Staphylococcus aureus is found pathogenic to man and animals and it is responsible for food borne outbreaks, too. The goat milk is gaining popularity due to many health benefits on human health. To know carriage of Staph. aureus in the milk of Surti goats reared in Livestock Research Station, NAU, Navsari as well as from two rural goat rearing pockets in southern Gujarat, i.e., Amalsad (Dist. Navsari) and Dharampur (Dist. Valsad), the present investigation was carried out. All the 37 isolates S. aureus isolates were subjected to antibiotic susceptibility testing against 9 selected antibiotics by agar disc diffusion method. The results showed S. aureus isolates were resistant to Cephalexin (62.16%), Methicillin (40.54%), Ampicillin (18.92%) and Kanamycin (2.70 %). All Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains identified by antibiotic sensitivity test, were subjected to PCR to detect methicillin resistant gene mecA. Agarose Gel electrophoresis revealed single compact band of 533 bp, indicative of successful amplification of target mecA gene from the genomic DNA of S. aureus. Out of 37 S. aureus, 15 isolates amplified 533 bp of mecA gene, result show that 40.54 per cent S. aureus isolates carried mecA gene.

Twenty one diverse thermo tolerant tomato genotypes were evaluated to estimate variability, heritability and genetic advance over mean for fruit yield and component characters. Analysis of variance revealed highly significant mean sum of square due to treatment for all the traits suggested thereby the substantial amount of genetic variability was existed in the material under study. Phenotypic coefficient of variation (PCV) was higher than the corresponding genotypic coefficient of variation (GCV) in all the morphological traits under study and the GCV was very close to PCV for most of the characters indicating a highly significant effect of genotype on phenotypic expression indicating ample scope for selection of genotypes from available germplasm for these traits. High heritability in combination with high genetic advance as per cent over mean was recorded in yield per plant, fruit pericarp thickness and fruit equatorial diameter explaining that these characters are governed by additive gene action which is crucial in selection.

A field experiment was conducted at Hyderabad during kharif 2014 to study the “Water management for different methods of rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation in puddled soils”. The treatments comprises of three systems of cultivations (direct seeding with drum seeder(DS), transplanting with machine (MTP) and conventional transplanting(CTP) as main treatments and sub treatments with four irrigation regimes i.e ,irrigation of 5 cm, when water level falls below 5 cm from soil surface in field water tube (I1), irrigation of 5 cm, when water level falls below 10 cm from soil surface in field water tube (I2), irrigation of 5 cm at 3 days after disappearance of ponded water (I3), and recommended submergence of 2-5 cm water level as per crop stage (I4). Significantly higher number of tillers m-2 were observed in MTP over DS at all growth stages except 50 DAS. Number of tillers in MTP at 110 DAS and at harvest was on par with CTP. Significantly lower root volume was observed in DS (CTP and at harvest, respectively) than rest of methods of crop establishment at 110 DAS and harvest and was on par with CTP at 80 DAS. However, CTP was on par with MTP at 80 DAS and at harvest, but significantly differed at 110 DAS. Among different irrigation regimes significantly higher number of tillers m-2 was recorded with I4 over I2 and was on par with I3 and I1. The root volume was significantly higher in I1 at 80, 110 DAS and at harvest. Relative water content and leaf water potential was not varied much among different rice cultivation systems but relative water content and leaf water potential at various stages of crop growth revealed at there was variation in grain yield due to irrigation regimes.

The present field experiment was aimed at estimating the general combining ability effects of parents and specific combining ability effects of hybrids for yield and yield attributing traits. Combining ability analysis viz. line x tester mating design was done by using seven inbred lines of maize and three testers. Ten parents and twenty one hybrids were evaluated for six traits viz. ear length (cm), ear diameter (cm), number of kernel rows ear-1, number of kernels row-1, 1000 grain weight (g) and grain yield plot-1 (Kg). The results revealed that KDM-907A x KDM 500 was the most prolific cross for grain yield plot-1 along with KDM-334A x KDM 500 and KDM-912A x KDM895A. KDM-343A, KDM-912A, KDM-902A and KDM 500 were identified as best general combiners for most of the traits and these could be utilized for development of synthetics or elite breeding populations.

