Day 2 :
- Agricultural Engineering | Agriculture & Environment | Greenhouse & Horticulture | Agricultural Production Systems | Fertilizer & Pesticide | Crop Protection & Entomology | Veterinary Care & Management
Session Introduction
Md. Mukul Mia
Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJRI), Bangladesh
Title: BJRI Tossa Pat-7 (MG-1): A high yielding Tossa jute (Corchorus olitorius L.) variety in Bangladesh
Biography:
Md. Mukul Mia (B/D: 19-05-1991; Gaibandha; 25°30'32.1"N 89°28'38.7"E), Scientific Officer, Breeding Division, Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (www.bau.edu.bd), Ministry of Agriculture, Manik Mia Avenue, Dhaka, Bangladesh working on Jute (Corchorus spp. L.) breeding to develop biotic-abiotic stress tolerant climate smart high yielding varieties since 19 January, 2017. He is expert on breeding of Jute, Rice and other crops to develop high yielding varieties. He has completed MS (2014) on Genetics and Plant Breeding with CGPA 3.84 (4.00) and B. Sc. Agril. Honours (2012) with CGPA 3.76 (4.00) from Bangladesh Agricultural University (www.bau.edu.bd), Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh. He has awarded National Science and Technology Fellowship (2013-14), Govt. of Bangladesh for his valuable Research on Food & Agriculture: ‘Characterization of Rice Genotypes for Nutrient Content’. He also worked as Scientific Officer (Transformed Rice Breeding), Breeding Division, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (www.brri.gov.bd), Joydebpur, Gazipur, Bangladesh, collaborated by IRRI, Philippines during April-Nov, 2016.
Abstract:
Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJRI) released an improved high yielding tossa jute variety namely “BJRI Tossa Pat-7 (MG-1) in 2017 for commercial production of golden fiber contributing to national economy. It was evaluated for high yielding capacity during 2013 to 2018 with two pre-released varieties i.e. OM-1 for phonological and BJRI Tossa Pat-5 or O-795 for yield comparisons through field evaluation and lab study. The newly developed tossa jute variety i.e. BJRI Tossa Pat-7 (MG-1) was expected to perform better than existing varieties or controls in respect of fiber yield and quality. MG-1 was developed from OM-1 through pure line selection, where both plants were full green but OM-1 has glossy ovate leaves, greyish brown seeds; and MG-1 has ovate lanceolate leaves, bluish green seeds. MG-1 showed lower leaf angle (67.50°), higher leaf length breadth ratio (2.33), lower geen leaf biomass (0.97g), higher inter-nodal length (5.0cm) than OM-1 & O-795 indicating the possibility of maximum photosynthesis and fiber production in MG-1 than controls. MG-1 gave higher and increased plant height (5.52%, 4.94%), base diameter (8.68%, 9.40) %, fiber yield (7.51%, 6.21%) than O-795 at research stations and farmers’ fields, respectively. The higher fiber yield for MG-1 (3.92 t ha-1) and O-795 (3.67 t ha-1) were found at farmer’s field of Monirampur and Rangpur. MG-1 gave higher fiber content than O-795 at 20 & 30 March sowing times. Significant associations were found for plant height, base diameter (r=0.86*); plant population, fiber yield (r=0.60*). The fiber strength, lusture, fineness, brightness and breaking twist for quality fiber were accounted for MG-1 than O-795. The stem anatomy of MG-1 gave maximum fiber bundle than O-795 & OM-1. MG-1 will be recommended for fiber production commercially in all agro-ecological zones of Bangladesh to benefit the farmers and national economy.
Mohamed Sadoud
Hassiba Benbouali University of Chlef, Algeria
Title: Mechanization of livestock farming in the Cheliff region of Algeria
Biography:
Mohamed Sadoud is a doctor of the National Agronomical School of Algiers (Algeria) in Rural Economics and Sociology. He is a research professor at the University of Chlef in Algeria. He has several publications in international journals and several papers in international congresses. He taught 17 subjects and supervised several engineering and master's theses and currently supervises a doctoral student. He is a member of the scientific committee in two journals and scientific committees of congresses. He is a member of a bioresource research laboratory.
