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Satpathi S, Banerjee H, Routray A, Satpathi PS. A thermal video database for studying deception in real life. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2023; 2023:1-4. [PMID: 38082757 DOI: 10.1109/embc40787.2023.10340658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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In this paper, we have developed a database based on almost real-life theft incidents with due diligence using isolated subjects over a period of time at a government hospital under the plea of free health checkup. The experiment has been conducted at Midnapore Medical College and Hospital, West Bengal, India, with proper ethical committee approval. The participants are selected at the behest of the police department with habitual crime records. Most of them have been repeatedly charged with petty crimes of pick-pocketing and stealing. They are invited individually at different instances of time under the plea of medical checkup where they have been enticed to steal cash. It is followed by a two-stage process, a friendly interaction followed by a slightly tougher interrogation. Facial thermal imaging could be more effective as it is noninvasive and could be a stealth method of tracking the facial blood flow and temperature patterns.
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Sarkar S, Ray K, Garai S, Banerjee H, Haldar K, Nayak J. Modelling nitrogen management in hybrid rice for coastal ecosystem of West Bengal, India. PeerJ 2023; 11:e14903. [PMID: 36819997 PMCID: PMC9938656 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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Hybrid rice requires adequate nitrogen (N) management in order to achieve good yields from its vegetative and reproductive development. With this backdrop, a field experiment was conducted at Regional Research Station (Coastal Saline Zone), Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Kakdwip, West Bengal (India) to record growth and yield performance of hybrid rice (cv. PAN 2423) under varied N-fertilizer doses. A modelling approach was adopted for the first time in hybrid rice production system under coastal ecosystem of West Bengal (India). In the present study, the Agricultural Production Systems Simulator (APSIM) model was calibrated and validated for simulating a hybrid rice production system with different N rates. The APSIM based crop simulation model was found to capture the physiological changes of hybrid rice under varied N rates effectively. While studying the relationship between simulated and observed yield data, we observed that the equations developed by APSIM were significant with higher R2 values (≥0.812). However, APSIM caused an over-estimation for calibrate data but it was rectified for validated data. The RMSE of models for all the cases was less than respective SD values and the normalized RMSE values were ≤20%. Hence, it was proved to be a good rationalized modelling and the performance of APSIM was robust. On the contrary, APSIM underestimated the calibrated amount of N (kg ha-1) in storage organ of hybrid rice, which was later rectified in case of validated data. A strong correlation existed between the observed and APSIM-simulated amounts of N in storage organ of hybrid rice (R2 = 0.94** and 0.96** for the calibration and validation data sets, respectively), which indicates the robustness of the APSIM simulation study. Scenario analysis also suggests that the optimal N rate will increase from 160 to 200 kg N ha-1 for the greatest hybrid rice production in coming years under elevated CO2 levels in the atmosphere. The APSIM-Oryza crop model had successfully predicted the variation in aboveground biomass and grain yield of hybrid rice under different climatic conditions.
