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Bioenergy crops are a promising renewable energy source that may be used to reduce dependency on fossil fuels and mitigate climate change, though the growth of bioenergy crops can negatively impact the environ...
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Bhendi or okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is an important crop widely cultivated in the Indian subcontinent. The production of okra in tropical regions is constrained by several abiotic and biotic factors. Among bi...
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DNA microarrays are a powerful technology that has great implications in plant sciences, biomedical sciences, veterinary, and pharmacological research. It can deal with large numbers of samples for the detecti...
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Biotic stress is one of the major environmental factors that affect the plant’s growth and life cycle. Plant pathogens are major constraints and severe threats to agricultural production in changing climate sc...
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