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International Journal of Basic and Applied Agricultural Research, 2015
Indian Journal of Weed science, 2014
A field experiment consisted of four intercropping systems, viz. sole chickpea, sole mustard, chi... more A field experiment consisted of four intercropping systems, viz. sole chickpea, sole mustard, chickpea + mustard (additive series) and chickpea + mustard (replacement series) and six weed management practices, viz. weedy check, weed free, pendimethalin 1 kg/ha as pre-emergence, fluchloralin 1 kg/ha as pre-plant incorporation (PPI), isoproturon 0.75 kg/ha as post-emergence and quizalofop-ethyl 50 ml/ha as postemergence. Results revealed that weed species, Medicago sativa, Anagallis arvensis and Cyperus rotundus with higher relative weed density and dry weed weight were observed. The values of smothering efficiency were higher in additive as compared to replacement treatment. Maximum yield loss was in weedy check in comparison to weed-free plots. Application of pendimethalin at 1 kg/ha gave higher yield of chickpea and mustard along with maximum returns.
Indian Journal of Agronomy, 2014
A field experiment was carried out during the winter (rabi) season of 2009–10 and 2010–11 at Chat... more A field experiment was carried out during the winter (rabi) season of 2009–10 and 2010–11 at Chatha, Jammu, to assess the yield along with the monetary benefits in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and Indian mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czernj. & Cosson] intercropping system with different weed-management practices. Significantly higher values of plant height of chickpea (63.36 cm) and Indian mustard (174.72 cm), dry-matter accumulation of chickpea (22.13 g/plant) and Indian mustard (117.22 g/plant) were recorded under sole stands of the each crop followed by chickpea + Indian mustard (replacement series) intercropping system. Both the sole crops gave higher yields than chickpea + Indian mustard, when grown in additive and replacement series in the respective order. The highest chickpea-equivalent yield (1.39 t/ha), land-equivalent ratio (1.65), net returns ( 24,415/ha) and benefit: cost (1.63) ratio were obtained in chickpea + Indian mustard intercropping system in additive followed ...
The paper deals with reliability analysis of a system composed of three non-identical units G, P ... more The paper deals with reliability analysis of a system composed of three non-identical units G, P and C. Initially unit G is in operating state while as unit P and C are in idle state. System failure occurs if either unit G fails when unit P and C are in idle state or G and P fails when C is in idle state or when all the units’ viz. G, P and C fails totally. Single repair facility is available to repair the failed unit in which unit G gets priority for repair over P and C and then if unit P and C fails, second priority is given to unit P over C and finally unit C is repaired by repairman till the system becomes operative. Once the repairman starts repair of the failed unit, he does not leave the system till all units are repaired during his stay in the system as per priority. The failure time distributions of unit-G, P and C are taken exponential. The distribution of time to repair of unit-G, P and C is assumed to be general. After repair a unit becomes as good as new.
Indian Journal of Agronomy, 2014
A field experiment was conducted during the winter season (rabi) 2009–10 and 2010–11 at Jammu. Fo... more A field experiment was conducted during the winter season (rabi) 2009–10 and 2010–11 at Jammu. Four intercropping treatments, viz. sole maize, sole potato (Solanum tubrosum L.), maize (Zea mays L.) + potato (additive series) and maize + potato (replacement series), in main plots and 6 methods of weed-control practices, viz. weedy check, weed free, alachlor @1.5 kg/ha pre-emergence, atrazine @ 0.5 kg/ha pre-emergence, alachlor @ 2.0 kg/ha early post-emergence and atrazine @ 0.75 kg/ha post emergence in sub-plots were used to assess the productivity and profitability of winter maize + potato intercropping system. Sole winter maize and sole potato gave significantly higher yields than winter maize + potato grown in additive and replacement series in the respective order. Amongst the intercropping treatments, winter maize + potato (additive series) gave significantly higher yield of 16 t/ha compared to replacement series. Pre-emergence application of atrazine 0.5 kg/ha resulted in signi...