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- Sukamal Sarkar
- School of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Sasya Shyamala Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal
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- School of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Regional Research Station (CSZ), Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Kakdwip, West Bengal, India
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- School of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Agronomy, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, West Bengal, India
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Mukherjee S, Basak A, Chakraborty A, Goswami R, Ray K, Ali MN, Santra S, Hazra AK, Tripathi S, Banerjee H, Layek J, Panwar AS, Ravisankar N, Ansari MA, Chatterjee G. Revisiting the oldest manure of India, Kunapajala: Assessment of its animal waste recycling potential as a source of plant biostimulant. Front Sustain Food Syst 2023. [DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2022.1073010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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India's oldest documented manure, most commonly referred to as Kunapajala, has a long history of over 1,000 years in crop cultivation. Kunapajala is primarily an in-situ decomposition technology of animal waste and can potentially provide an eco-friendly pipeline for recycling bio-waste into essential plant nutrients. This traditional animal manure, in addition, also contains dairy excreta (e.g., feces and urine), dairy products (e.g., milk and ghee), natural resources (e.g., honey), broken seeds or grains, and their non-edible by-product waste. Here, we aimed to assess the waste recycling and plant biostimulant potential of Kunapajala prepared from livestock (e.g., Black Bengal goats) or fish (e.g., Bombay duck) post-processed wastes over different decomposition periods, e.g., (0, 30, 60, and 90-days). In this study, an in-situ quantification of livestock- (lKPJ) and fish-based Kunapajala (fKPJ) reveals a dynamic landscape of essential plant primary nutrients, e.g., (0.70 > NH4-N < 3.40 g•L−1), (100.00 > P2O5 < 620.00 mg•L−1), and (175.00 > K2O < 340.00 mg•L−1), including other physico-chemical attributes of Kunapajala. Using correlation statistics, we find that the plant-available nutrient content of Kunapajala depicts a significant (p < 0.0001) transformation over decomposition along with microbial dynamics, abundance, and diversities, delineating a microbial interface to animal waste decomposition and plant growth promotion. Importantly, this study also reports the indole 3-acetic acid (IAA) content (40.00 > IAA < 135.00 mg•L−1) in Kunapajala. Furthermore, the bacterial screening based on plant growth-promoting traits and their functional analyses elucidate the mechanism of the plant biostimulant potential of Kunapajala. This assay finally reports two best-performing plant growth-promoting bacteria (e.g., Pseudomonas chlororaphis and Bacillus subtilis) by the 16S ribotyping method. In support, in-planta experiments have demonstrated, in detail, the bio-stimulative effects of Kunapajala, including these two bacterial isolates alone or in combination, on seed germination, root-shoot length, and other important agronomic, physio-biochemical traits in rice. Together, our findings establish that Kunapajala can be recommended as a source of plant biostimulant to improve crop quality traits in rice. Overall, this work highlights Kunapajala, for the first time, as a promising low-cost microbial technology that can serve a dual function of animal waste recycling and plant nutrient recovery to promote sustainable intensification in agroecosystems.
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Nathan P, Grob J, Dummer R, Ascierto P, Ribas A, Robert C, Schadendorf D, Flaherty K, Tawbi H, Hauschild A, Mandala M, Shah R, Banerjee H, Sarkar R, Lau M, Long G. 819P Efficacy of dabrafenib (D) trametinib (T) plus spartalizumab (S) by baseline site of metastases in patients (pts) with previously untreated BRAF V600-mutant unresectable or metastatic melanoma: Post hoc analysis of phase III COMBI-i trial. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.07.945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Del Vecchio M, Atkinson V, Ryll B, Menzies A, Aubin F, Chiarion Sileni V, Ferraresi V, Lesimple T, Rinaldi G, Saiag P, Robert C, Dutriaux C, Gogas H, Demidov L, Gupta A, Banerjee H, Sudhir S, Miranda F, Lau M, Grob J. 806P Updated toxicity profile and relapse-free survival outcomes using an adapted pyrexia management algorithm in patients with resected stage III BRAF V600E/K-mutant melanoma treated with adjuvant dabrafenib plus trametinib in COMBI-APlus. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.07.932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Robert C, Davies M, Dummer R, Grob J, Hauschild A, Kirkwood J, Long G, Mandalà M, Nathan P, Banerjee H, Sahoo B, Lau M, Biette K, Boran A, Schadendorf D. 1075P Regression tree analysis to identify factors associated with relapse-free survival (RFS) in patients with resected stage III BRAF V600E/K–mutant melanoma. Ann Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.1460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Goswami R, Roy K, Dutta S, Ray K, Sarkar S, Brahmachari K, Nanda MK, Mainuddin M, Banerjee H, Timsina J, Majumdar K. Multi-faceted impact and outcome of COVID-19 on smallholder agricultural systems: Integrating qualitative research and fuzzy cognitive mapping to explore resilient strategies. Agric Syst 2021; 189:103051. [PMID: 