Abstract:
The objective that we aim through this communication is to show the place of mechanization in the farms surveyed. , We have drawn up a questionnaire The total area of the 102 farms surveyed is of the order of 2,295 ha, with an average surface area of 22.5 ha. The farm is often in the hands of the farmer who owns the land, the capital in the form of machinery, buildings, livestock and advances and provides all or part of the work: 'a scheme to argue directly. Indeed, we are witnessing the predominance of this mode of exploitation, that is, the direct appropriation of management in the majority of the farms surveyed, ie 82%. The remaining 18% of farms use leasing, which allows the farmer to diversify farming activities in order to make his farm profitable. However, durable durable means consist of the technical equipment that we tried to inventory for all farms. Nearly all the farms recorded a shortage of agricultural equipment. In fact, only 29 farms, or 28% of our sample owns tractors, while the remaining 70% make use of the lease, following the small size of their area, which increases the cost of the operation. For example, 15% of all farms own forage equipment (harvesters, balers, balers, tedder rakes, mowers, forage harvesters). In addition, 16% of the farmers own tillage equipment (plow, cover-croop), 11% of the total holdings own the milking machine, which means that the rest does the milking manually.
Biography:
Nermeen M. Arafa has been completed PhD thesis at the age of 33 years from Biochemistry Department, Agriculture Faculty, Cairo University. She has been completed from Plant Biotechnology Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Division, National Research Center. She has been 10 papers published in reputed journals and serving as a reviewer member in African Journal of Biotechnology.
Abstract:
Cassava plant is one of the major economical crops, involved in lots of industrial applications and therapeutic purposes as suppression of cancer cells activity. Present work targeted to assess saturated fatty acids and their derivatives in cassava cell cultures. The extraction adequacy of aprotic polar (ethylacetate) and non-polar (chloroform, n-hexane) solvents was evaluated. Stem explants of in vitro growing plantlets were induced calli on MS-medium+1mg/l NAA+0.5mg/l BA. Medium containing 5 mg/l 2.4-D and 0.2 mg/l BA was selected for callus productivity.Chloroform callus extract contained mostly fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) and fatty acid propyl esters (FAPEs). In contrast n-hexane extract contained higher amounts of fatty acid constituents in free form such as palmitic acid (23.55%). However ethylacetate extract included the highest value of lauric acid (28.34%) in free form as well other fatty acids such as caprylic acid (14.525%), capric acid (2.53%) and enanthic acid (6.41%). Ethylacetate extract conferred the optimal efficiency to suppress the breast cancer cells prevalence (2.63 ug IC50), followed by hexanoic extract (3.44 ug IC50) then chloroformic extract (6 ug IC50) recording the least value for cancer cells propagation. In conclusion, stem calli of cassava plantlets possess essential saturated fatty acids for considerable effectiveness against breast cancer prevalence. For callus induction, stem explants of in vitro growing plantlets were cultured on MS-medium supplemented with 1mg/l NAA+0.5mg/l BA. Stem derived calli were sub-cultured on MS-medium contained 8 mg/l 2,4-D for callus production (Fig. 1). Using 5 mg/l 2.4-D + 0.2 mg/l BA visually observed to be the best treatment in callus proliferation after 30 days of cultivation as shown in Fig. (2).
Panumas Kotepong
Department of Agriculture Thailand Government, Thailand
Title: UV Application on Post Harvest Quality of Baby Corn during Distribution
Biography:
Panumas Kotepong is currently working as a senior scientist at the Department of Agriculture, Thailand. He has received his Ph.D. on horticuture from Kasetsart University, Thailand and postdoctoral studies on plant biology from Lincoln University, New Zealand. He has authored several publications in various journals and books. His publications reflect his research interests in postharvest technology and plant biochemistry.
Abstract:
This study considered the effect of type of Ultraviolet (UV) light on quality of baby corn during distribution. Baby corn were packed on polyvinyl chloride (PVC) trays in the amount of 100 gram/tray. They were put in low density polyethylene (LDPE) bags and were then placed on the shelf at 5 oC under different conditions of UV exposure at 2 kJ/m2 for 5 minutes per day. The sample was experimented under four different conditions: 1) no UV exposure (control), 2) UV-A exposure (UV-A), 3) UV-B exposure (UV-B), and 4) UV-C exposure (UV-C). All treatments were exposed to fluorescent lights for 12 hours per day for simulating shelf life conditions. The results of experiment showed that Baby corn exposed UV of all treatments had higher score on firmness, lightness (L*), yellow color (b*), vitamin C content and total carotenoids than baby corn of control treatment during distribution period of 28 days. Thus, the experiment results indicated that UV could maintain quality and prolong shelf life of baby corn.
Biography:
Pravinchandra C. Patel is a Professor at College of Agriculture, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. He holds a PhD in Soil Science. He has 40 years experiences in agriculture teaching, research and extension. He has evolved 4 varieties of forage crops for the farmers and made 29 research recommendations for the farming communities to increase crop productivity. He obtained Hari Om Ashram Ayojit J. P. Trivedi Award during 2006 for the best contribution in Soil Science research. He has participated 2 national and 5 international conferences. He has attended 33 group meeting/workshop/conferences. He has participated in 18th WCSS, Frontiers of Soil Sci. Technology and the Information Age at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,USA in 2006 & presented 3 research papers. He has contributed 52 research papers, 2 books, 3 bulletin, and 40 popular articles.
