India during winter season of 2013-14 to study the efficacy of exogenous application of salicylic acid (SA) on growth and yield in onion var. Agrifound Light Red. The experiment was laid out in RBD with four replication having six treatments of different sprays of SA including control. The results revealed exogenous application of SA significantly increased the better vegetative growth in terms of plant height (68.18 to 71.08 cm), collar thickness (16.90 to 18.51 mm) with higher level of chlorophyll content of leaves (31.53 to 33.01 SPAD) than untreated control (61.71 cm, 15.29 mm, 26.77 SPAD, respectively). Further among different times of SA application, foliar spray of SA at 30 days after sowing (DAS) in nursery, 30 and 45 or 60 days after transplanting (DAT) recorded significantly maximum vegetative parameters than rest of spray schedule. Similar trend was also recorded for bulb yield and yield attributing parameters. Spraying of SA at 3 times had better efficacy than 2 times of spraying in terms of bulb diameter (polar: 65.60 to 67.94 mm and equitorial: 49.10 to 49.80 mm), bulb weight (59.50 to 69.25 g), marketable bulb yield (180.91 to 183.10 qha-1) and total bulb yield (266.99 to 290.91 q ha-1). Hence, it may be concluded that application of SA at 30 DAS, 30 DAT and/ or 45 or 60 DAT not only increased the vegetative growth but also bulb yield in onion variety ALR.

Huntington’s disease (HD) is a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disorder caused by an expanded CAG repeat in the huntingtin gene. Although HD is monogenic, its molecular manifestation appears highly complex and involves multiple cellular processes. The recent application of high throughput platforms such as microarrays and mass-spectrometry has indicated multiple pathogenic routes. The massive data generated by these techniques together with the complexity of the pathogenesis, however, pose considerable challenges to researchers. Network-based methods can provide valuable tools to consolidate newly generated data with existing knowledge, and to decipher the interwoven molecular mechanisms underlying HD. To facilitate research on HD in a network-oriented manner, we have developed HDNetDB, a database that integrates molecular interactions with many HD-relevant datasets. It allows users to obtain, visualize and prioritize molecular interaction networks using HD-relevant gene expression, phenotypic and other types of data obtained from human samples or model organisms. We illustrated several HDNetDB functionalities through a case study and identified proteins that constitute potential cross-talk between HD and the unfolded protein response (UPR). HDNetDB is publicly accessible at http://hdnetdb.sysbiolab.eu.

A field experiment was conducted in the Regional Research Technology and Transfer Station (RRTTS), Chiplima, Sambalpur for two years to study the effect of different sources and levels on growth, yield and uptake of sulphur in onion (cv. Nasik Red). The treatment consists of two sources of sulphur (elemental gromor sulphur and gypsum) and three levels of sulphur (20, 35 and 50 kg S ha-1) from both the sources along with control by adopting RBD with three replications. The result showed that yield attributes like plant height, bulb length, bulb diameter, neck length and average weight of bulb were increased significantly up to 35 kg S ha-1 and thereafter, declined in both the sources of sulphur. The maximum bulb yield was obtained with application of sulphur at 35 kg ha-1 and it was significantly superior to no sulphur and 20 kg S ha-1 and at par with 50 kg S ha-1 in both the sources of sulphur. Application of 35 kg S ha-1 produced an additional bulb yield of 3.8 t ha-1 in gypsum and 5.4 t ha-1 in gromorsulphur over control. The sulphur use efficiency of the crop showed an increasing trend up to 35 kg S ha-1 and thereafter decreased in both the sources. The highest net return and benefit cost ratio were achieved with the application of 35 kg S ha-1 in both the sources of sulphur. Comparing two sulphur sources, gromorsulphur resulted in higher growth, bulb yield, sulphur use efficiency and economics in comparison to gypsum.

A study was undertaken at Regional Research and Technology Transfer Station, Chiplima, Sambalpur, Odisha on rice var. khandagiri during summer season of 2011, 2012 and 2013 in split plot design with three irrigation schedule (main plots) and three date of transplanting (sub plots). Experimental results indicated that the irrigation schedules at one day after disappearance of ponded water (DPW) recorded the highest grain yield of 3.07 t ha-1 which was at par with irrigation schedule at 2-days after DPW. Both the irrigation schedules were significantly superior over 3-days after DPW. The date of transplanting on 15th January produced highest grain yield (3.11t ha-1) which was significantly superior to other transplanting date on 30th January and 15th February. Highest water use efficiency was observed with irrigation schedule at 3-days after DPW (43.7 kg ha-cm-1) and transplanting on 15th January(43.2 kgha-cm-1). The treatment that received irrigation schedule at 1-day after DPW registered the highest dry matter heat use efficiency (3.62 kg ha-10C day-1) and grain yield heat use efficiency(1.84 kg ha-10C day-1).The transplanting on 15th January produced highest dry matter heat use efficiency(3.83 kg ha-10C day-1) and grain yield heat use efficiency(2.05 kg ha-10C day-1) which was significantly superior to other transplanting dates of 30th January and 15th February.

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