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The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) is a statutory autonomous body under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India established in 2003, and Headquartered in Chennai, India.
It acts as a facilitating, regulating and advisory body to the Government of India on issues of conservation, sustainable use of biological resources and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the use of biological resources.

“Hillocks are made to create a natural mountains scenery” are the characteristic feature of (informal style) Japanese garden.
Japanese gardens are serene and simple places of calm, providing a peaceful retreat for reflection and meditation. They avoid the extravagance of many Western garden designs, and consist mostly of evergreens, rocks, pebbles, sand, ponds and waterfalls.

Brinjal variety developed by Dr. H. B. Singh is Pusa Purple Long.
It is an early maturing and long fruited type variety. Fruits are glossy, light purple in colour, 25 - 30 cm long, smooth and tender. Crop is ready for picking in 100 to 110 days. Suitable for spring and autumn plantings, average yield is 27.5 t/ha.

Poor blood clotting is associated with the deficiency of Vitamin-K.
Vitamin-K deficiency results from extremely inadequate intake, fat malabsorption, or use of coumarin anticoagulants. Deficiency is particularly common among breastfed infants. It impairs clotting. Diagnosis is suspected based on routine coagulation study findings and confirmed by response to Vitamin-K.

Project Directorate of Vegetable research (PDVR) was started in 1987 at New Delhi.
It was shifted from New Delhi to Varanasi in 1992.
Vegetable research was given impetus through establishment of AICRP on vegetable crops during 1971 at IARI, New Delhi with the responsibilities of coordinating and monitoring of vegetable research programmes of the country.

Spur-pruned grape varieties are more vigorous growers which produce fruit on new growth coming from buds close to the base of one-year canes, near the main stem.
In this method, pruning of grapevines is done in which the shoot of the previous season is cut back to a spur with one or two buds.
Spur pruned grapes include varieties such as: Autumn Royal. Black Muscat.
Bangalore Blue is also one of the Spur pruned variety of grape.

The carrot is a root vegetable, typically orange in color, native to Europe and Southwestern Asia. The carrot is a biennial plant in the umbellifer family, Apiaceae.
Raw carrots are 88% water, 9% carbohydrates, 0.9% protein, 2.8% dietary fiber, 1% ash and 0.2% fat.
Major acid present in carrot is malic acid. Malic acid is an alpha hydroxy acid found in certain fruits and wines. Malic acid is sour and acidic.

Oil palm crop is a hardy crop and low pest and disease incidence. It yields highest edible oil among the other oil crops.
Pre-bearing is the time period between planting and bearing fruit in a tree. Pre-bearing period in oil palm is 3 years. Farmers can get extra income by intercropping in pre-bearing period of oil palms.

Cluster bean is the bean from which Gum is extracted.
Guar or cluster bean (C. tetragonoloba L.) is a drought-resistant leguminous crop that is generally cultivated in northwest India and Pakistan for use as a vegetable, green fodder and green manure and for its seeds, as well as for the industrial extraction of guar gum.
Guar gum with the best thickening power and fastest hydration rate is produced when the splits are first soaked in water and then flaked, extruded or ground.

Seed rate for spring summer crop of Okra is 18 - 20 kg.
Okra is sown in rows by dibbling method, sowing is also done by dropping the seeds behind the plough furrow. During rainy season it should be sown on ridges. For spring summer crop the distance should be 30 × 45 cm and for rainy season 45 × 60 cm. 10 - 15 t/ha of FYM should be mixed with the soil 15 - 12 days before sowing. The sowing time for spring summer crop is February - March.