International Journal for Advance Research and Development, 2018
Breast cancer is a group of malignant disease that commonly occurs in the female breast and infre... more Breast cancer is a group of malignant disease that commonly occurs in the female breast and infrequently in the male breast. About 25-30% of breast cancer cases are detected among women below 40 years. The average age recognized nationally is 41 to 50 years. At least 10 to 11 percent of cases of cancer in women in Himachal Pradesh are breast cancer. The objectives of the study were to assess level of awareness and practices followed by women to prevent breast cancer, to associate the awareness score with selected demographic variables and to correlate the awareness score with practices followed by women to prevent breast cancer. METHODS: Quantitative descriptive study was carried out in selected villages of District Sirmour, HP. Using non-probability convenience sampling, 200 women between the age group of 25-40 years were selected from selected areas. Subjects were interviewed using structured questionnaire regarding the prevention of breast cancer and practices followed to preven...
Indian Journal of Agronomy, 2015
A field experiment was carried out during the winter (rabi) season of 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 at ... more A field experiment was carried out during the winter (rabi) season of 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 at Chatha, Jammu to assess the yields of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and Indian mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) czernj. & cosson] by computing intercropping indices along with weed-management practices. Significantly higher yields of chickpea (903 kg/ha) and Indian mustard (1, 156 kg/ha) were obtained in their respective sole crops. The highest land-equivalent ratio, aggressivity, land-use efficiency, production efficiency and relative crowding coefficient (RCC) were obtained in additive series and replacement series, whereas highest relative yield total (1.30) was recorded in replacement series. Among the weed-management treatments, pendimethalin @ 1 kg/ha recorded higher value of land-use efficiency (44.52) and production efficiency (7.35), followed by fluchloralin @ 1 kg/ha. Application of pendimethalin @ 1 kg/ha as pre-emergence recorded the maximum net returns (20, 373/ha) and benefit:...
Indian Journal of Weed science, 2014
A field experiment was conducted during Rabi 2009–10 and 2010–11 at research farm of Sher-e-Kashm... more A field experiment was conducted during Rabi 2009–10 and 2010–11 at research farm of Sher-e-Kashmir UniversityofAgricultureScienceand Technology, Jammu with four intercropping treatments, viz. sole maize, sole potato, maize + potato (additive Series) and maize + potato (replacement series) in main plots and six methods of weed control practices, viz. weedy check, weed free, alachlor 1.5 kg/ha pre-emergence, atrazine 0.5 kg/ha pre-emergence, alachlor 2.0 kg/ha early post-emergence and atrazine 0.75 kg/ha post-emergence in sub plots to assess the productivity and profitability of winter maize + potato intercropping system. These treatments were evaluated under split plot design with three replications. Results revealed that sole stands of winter maize and potato removed highest amount of N, P and K which were followed by additive series and replacement series whereas among the weed management practices, highest amount of N, P and K was removed by weed free treatment fb atrazine PE 0.7...
Indian Journal of Weed science, 2013
A field experiment was consisted of four intercropping systems, viz. sole chickpea, sole mustard,... more A field experiment was consisted of four intercropping systems, viz. sole chickpea, sole mustard, chickpea + mustard (additive series) and chickpea + mustard (replacement series) and six weed management practices viz. weedy check, weed free, pendimethalin 1 kg/ha as pre-emergence (PE), fluchloralin 1 kg/ha as pre-plant incorporation (PPI), isoproturon 0.75 kg/ha as post-emergence (POE) and quizalofop-ethyl 50 ml/ha as post-emergence. These treatments were evaluated under split plot design with three replications. Results revealed that sole stands of chickpea and mustard removed highest amount of N, P and K which were followed by additive series and replacement series whereas among the weed management practices, highest amount of N, P and K was removed by weed free treatment followed by pendimethalim 1kg/ha and fluchloralin 1 kg/ha while the lowest N, P and K was removed by isoproturon 0.75 kg/ha followed by quizalofop-ethyl 50 ml/ha. Among the different intercropping treatments, wee...
