Mulberry
From Botany to Phytochemistry
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Mulberry: Mycorrhizal Interactions and Development Related to Other Organisms
Representative microorganisms of the rhizosphere layer represent crucial ecological functions in ecological cycle processes (Hossain et al. 2009; You et al. 2014; Liu et al. 2022). These microorganisms make ve...
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Propagation of Mulberry and Production
The information published in different sources has revealed that the domestication of the mulberry tree occurred in China sometime earlier than 2200 BC. It then spread to other countries and is currently culti...
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Introduction
Plants constitute the most important structural component of the world ecosystem in which we live. For this reason, the concept of plant biodiversity is always one of the topics that does not lose its populari...
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Global Perspectives and Future Approaches
The genetic resources of the mulberry trees show heterozygous, anemophilic, and hybridization characteristics and are generally prioritized for propagation through trunk and/or buds (Vijayan et al. 2011, 2021)...
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Botany
Moraceae is a large family with 60 genera and approximately 1400 species (Kitamura and Murata 1980). Out of these 60 genera, Morus is a small genus under order Utricales with 19 species which is mostly recognized...
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Economic Importance of Mulberry
Mulberry plants are widely recognized for centuries as a food plant for mori silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) in order to produce the mori silk (Datta 2000; Vijayan 2010; Vijayan et al. 2011). Monophagous silkworm larva...
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Ecological and Ecophysiological Aspects
The perennial trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Morus (mulberry) are economically important and widely distributed in different ecological and geographical areas, being intensively cultivated in temperate, s...
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Molecular Aspects of Mulberry
Mulberry (Morus spp.) is highly recognized as an economical cash crop plant species due to its wide utilization in “sericulture,” food, and beverage industries (Mallick and Sengupta 2022). It is widely distribute...
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Phytochemical Constituents, Pharmacological Activities, and Human Health
Several active biochemical compounds with pharmacological actives have been identified from the leaf, stem, fruit, and root of M. alba and M. nigra. These are given in Tables 7.1 and 7.2. The reports on the M. al...
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Nanotechnologies for environmental remediation and their ecotoxicological impacts
Environmental nanoremediation is an emerging technology that aims to rapidly and efficiently remove contaminants from the polluted sites using engineered nanomaterials (ENMs). Inorganic nanoparticles which are...
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Role of Rare Earth Elements in Plants
Rare earth elements (generally abbreviated as REEs) are the name used to define 17 metals with special physicochemical features. In general, REEs are interest of chemists mainly because of their peculiar chemi...
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Molecular and genetic perspectives of cold tolerance in wheat
Environmental variation is the most crucial problem as it is causing food insecurity and negatively impacts food availability, utilization, assessment, and stability. Wheat is the largest and extensively culti...
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Phytoremediation of Nuisance Pollution
Aquatic contamination due to nutrient enrichment is a worldwide concern which is an aftermath of domestic and agricultural runoff. Nowadays, in the present era of industrialization and urbanization, aquatic en...
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Introduction to Phytosequestration: Strategies for Mitigation of Aerial Carbon Dioxide and Aquatic Nutrient Pollution
Carbon is one of the most essential components of biological world and the associated environment (physical attributes). From the time immemorial, carbon has occupied the forefront position in operating a vari...
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Sources and Monitoring Tools of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
Carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and water vapor are examples of the greenhouse gases that trap solar energy and keep the Earth habitable. However, a few synthetic materials also exhibit ...
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Carbon Capture and Storage
One of the most important elements of the physical environment and the living world is carbon. As one of the main constituents of all cellular life forms and the precursor of all metabolic processes, carbon se...
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Impacts of Nutrient Pollution
Nutrient pollution refers to overloading of aquatic environs by excessive influx of nutrients. Every creature has to taste death. The aging of surface waters is an inevitable fact. The life cycle of aquatic en...
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Concluding Remarks and Future Prospects
Salinized lands are considered a major problem in arid and semi-arid countries. About one-third of the irrigated land of the world is salt-affected because of unsustainable irrigation approaches. Fresh water r...
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Global Warming: Impacts of Temperature Escalation
Since the Industrial Revolution, anthropogenic activities like industrial, economic, land use, and population growth have significantly impacted climate by increasing atmospheric CO2 and other heat-trap** gases...
