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So Lonely! We hear about waste management to and fro, right? But you don't consider thinking of this a bit. Neither did I before I really learned about it and about what really this can do. moreover, what expensive technologies are employed to do a task that I almost ignore every day! You know about landfilling, recycling, composting etc. But have you heard of anaerobic digestion, in-vessels, pyrolysis, UASB or waste autoclave? Let's read from our fellow blogger Supritam Shome!

a cheat sheet on EFFECTIVE DISEASE  OF MAIN FOOD CROP  RICE : Do you consume that white-grain thrice a day? Well, do you ever consider what if they were diseased? Let's have a quick view! BLAST DISEASE Causal Agent:   Pyricularia grisea Symptoms:  It appears on leaves, nodes, panicle and grains On The leaves, spots are typically spindle-shaped with more or less pointed ends with greyish centre sand Brown to reddish brown margins Lesions may coalesce kill the entire leaf Remedy: Use of healthy seeds Early sowing Proper Transplanting Some level of resistance has been recorded in IR- 20, IR-36 and IR-42. Spray bavistin @0.2% Orhinosan @ 0.1% with the initiation of leaf blast and repeat at neck blast stage. BROWN SPOT: Causal Agent:   Drechslera  oryzae Symptoms: Appears on leaves, coleoptiles, leaf sheath, and b ranches A small circular spot which later on becomes o val...

How often do we see a potential life as seed ? How often do we have a medium even close to the life-nurturing ability of soil? Not so frequent, right? Maybe never. You might be wondering how come this blogger fellow decides to take philosophy class in here. Well, this is just to remind you that seed is the source and regulator of green life. But guess what, this can also have a clear impact on your health. When a seed is infected (or infested as we say) with any kind of microorganism, it shows up in the developed plant body. These kind of diseases are called seed borne diseases . In fruits, in cereals and in vegetables seed borne diseases are common. This can alter the physiological processes of plant life and can also have detrimental effects on the fruit or grain quality. Due to this, seeds must be authenticated before putting into the soil. There are several agencies and institutions which recognize and tags seeds according to several parameters like, viability , genet...