I. INTRODUCTION Reliable functioning of embedded systems is of paramount concern to the billions ... more I. INTRODUCTION Reliable functioning of embedded systems is of paramount concern to the billions of users that depend on these systems every day. Unfortunately most embedded systems still fall short of user's expectation of reliability. The incorporation of redundancy is one of the important techniques to improve the reliability and hence the effectiveness of the system. The system models with standby redundancies have been frequently analysed by various authors with different assumptions due to their vital existence in modern industries and business. Gupta, Tyagi and Kishan [6] discussed the concept of a two unit system with correlated failures and repairs and random appearance and disappearance of repairman. Kishan and Jain [8] analysed a two non-identical unit standby system model with repair, inspection and post-repair under classical and Bayesian viewpoints. Agnihotri and Satsangi [1] considered two unit identical systems with priority based repair and inspection. While Tuteja and Malik [9] discussed about reliability and profit analysis of two single unit models with three modes and different repair policies of repairman who appears and disappears randomly. Goel, Sharma and Gupta [2] worked on cost analysis of a system with intermittent repair and inspection under abnormal weather. Further Joorel, Kumar and Lal [3] put forth the concept of Reliability analysis of a complex system composed of two parallel subsystems without considering random appearance and disappearance of repairman in the system. Gupta, Goel and Tomer [7] provided the concept of analysis of a two unit standby system with correlated failure and repair and random appearance and disappearance of repairman. Nakagawa and Osaki [5] investigated stochastic behavior of two unit priority standby redundant system with repair. Recently Kakkar, Chitkara and Kumar [4] discussed reliability analysis of a cold standby system with repair equipment failure and appearance and disappearance of repairman with correlated lifetime. The purpose of the present paper is to put forth the concept of random appearance and disappearance of repairman in the system. The system comprises of two non-identical units A and B, each unit having two modes Normal and Failure in which unit A is operative and unit B is kept in standby mode. Upon failure of operative unit, unit B
International Journal of Computational and Theoretical Statistics, 2016
The present paper deals with reliability analysis of a system comprises of a single unit. Initial... more The present paper deals with reliability analysis of a system comprises of a single unit. Initially system is in operative state with controlled demand factor i.e. when demand is less or equal to production then it may transit to the state with uncontrolled demand factor i.e. when demand is greater than production. The system remains in upstate with demand factor controlled and uncontrolled while in down state on failure of the unit. On failure of the system, an inspection is carried to detect the type of failure. There are three types of failures, i.e. failure due to poor design of component, improper selection of material and human error. Single repair facility is available to repair the system. The failure time distributions of the unit are taken as exponential and inspection time of the unit is also taken as exponential. The distribution of time to repair of unit is assumed to be general. The various important measures of system effectiveness have been obtained and studied.
Legume Research - An International Journal, 2016
The field experiments were carried out during rabi season of 2009-10 and 2010-11 at the Research ... more The field experiments were carried out during rabi season of 2009-10 and 2010-11 at the Research Farm of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, Chatha to assess the physiological growth indices in chickpea+mustard intercropping system under different weed management practices. The significant superiority of replacement series treatment for leaf area index of chickpea over additive series treatment was noticed. The crop of sole chickpea was followed by replacement and additive series treatments in recording highest dry matter, crop growth rate and net assimilation rate values. Sole stand of chickpea recorded numerically higher relative growth rate (RGR) followed by replacement and additive series treatments. Weed free treatment recorded numerically the highest crop growth rate (CGR) and net assimilation rate (NAR) of chickpea at all the stages of observation. Sole chickpea produced higher yield as compared to chickpea+mustard when grown in additiv...
Indian Journal Of Agricultural Research, 2016
A field experiment was carried out during rabi seasons of 2009-10 and 2010-11 at the Research Far... more A field experiment was carried out during rabi seasons of 2009-10 and 2010-11 at the Research Farm of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology at Chatha, Jammu to assess the physiological growth indices in chickpea+mustard intercropping system under different weed management practices. The significant superiority of replacement series treatment for leaf area index of mustard over additive series treatment was noticed. The sole crop of mustard was followed by replacement and additive series treatments in recording highest dry matter, crop growth rate and net assimilation rate values. Sole stand of mustard recorded numerically higher relative growth rate (RGR) followed by replacement and additive series treatments. Weed free treatment recorded numerically highest crop growth rate (CGR) and net assimilation rate (NAR) of mustard at all the stages of observation. As regards yield, sole stand recorded significantly higher values of grain and was followed by addit...
International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management
PurposeOne of the common approaches to improve systems reliability is using standby redundancy. A... more PurposeOne of the common approaches to improve systems reliability is using standby redundancy. Although many works are available in the literature on the applications of standby redundancy, the system components are assumed to be independent of each other. But, in reality, the system components can be dependent on one another, causing the failure of each component to affect the failure rate of the remaining active components. In this paper, a standby two-unit system is considered, assuming a dependency between the switch and its associated active component.Design/methodology/approachThis paper assumes that the failures between the switch and its associated active component follow the Marshall–Olkin exponential bivariate exponential distribution. Then, the reliability analysis of the system is done using the continuous-time Markov chain method.FindingsThe derived equations application to determine the system steady-state availability, system reliability and sensitivity analysis on t...
