes exhibits polymorphism, one of the practices of mimicry only to avoid the available situation. Diapause, on the other hand, is a temporary slowing down of physiological activities in retort to terrible environmental conditions as such found in most of the insects. It is an extrapolative strategy, which is predetermined and inherited by an animal from its ancestors. It is a mode of change in the life style of an organism to suit its metabolic activities according to the conditions to its favor. Indeed the term Dormancy is extensive in its meaning and it includes several types of latent periods such as Quiescence, Diapause, Aestivation, Hibernation and Brumation. Present work was carried out in Wolaita Sodo University about 350 km from the capital city of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa. Aquatic organisms such as Rotifers and insects such as Sorghum chafer were taken for comparing and observing the dormancy patterns; since they were found in two different environments. An attempt was made to understand the dormancy patterns found in the life cycle of Pacnoda interrupta both in the laboratory as well as on field with respect to physical factors such as temperature, moisture, availability of food and predator, length of day light, and factors contributing for their success of overwintering for a long period. Similarly, rotifers were taken from the fresh water bodies in and around the study area for investigating their dormancy pattern in the laboratory. The authors have made an effort to define various terms of dormancy in a novel way for upcoming generations, which of course unwrap for further debate.<#LINE#>American Public Health Association (APHA), 2011.@undefined@undefined@No$Pattnaik B.S.R. (2014).@Species diversity of Lake Hawassa.@International Journal of Scientific Research, 3(11), 33-35.@Yes$Ricci C. (2001).@Dormancy patterns in rotifers.@Hydrobiologia, 446(1), 1-11.@Yes$King C.E. (1972).@Adaptation of the rotifers to seasonal variation.@Ecology, 53(3), 408-418.@Yes$Ricci C. and Melone G. (1998).@The Philodinavidae (Rotifera Bdelloidea): a special family.@Hydrobiologia, 385(1-3), 77-85.@Yes$Caceres C.E. (1997).@Dormancy in invertebrates.@Inver. Biol., 116(4), 371-383.@Yes$Grunshaw J.P. (1992).@Field studies on the Biology and Economic importance of Pachnoda interrupta (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Mali West Africa.@Bulletin of Entomological Research, 82, 19-27.@Yes$Leather S.R., Walters K.F.A. and Bale T.S. (1995).@The Ecology of Insect Overwintering.@Cambridge University press, 205.@Yes$Blossey Bernd and Hunt R. Tamaru (1999).@Mass rearing methods for Galerucella calmariensis and G.pusilla (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biological control agents of Lythrum saricaria (Lythraceae).@Journal of Economic entomology, 92(2), 325-334.@Yes$Flohn H. (1969).@Climate and weather.@Weidenfeid and Nicolson, London.@Yes$Danks H.V. (1978).@Modes of seasonal adaptation in insects winter survival.@Canadian Entomologist, 110(11), 1167-1205.@Yes$Benham and Farror (1976).@Diapause & Metabolism in Insects.@@No$Miller L.K. (1969).@Freezing tolerance in an adult insect.@Science, 166(3901), 105-106.@Yes$Pullin A.S. (1987).@Adult feeding time, lipid accumulation, and overwintering in Aglais urticae and Inachis io (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).@Journal of Zoology, 211(4), 631-641.@Yes$Wolda H. and Denlinge R.D.L. (1984).@Diapause in a large aggregation of a tropical beetle.@Ecological Entomology, 9(2), 217-230.@Yes
