The field experiment conducted with twenty genotypes of Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea L.) with motive to discover path coefficient analysis and came to a conclusion that research presented positive direct effect with characters like no. of silique/plant, days to 50% flowering, test weight, number of seed/silique, biological yield wherein seed yield/plant showed highest values thereafter maximum negative direct effect displayed by length of main raceme for genotypic characters. Phenotypic positive direct effect expressed for characters like no. primary branches/plant, days to 50% flowering, no. of seeds/silique, days to maturity, no. of siliquae/plant, test weight, biological yield/plant whereas negative direct effect was unveiled by length of main raceme, no. of secondary branches/plant, plant height

The study was undertaken to propose new reformed ratio estimators for estimating population mean utilizing the auxiliary information of non-conventional location parameters such as Tri-Mean, Mid-Range Hodges-Lehmann with coefficient of kurtosis and coefficient of skewness in simple random sampling. The features of proposed estimators are assessed by mean square error and bias. For practical demonstration a numerical illustration was provided, which endorses that proposed estimators in this study are also efficient in line with the existing estimators

Power operated turmeric harvester machine is an important harvesting device of turmeric increasingly considered an alternative to traditionally harvesting because of reduced labour, time saving, drudgeries, higher profit and comparable yields. In the conventional method of harvesting, the rhizomes are dug manually with the help of hand tools. This method of harvesting is highly labour intensive, tedious and time consuming. The labour costs of harvesting turmeric account for well over 30 to 40 percent of the total cost of production. Yet harvesting by hand digging leads to some avoidable damages. The better performance of power operated turmeric harvester in terms of damage percentage, digging efficiency, field efficiency and saving in operational cost over traditional method

The study was conducted to examine the growth rates and variability of major vegetable crops in Uttarakhand. The time series data from 2012-13 to 2021-22 was analysed and compound annual growth rates (CAGR) and Cuddy Della Valle Index (CDVI) were computed for the five vegetable crops having maximum production in Uttarakhand. The growth rates for area were positive for all vegetables. A significant increase in production was observed for all crops, except potato, whose production fell. The results of instability index revealed a low level of instability in area, production and yield of vegetables in the study area. Decomposition analysis was carried out to know the individual effects of area, yield and their interaction on production growth. Area effect was found to be largely responsible for any changes in production for all vegetables. Yield effect and interaction effect did not have much of an effect on the production

The study was intended to identify the problems faced by the sugarcane growers in Gujarat state. A total 240 farmers were selected by the random sampling method from Gujarat state. When attempting to rank the problems, Garratt's ranking method was used. The result revealed that the majority of farmers faced low rate for sugarcane with a 80.24 mean score (rank I) followed by the high labour charges and non-availability of labour with mean score 71.34 (rank II) and 66.53 (rank III) dishonest in weighing at weigh bridge. Other significant issues were high cost of transportation, delay in payment of instalments, unnecessary deductions in the name of toll, charges, lack of mechanical harvester, diseases and insect pest, lack of regular visit and guidance by expert, lack of training facility on sugarcane cultivation and non-availability of credit at proper time and as required quantity.

Anemia is most common and frequently diagnosed complication caused due to many etiological factors, some of which are life-threatening in veterinary practice. Anemia could be a disease by itself or could be consequential to several other factors. It is a syndrome affecting all animals especially with neoplasia and other clinical conditions like Bacterial, Viral, Parasitic & Fungal infections, auto- immune diseases, deficiency diseases, toxicities, etc. Clinical manifestations of anemia depend on the severity, duration (short or long-term), and the underlying cause of the illness. Classification of anemia is based on various factors. Assessment and diagnosis of anemia can be made on the basis of history, clinical manifestations, laboratory findings and bone marrow examination. Therapeutic management of anemia is usually based on the etiology behind it. Considering the importance and the high prevalence of anemia in animals it has been reviewed here

The new face of the higher education landscape in India and across the world has come up with profound changes in the working of the libraries and consequently ‘Library and Information Science (LIS) Professionals’. Gone are the days of the widely prevalent and equally criticized traditional academic setups; wherein the LIS professional, typically termed as Librarian, was considered as yet another ‘avoidable cost centre and administrative function’ and he/she was not taken seriously enough as a ‘valued contributor’ to the overall process of imparting quality education. Today in the digital era, Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals are ideally considered as one of the strongest pillars of any premier academic setup. Given the multitude of roles being played by these LIS professionals and considering the ever increasing importance of multifaceted evaluation of quantitative and qualitative aspects of library in institutional ranking at the national and international level, the institutions of higher education like Universities will have to create congenial work culture for the LIS professionals. In this context, this Conceptual Review Paper, utilizing the published theoretical literature analyzed with a practical orientation, discusses the changing face of libraries and changing role dynamics of LIS professionals in general and in Agricultural Universities in particular. The paper highlights salient features and achievements of consistent National Award winning Central Library of one of the State Agricultural University (SAU) located in the coastal region of the vibrant Gujarat State in India, that is, Navsari Agricultural University