International Journal of Basic and Applied Agricultural Research, 2015
Indian Journal of Weed science, 2014
A field experiment consisted of four intercropping systems, viz. sole chickpea, sole mustard, chi... more A field experiment consisted of four intercropping systems, viz. sole chickpea, sole mustard, chickpea + mustard (additive series) and chickpea + mustard (replacement series) and six weed management practices, viz. weedy check, weed free, pendimethalin 1 kg/ha as pre-emergence, fluchloralin 1 kg/ha as pre-plant incorporation (PPI), isoproturon 0.75 kg/ha as post-emergence and quizalofop-ethyl 50 ml/ha as postemergence. Results revealed that weed species, Medicago sativa, Anagallis arvensis and Cyperus rotundus with higher relative weed density and dry weed weight were observed. The values of smothering efficiency were higher in additive as compared to replacement treatment. Maximum yield loss was in weedy check in comparison to weed-free plots. Application of pendimethalin at 1 kg/ha gave higher yield of chickpea and mustard along with maximum returns.
Indian Journal of Agronomy, 2014
A field experiment was carried out during the winter (rabi) season of 2009–10 and 2010–11 at Chat... more A field experiment was carried out during the winter (rabi) season of 2009–10 and 2010–11 at Chatha, Jammu, to assess the yield along with the monetary benefits in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and Indian mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czernj. & Cosson] intercropping system with different weed-management practices. Significantly higher values of plant height of chickpea (63.36 cm) and Indian mustard (174.72 cm), dry-matter accumulation of chickpea (22.13 g/plant) and Indian mustard (117.22 g/plant) were recorded under sole stands of the each crop followed by chickpea + Indian mustard (replacement series) intercropping system. Both the sole crops gave higher yields than chickpea + Indian mustard, when grown in additive and replacement series in the respective order. The highest chickpea-equivalent yield (1.39 t/ha), land-equivalent ratio (1.65), net returns ( 24,415/ha) and benefit: cost (1.63) ratio were obtained in chickpea + Indian mustard intercropping system in additive followed ...
The paper deals with reliability analysis of a system composed of three non-identical units G, P ... more The paper deals with reliability analysis of a system composed of three non-identical units G, P and C. Initially unit G is in operating state while as unit P and C are in idle state. System failure occurs if either unit G fails when unit P and C are in idle state or G and P fails when C is in idle state or when all the units’ viz. G, P and C fails totally. Single repair facility is available to repair the failed unit in which unit G gets priority for repair over P and C and then if unit P and C fails, second priority is given to unit P over C and finally unit C is repaired by repairman till the system becomes operative. Once the repairman starts repair of the failed unit, he does not leave the system till all units are repaired during his stay in the system as per priority. The failure time distributions of unit-G, P and C are taken exponential. The distribution of time to repair of unit-G, P and C is assumed to be general. After repair a unit becomes as good as new.
Indian Journal of Agronomy, 2014
A field experiment was conducted during the winter season (rabi) 2009–10 and 2010–11 at Jammu. Fo... more A field experiment was conducted during the winter season (rabi) 2009–10 and 2010–11 at Jammu. Four intercropping treatments, viz. sole maize, sole potato (Solanum tubrosum L.), maize (Zea mays L.) + potato (additive series) and maize + potato (replacement series), in main plots and 6 methods of weed-control practices, viz. weedy check, weed free, alachlor @1.5 kg/ha pre-emergence, atrazine @ 0.5 kg/ha pre-emergence, alachlor @ 2.0 kg/ha early post-emergence and atrazine @ 0.75 kg/ha post emergence in sub-plots were used to assess the productivity and profitability of winter maize + potato intercropping system. Sole winter maize and sole potato gave significantly higher yields than winter maize + potato grown in additive and replacement series in the respective order. Amongst the intercropping treatments, winter maize + potato (additive series) gave significantly higher yield of 16 t/ha compared to replacement series. Pre-emergence application of atrazine 0.5 kg/ha resulted in signi...
