ByIndian Botanists
April 21, 2013
22nd April,Ecology and Environment,Environment,Go Green,International Mother Earth Day,Nature,Reduce-Reuse-Recycle,United Nation
Reaffirming the Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, held at Johannesburg, South Africa on 26 August – 4 September 2002, United Nation General Assembly, on 1st May 2009 acknowledged…
ByIndian Botanists
April 20, 2013
classical arabinogalactan protein (AGP18),Female gametophyte,Functional Megaspore,Megaspore Mother Cell,Megasporogenesis,Plant Reproduction,Sexual reproduction in flowering plants
Before actually entering into details, let us take you to secondary school where you might have studied the process of megaspore formation (megasporogenesis). During…
ByIndian Botanists
April 17, 2013
Climate Change and Western Ghats,Dr K Kasturirangan,Ecology and Environment,High Level Working Groups,HLWG,Report of High Level Working Group,Wester Ghats,Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel,WGEEP
Western Ghats; Photo: keystone-foundationHIGH LEVEL WORKING GROUP (HLWG) ON WESTERN GHATS headed by Dr. K. Kasturirangan, on Wednesday, April 17th 2013 submitted their report to Ministry of…
ByIndian Botanists
April 13, 2013
BioDiEt,Biodiversity,Biodiversity Etymology,Botanical Nomenclature,Gangadhar Panday,General Botany,Place named after plants.,Taxonomy,Toponymy
Gangadhar PandayActor & short filmmaker. Author runs Babul Films to spread ecological awareness.Email: gangadhar@babulfilms.in Yes. It is about names like you all thought of, yet…
ByIndian Botanists
April 7, 2013
Biochemistry,Classification of Terpenoids,Powerpoint Presentation,Properties of Terpenoids Application of Terpenoids.,Rabish Chandra,Secondary Metabolites,Terpenoids
Terpenoids are volatile substances which give plants and flowers their fragrance. They occur widely in the leaves and fruits of higher plants, conifers, citrus and eucalyptus. The rate of discovery of…
ByIndian Botanists
April 2, 2013
American Journal of Botany,Ant Pollination,Change in sugar content,General Botany,Plant Reproduction,Vega and Herrera
Pollination through ants is called Mirmicophilly. Though several studies indicates that ants are ineffictive pollinators. A recent studies by Vega and Herrera have revealed that ant pollination…
ByIndian Botanists
April 1, 2013
Department of Science and Technoloy,Government Policy,Indian Scientists,SERB,Sponsored Projects
Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India on Monday (1st April 2013) in a press release through Press Information Bureau has announced that the Government has taken a number of steps to…
ByIndian Botanists
April 1, 2013
Biotechnological performance in India,Biotechnology,Biotechnology in India,DBT,DBT funded research,Number of biotechnological projects sanctioned. Department of Biotechnology
In our previous post we analysed the position of all states of India with regard to biotechnological research based on the number of ongoing projects funded by Department of Biotechnology as March 6th…
ByIndian Botanists
March 31, 2013
backward states in research,Biotechnology,Biotechnology in India,DBT,DBT funded research,Department of Biotecnlogy,www.data.gov.in
Tweet Department of Biotechnology, Government of India sanctions grant and funds to various institutes and organisations to conduct research and development in the field of…