ARIES FLASH

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03 MONTHLY JOURNAL OF ARIES AGRO LIMITED

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THIS ISSUE
ARIES FLASH is our effort to enter
into a dialogue with all members of  TEAM BUILDING- NEED
the Aries Family, our valued AND IMPORTANCE
customers and well-wishers –
without whom making Aries as it
stands today, after Forty- Nine  TRIAL REPORT – K- Phonic
eventful years of its existence would
never have been possible.
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leadership in the markers of Rural
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Aries Vision
provides senior managers a
 Our vision is to create value for “farmers” and all “stakeholders” using
platform to address the people they
cost effective, environmentally safe crop nutrition solutions customized
work with regarding their
for the specific needs of crops and soils of India and other markets we
management philosophies and
techniques. It also provides every
serve. To do so, we aim to spread knowledge of good agricultural
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been the goal of the team at ARIES
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informative, entertaining and Aries Mission
interesting. We do hope we have
succeeded in our endeavor. Our Mission is to evolve from being India’s Plant Nutrition Super-Bazaar
to one of the India’s largest Agri input companies and to have an ARIES
EDITOR: brand in every product category required for specialized agriculture
Nainisha Sawant

EDITORIAL GUIDANCE:

Dr. Shama Zaidi

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EDITORS NOTE

Many of us

are more

capable than
Employees are the assets of every organization and its success is
some of us, directly proportional to the hard work every employee puts
in. Managing a successful team means being a successful leader.
To build a high performance team involves more than just
but none of assembling a group of talented individuals. To be effective, people
need to work together towards a common goal in a coordinated
and cooperative way. Team building is a way to blend talent,
us is as
skills and the creativity of a group and benefits the team as a
whole.
capable as all
“Team building is a systematic process designed to improve
working relationships and team functioning such as problem
of us.” solving, decision making and conflict resolution that enables the
group to overcome any goal blocking barrier”.

Job satisfaction is an important part of a person's employment.

Feeling worthwhile, worthy, part of a team & having a sense of
achievement within the working environment are essential
elements to happiness. These feelings can motivate a workforce &
ensure they are at their most productive and hence an asset to the
organization.

-Tom Wilson

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 TEAM BUILDING - NEED AND IMPORTANCE

Team building is a collective term for variious types of activities used to enhance social relations
and define roles within teams, often involving collaborative tasks.One of the most important thing
about team building is to lead effectively wherein one must establish his leadership with each team
member. The most effective team leaders build their relationships of trust and loyalty, rather than
fear or the power of their position. Successful teamwork is the cornerstone for creating a successful
team. Some of the characcteristics of a good team include,

Common Aim

The team understands the goals and is committed to

attaining them can be the crucial factor for progress
which makes an organization thrive.

The definite direction and consensus of members on a

mission and common purpose is necessary for effective
teamwork.

To have a Common goal, the leader must define what those goals are and divide those goals into
short-term and long-term goals. Short-term goals can be achieving the sales target of the month or
successfully launching a new product whereas the long-term goals can be increasing the profitability
of the organization or expanding into various allied industries. Most of the times those short-term
goals are in support to the long-term goals.

Communication is open, honest, and respectful

Communicating the goal and allotting the duties of team

members as well as listening to the input from the team
working on that project is essential for effective
teamwork.

Therefore setting a common goal and providing rewards

for achieving those goals can be more exciting for the
team.

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 Creativity and Innovations multiply

“CREATIVITY IS CONTAGIOUS - PASS IT ON,” said by

ALBERT EINSTEIN holds a strong significance when it
comes to teamwork.

Thus employee feels more creative if the team he works

with is open to new ideas and encourages creativity.

The team members realize that the strength in having a

team is that each member brings diverseness to the effort
to solve a problem, improve a process, reach a goal, or create something new and exciting. Such
teams often help in the innovation of new strategies and attaining the organizational goal.

Taking Risks looks easier in a team

If the team holds all the above points then taking risks
looks a lot easier because the teams have an exceptional
understanding among them.

The Team members trust each other, and they are not
punished for disagreeing. The disagreements are
expected and appreciated. and is taken as just another
solution for the problem or a different way of reaching
towards the goal.

The team builds an environment in which people are comfortable taking reasonable risks in
communicating, advocating positions, and taking action.