The present study was carried out in four district of Haryana state. In total 240 respondents viz., 60 farmers from each district, 30 farmers from each block and 15 farmers from each village were selected for present study. Age, education, social participation, land holding, extension contact, mass media exposure, irrigation facilities, risk orientation, economic motivation and scientific orientation and number of ICTs tools use by farmers were the personal profile of farmers. Farmers use of ICTs for the purpose of information of Variety followed by Marketing, Schedule of water supply, Supportive facts, Plant protection measures etc Usages of ICTs for Marketing of dairy product , Health care practices , Management practices , Breeding and Reproduction practices.

The present study was carried out in four district of Haryana state i.e. Yamunanagar, Karnal ,Hisar and Fatehabad, which were selected randomly. Radaur and Chhachroli, Indri and Nilokheri block were selected with villages Bakana, kandroli and Bhagwanpur, Sherpur, Kalri, Kukhnai and Barhtal, Raipur from Yamunanagar and Karnal. Similarly, Hisar I and Hisar II, Bhattu and Fatehbad block were selected with villages Sathrod, Mizapur and Balsamand, Budhak, Dhand and Bnawali, Daulatpur and Hizrawan from Hisar and Fatehbad. The major constraints were found Lack of confidence in operating of ICTs due to less exposure and lack of awareness of how to properly use ICTs in order to derive its benefits. Majority of farmers suggested that the training programme related to ICT for farmers because they felt that the constraint is due to lack of training to farmers in the use of ICTs.

The experiment was conducted to assess the effect of environmental factors in relation to development of anthracnose disease of black gram during kharif 2013 at RCA Udaipur.The observations on per cent disease index were recorded after 10 days of inoculation of most virulent isolate (MVL (Mavli)) of Colletotrichum lindemuthianum on a standard 0-5 disease rating scale on single susceptible cultivar (PUI-94-1) of black gram. July last two weeks were found favorable for initiation of disease and temperature ranged from 22°C to 29°C, relative humidity > 80% and optimum rainfall was found favorable for anthracnose disease development.

Osmotic dehydration of banana pieces using sugar solution with additives was reported. Three types of different concentrated solutions with different thickness, shapes and time were studied. Color and Textural properties were fitted to a RSM model and report resulted that color and textural qualities increases as concentration, time, thickness increases. The presence of preservatives (citric acid, ascorbic acid, KMS) in the osmotic solution helped to increase the quality for longer period. The effect of osmotic dehydration on the colour parameters (chroma) and rheological properties (stress at rupture and relaxation time) were investigated in the experiment. Chroma values were increased, denoting colour intensification along the process. Effective in reinforcing tissue structure, presenting stress at fracture values for dehydrated banana with preservatives around three-fold higher than for other treatments. The dehydrated product water activity reduced to 17 to 18% moisture so that microbial growth was prevented up to 6 months.

Canine demodicosis is an inflammatory, non pruritic and non contagious condition is characterized by the presence of numerous mites on the skin. Skin scraping, trichoscopy and skin biopsy are the common diagnostic methods. The existence of subclinical and asymptomatic infection in the skin makes it difficult for veterinarians to diagnose the infection. Hence the present study was aimed to develop a laboratory standardized Indirect ELISA for diagnosis and seroprevalence of canine demodicosis in and around Hyderabad. Demodex canis antigen concentration was optimized at 0.5 µg per well of ELISA nunc plate against 1:50 anti- Demodex positive sera and 1:5000 dilution of Rabbit anti-dog IgG HRPO conjugate. Out of 88 samples collected from animal birth control centers 17 were positive (19.31 %) and out of 72 samples from pet clinics 22 were positive (30.55 %) with Indirect ELISA. The overall sensitivity of test was 70.58% and specificity was 76.92%.

Training is important process to make desirable change in the behaviour of the farmers so that they can adopt scientific dairy farming practices to increase their farm productivity. Many organizations including universities regularly organize such programmes. However, the evaluation of effectiveness of such programmes is an area which is often neglected. The present study was undertaken to assess the impact of scientific dairy trainings on the knowledge level of farmers in Hisar district of Haryana. 120 randomly selected trainees were assessed in pre and post phases of training with use of earlier developed specific interview schedule. Data were analysed with use of appropriate statistical tools Mean, Standard deviation, frequencies, percentage, mean score, mean percent score, Z-test, correlation .The study revealed that there was significantly increase in knowledge of trainees at the end of training. Maximum gain in knowledge was observed in feeding (22.71%), followed by marketing (21.11%), breeding (12.68%), management (12.66%) and animal health aspect (7.26%), respectively. The farmers who registered for the trainings were already having medium to high knowledge indicating that the farmers with poor knowledge were limited in numbers. It is suggested to take into account the socio economic profile of trainees at the time of selection.