The adoption of integrated nutrient management (INM) practice under the rainfed condition not only enhance and sustain the fertility and productivity of soil but also improve the nutrient and water use efficiency besides sustaining the physical, chemical and biological properties as well as over all soil health and environment.The productivity of soil cannot be sustained with the fertilizer alone as application of fertilizer alone has led to deterioration in health and productivity of rainfed soils. Application of vermicompost and farmyard manure coupled with inorganic sources of nutrients...

Gloriosa superba offers the possibility of using both seed as well as tuber for medicinal purposes, but the advantage of using seed is that it can be procured annually without disturbing the plant which is more eco-friendly, whereas the use of tuber involves destructive harvesting.It was found that the seed also possess the colchicine.Seed and tubers are also used for treating gout, rheumatism, cholera, typhus, Bright's disease, piles, gonorrhoea and chronic ulcers in Indian system of medicines. The medicinal properties of the drug prepared from it, are due to the presence of alkaloids,...

Face recognition has been an active research area over the last 30 years. The face is our primary focus of attention in social intercourse, playing a major role in conveying identity and emotion. Although the ability to infer intelligence or character from facial appearance is suspect, the human ability to recognize faces is remarkable. We can recognize thousands of faces learned throughout our lifetime and identify familiar faces at a glance even after years of separation. This skill is quite robust, despite large changes in the visual stimulus due to viewing conditions, expression, aging,...