Taking high Quality decisions together

The team which is able to constantly examine itself and

continuously improve its methods, practices, and also
focus on the interaction of team members, those
members of the team make high-quality decisions
together and have the support and involvement of the
group to carry out the decisions made. This team openly
discusses team norms and what may be limiting its ability
to move forward and progress in areas of effort, talent,
and strategy. They also gain the help and commitment of
the people they report to in order to accomplish and communicate the team's progress and success.
The team holds review meetings that assess the team's process and progress in approaching and
accomplishing the team mission.

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 CHALLENGES TO TEAM BUILDING
_____________________________________________

Three common challenges faced by team builders

Lack of teamwork skills

One of the challenges facing leaders is to find team-

oriented employees. Most organizations rely on
educational institutions to have inculcated these skills
into students whereas students are encouraged to work
individually and succeed without having to collaborate.
This works against the kinds of behavior needed for
teamwork. Another study found that team training
improved cognitive, affective, process and performance
outcomes.

Virtual workplaces and across organizational

boundaries

Organizations and individuals who are not in the same

physical space increasingly work together. Members are
typically unable to build concrete relationships with other
team members. Face-to-face communication is very
important in building an effective team environment and
is a key to developing trust.

Globalization and virtualisation

Teams increasingly include members who have dissimilar

languages, cultures, values and problem-solving
approaches to problems. To overcome this, one-to-one
meetings has been successful in some organizations.

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 The COLA WAR TIPS FOR BETTER TEAMWORK

There is one anecdote on the

Cola War , from the book ‘The
Habit of Winning’ which we
would like to share.
Pepsi and Coca-Cola were
fighting to be the number one
beverage manufacturer of the
world. All of their employees
were actively engaged in that
goal. The author , Prakash
Iyer visited Coca-Cola’s head
office where he met one
janitor in the lobby and asked
him 'What are you doing?'’
The Janitor replied with a
smiling face, “I am helping my
company to win “the Cola
war”. The response would
have been the same had he
asked even the driver of the
delivery van. “GOOD TEAMS BECOME GREAT ONES,
The noteworthy point from WHEN MEMBERS TRUST EACH OTHER
this short story is the sense of
involvement that every ENOUGH TO SURRENDER THE ‘ME’
employee felt which made FOR THE ‘WE.’
them feel responsible and
oriented towards the same
goal. – PHIL JACKSON

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TRIAL REPORT- Evaluation of K-Phonic on growth and yield of brinjal crop against
diseases caused by oomycetes.

Trial conducted at National Horticultural Research and Development Foundation,Nashik

Brinjal (Solanum melongena L .) is an important vegetable crop grown throughout the country.
Brinjal crop suffers from various fungal diseases among which damping off disease or collar rot
caused by Phythium species and Phytophthora species are the major contraints to reduce the yield
and quality of Brinjal.

The fungal genera Pythium and Phytophthora belong to the OOmycetes group and cause severe
diseases in brinjalduring monsoon in Kharif season.

K-Phonic contains complex of potassium salt of phosphorus with polymerised

phosphorus.Potassium salt with polymerised phosphorus plays an important role in the
development of resistance in vegetables and also improves the fruit quality. It also has a positive
impact on the overall plant growth as well as protect the plant against pathogenic fungi.

To evaluate the efficiency of K-Phonic on Brinjal crop, a trial was conducted in Kharif of 2016 at
Regional Research Station, National Horticultural Research and Development Foundation (NHRDF),
Chitegaon Phata, Nashik.

Materials and Methods

 Variety : Panchganga

 Bed size : 3.0m X 3.0 m at 75 cm X 60 cm spacing

 Experimental Design :Randomized Block Design

 Replications : 3

 Application Method: Dipping, drenching and foliar

 Agronomical practices were performed as per recommendation

 Irrigation given as per need basis

 The inoculum of Pythium species was prepared on natural host i.e sponge guard
under laboratory conditions and inoculated on experimental plot as drenching

 Phytotoxicity data recorded after spray of tested product on 1-9 scale

 Incidence of oomycetous diseases were counted per plot in each treatment at

7,15,25,40,55,75 and 85 DAT

 Average fruit weight, gross yield (q/ha) and marketable yield (q/ha)were also
recorded

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Observation
Evaluation of K-phonic against disease caused by oomcyetes, growth and yield on brinjal at RRS, Nashik during
kharif 2016