33814677 PMCID: PMC7998062 DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 12/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/29/2020] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The shock of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has disrupted food systems worldwide. Such disruption, affecting multiple systems interfaces in smallholder agriculture, is unprecedented and needs to be understood from multi-stakeholder perspectives. The multiple loops of causality in the pathways of impact renders the system outcomes unpredictable. Understanding the nature of such unpredictable pathways is critical to identify present and future systems intervention strategies. Our study aims to explore the multiple pathways of present and future impact created by the pandemic and "Amphan" cyclonic storm on smallholder agricultural systems. Also, we anticipate the behaviour of the systems elements under different realistic scenarios of intervention. We explored the severity and multi-faceted impacts of the pandemic on vulnerable smallholder agricultural production systems through in-depth interactions with key players at the micro-level. It provided contextual information, and revealed critical insights to understand the cascading effect of the pandemic and the cyclone on farm households. We employed thematic analysis of in-depth interviews with multiple stakeholders in Sundarbans areas in eastern India, to identify the present and future systems outcomes caused by the pandemic, and later compounded by "Amphan". The immediate adaptation strategies of the farmers were engaging family labors, exchanging labors with neighbouring farmers, borrowing money from relatives, accessing free food rations, replacing dead livestock, early harvesting, and reclamation of waterbodies. The thematic analysis identified several systems elements, such as harvesting, marketing, labor accessibility, among others, through which the impacts of the pandemic were expressed. Drawing on these outputs, we employed Mental Modeler, a Fuzzy-Logic Cognitive Mapping tool, to develop multi-stakeholder mental models for the smallholder agricultural systems of the region. Analysis of the mental models indicated the centrality of "Kharif" (monsoon) rice production, current farm income, and investment for the next crop cycle to determine the pathways and degree of the dual impact on farm households. Current household expenditure, livestock, and soil fertility were other central elements in the shared mental model. Scenario analysis with multiple stakeholders suggested enhanced market access and current household income, sustained investment in farming, rapid improvement in affected soil, irrigation water and livestock as the most effective strategies to enhance the resilience of farm families during and after the pandemic. This study may help in formulating short and long-term intervention strategies in the post-pandemic communities, and the methodological approach can be used elsewhere to understand perturbed socioecological systems to formulate anticipatory intervention strategies based on collective wisdom of stakeholders.
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- Rupak Goswami
- Integrated Rural Development and Management Faculty Centre, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Kolkata 700103, West Bengal, India
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- Integrated Rural Development and Management Faculty Centre, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Kolkata 700103, West Bengal, India
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- African Plant Nutrition Institute, Lot 660, Hay Moulay Rachid, Benguérir, 43150, Morocco
- Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Lot 660, Hay Moulay Rachid, Benguérir, 43150, Morocco
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- Sasya Shyamala Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Kolkata 700103, West Bengal, India
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- Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, West Bengal, India
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- Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, West Bengal, India
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- CSIRO Land and Water. Black Mountain Science and Innovation Park, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, West Bengal, India
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- Global Evergreening Alliance, Melbourne, and Institute for Study and Development Worldwide, 8/30 Hornsey Road, Homebush West, NSW 2140, Australia
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- African Plant Nutrition Institute, Lot 660, Hay Moulay Rachid, Benguérir, 43150, Morocco
- Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Lot 660, Hay Moulay Rachid, Benguérir, 43150, Morocco
