Publications by authors named "M C Jaffar"

Introduction And Importance: Intussusception in adults is rare, constituting a miniscule number of bowel obstruction pathologies. Clinical practice often considers it a last-resort diagnosis, as other causes of mechanical small bowel obstruction are more common. The diagnosis is a challenging one to make, as the "telescoping" motion of the intestines fluctuates in a waxing-and-waning nature.

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Weed infestation is one of the most damaging biotic factors to limit crop production by competing with the crop for space, water, and nutrients. Different conventional approaches are being used to cope with weed infestation, including labor intensive manual removal and the use of soil-degrading, crop-damaging, and environment-deteriorating chemical herbicides. The use of chemicals for weed control has increased 2-fold after the green revolution and their non-judicious use is posing serious threats to mankind, animals, and biodiversity.

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  • Salinization poses a significant risk to soil quality and crop production, but applying organic amendments like sugarcane bagasse (SB) and its biochar (SBB) can help improve crop growth in saline conditions.
  • A study tested SB and SBB at different percentages and salinity levels, finding that 2% SBB most effectively enhanced various growth metrics of maize, including shoot/root length, grain yield, and nutrient content while reducing sodium levels in the plants.
  • Additionally, the application of 2% SBB significantly boosted soil enzymatic activity, with structural equation modeling showing that these amendments can explain substantial variability in maize yield across different salinity levels, indicating its potential for sustainable agriculture.
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The current study was carried out at Nuclear Institute of Agriculture, Tandojam to assess ten mungbean mutants together with one check cultivar in two separate cropping seasons. The findings revealed that all mutants, with the exception of the branches per plant, had significantly different examined traits. By characterizing ten variables, including plant height (cm), number of branches/plant, number of seeds per pod, grain yield per plot (g/plot), grain weight per plant, pod length (cm), pods per plant, days to flowering, above ground biological weight per plot (g/plot) and days to maturity, the results could considerably differentiate between low and high producing mutants.

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Vegetable cultivation under sewage irrigation is a common practice mostly in developing countries due to a lack of freshwater. Long-term usage provokes heavy metals accumulation in soil and ultimately hinders the growth and physiology of crop plants and deteriorates the quality of food. A study was performed to investigate the role of brassinosteroid (BRs) and silicon (Si) on lettuce, spinach, and cabbage under lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) contaminated sewage water.

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