Cotton is important fiber crop of India. The present study was conducted in the purposely selected Bhilwara district of Rajasthan. There are total twelve tehsils in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan, out of which, two tehsils namely Mandalgarh and Asind have been selected on the basis of maximum area under cultivation of Bt cotton. Four villages selected from each tehsil were taken on the basis of maximum area under Bt cotton cultivation. The list so prepared, 5 marginal, 5 small and 5 large Bt growers were selected randomly from each identified village. Thus, in all 120 farmers (40 marginal, 40 small and 40 large farmers) were included in the sample of the study. The show that personal characteristics of the Bt cotton growers viz., age, occupation, annual income, size of family, type of family, cosmopolitan outlook, economic motivation, and extension contact were not significantly associated with the adoption level of the respondents about Bt cotton production technology, whereas education played a significant role in adoption of improved Bt cotton cultivation practices.

Green revolution in India took place back in the mid 1960s. The two waves of green revolution transformed the working of Indian agriculture and helped it reach greater heights. The use of high yielding variety of seeds, improved pesticides, irrigation facilities etc., helped improve the quality and quantity of the primary produce in India. States like Punjab which was greatly benefited by the green revolution, witnessed the rise in it’s productivity. but the flip side to this significant wave has been the degradation suffered in the sustainability of the agriculture in the state. The study done here shows, how the economic, environmental and social aspect in the concept of sustainable agriculture is hampered in the state post green revolution. The increased use of machines on the farm led to huge displacement of labor. Punjab carries nearly 80% of small and family farms. The increased displacement has led to increased incidences of disguised unemployment in the state, confronting the economic aspect of sustainable agriculture. The adaptation of new cultivation strategy has restricted the state to have only two crops, i.e., wheat and paddy. Further it has resulted in diseased soil, pest infested crops, overexploited groundwater and water logging deserts. Another apparent outcome of green revolution in the state has been the evidences of reduced female labor participation in the labor force. Also green revolution has led to smaller land holdings, disparity in rural income. The increased use of machines and improved inputs has created a wedge in the gender employment in the state.

Sugar industry is the second largest agricultural industry in the country and generating huge amount of by-products, such as bagasse, molasses and pressmud, which are creating the storage problem. The Nutrient Enriched Biochar (NEB) was prepared by utilizing these wastes with the nutrient composition (NPK) of 7: 7: 7. A field experiment was conducted during 2015-16 by following randomized block design to study the effect of nutrient enriched biochar from sugar industry wastes on yield of hybrid maize (NK6240) on Typic Chromustert of Tamil Nadu. The treatments were Absolute Control (T1), 50% RDF through NEB (T2), 75% RDF through NEB (T3), 100% RDF through NEB (T4), 125% RDF through NEB (T5), 50% RDF through NEB and 50% RDF through inorganic fertilizers (T6) and 100% RDF through inorganic fertilizers (T7). The results of the field experiment revealed that the grain yield (5821 kg ha-1) and stover yield (9788 kg ha-1) significantly increased upto 100% RDF through NEB (T4) which is 19% higher than 100% RDF through inorganic fertilizers (T7). Since the nutrient supplied through NEB is released in a phased manner, it enhanced the uptake of nutrients and there by enhanced the yield of hybrid maize.

An experiment was carried out during kharif 2011 at Department of Agricultural Meteorology Farm, College of Agriculture, Pune. Field experiment was laid out in factorial randomized block design with three replications. There were four varieties viz., V1- Phule Til-1, V2- AKT-101, V3- JLT-7 and V4- Padma and four sowing time viz., S1- 26th, S2- 27th, S3- 28th and S4- 29th Standard Meteorological Week (SSMW). Among the four different varieties of sesamum, V2- AKT101 recorded significantly higher growth parameters viz., plant height, number of functional leaves plant-1, leaf area plant-1, number of branches plant-1, days to 50% flowering, days to capsule formation, days to maturity and dry matter plant-1 with yield attributing characters viz., number of capsules plant-1, weight of seed plant-1 and test weight. The variety AKT-101 was significantly superior over JLT-7. The highest grain yield, straw yield and harvest index were recorded with variety AKT-101. However, oil content was more in variety Padma. The highest grain, straw yields and harvest index were recorded when sesamum sown during 27th SMW. Oil content was more under sowing of sesamum during 28th SMW.

Primer designing for Starch Phosphorylase Gene is done using Primer 3 software, with wet lab validation work has been carried out by PCR operation with agarose gel electrophoresis. Similar sequences for Starch Phosphorylase (Vigna sinensis) were retrieved from NCBI`s RefSeq database through Entrez, on multiple sequence alignment, conserved clusters were identified. The potential primers were 18-24 nucleotides selected in this region by all combination. The potential primer was analyzed using Primer Biosoft’s’ Net primer tool. The forward primer having 5` end and backward primer having 3` end and 50 to 60% GC content , and 54 to 580C Tm and without secondary structure were finalized. Specificity of the Primer was validated by carrying out the local alignment against the NCBI nr database through BLAST. All the alignment showed significant alignment to starch validating the specificity of the Primer.