Topic: Gujarat

Bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) caused by either bovine viral diarrhoea virus type 1 (BVDV 1) or BVDV 2 is responsible for significant economic losses in cattle and buffaloes. In this study, we report identification of BVDV 1 in Indian buffaloes and their ...

The leader protease (L sup pro /sup ) and capsid-coding sequences (P1) constitute approximately 3 kb of the foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV). We studied the phylogenetic relationship of 46 FMDV serotype A isolates of Indian origin collected during the period 1968-2005 and ...

Agasthiyar Muni is considered to be the embodiment of oneof the nine celestial intellectuals who came to this earth for enlighteninghuman beings. On returning to Mancuria after the great flood Kailas wasno more but instead the Himalayan mountain range had emerged in ...

Microbiology is the study of living organisms of microscopic size. Everyday microbiologists around the world explore, investigate and discover how these organisms, exist and affect our lives. However there are many more microbes living harmlessly alongside us playing a vital role in ...

Even dinosaurs may have been afraid of snakes, a discovery suggests. Scientists have unearthed the almost complete fossil skeleton of a prehistoric snake that preyed on baby dinosaurs. The remains of two other snakes were also found paired with eggs at the ...

The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century cast its shadow over western India Wednesday and headed for China on a path that was plunging hundreds of millions of people into temporary darkness.Ancient superstition and modern commerce came together in a ...

Dr. M. R. KhanDepartment of Agricultural EntomologyBidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Kalyani, Nadia-741235, West Bengal, IndiaEmail: mrkhanbckv@rediffmail.comIntroductionPlant parasitic nematode, the hidden enemy of crops is one of the many groups of harmful organism which depend on plants for their survival. Nematode can cause ...