IOSR-JAVS   Volume-4 ~ Issue-6 ~ Sep-Oct-2013

ABSTRACT: Davana (Artemisia pallens) ia an important high valued annual medicinal and aromatic herb of India belonging to the family Asteraceae. India has a monopoly in production and export trade of davana oil and India stands 3rd in essential oil production in the world. This study was conducted at Department of seed science and technology, TamilNadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore to determine the seed developmental and maturation studies in davana. The bulk davana crop was raised in the field. Individual flower heads were tagged at the time of flower opening. The seeds were collected at 5 days intervals and subjected to the following seed quality assessment. The observation made on seed moisture content (%), 1000 seed weight (mg), germination %, seedling length (cm), dry matter production and vigour index. The results revealed that physiological maturity of davana seeds was attained on 35th day after anthesis, where in germination percentage (86), seedling length (2.3), vigour Index (198) and dry matter production (1.23mg) were higher. Keywords: Davana, seed development and maturation, germination %, seedling length, drymatter production, vigour index.

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ABSTRACT: The organic cotton textiles are being used widely all around the globe. With the ban of lot of dye varieties and processes natural dyes and age old dyeing processes are coming back. In every part of the globe there were processes around textile spinning, dyeing, weaving and finishing which were followed meticulously with consciousness. In the last few decades due to massive technological advancement and in making everything in 100s and 1000s of pieces every country around the globe has lost lot of its unique treasures which could not stand up to the metal mechanics. Today lots of communities, cities and countries are in the mode of co-creating the old realms. Slow processes are coming back in textiles and apparel. Products with consciousness, environmental tags, and sustainable designs are being made. Water, yarn and fabrics are tested with poly interference photography, GDV and EIS ,pre and post detoxification process. Significant changes were observed in the values in organic cotton, naturally dyed materials, after the detoxification process of water, yarn and fabric. Methods used for detoxification had a positive impact on the fabric which will be passed on to the wearer for improvements in long term physical, physiological and emotional state.

Keywords: Consciousness, Detoxification, Natural dyes, Organic cotton, Energy fields

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ABSTRACT: Sweet Pepper/Bell Pepper (Capsicum annum) is one of the most favored species of chilli and widely used universal spice, named as wonder spice. Different varieties of it are cultivated for varied uses like vegetable, pickles, spice and condiments. Sweet pepper, the gifted plant of nature is generally regarded as the king of cultivated crops has 80 per cent consumption in food purpose and others is using in industry. In india, the farmers grow hybrid sweet pepper and deshi sweet pepper. At present an area of 98 thousand hectare is occupied by hybrid sweet pepper, which constitutes 86 per cent of total sweet pepper area. India contributes 17.9 per cent of the total production. Out of total pesticide usage, Sweet pepper crop alone consumes 2.6 per cent. Adoption pattern of the recommended cultivation practices of the sweet pepper growers. The Study has been conducted in Raipur district of Chhattisgarh Out of thirteen blocks the TILDA block has been selected randomly with 750 respondents. For the study of adoption behavior nineteen recommended practices of Sweet Pepper production technology were selected and found complete adoption in maximum practices.

Key Words- Sweet Pepper, Adoption Behavior

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