Ananya Ghosal, MAKAUT(WB) The research published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution states that the bats which are feeding in organic plantation and natural forest habitat has more types of gut microbes than nectar-feeding bats found in a highly managed banana plantation in Costa Rica. The study presented the relation between sustainable agriculture, habitat alteration […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Adaptive laboratory evolution has become a substantial tool for the development of microbial strains with enhanced genetically modified features. The long-term Escherichia coli evolution experiment is a good example. It has emphasized how evolution under adequate conditions can be utilized to understand adaptive processes. These experiments have helped to determine the possible evolutionary […]
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 […]
