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Environmentally Benign Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles for Fertilizer Applications in Agriculture
The application of nanotechnology has significantly increased in different branches over the last few decades. The agricultural sector has also...
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Nanofertilizers: Types, Synthesis, Methods, and Mechanisms
Nanofertilizers (NFs) have emerged as a promising solution to address the challenges of conventional fertilizers in agriculture. It can be broadly...
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Uses of Nanofertilizers and Nano-Agrochemicals for Sustainable Agriculture
There is widespread concern about our ability to continue producing enough food to withstand the current population pressure while also meeting the...
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The Potential of Nanocomposite Fertilizers for Sustainable Crop Production
Modern day agriculture warrants for the crops which are able to take the edge off climate change along with increased productivity. Scale up...
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Nanofertilizers: A Promising Approach to Boost Plant Health and Yield
The excessive and mostly unregulated use of synthetic chemical fertilizers to cope with the rising global food demand has a constant detrimental...
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Analysis of Somaclonal Variation by Metabolite Profiling
Somaclonal variation is defined as genetic and epigenetic transformations that appear in tissues and organs of plants grown in vitro. These changes...
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Epigenetic Basis of Somaclonal Variation
Epigenetic changes induced in in vitro culture affect gene expression in a more or less permanent way, and in some cases are transmitted to the...
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Factors Affecting Tissue Culture-Induced Variations
In vitro culture can induce somaclonal variation, giving rise to the appearance of alterations in the cultured cells and tissues, as well as in the...
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Effector-Mediated Pathogenicity
The study of novel plant pathogen effectors, their characterization, and the ways in which the plant immune system recognizes them is still gaining...
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Genome Editing to Improve Nutrition Status of Crop Plants
Genome editing technologies are being adopted globally to improve the nutrient quality of different fruits, vegetables, and staple or oil crops....
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Genome-Editing Advances for Disease Resistance in Plants
Global food security relies on agricultural crops, and their yield is affected by various phytopathogens. These phytopathogens are prevented by using...
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Applications of High-Throughput Sequencing Chemistries in Decoding Pathogen Genomes
Genome sequencing enables us to determine the complete sequence of DNA in an organism’s genome (Cooper 2000). It has a rich history spanning several...
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Bioactive Compounds and Biological Activities of Edible Yam (Dioscorea sp.) in Thailand
Yam (Dioscorea spp.) is one of the essential crops used as a starch source for human consumption, especially in Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific....
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Bioactive Compounds and Biological Activities of Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.). Schott)
Plants are said to be the finest source of food and phytochemicals. Along with aerial plant components, subterranean tuberous, stems, and roots were...
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Importance of Underground Storage Organs in Plants (for Their Survival and Perpetuation and for Human Welfare)
Herbaceous terrestrial plants – both dicots and monocots – are classified as geophytes when they generate underground storage organs like bulbs,...
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Bioactive Compounds and Biological Activities of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.)
Sweet potato (SP; Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam; a.k.a. “boniato,” “moniato,” “caiapo,” “kumara,” or “kumera”) is a tuberous staple food native to America...
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Bioactive Compounds and Biological Activities of Peruvian Maca (Lepidium meyenii Walp.)
Lepidium meyenii (Peruvian maca or maca) is a medicinal plant native to the Peruvian Andes region that grows in adverse environments, such as extreme...
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Bioactive Compounds and Biological Activities of Edible Yam (Dioscorea sp.) in Thailand
Yam (Dioscorea spp.) is one of the essential crops used as a starch source for human consumption, especially in Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific....
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Bioactive Compounds and Biological Activities of Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.)
The golden spice turmeric is nature’s multifaceted creation and is popular widely by many names like haldi, Indian saffron, and kitchen queen. It has...
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Bioactive Compounds and Biological Activities of Curcuma Species
The genus Curcuma, belonging to the family Zingiberaceae, is one of the largest groups of aromatic medicinal plants. It comprises about 120 species,...