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Even ‘Junk’ DNA – Non Coding DNA Sequences are Functional!

TweetNon-coding DNA sequences found in all plants may have undiscovered roles in basic plant development and response to the environment.DNA encodes the information necessary to make all the proteins…

Food Security and Ecology in India

Tweet -Arpita BhattacharjyaWashington DC@greenfork on twitterAuthor completed her M.Phil in Economics from Punjab University, IndiaWorked as consultant for The World BankHow to cite this…

Celebrate International Mother Earth Day – 22nd April 2014 with Indian Botanists Blog-o-Journal

TweetA number of countries consider Mother Earth as the source of all life and nourishment. Cultures and religions from different part of the world honour the Earth at highest esteem. Mother Earth is…

Forensic Botany: An Emerging Discipline of Plant Sciences

Rabish Chandra* and Vinny Sharma1*Central Excise OfficerCustoms, Central Excise and Service Tax, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu(Views expressed herein are personal)1Research ScholarDepartment of Anthropology…

Professor Mahendra Prasad Memorial Lecture Organised at Botany Department of Ranchi University

TweetTo commemorate and honour Professor Mahendra Prasad, a legendary plant pathologist, on the occasion of his 80th birth anniversary, Department of Botany of Ranchi University, Ranchi, India in…

Sipra Guha Mukherjee – An Inspiration to Many Indian Women Botanists

TweetRabish Chandra@rabishchandra on twitter Happy International Women’s Day 2014!Since the days of my higher secondary school, I have observed Botany is always dominated by female. In a class of…

Nepenthes- The Deadly Pitcher

(Submitted for World Wildlife Day contest organised by Indian Botanists Blog-o-Journal)Tweet-Gauri Nerkar, Coimbatore, India.Nepenthes goettingensis Photographed at Botanischer Garten, Berlin…

Approval for the National Mission for Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystem in India

TweetThe Union Cabinet of India, today on Friday, 28th February 2014, approved the Mission document on the National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE). This Mission was launched…

CELEBRATE WORLD WILDLIFE DAY ON 3RD MARCH WITH US – WIN PRIZES!

TweetOn 20 December 2013, the Sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly decided to proclaim 3 March, the day of the adoption of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered…

Avail Benefits from Government Schemes for Organic Farming

TweetThe Government of India is promoting organic farming through various schemes like National Project on Organic Farming (NPOF)National Horticulture Mission (NHM),Horticulture Mission for North…