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Ray K, Banerjee H, Dutta S, Sarkar S, Murrell TS, Singh VK, Majumdar K. Macronutrient Management Effects on Nutrient Accumulation, Partitioning, Remobilization, and Yield of Hybrid Maize Cultivars. Front Plant Sci 2020; 11:1307. [PMID: 32983197 PMCID: PMC7492750 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.01307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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It is critical to understand nutrient dynamics within different plant parts to correctly fine-tune agronomic advices, and to update breeding programs for increasing nutrient use efficiencies and yields. Farmer's field-based research was conducted to assess the effects of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) levels on dry matter and nutrient accumulation, partitioning, and remobilization dynamics in three popular maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids (P3522, P3396, and Rajkumar) over two years in an alluvial soil of West Bengal, India. Experimental results revealed that NPK rates as well as different cultivars significantly (p ≤ 0.05) influenced the dry matter accumulation (DMA) in different plant parts of maize at both silking and physiological maturity. The post-silking dry matter accumulation (PSDMA) and post-silking N, P, and K accumulations (PSNA, PSPA, PSKA) were highest in cultivar P3396. However, cultivar P3522 recorded the highest nutrient remobilizations and contributions to grain nutrient content. Total P and K accumulation were highest with 125% of the recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) while total N accumulation increased even after 150% RDF (100% RDF is 200 kg N, 60 kg P2O5, and 60 kg K2O ha-1 for the study region). Application of 125% RDF was optimum for PSDMA. The PSNA continued to increase up to 150% RDF while 125% RDF was optimum for PSPA. Cultivar differences significantly affected both remobilization efficiency (RE) and contribution to grain nutrient content for all tested macronutrients (N, P, and K). In general, RE as well as contribution to grain nutrient content was highest at 125% RDF for N and K, and at 100% RDF for P (either significantly or at par with other rates) for plots receiving nutrients. For all tested cultivars, nutrient remobilization and contribution to grain nutrient content was highest under nutrient-omission plots and absolute control plots. Both year and cultivar effects were non-significant for both grain and stover yields of maize. Application of 75% RDF was sufficient to achieve the attainable yield at the study location. The cultivar P3522 showed higher yield over both P3396 and Rajkumar, irrespective of fertilizer doses, although, the differences were not statistically significant (p ≥ 0.05). The study underscores the importance of maize adaptive responses in terms of nutrients accumulation and remobilization at different levels of nutrient availability for stabilizing yield.
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- Krishnendu Ray
- Sasya Shyamala Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Sonarpur, India
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- Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Department of Agronomy, Mohanpur, India
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- African Plant Nutrition Institute and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Benguérir, Morocco
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- Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Department of Agronomy, Mohanpur, India
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- African Plant Nutrition Institute and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Benguérir, Morocco
- Purdue University, Department of Agronomy, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Division of Agronomy, Indian Council of Agricultural Research–Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- African Plant Nutrition Institute and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Benguérir, Morocco
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Kirkwood J, Dummer R, Hauschild A, Santinami M, Atkinson V, Sileni VC, Larkin J, Nyakas M, Haydon A, Dutriaux C, Schachter J, Robert C, Mortier L, Banerjee H, Haas T, Tan M, Lau M, Schadendorf D, Long G, Mandala' M. 1100P Restricted mean survival time (RMST) and cure-rate modeling in estimating survival benefit with adjuvant dabrafenib (D) plus trametinib (T) treatment in melanoma. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.1223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Dutta S, Chakraborty S, Goswami R, Banerjee H, Majumdar K, Li B, Jat ML. Maize yield in smallholder agriculture system-An approach integrating socio-economic and crop management factors. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0229100. [PMID: 32092077 PMCID: PMC7039445 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Yield gaps of maize (Zea mays L.) in the smallholder farms of eastern India are outcomes of a complex interplay of climatic variations, soil fertility gradients, socio-economic factors, and differential management intensities. Several machine learning approaches were used in this study to investigate the relative influences of multiple biophysical, socio-economic, and crop management features in determining maize yield variability using several machine learning approaches. Soil fertility status was assessed in 180 farms and paired with the surveyed data on maize yield, socio-economic conditions, and agronomic management. The C&RT relative variable importance plot identified farm size, total labor, soil factors, seed rate, fertilizer, and organic manure as influential factors. Among the three approaches compared for classifying maize yield, the artificial neural network (ANN) yielded the least (25%) misclassification on validation samples. The random forest partial dependence plots revealed a positive association between farm size and maize productivity. Nonlinear support vector machine boundary analysis for the eight top important variables revealed complex interactions underpinning maize yield response. Notably, farm size and total labor synergistically increased maize yield. Future research integrating these algorithms with empirical crop growth models and crop simulation models for ex-ante yield estimations could result in further improvement.
