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Social Benefits, Development, and the Pertinence of Laws: The Case of Commercialization of Plant Genetic Resources in the Global Markets
Plant genetic resources (PGR) have always been playing a very prominent role from time immemorial, especially in crop cultivation, other agricultural...
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Molecular characterization and evolutionary analysis of Orientia tsutsugamushi in eastern Indian population
Scrub typhus is a bacterial zoonotic acute febrile illness (AFI) caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi , which is an...
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Potentiality of Bat Guano as Organic Manure for Improvement of Growth and Photosynthetic Response in Crop Plants
Potentiality of guano of Black-bearded Tomb bat ( Taphozous melanopogon ) on the growth and physiological response in two crops, i.e., finger millet ( El...
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Ginger
Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe), a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the family Zingiberaceae, is an important spice and...
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Biodiversity of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants with Special Reference to Endemic Plants of India
The exponentially increasing human population and their multifarious activities result in serious threats to the species of various habitats. Hence,...
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The Intersection of Kedayan Folk Medicine and Traditional Ecological Calendar
A noteworthy feature of folk and codified traditional medicines is their ability to combine drug-based therapies with spiritual therapies. This...
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Phenotypic diversity in Tamarindus indica L. sourced from different provenances in India
Tamarindus indica L. is a multipurpose monotypic agroforestry species, possessing numerous domestic and industrial applications. It grows naturally...
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Improved methodology for the isolation of false smut pathogen Ustilaginoidea virens of rice
Rice false smut is an emerging disease of rice caused by Ustilaginoidea virens (Cooke) Takashi. Along with yield loss, the pathogen affects the...
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Detection of Indian Isolates of Soil and Tuber Borne Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Infecting Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Through a Colorimetric LAMP Assay
Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum , is one of the most notorious plant diseases of potato and causes severe yield losses globally. R....
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Ethnobamboology: Traditional Uses of Bamboos and Opportunities to Exploit Genomic Resources for Better Exploitation
Bamboos, a member of the family Poaceae and subfamily Bambusoideae, represent approximately 1670 species within 125 genera. Bamboos are widely...
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Minor Millets: Profile and Ethnobotanical Scenario
Minor millets are an agronomic community of genetically diverse species of cereal grasses, well adapted to a range of marginal growing conditions...
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Finger Millet in Tribal Farming Systems Contributes to Increased Availability of Nutritious Food at Household Level: Insights from India
The challenge to food production posed by climate aberrations has been seeing increased attention to reviving millet-based farming systems. Millets...
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Phytochemical and Morphological Traits of Ginger Cultivars are Modulated by Agro-Climatic Conditions
In the present work, three promising ginger cultivars, Suprabha, Suravi and Varada, were cultivated in nine agro-climatic regions of Odisha to find...
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Genetic potentiality of lowland indigenous indica rice (Oryza sativa L.) landraces to anaerobic germination potential
Poor germination and delayed seedling establishment under flooded soil are the major challenges for the wide adaptation of direct-seeded rice...
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Effect of Deforestation and Forest Fragmentation on Ecosystem Services
Deforestation has become a major hurdle nowadays that affects overall ecosystem health and functioning. Illegal timber cutting, logging, mining, and...
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Insects in Environmental Engineering and Ecosystem Services
Insects are the most abundant and diverse organisms on this earth. They are the environmental engineers, and the major service providers to our...
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Applying the ‘Candidacy’ Model to understand access to key nutrition, food & health services in LMIC contexts: a qualitative study in Odisha, India
In order to make progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2 – Zero Hunger - we must acquire a better understanding of what continues to hamper...
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Screening the elite chemotypes of Gloriosa superba L. in India for the production of anticancer colchicine: simultaneous microwave-assisted extraction and HPTLC studies
BackgroundGloriosa superba L. (Colchicaceae) is a high-value medicinal plant indigenous to Africa and Southeast Asia. Its therapeutic benefits are...
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Status, Issues and Challenges of Biodiversity: Higher Plants
India with 2.4% of the total geographical area of the world harbours nearly 8% of the globally known floral species. The Indian flora is concentrated...
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Genetic Improvement for Yield, Quality, Biotic, and Abiotic Stresses in Little Millet (Panicum sumatrense Roth. ex Roem. and Schult.)
Small millet, a set of small-seeded crops that includes Finger millet, Little millet, Kodo millet, Foxtail millet, Barnyard millet, and Proso millet,...