International Journal for Advance Research and Development, 2018
Breast cancer is a group of malignant disease that commonly occurs in the female breast and infre... more Breast cancer is a group of malignant disease that commonly occurs in the female breast and infrequently in the male breast. About 25-30% of breast cancer cases are detected among women below 40 years. The average age recognized nationally is 41 to 50 years. At least 10 to 11 percent of cases of cancer in women in Himachal Pradesh are breast cancer. The objectives of the study were to assess level of awareness and practices followed by women to prevent breast cancer, to associate the awareness score with selected demographic variables and to correlate the awareness score with practices followed by women to prevent breast cancer. METHODS: Quantitative descriptive study was carried out in selected villages of District Sirmour, HP. Using non-probability convenience sampling, 200 women between the age group of 25-40 years were selected from selected areas. Subjects were interviewed using structured questionnaire regarding the prevention of breast cancer and practices followed to preven...
Indian Journal of Agronomy, 2015
A field experiment was carried out during the winter (rabi) season of 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 at ... more A field experiment was carried out during the winter (rabi) season of 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 at Chatha, Jammu to assess the yields of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and Indian mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) czernj. & cosson] by computing intercropping indices along with weed-management practices. Significantly higher yields of chickpea (903 kg/ha) and Indian mustard (1, 156 kg/ha) were obtained in their respective sole crops. The highest land-equivalent ratio, aggressivity, land-use efficiency, production efficiency and relative crowding coefficient (RCC) were obtained in additive series and replacement series, whereas highest relative yield total (1.30) was recorded in replacement series. Among the weed-management treatments, pendimethalin @ 1 kg/ha recorded higher value of land-use efficiency (44.52) and production efficiency (7.35), followed by fluchloralin @ 1 kg/ha. Application of pendimethalin @ 1 kg/ha as pre-emergence recorded the maximum net returns (20, 373/ha) and benefit:...
Indian Journal of Weed science, 2014
A field experiment was conducted during Rabi 2009–10 and 2010–11 at research farm of Sher-e-Kashm... more A field experiment was conducted during Rabi 2009–10 and 2010–11 at research farm of Sher-e-Kashmir UniversityofAgricultureScienceand Technology, Jammu with four intercropping treatments, viz. sole maize, sole potato, maize + potato (additive Series) and maize + potato (replacement series) in main plots and six methods of weed control practices, viz. weedy check, weed free, alachlor 1.5 kg/ha pre-emergence, atrazine 0.5 kg/ha pre-emergence, alachlor 2.0 kg/ha early post-emergence and atrazine 0.75 kg/ha post-emergence in sub plots to assess the productivity and profitability of winter maize + potato intercropping system. These treatments were evaluated under split plot design with three replications. Results revealed that sole stands of winter maize and potato removed highest amount of N, P and K which were followed by additive series and replacement series whereas among the weed management practices, highest amount of N, P and K was removed by weed free treatment fb atrazine PE 0.7...
Indian Journal of Weed science, 2013
A field experiment was consisted of four intercropping systems, viz. sole chickpea, sole mustard,... more A field experiment was consisted of four intercropping systems, viz. sole chickpea, sole mustard, chickpea + mustard (additive series) and chickpea + mustard (replacement series) and six weed management practices viz. weedy check, weed free, pendimethalin 1 kg/ha as pre-emergence (PE), fluchloralin 1 kg/ha as pre-plant incorporation (PPI), isoproturon 0.75 kg/ha as post-emergence (POE) and quizalofop-ethyl 50 ml/ha as post-emergence. These treatments were evaluated under split plot design with three replications. Results revealed that sole stands of chickpea and mustard removed highest amount of N, P and K which were followed by additive series and replacement series whereas among the weed management practices, highest amount of N, P and K was removed by weed free treatment followed by pendimethalim 1kg/ha and fluchloralin 1 kg/ha while the lowest N, P and K was removed by isoproturon 0.75 kg/ha followed by quizalofop-ethyl 50 ml/ha. Among the different intercropping treatments, wee...