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- Sudarshan Dutta
- African Plant Nutrition Institute, Benguérir, Morocco
- * E-mail:
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- Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur, Kolkata, India
- IRDM Faculty Centre, RKMVERI, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Experimental Statistics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), New Delhi, India
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Ray K, Banerjee H, Dutta S, Hazra AK, Majumdar K. Macronutrients influence yield and oil quality of hybrid maize (Zea mays L.). PLoS One 2019; 14:e0216939. [PMID: 31141543 PMCID: PMC6541249 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2018] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In the present two-year study, an attempt was made to estimate the grain yield, grain nutrient uptake, and oil quality of three commonly grown maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids fertilized with varied levels of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K). Results obtained from both the experimental years indicated that application of 125% of recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) recorded maximum grain yield (10.37 t ha-1; 124% higher than control). When compared with 100% RDF, grain yield reduction with nutrient omission was 44% for N omission, 17% for P omission, and 27% for K omission. Nitrogen uptake was increased with increasing NPK levels up to 150% RDF that was statistically at par (p ≥ 0.01) with 125% RDF. Increasing trend in P and K uptake was observed with successive increase in NPK levels up to 125% RDF, above which it declined. The protein content was significantly higher in grains of var. P 3396 with 125% RDF. Nutrient management has significant (p ≤ 0.01) role in the grain oil content. Saturated fatty acids (palmitic, stearic and arachidic acid) content decreased, and unsaturated fatty acid (oleic, linoleic and linolenic acid) increased with increasing NPK levels. The average oleic acid desaturation and linoleic acid desaturation ratios were increased with increasing NPK levels up to 100 and 125% RDF, respectively. However, average monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA): poly-unsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), saturated: unsaturated as well as linoleic: linolenic acid ratios were increased on receiving 75% RDF, and beyond that it showed decreasing trend. The omission of K had the highest inhibitory effect on corn oil quality followed by N and P omission.
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- Krishnendu Ray
- Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Sasya Shyamala Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Narendrapur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Regional Research Station (CSZ), Kakdwip, West Bengal, India
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- International Plant Nutrition Institute, South Asia Program, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- African Plant Nutrition Institute, Benguérir, Morocco
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- IRDM Faculty Centre, Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- African Plant Nutrition Institute, Benguérir, Morocco
- International Plant Nutrition Institute, Asia, Africa and Middle East Program, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
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Banerjee H, Bazemore B, Barfield A, Crummity D, Krauss C, Payne G, Rousch J, Manglik V. A Study to Investigate the Role of GULP/ CED 6 Gene in "Eat Me" Signaling in Cellular Efferocytosis and Immunosurveillance. Immunol Disord Immunother 2016; 1:109. [PMID: 28286882 PMCID: PMC5345489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In this report, investigations were done to study human GULP/ CED 6 genes role in presenting cancer cells to scavenger cells. CED 6 SiRNA was used to knock out the gene in Astrocytoma (HTB-12) cell lines to study its effects on expression of various "eat me" signals on these cells including Phosphatidyl serine (PtdSer) expression, nitric oxide (NO) signaling and Leukotrine B4 (LTB4) expression and Caspase 3 activation. Investigations were done by fluorescence microscopy techniques, ELISA assay and colorimetric assays using a standard microplate reader and spectrophotometer. Initial results showed all the above mentioned "eat me" signals were significantly decreased in CED 6 knock out cell lines. Therefore CED 6 gene must have a role in cancer cell clearance, pathway involved in the cross talk between CED 6 and other genes in this process is a matter of farther investigation.
