September 2013

Nitrate concentration of leafy vegetables: A survey of nitrite concentrations in retail fresh leafy vegetables from daily markets of different locations

In this study, nitrate content in three leafy vegetables namely radish, palak and amaranth were studied after a survey from four different markets at different elevations namely Gangtok of Sikkim State, Kalimpong, Siliguri and Cooch Behar of West Bengal. Average nitrate content of radish leaves (1521.13 mgkg-1) was found to be maximum at Kalimpong market followed by Gangtok, Siliguri and Cooch Behar markets, whereas...

Author(s): J. C. Jana and P. Moktan

September 2013

Variation in fungi toxicant sensitivity of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides isolates infecting fruit crops

Thirty Colletotrichum gloeosporioides isolates from nine fruit hosts grown in different agro ecological zones of Maharashtra (India) expressed significant variation in their sensitivity to fungicides. All isolates expressed sensitive to highly sensitive reaction to prochloraz. Benomyl tolerance was also not detected except the isolate C. gloeosporioides (Cg) 42 from mandarin orange which was found to...

Author(s): M. S. JOSHI, D. M. Sawant and A. P. GAIKWAD