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Rajendra Singh is known as the "Water man of India". He was born on 6^th August 1959 in Alwar, Rajasthan, he is an Indian water conservationist and environmentalist. He runs an NGO called “Tarun Bharat Sangh” (TBS) which was founded in 1975 to fight slow bureaucracy and to help villagers take charge of water management in their semi-arid area as it lies close to the Thar desert. TBS helped build over 8600 johads and water conservation storage tanks to collect rainwater for dry seasons and has brought water to 1000 villages and also received five rivers in Rajasthan.

The ozone layer is covers or earth like a blanket and protects us by absorbing harmful ultra violet radiation (UV-B) from the Sunlight. when an ozone molecule absorbs UV-B it comes apart into an oxygen molecule and a separate oxygen atom O which combines later to form an ozone molecule.

GBPUAT is also known as G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology established in 1960 in Pant Nagar, Uttarakhand, is the first Established Agriculture University in the nation. It was a symbolic expression of the collective will of the Nation to march towards self-sufficiency in food production through integrated teaching, research and extension.

Root exudates are waste fluids emitted through the roots of any plant, which influence the rhizosphere in legume plants near the roots to inhibit harmful microbes and help in the proper growth of the plant. Psidic acid is secreted by roots of Pigeon pea also known as Red gram which releases Phosphorus by chelating Iron ions, resulting in increasing the mineral composition of mineral content which results in stimulated growth.

CRIDA, Central Research Institute for dryland agriculture is a national research institute under ICAR is established in 1985 and is located in Hyderabad. The institute was set up to undertake agricultural research activities in the area of low rainfall.

The potato plant is a perennial plant belonging to the family Solanaceae. The scientific name of potato is Solanum tuberosum. It is introduced to Europe from the Americas in the second half of the 16^th century by the Spanish. The potato is nightshade in the genus solanum.

The seed rate of transplanted basmati rice is 35 - 40 Kilogram/hectare. Transplanting is the most common and elaborative method of crop establishment for Rice in Asia. Seedlings of rice grown in a nursery are taken and transplanted into well-leveled fields 15 - 40 days after seeding.

Type-44 is a variety of Moongbean, developed by the cross of China Mung X Type 1. It is a short duration variety of 60 days. It is tolerant of powdery mildew and leaf spots. This variety is mainly grown in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, etc.

Pigeon Pea sterility Mosaic Virus is transmitted by Eriophyid Mites, Aceria cajani. It is characterized by stunted and bushy plants, leaves of reduced size with chlorotic rings or mosaic symptoms, and partial or complete cessation of flower production which is sterility.

Calcium is the structural component of the cell wall in plants, it activates enzymes, and also influences the movement of fluids and minerals in the cells. The presence of calcium is very necessary for cell growth and division