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- H Banerjee
- Corresponding author: Banerjee H, Department of Natural, Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Elizabeth City State University Campus, University of North Carolina, Elizabeth City, USA
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Paramasivam M, Poi R, Banerjee H, Bandyopadhyay A. High-performance thin layer chromatographic method for quantitative determination of curcuminoids in Curcuma longa germplasm. Food Chem 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.07.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Paramasivam M, Aktar MW, Poi R, Banerjee H, Bandyopadhyay A. Occurrence of curcuminoids in Curcuma longa : A quality standardization by HPTLC. BANGL J PHARMACOL 2008. [DOI: 10.3329/bjp.v3i2.833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Singh SK, Raha P, Banerjee H. Banned organochlorine cyclodiene pesticide in ground water in Varanasi, India. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 2006; 76:935-41. [PMID: 16855898 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-1008-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2005] [Accepted: 04/21/2006] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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- S K Singh
- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India
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Bhattacharyya J, Banerjee H, Das SP, Bhattacharyya A. Metabolism of fenazaquin, an acaricide in tea plant. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 2005; 75:569-73. [PMID: 16385964 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0789-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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- J Bhattacharyya
- Pesticide Residue Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Chemicals, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur-741252, Nadia, West Bengal, India
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Banerjee H, Hawkins Z, Williams J, Blackshear M, Sawyer C, Cezares L, Pramanik SK, Williams A. Search for a novel biomarker for the brain cancer astrocytoma by using surface enhanced laser desorption/ionisation (SELDI) technique. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand) 2004; 50:733-6. [PMID: 15641164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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The protein chip surface enhanced laser desorption/ionisation (SELDI) technique is a highly versatile analytical mass spectrometry system with considerable potential for detection, identification and quantitation of protein complex mixtures. Astrocytoma is a tumour of the astrocytes with a very poor prognosis. There is no effective biomarker system for detection of astrocytoma. The SELDI technique was used to study differential protein expression in astrocytoma cells in comparison to normal brain astrocytes. Several novel proteins were found to be expressed in the astrocytoma cells, not present in the astrocytes.
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- H Banerjee
- Biological Sciences Department, Elizabeth City State University under The University of North Carolina, Elizabeth City, NC 27909, USA.
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Saha K, Saha T, Banerjee H, Bhattacharyya A, Chowdhury A, Somchoudhury AK. Persistence of dicofol residue on tea under North-East Indian climatic conditions. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 2004; 73:347-350. [PMID: 15386050 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-004-0434-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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- K Saha
- Department of Agricultural Entomology, Department of Agricultural Chemicals, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, West Bengal, India
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Banerjee H, Hawkins Z, Johnson T, Eley S, Alikhan A, Mcdaniel M, Singh I, Raymond J. Identification of a mouse orthologue of the CED-6 gene of Caenorhabditis elegans. Plasmid 2003; 49:30-3. [PMID: 12583998 DOI: 10.1016/s0147-619x(02)00106-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The rapid engulfment of apoptotic cells is a specialized innate immune response used by organisms to remove apoptotic cells. In mammals, several receptors that recognize apoptotic cells have been identified. Previous analysis of the engulfment gene ced-6 in Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) has suggested that CED-6 is an adapter protein that participates in signal transduction pathway that mediates the specific recognition and engulfment of apoptotic cells. Here, we describe our isolation and partial characterization of a mouse cDNA, which is like an orthologue of C. elegans CED-6. PCR screening of mouse cDNA pool with primers designed from the C. elegans CED-6 cDNA sequence resulted in about 300 bp PCR product which was partially sequenced and then screened to a mouse full-length cDNA library. Thus in this study we report the identification of a novel C. elegans CED-6-like orthologue in mouse, which has probable apoptotic like function.
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- H Banerjee
- Department of Biology, Elizabeth City State University under University of North Carolina, Campus Box 930, Elizabeth City, NC 27909, USA.
