The study was conducted for documentation of various ethno-veterinary practices (EVPs) followed in common diseases like mastitis, foot and mouth disease, ectoparasite infestation and diarrhoea in dairy animals of rural Punjab. Total 300 respondents were selected randomly from the villages of Punjab. Data was collected through a well-structured schedule through personal visits to the respective farmers. After analysis of the data, the farmers of Punjab were found to be using more than 20 number of EVPs practices. The EVPs employed at the time of mastitis included Azadirachta indica, Citrus limon, Piper nigrum, ammonium chloride, and Allium sativum. For foot and mouth disease, most important EVP is Whiskey spray around the shed and the animal, Lal dawai (KMnO4), Acacia arabica etc. The remedies for ectoparasites of animals included application of Kerosine oil, Eruca sativa, black oil and manual removal. The remedies for diarrhea include use of Punica granatum, Syzygium cumini, Nicotiana tabacum etc. These remedies were mostly prepared by pulverization, soaking/boiling in water and decoctions and administered per os. As per farmers' viewpoint, these EVPs proved to be very effective. Scientific documentations also proved their validation.

Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L. Lam) is an important tuber crop with a wide range of eco-physiological adaptability. The analysis of diversified crops could be an approach to explore sweetpotato productivity under acid soil conditions. To observe the yield performance of nine sweetpotato genotypes with temperate origin (Japanese) and tropical origin (Bangladeshi), the experiment was conducted in the acidic soil and tropical environment of Sylhet, Bangladesh. The experiment was laid out in Randomised Complete Block Design with three replications. For the growth studies data were recorded at 30 days after planting (DAP) and morphological and yield parameters were recorded at final harvest. Results showed that the morphological ______________________________________

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