Treatments Damping off Damping off Damping off Damping off Damping off
disease disease disease disease disease
incidence % at incidence % at incidence % at incidence % at incidence % at
7th DAT 15th DAT 25th DAT 40th DAT 55th DAT

T1 0 0 0 20.00 (26.45) 20.00 (26.45)

T2 0 0 0 13.33 (21.14) 13.33 (21.14)

T3 0 0 0 11.67 (19.89) 11.67 (19.89)

T4 0 0 0 11.67 (19.89) 11.67 (19.89)

T5 0 0 0 23.33 (28.84) 23.33 (28.84)

T6 0 0 0 35.00 (36.15) 35.00 (36.15)

SEm+ - - - - 1.66 - 1.66

CD at 5% - - - - 3.70 - 3.70

CV % - - - - 8.00 - 8.00

Treatments Damping off Damping off Plant Plant Average Gross Marketable
disease disease incidence height height weight of yield
incidence % at % at 85th DAT (cm) at (cm) at 60 fruits Yield
70th DAT 30 DAT DAT (q/ha)
(q/ha)

T1 20.00 (26.45) 20.00 (26.45) 25.67 49.90 63.10 321.47 231.16

T2 13.33 (21.14) 13.33 (21.14) 23.07 47.53 64.00 389.17 286.58

T3 11.67 (19.89) 11.67 (19.89) 24.47 50.33 66.60 413.35 315.95

T4 11.67 (19.89) 11.67 (19.89) 26 53.2 67.07 450.18 340.11

T5 23.33 (28.84) 23.33 (28.84) 25.93 50.2 65.47 310.00 269.39

T6 35.00 (36.15) 35.00 (36.15) 25.2 48.4 64.70 237.90 174.57

SEm+ - 1.66 - 1.66 1.55 1.08 0.84 17.54 19.21

CD at 5% - 3.70 - 3.70 NS 2.41 1.87 39.08 42.79

CV % - 8.00 - 8.00 7.57 2.66 1.58 6.07 8.72

Note: Data in the paranthesis shows arcsin transformed values.

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 DETAILS OF TREATMENTS
Sr.No Treatments

T1 SA of K-Phonic @1250g/ha through drenching at root zone at 15 DAT

T2 Root dipping with K-Phonic @ 3g/lit of water at the time of transplanting

T3 Root dipping with K-Phonic @ 3g/lit of water at the time of transplanting and FS on 15 DAT

T4 SA of K-Phonic @1250g/ha through drenching at root zone at 15 DAT and FS @ 3g/lit of

water @ 15th and 45th DAT

T5 Root dipping with K-Phonic @ 3g/lit of water at the time of transplanting and drenching @
1250 g/ha atb root zone at 45th DAT and FS @ 3 g/lit. of water at 15th and 45th DAT

T6 Control

Results Plant growth and

Phytotoxicity
 Maximum height was
Effect of K-Phonic on recorded at 30 DAT and
60 DAT in T4
Incidence of diseases  Minimum plant height
 Plant mortality due to was recorded in T6
damping off disease in  Phytotoxicity data
brinjal appeared at 40 recorded after soil
DAT drenching and spray of K-
 Incidence of damping off Phonic as per treatment
ranged from 11.67% to
Gross and marketable yield
35.07%
 Significantly highest
 Lowest incidence of
average fruit weight was
damping off was recorded
recorded in T4
in T3 at 40DAT and T4
 Highest gross yield and
and it was at par with T2
marketable yield was
 Significantly higher
recorded in T4
incidence of damping off
 Lowest gross yield was
was recorded in T6
recorded in T6
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Conclusion
SA of K-Phonic @ 1250 g/ha through drenching at root zone at 15 th
DAT and subsequently FS @ 3 g/lit of water at 15 th and 45th DAT
was found effective for the management of diseases caused by
oomycetes in brinjal namely damping off as well as increasing the
yield and no phytotoxicity was observed in any treatment on the
plant during the cropping period.

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 #ARIESEVERYWHERE
CSR Activity, Gujarat

Core Group Meeting, Mumbai

Dealers Meet, Punjab

Annual General Meeting, Mumbai ET- Rural Strategy Summit

Recyclathon, Mumbai

Dealers Meet, Kolkata

Dealers Meet, Goa

Inauguration of Factory
Site, Raipur

Half yearly Meeting, Raipur CSR Activity ,Tamil Nadu

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