<#LINE#>Isolation and characterization of cellulose-degrading actinomycetes isolates<#LINE#>Khin Pyone @Yi,Honey Thet Paing @Htway,San San @Yu <#LINE#>12-17<#LINE#>3.ISCA-IRJBS-2018-040.pdf<#LINE#>Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Biotechnology Research Department, Kyaukse, Myanmar@Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Biotechnology Research Department, Kyaukse, Myanmar@Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Biotechnology Research Department, Kyaukse, Myanmar and Microbiology Laboratory, Biotechnology Research Department, Kyaukse, Myanmar<#LINE#>28/6/2018<#LINE#>26/8/2018<#LINE#>A total of twenty-one strains were isolated from various soil sources under wood decaying matter, manure and vegetative fields in the campus of Mandalay Technological University, Mandalay, Myanmar. Among them, eight strains were confirmed as Actinomycetes according to the biochemical examinations, cultural morphology, microscopic morphology and colonial morphology. 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@Short Communication
<#LINE#>A preliminary report of some stored food product mites of district Sangrur (Punjab), India<#LINE#>Navpreet @Kaur Gill,Parminder Singh @Dehar <#LINE#>18-20<#LINE#>4.ISCA-IRJBS-2018-038.pdf<#LINE#>Dept. of Zoology and Environmental Science, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002, India@Dept. of Zoology and Environmental Science, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002, India<#LINE#>12/6/2018<#LINE#>30/8/2018<#LINE#>Mites are ubiquitous in distribution and are reported to be present almost in all the habitats. A great number of stored grains, dried fruits, various farinaceous products and stored food are often attacked by various types of mites. A faunistic survey of mites was conducted in many stored food product stores during one year study period, in Punjab. A total of 60 samples of different stored food products i.e. pulses, stored grains were taken for study. Approximately 63.33% (38 samples) of the samples contained mites and 13 mite taxa were identified, belonging to 7 families in 3orders. Six species, namely, Acarussiro, A. immobilis, Tyrophagusputrescentiae and Glycyphus destructor, were abundant in numbers. Glycyphus-destructor, Tyrophagusputrescentiae and Acarussiro were dominant or intermediate in all stored food products examined. Cheyletusmalaccensis was the most common predatory mite. The highest percentage of infestation was recorded in the samples from stored food products of Dirba region.<#LINE#>Solomon M.E. (1946).@Tyroglyphid mites in stored product: Ecological studies.@Ann. Appl. BioI., 33(1), 82-97.@Yes$Arlian L.G. (1991).@House-dust-mite allergens: a review. Experimental & applied acarology.@10(3-4), 167-186.@Yes$Cuthbert O.D., Wraith D.G. and Brostoff J. (1979).@Barn allergy, asthma and rhinitis due to storage mites.@Clin. Allergy, 9(3), 229-236.@Yes$Hallas T.E. and Iversen M. (1996).@Sources of exposure of storage mites in the farming environment.@Ann. Agic. Environ. Med., 3, 9-12.@Yes$Hughes A.M. (1976).@The Mites of stored Food and Houses.@Tech. Bull., Min. Agric. and Fisheries in London, 63, 105-110.@Yes$Arlian L.G., Vyszenski-Moher D.L. and Fernandez-Caldas E. (1993).@Allergenicity of the mite, Blomia tropicalis.@Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 91(5), 1042-1050.@Yes$Fain A., Guerin B. and Hart B.J. (1990).@Mites and Allergic Disease.@Allerbio, Varennes en Argonne, H.M.S.O., London, 1-190.@Yes$Hallas T.E. and Gudmundsson B. (1985).@Mites of stored hay in Iceland. Related to quality of hay and the storage duration.@J. Agr. Res. Icel., 17, 31-37.@No$van Hage-Hamsten M. and Johansson S.G.O. (1992).@Storage mites.@Experimental & applied acarology, 16(1-2), 117-128.@Yes$Colloff M.J. (1998).@Distribution and abundance of dust mites within homes.@Allergy, 53(48), 24-27.@Yes$Dutkiewicz J., Jablo&#324;ski L. and Olenchock S.A. (1988).@Occupational biohazards: a review.@American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 14(5), 605-623.@Yes$Tee R.D. (1994).@Allergy to storage mites.@Clin. Exp. Allergy, 24, 636-640.@Yes$Macfadyen A. (1953).@Notes on methods for the extraction of small soil arthropods.@J. Anim. Ecol., 22, 65-77.@Yes$Macfadyen A. (1957).@Animal Ecology: Aims and Methods (3rd Ed.).@Pitman, London, 380.@Yes$Macfadyen A. (1961).@Improved funnel type extractors for soil arthropods.@J. Anim.Ecol., 30, 171-184.@Yes$Solomon M.E. (1945).@Tyroglyphid mites in stored products. Methods for the study of population density.@Ann. appl. BioI., 33, 71-75.@Yes