application of distillery sludge-based manure could reduce the chemical fertilizer
usage and facilitate industrial sludge disposal issues too.
Acknowledgments The authors are grateful to the Ministry of Environmental, Forest and Climate
Change (MoEF&CC), Department of Science and Technology (DST), UGC-SAP, DST-FIST,
DST-PURSE, and MHRD-RUSA, Government of India, New Delhi, for their financial support
and instrument facility for our department.
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PDCSR
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Lin YL, Juan IM, Chen YL, Liang YC, Lin JK (1996) Composition of polyphenols in fresh tea
leaves and associations of their oxygen-radical-absorbing capacity with ant proliferative actions
in fibroblast cells. J Agric Food Chem 44(6):1387–1394
Lingaiah HB, Uthaiah BC, Gowda NAJ, Herle PS (1992) Evaluation of radish cultivars in the
coastal region of Karnatakla. J Agric Sci 5(2):132–134
Lopez-Velez M, Martinez-Martinez F, Valle-Ribes CD (2003) The study of phenolic compounds as
natural antioxidants in wine. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 43(3):233–244
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induced leaf galls of Mangifera indica. Asian J Experiment Sci 22(3):343–346
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usage and facilitate industrial sludge disposal issues too.
Acknowledgments The authors are grateful to the Ministry of Environmental, Forest and Climate
Change (MoEF&CC), Department of Science and Technology (DST), UGC-SAP, DST-FIST,
DST-PURSE, and MHRD-RUSA, Government of India, New Delhi, for their financial support
and instrument facility for our department.
References
Abedi T, Alemzadeh A, Kazemeini SA (2010) Effect of organic and inorganic fertilizers on grain
yield and protein banding pattern of wheat. Aust J Crop Sci 4(6):384
Abou El-Magd MM, El-Bassiony AM, Fawzy ZF (2006) Effect of organic manure with or without
chemical fertilizers on growth, yield and quality of some varieties of broccoli plants. J Appl Sci
Res 2(10):791–798
Babalad HB (2005) Network project on organic farming—annual report 2004–05, Adhoc Project,
PDCSR
Boligon AA, De Brum TF, Frolhich JK, Froeder ALF, Athayde ML (2012) HPLC/DAD profile and
determination of total phenolics, flavonoids, tannins and alkaloids contents of Scutia buxifolia
Reissek stem bark. Res J Phytochem 6(3):84–91
Brandt K, Mølgaard JP (2001) Organic agriculture: does it enhance or reduce the nutritional value
of plant foods. J Sci Food Agric 81(9):924–931
Carbonaro M, Mattera M, Nicoli S, Bergamo P, Cappelloni M (2002) Modulation of antioxidant
compounds in organic vs conventional fruit (peach, Prunus persica L., and pear, Pyrus
communis L.). J Agric Food Chem 50(19):5458–5462
Chezhiyan N, Saraswathy S, Vasumathi R (2003) Studies on organic manures, biofertilizers and
plant density on growth, yield and alkaloid content of bhumyamalaki (Phyllanthus amarus
Schum. And Thonn.). South Indian Hort 51:96–101
Dumas Y, Dadomo M, Di Lucca G, Grolier P (2003) Effects of environmental factors and
agricultural techniques on antioxidant content of tomatoes. J Sci Food Agric 83(5):369–382
Forde B, Lorenzo H (2001) The nutritional control of root development. Plant Soil 232(1–2):51–68
Giraddi RA (1993) Vermiculture and role in agriculture. In: Proc course on the officers of the state
department of agriculture, Karnataka, 18–20 October 1993 by the Department of Agriculture
microbiology University Agricultural Sciences Dharwad (M.S.), India, pp 50–54
Hames BD (ed) (1998) Gel electrophoresis of proteins: a practical approach, vol 197. OUP, Oxford
Ibrahim M, Jaafar H, Karimi E, Ghasemzadeh A (2013) Impact of organic and inorganic fertilizers
application on the phytochemical and antioxidant activity of Kacip Fatimah (Labisia pumila
Benth). Molecules 18(9):10973–10988
Laemmli UK (1970) Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head of bacteriophage T4. Nature 227(5259):680
Lin YL, Juan IM, Chen YL, Liang YC, Lin JK (1996) Composition of polyphenols in fresh tea
leaves and associations of their oxygen-radical-absorbing capacity with ant proliferative actions
in fibroblast cells. J Agric Food Chem 44(6):1387–1394
Lingaiah HB, Uthaiah BC, Gowda NAJ, Herle PS (1992) Evaluation of radish cultivars in the
coastal region of Karnatakla. J Agric Sci 5(2):132–134
Lopez-Velez M, Martinez-Martinez F, Valle-Ribes CD (2003) The study of phenolic compounds as
natural antioxidants in wine. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 43(3):233–244
Marmit KS, Sharma SL (2008) Quantitative estimation of some metabolites and enzymes in insect
induced leaf galls of Mangifera indica. Asian J Experiment Sci 22(3):343–346
82
S. Sugumar et al.