I. INTRODUCTION Reliable functioning of embedded systems is of paramount concern to the billions ... more I. INTRODUCTION Reliable functioning of embedded systems is of paramount concern to the billions of users that depend on these systems every day. Unfortunately most embedded systems still fall short of user's expectation of reliability. The incorporation of redundancy is one of the important techniques to improve the reliability and hence the effectiveness of the system. The system models with standby redundancies have been frequently analysed by various authors with different assumptions due to their vital existence in modern industries and business. Gupta, Tyagi and Kishan [6] discussed the concept of a two unit system with correlated failures and repairs and random appearance and disappearance of repairman. Kishan and Jain [8] analysed a two non-identical unit standby system model with repair, inspection and post-repair under classical and Bayesian viewpoints. Agnihotri and Satsangi [1] considered two unit identical systems with priority based repair and inspection. While Tuteja and Malik [9] discussed about reliability and profit analysis of two single unit models with three modes and different repair policies of repairman who appears and disappears randomly. Goel, Sharma and Gupta [2] worked on cost analysis of a system with intermittent repair and inspection under abnormal weather. Further Joorel, Kumar and Lal [3] put forth the concept of Reliability analysis of a complex system composed of two parallel subsystems without considering random appearance and disappearance of repairman in the system. Gupta, Goel and Tomer [7] provided the concept of analysis of a two unit standby system with correlated failure and repair and random appearance and disappearance of repairman. Nakagawa and Osaki [5] investigated stochastic behavior of two unit priority standby redundant system with repair. Recently Kakkar, Chitkara and Kumar [4] discussed reliability analysis of a cold standby system with repair equipment failure and appearance and disappearance of repairman with correlated lifetime. The purpose of the present paper is to put forth the concept of random appearance and disappearance of repairman in the system. The system comprises of two non-identical units A and B, each unit having two modes Normal and Failure in which unit A is operative and unit B is kept in standby mode. Upon failure of operative unit, unit B
International Journal of Computational and Theoretical Statistics, 2016
The present paper deals with reliability analysis of a system comprises of a single unit. Initial... more The present paper deals with reliability analysis of a system comprises of a single unit. Initially system is in operative state with controlled demand factor i.e. when demand is less or equal to production then it may transit to the state with uncontrolled demand factor i.e. when demand is greater than production. The system remains in upstate with demand factor controlled and uncontrolled while in down state on failure of the unit. On failure of the system, an inspection is carried to detect the type of failure. There are three types of failures, i.e. failure due to poor design of component, improper selection of material and human error. Single repair facility is available to repair the system. The failure time distributions of the unit are taken as exponential and inspection time of the unit is also taken as exponential. The distribution of time to repair of unit is assumed to be general. The various important measures of system effectiveness have been obtained and studied.
Legume Research - An International Journal, 2016
The field experiments were carried out during rabi season of 2009-10 and 2010-11 at the Research ... more The field experiments were carried out during rabi season of 2009-10 and 2010-11 at the Research Farm of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, Chatha to assess the physiological growth indices in chickpea+mustard intercropping system under different weed management practices. The significant superiority of replacement series treatment for leaf area index of chickpea over additive series treatment was noticed. The crop of sole chickpea was followed by replacement and additive series treatments in recording highest dry matter, crop growth rate and net assimilation rate values. Sole stand of chickpea recorded numerically higher relative growth rate (RGR) followed by replacement and additive series treatments. Weed free treatment recorded numerically the highest crop growth rate (CGR) and net assimilation rate (NAR) of chickpea at all the stages of observation. Sole chickpea produced higher yield as compared to chickpea+mustard when grown in additiv...
Indian Journal Of Agricultural Research, 2016
A field experiment was carried out during rabi seasons of 2009-10 and 2010-11 at the Research Far... more A field experiment was carried out during rabi seasons of 2009-10 and 2010-11 at the Research Farm of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology at Chatha, Jammu to assess the physiological growth indices in chickpea+mustard intercropping system under different weed management practices. The significant superiority of replacement series treatment for leaf area index of mustard over additive series treatment was noticed. The sole crop of mustard was followed by replacement and additive series treatments in recording highest dry matter, crop growth rate and net assimilation rate values. Sole stand of mustard recorded numerically higher relative growth rate (RGR) followed by replacement and additive series treatments. Weed free treatment recorded numerically highest crop growth rate (CGR) and net assimilation rate (NAR) of mustard at all the stages of observation. As regards yield, sole stand recorded significantly higher values of grain and was followed by addit...
International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management
PurposeOne of the common approaches to improve systems reliability is using standby redundancy. A... more PurposeOne of the common approaches to improve systems reliability is using standby redundancy. Although many works are available in the literature on the applications of standby redundancy, the system components are assumed to be independent of each other. But, in reality, the system components can be dependent on one another, causing the failure of each component to affect the failure rate of the remaining active components. In this paper, a standby two-unit system is considered, assuming a dependency between the switch and its associated active component.Design/methodology/approachThis paper assumes that the failures between the switch and its associated active component follow the Marshall–Olkin exponential bivariate exponential distribution. Then, the reliability analysis of the system is done using the continuous-time Markov chain method.FindingsThe derived equations application to determine the system steady-state availability, system reliability and sensitivity analysis on t...