The study was conducted on eleven healthy non-anaemic adolescent girls of 16 to 18 years of age. Balance studies were conducted in two trials of three weeks each on low and high fibre diets. High fibre diet contained 25 g Isabgol husk in addition to low fibre diet. The mean diet and nutrient intakes of the subjects were approximately the same during both trials. Addition of Isabgol husk to low fibre diet significantly (P less than or equal to 0.05) increased faecal excretion of zinc, copper and manganese and lowered their apparent retention. The serum levels of these trace minerals decreased significantly (P less than or equal to 0.05). Thus the high level of Isabgol has undesirable effect on trace minerals.

The effeet of copper sulphate on morphology and physiology of Lyngbya nigra has been studied. The growth was inhibited in all treatments (0.4 to 80.0 ^tM) of eopper sulphate. There were no apparent morphologieal changes up to 0.8 fiM and during the first two days of treatment even in the higher eoneentrations of eopper sulphate.In eoneentrations above 0.8 ixM the first symptom of toxicity was the formation of separation discs in large numbers. The trichomes contracted longitudinally and the cells became swollen and constricted at the cross walls. The eells also beeame yellowish due to loss of photosynthetie pigments. Finally, in 4 /iM and above, vaeuoles appeared in large number indicating the moribund state of the eells.Copper sulphate inereased respiration at 2 fiM, and optimum effeet was observed in 8 nM after 96 h. Inhibition of photosynthesis was deteetable in 0,8 fiM, and 100% inhibition took plaee in 8 ixM after 96 h. In higher eoneentrations the effeet was immediate, and a conspicuous inhibition of photosynthesis couid be observed within 10 min.The copper content of the alga increased with increased concentration of copper sulphate while potassium content decreased. With rise in outside concentrations of copper, there was a comparatively great increase of absorption in 2 and 4 fiM, while further increases were gradually less. The observations indicate that changes in the physiological activity of the alga under treatment are closely interlinked with marked changes in morphology.

A field experiment was conducted at College of Agriculture, Gwalior, India during Rabi (winter) seasons of 2014-15 and 2015-16 to evaluate the bio-efficacy of different herbicides to control diverse weed flora especially Phalaris minor in wheat. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design, replicated three times, and consisted of 12 treatments including four treatment as pendimethalin (0.75 kg/ ha) as pre-emergence (PE); sulfosulfuron (0.025 kg/ha), metribuzin (0.21 kg/ha), clodinafop (0.06 kg/ha) as post-emergence (PoE) used individually and six of different herbicidal combinations as pendimethalin + metribuzin (1.0 + 0.175 kg/ ha PE), pendimethalin + sulfosulfuron (1.0 + 0.018 kg/ha PE and PoE), sulfosulfuron + metsulfuron (0.03 + 0.002 kg/ha at 5 WAS), pinoxaden + metsulfuron (0.06 + 0.004 kg/ha at 5 WAS), mesosulfuron + iodosulfuron(0.012 + 0.0024 kg/ha at 5 WAS), clodinafop + metsulfuron (0.06 + 0.004 kg/ha at 5 WAS), weedy check and as two hand weedings at 30 and 60 DAS. The highest mortality of weeds and the maximum grain yield of 5.00 t/ha and 4.07 t/ha with 38.2%, 31.0% increase in grain yield over weedy check were recorded with two hand weedings at 30 and 60 DAS (weed free) followed by herbicidal combination as pinoxaden + metsulfuron (0.06 + 0.004 kg/ha at 5 WAS) as PoE application during 2014-15 and 2015-16, respectively. Whereas, the highest B:C ratio of (3.69) was obtained with pinoxaden + metsulfuron (pre-mix) followed by sulfosulfuron + metsulfuron (3.67).

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A field experiment was conducted during rainy seasons of 2014 and 2015 at College of Agriculture, Gwalior (M.P.) to study the effect of herbicides in blackgram. The experiment was laid out with 12 treatments, viz. imazethapyr with four application rates 70 and 80 g/ha as pre-emergence (PE) and 70 and 80 g/ha as post-emergence (PoE); imazethapyr + imazamox (RM) 70 and 80 g/ha as PE, and 70 and 80 g/ ha as PoE, pendimethalin 1000 g/ha as PE, pendimethalin + imazethapyr (RM) 1000 g/ha PE, two hand weedings at 20 and 40 DAS (weed free) and weedy check in a randomized block design. Two hand weeding at 20 and 40 DAS were found to be very efficient in controlling the dominant grassy weeds and gave maximum seed yield (924 kg/ha) fb ready mix herbicides i.e. imazethapyr + imazamox 80 g/ha as PoE (905 kg/ha) and pendimethalin + imazethapyr 1000 g/ha as PE (879 kg/ha). Net returns and B:C ratio were the highest for the application of pendimethalin + imazethapyr (1000 g/ha PE) (3.32) fb application of imazethapyr + imazamox (80 g/ha PoE) (3.11).