Abstract:
Biochar was generated at the Anand Agricultural University, Gujarat, India using the standard methodusing 2 kilns from agriculture by-productcorn stover (Zea mays, L), cluster bean stover (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba) and Prosopis julifera wood. The present study investigated 4 organic sources (3 biochars; corn stover biochar (CSB), cluster bean stover biochar(CBSB) &Prosopis julifera wood biochar(PJWB) and farmyard manure(FYM) with 2 rates of biochar (5 & 10 MT ha-1), so8 organic treatments, while said 8 organic treatments was applied withthe recommended dose of fertilizers (RDF, 80-40-0 kg NPK ha-1) , so total 16 treatments in field trial. Application of CSB @ 10 MT ha-1 along with RDF increased dry matter (DM) yield, crude protein (CP) yield, chlorophyll content and plant height (at 30 and 60 days after sowing) than CBSB and PJWB and FYM. It was found that soil application of recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) along with corn stover biochar (CSB) @ 10 MT ha-1exhibited the highest impact in obtaining significantly higher dry matter and crude protein yields and larger removal of nutrient (P, K, Ca, Mg, S and Cu, significantly higher than others )from the soil and it also beneficial for built up nutrients in soil. It also showed significantly higher organic carbon content and cation exchange capacity in sandy loam soil. The treatment of RDF along with corn stover biochar @ 5.00 MT ha-1 was also at par with the highest dry matter yielder treatment. This study highlights the importance of mixing of biochar along with RDF on its synergistic effect on sandy loam soil nutrient retention, organic carbon content and water holding capacity hence, the amendment value of biochar in sandy loam soil.
Wisdom Amaduruonye
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Nigeria
Title: Impact of Amaranthus caudatus leaf meal on blood profile, internal organs and carcass characteristics of rabbit bucks
Biography:
Wisdom Amaduruonye is an assistant lecturer in the Department of Animal Breeding and Physiology, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria. He was born at Okpuala Ekere Nvosi in Isiala Ngwa South, Abia State Nigeria. He obtained a B.Agric Degree in Animal Science from Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State Nigeria, in 2010, and M.Sc. in Animal Physiology from the Department of Animal Breeding and Physiology, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike Abia State, Nigeria in 2016. He is a member of Animal Science Association of Nigeria and Nigerian Institute of Animal Science. Currently, he is doing a doctorate degree in Animal Physiology with specialization in Reproductive Physiology.
Abstract:
Some authors have proposed that Amaranthus caudatus leave can enhance the formation of the haemoglobin and improves blood profile. Also, Amaranthus caudatus leave is high in energy, protein, carbohydrates, fat, vitamins, minerals and other trace elements. Thus, a Completely Randomized Design Experiment (CRD) was conducted to investigate the blood profile, internal organs and carcass characteristics of New Zealand White rabbit bucks fed Amaranthus caudatus Leave Meal (ACLM). The treatments designated treatment 1 (T1), treatment 2 (T2) and treatment 3 (T3) having 12 rabbits each were replicated 3 times with 4 rabbits per replicate. The age of the rabbits was 3 to 4 months, and they weighed approximately 2.56 kg. Three diets formulated with ACLM and supplemented at 0, 10 and 20g/kg feed were fed to rabbits in the respective treatments. Data were collected for haematology, serology, internal organs and carcass characteristics of the rabbit bucks. Data collected on different parameters were subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results showed that significant increases (P<0.05) were observed on the Red blood cell (T1 5.19; T2 6.20; T3 7.88 x10 6/mm3), White blood cell (T1 6.01; T2 8.03; T3 11.32 x109/mm3), total protein (T1 5.62; T2 6.55; T3 6.59g/dl), Glucose (T1 69.06; T2 71.20; T3 73.90mg/dl), Urea (T1 22.15; T2 25.77; T3 25.83mmol/l), Heart (T1 0.46; T2 0.54; T3 0.56%), Dressed percentage (T1 51.90; T2 54.41; T3 54.90%), Shoulder (T1 3.61; T2 4.04; T3 4.05%) and Forearm (T1 3.13; T2 3.49; T3 3.44%) following supplementation of ACLM. The serum total cholesterol significantly decreased (T1 106.34mg/dl; T2 90.05mg/dl and T3 95.97mg/dl) as the level of supplementations increased. Thus, supplementation of ACLM at 10g/kg and 20g/kg on the diets of rabbit bucks improved some haematology, serum biochemistry parameters, internal organs and carcass characteristics of the rabbit bucks.