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Kole RK, Banerjee H, Bhattacharyya A. Monitoring of market fish samples for endosulfan and hexachlorocyclohexane residues in and around Calcutta. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 2001; 67:554-559. [PMID: 11779071 DOI: 10.1007/s001280159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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- R K Kole
- AICRP on Pesticide Residues, Department of Agricultural Chemicals, Mohanpur, West Bengal, India
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Singh R, Banerjee H, Green MR. Differential recognition of the polypyrimidine-tract by the general splicing factor U2AF65 and the splicing repressor sex-lethal. RNA 2000; 6:901-11. [PMID: 10864047 PMCID: PMC1369966 DOI: 10.1017/s1355838200000376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The polypyrimidine-tract (Py-tract) adjacent to 3' splice sites is an essential splicing signal and is recognized by several proteins, including the general splicing factor U2AF65 and the highly specific splicing repressor Sex-lethal (SXL). They both contain ribonucleoprotein-consensus RNA-binding motifs. However, U2AF65 recognizes a wide variety of Py-tracts, whereas SXL recognizes specific Py-tracts such as the nonsex-specific Py-tract of the transformer pre-mRNA. It is not understood how these seemingly similar proteins differentially recognize the Py-tract. To define these interactions, we used chemical interference and protection assays, saturation mutagenesis, and RNAs containing modified nucleotides. We find that these proteins recognize distinct features of the RNA. First, although uracils within the Py-tract are protected from chemical modification by both of these proteins, modification of any one of seven uracils by hydrazine, or any of eight phosphates by ethylnitrosourea strongly interfered with the binding of SXL only. Second, the 2' hydroxyl groups or backbone conformation appeared important for the binding of SXL, but not U2AF65. Third, although any of the bases (cytosine >> adenine > guanine) could substitute for uracils for U2AF65 binding, only guanine partially substituted for certain uracils for SXL binding. The different dependence on individual contacts and nucleotide preference may provide a basis for the different RNA-binding specificities and thus functions of U2AF65 and SXL in 3' splice site choice.
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- R Singh
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, 80309, USA.
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Certain yeast strains secrete a protein toxin, which inhibits the growth of sensitive pathogens and yeasts. Studies have shown that production of the toxin is dependent on presence of linear, double-stranded DNA plasmids in the killer yeasts. In the yeast Pichia pastoris, two linear double-stranded DNA plasmids have been identified. In the present study, the search for toxin-producing capability in P. pastoris has been conducted. No killer activity could be detected when 14 different indicator strains were tested.
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- H Banerjee
- Department of Biology, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, New York, 11201-8423, USA
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Two DNA plasmids, approximately 11 and 8 kb in size, have been identified in a strain of the yeast Pichia pastoris (Northern Regional Research Laboratories No. Y4290). The plasmids are resistant to RNase A and lambda exonuclease, but are sensitive to digestion by DNase I, suggesting that they are linear and double-stranded DNA with 5'-protected ends. A restriction map has been constructed for the 11-kb plasmid, confirming that it is linear.
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- H Banerjee
- Department of Biology, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, New York, USA
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Ravichandran R, Banerjee H. Support for information systems usage in banks. International Journal of Information Management 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/0268-4012(94)90091-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- H Banerjee
- Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Department of Agricultural Chemistry & Soil Science, Kalyani 741235, West Bengal, India
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Banerjee R, Banerjee H. Comment on "Functional integral for Weyl fermions and the effective action". Phys Rev D Part Fields 1989; 39:1254-1256. [PMID: 9959773 DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.39.1254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Banerjee H, Bhattacharya G, Bhattacharyya JS. Induced fermionic charge in background gauge theories in odd space-time dimensions. Phys Rev D Part Fields 1988; 37:1706-1708. [PMID: 9958861 DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.37.1706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Sengupta M, Bhattacharyya JS, Banerjee H. Identical phase-space constraint structure of three-dimensional QED with or without the Chern-Simons term. Phys Rev D Part Fields 1987; 35:3270-3271. [PMID: 9957576 DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.35.3270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Banerjee H. On Sommerfeld’s approximation in high energy photoelectric effect and one quantum annihilation of positrons in theK-shell. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1958. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02859542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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