SEASONAL VARIABILITY OF COASTAL WATER QUALITY IN BAY OF BENGAL AND PALK STRAIT, TAMILNADU, SOUTHEAST COAST OF INDIA

Seasonal variability of coastal water quality in bay of Bengal and Palk Strait, Tamilnadu, Southeast Coast of India

The aim of this work was to study the physicochemical parameters of water quality collected from 12 sampling stations from Topputhurai to Muthupet in Vedaranyam located on the southeast coast of India from January to December 2008.Results showed that the DO and nutrients were the maximum in the Bay of Bengal during the monsoon period.High concentra

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Expression of Resistance in Amaranthus spp. (Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae): Effects of Selected Accessions on the Behaviour and Biology of the Amaranth Leaf-Webber, Spoladea recurvalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Spoladea recurvalis F.is a major pest moth of amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) flowers worldwide, with a here potential of causing complete foliage loss under severe outbreaks.Chemical insecticides are uneconomical for resource-poor farmers and pose health and environmental risks.Host plant resistance (HPR) to insects is an effective, economical and envi

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The Builder-Architect

Today we have failed in creating built environments that serve our wellbeing.Rather such environments alienate us and here cause anxiety and other pathologies of the soul.Modern buildings rarely touch us deeply because they are produced with an ethos of profit, self-absorbed egotism, stale utility, and mass production.History shows that there is an

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Multiphasic Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis with a Temporal Gap of 26 Years: A Case Report with Novel Presentation

Introduction: Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an acute autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that typically follows an acute viral infection or post-vaccination.It is more common in children than in adults and is characterized by widespread demyelination of the white matter of the brain and spinal cord.ADEM t

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