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Management of banana crop waste biomass using vermicomposting technology
(Elsevier Ltd, 2021-01-20)This study reports the vermicomposting of banana crop waste biomass by Eisenia fetida. Cow dung has been used as bulking agent in this study. The experiment was conducted in six vermireactors containing different ratios ... -
Management of food and vegetable processing waste spiked with buffalo waste using earthworms (Eisenia fetida)
(Springer Verlag, 2017)The present investigation was focused on the vermicomposting of food and vegetable processing waste (VW) mixed with buffalo dung (BW) under laboratory condition employing Eisenia fetida earthworm species. Four different ... -
Mapping and Monitoring the Selected Wetlands of Punjab, India, Using Geospatial Techniques
(Springer, 2020)Wetland inventories especially on their spatial extent are a prerequisite for management and conservation of any wetland. The advancement in geospatial techniques has offered a wide range of methodological applications to ... -
Mapping main risk areas of lightning fatalities between 2000 and 2020 over Odisha state (India): A diagnostic approach to reduce lightning fatalities using statistical and spatiotemporal analyses
(Elsevier Ltd, 2022-07-04)This study analyzes the spatiotemporal variation of lightning flashes and lightning strike deaths from 2001 to 2020 among all 30 districts of Odisha State, India. Lightning flash data for the study area were acquired from ... -
Mapping of Granite and Marble Slurry sites of Rajasthan
(Central University of Punjab, 2018)Rajasthan is known as Museum of minerals in India. It owns 79 different types of Major and Minor minerals. It shares 9% of the mineral production in India. Mining and smelting of its base metal deposits are also one of the ... -
Mapping of Surface Water Bodies in Punjab and High Resolution of Remote Sensing Data
(Central University of Punjab, 2018)This study is an attempt to create boundary of Punjab state and surface water bodies map from NATMO atlas map, SOI map, Landsat-8 data and Google Earth image using GIS software. It has also compared the variation in status ... -
Mapping Of Urban Green Spaces Using Remote Sensing Technique: A Study Of Cities Of Punjab
(Central University of Punjab, 2018)Urban green spaces are important part of urban areas for good/fresh environment. These spaces are helpful in controlling and reducing the pollution and the temperature. These urban spaces provide a variety of services like ... -
Mercury in multimedia system of Itacai�nas Basin, Brazilian Amazon: An integrated approach to understand its distribution, origin, and ecological risk
(Academic Press Inc., 2023-01-23)This study presents the first integrated study on total Hg (THg) level in surface soil (SS), bottom soil (BS), stream sediments (SD), lake sediments (LS), stream water (SW), and lake water (LW) of Itacai�nas River Watershed ... -
Meta-analysis of uranium contamination in groundwater of the alluvial plains of Punjab, northwest India: Status, health risk, and hydrogeochemical processes
(Elsevier B.V., 2021-11-23)Despite numerous studies, there are many knowledge gaps in our understanding of uranium (U) contamination in the alluvial aquifers of Punjab, India. In this study, a large hydrogeochemical dataset was compiled to better ... -
Metacordyceps dhauladharensis sp. nov., a new entomopathogenic fungus from India
(Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences, 2015)This paper describes a new species of Clavicipitaceae fungi belonging to the genus Metacordyceps G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora, defined as Metacordyceps dhauladharensis sp. nov., from India. The diagnostic ... -
Metagenomics to Bioremediation: Applications, Cutting Edge Tools, and Future Outlook
(Elsevier, 2022-09-30)Metagenomics to Bioremediation: Applications, Cutting Edge Tools, and Future Outlook provides detailed insight into metagenomics approaches to bioremediation in a comprehensive manner, thus enabling the analysis of microbial ... -
Metal(loid)s Sources, Toxicity and Bioremediation
(CRC Press, 2022-09-30)Human-induced unsustainable processes like industrialization, urbanization, modern agriculture etc. are happening all over the globe at the cost of environment affecting all types of life forms in various ecosystems. A ... -
Methodological approach and general guidelines to geochemical mapping and background-baseline analysis for environmental assessment: a case study in the Caraj�s Mineral Province, Brazil
(Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia, 2023-01-09)We present this manuscript as a methodological approach and general guidelines for geochemical mapping and background/baseline projects for environmental assessment in tropical areas. A case study was carried out in the ... -
Microfossil Assemblage from Dhok Pathan Formation (Middle Siwaliks) exposed near Polian Prohita, Una District, Himachal Pradesh, India
(The Society of Earth Scientists, 2015)The Fluvial molassic sediments of Middle Siwalik which is considered to be deposited within the time range from 10.1-5.1 Ma holds a long record of the provenance and palaeoenvironmental history of Siwalik foreland basin. ... -
Microplastics in multimedia environment: A systematic review on its fate, transport, quantification, health risk, and remedial measures
(Elsevier B.V., 2023-01-06)The ever-increasing presence of microplastics in many environmental components has been a cause of worry for humanity due to their small size and potential health risk. Since the last decade, numerous studies have been ... -
Microstructral Analysis Of Mammalian Teeth Enamel From Kutch And Siwalik Basin
(Central University of Punjab, 2018)The studies area is lies along the western most part of the Indian sub-continent between, the latitude of 23.13°-24.68° N and longitude 68.10°-71.80° E, which is pre cratonic, is preserving almost a complete sequence of ... -
Microstructure Analysis Of Miocene Shark Teeth Of Baripada Beds, Odisha, India
(Central University of Punjab, 2018)The present study focuses on the microstructures of Miocene shark teeth of different taxa. For this, samples have been collected from Baripada area, along the river Burhabalang, in the state of Odisha, a place which has ... -
Mineralogical And Geochemical Studies Onbed Load Sediments Of Gumani River "Implications For Provenance And Weathering Processes"
(Central University of Punjab, 2018)Geochemical and mineralogical study of bed load sediments will help to understand the weathering process, the intensity of weathering and the denudation in various environmental conditions, origin, mode of occurrence, ...