Shenade Annie Kerketta, Amity University Kolkata Today, due to the massive increase in population and all sorts of pollution, food production is becoming a growing problem. We, humans, are trying to reverse our harmful doings. We are trying to conserve our resources and recycle waste. This article is going to talk about one of the […]
Saakshi Bangera, DY Patil School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics There is a crucial need for ecologically friendly alternatives for petroleum-derived products. Forest, as well as agricultural industries, are adopting clean technologies that will transform sustainable resources into bio-based products of high economic value. One of the majorly underused biomass components is xylans – an important […]
Saptaparna Dasgupta, Bennett University Plant biostimulants are novel products used to boost cultivation and becoming widespread in sectors such as agriculture and the chemical industry. Contrary to typical crop inputs, such as fertilizers or pesticides, biostimulants are distinctive. In this, a single substance may have several routes that affect crop growth and development. The influence of the biostimulants of […]
Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata There is a direct correlation between the flavour of tomato and its aroma and taste. From early on, researchers studied how the interaction between the two factors gives rise to such distinct and diverse flavours of different kinds of tomatoes. Interestingly, a team in Japan and the US recently found […]
Esha Mukherjee, Amity University Noida Monocultures now dominate arable land, with enormous swaths of land dedicated to a single, high-yielding elite variety. However, planting only one type of crop on the arable ground has its drawbacks: these regions are easy prey for fungal and insect pests, posing a threat to agriculture. Farmers must utilize resistant […]
Saakshi Bangera, DY Patil School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Precision Agriculture is a state-of-the-art technology that is transforming the agricultural industry, one challenge at a time. This technique precisely comprises using sensors to remotely monitor the status of a crop. Through specific measuring devices and their software, farmers, in real-time, can identify exactly when and […]
Sagnik Nag, Amity University, Kolkata Listeria is a gram-positive bacterial intracellular parasite that causes Listeriosis i.e. a foodborne infection causing fever, muscle aches, and, in many people, diarrhoea. It can cause fatal illness during pregnancy and affect newborns, adults with weakened immune systems and the elderly. According to statistics, 1,700 people in the U.S. get […]
Arka Acharyya, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara We live on a rotating planet and that has an immense impact on Chronobiology. Like humans and other animals, plants also have an ‘internal clock’ that controls the daily and seasonal rhythms. According to the plant scientists of Cambridge University, the genetic architecture of circadian oscillators should […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Researchers have found out that plants might have the option to control the genetics of their intimate root symbionts – the organism with which they live in symbiosis – in this way giving a finer comprehension of their development, essentially affecting every single biological system as their revelation may […]
Sristi Raj Rai, Amity University Kolkata Habitable dry land is mainly the playing field on earth for maximum human activities that have occurred to date and that might take place. These activities require energy and production of it requires the consumption of a balanced diet. To fulfill the above-mentioned necessities, one must have accessible fertile […]
