clinical assessment of nutritional status of neonate using CAN score and comparison with other method of assessing intrauterine growth. DESIGN: cross sectional study. SETTING: tertiary care hospital. SUBJECTS: 314 liveborn singleton newborns with known gestational age and no major anomalies. METHODS: birth weight, length was recorded and ponderal index was calculated. Clinical assessment of nutritional status was done on the basis of CAN score and compared with Ponderal index. RESULTS: CAN score of <24 separated 60 % of the babies as well nourished and 40% as malnourished. Weight for age and Ponderal Index both classified around 87% as well nourished and 13% as malnourished. Conclusion: CAN scoring along with other anthropometric parameters like birth weight will be giving more accurate information regarding intrauterine malnutrition in newborn babies.

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum Linn.) is most important pulse crop in Karnataka state. The productivity of chickpea is low because of non adoption of available technologies by the farmers. Hence, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kalaburagi conducted 149 demonstrations at farmers' ield during the last 6 years showing improved production technology. The results revealed variation in the yield obtained probably due to variation in agro-climatic parameters under rainfed condition. The highest yield of FLDs plots of chick pea achieved by adopting improved production technology was 12.87q/ha compared to farmers' practice (10.06 q/ha). Adoption of improved production technology increased yield by 27.80 per cent over farmers' practices. The average technological gap, extension gap and technological index were calculated as 7.13 q/ha, 2.81 q/ ha and 35.65 per cent, respectively. The economical parameters indicated that net proit of Rs. 33,213/-ha was recorded under FLDs plot over farmer practices Rs 24,095/-ha.

Most of the rabi sorghum in the country and Karnataka is cultivated under receding soil moisture conditions, which is subjected to drought at various growth stages. In this context, the growing of drought-tolerant genotypes which are adaptable to water-limited conditions is the need of the hour. With this view, front-line demonstrations were conducted to popularise the variety (SPV 2217) in the Suntnoor village of Aland taluka, Kalaburagi District. The results of front-line demonstrations indicated a higher yield (22.75 q/ha) of SPV 2217 as compared to the local variety (19.10 q/ha) due to the maintenance of greenness at physiological maturity. Due to higher yield, higher income was obtained and that led to a higher B:C ratio (2.42) as compared to the local variety (2.06). So, this improved drought-tolerant variety of sorghum can be effectively utilized by the farmers for higher productivity as compared to the local variety.

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Background: Dengue fever (DF) has emerged as a serious health threat not only in India but worldwide. Mangalore, a coastal city of Karnataka has seen an alarming rise in dengue fever (DF) over the last decade. So, it is of utmost importance to study the clinical profile and treatment outcome in children suffering from dengue fever.Methods: A retrospective study was conducted to analyze the clinical profiles and treatment outcome.  The case files of 52 children admitted with dengue fever over last 5 years (2009-2014) in Pediatric department in a tertiary care centre located in Mangalore, Karnataka were included in this study. The data was collected from the Medical Records department. Statistical analysis was done by using SPSS 16.0.Results: Children aged 4-12 years are more affected (59.6%). Fever was present in all the cases. 63.5% of the cases had petechiae and other bleeding manifestations were seen in 9.6% of the cases. Poor intake was seen in all the cases. Abdominal pain, maculopapular rash, respiratory distress, retro-orbital pain, convulsions were present in 96.2%,50%,15.4%,78.8% and 1.9% respectively. Hypotension in 86.5%, hepatomegaly in 65.4% and vomiting was seen in 100% of cases. ICU admission was done for 41 patients (78.8%). However, there was no mortality seen.Conclusions: Early diagnosis and prompt management will help in preventing serious morbidity and mortality in pediatric age group.