Articles

The Sixth Mathematics in the Plant Sciences Study Group

The Sixth Mathematics in the Plant Sciences Study Group is taking place 25-28 March 2013 at the University Park campus of the University of Nottingham.Date and timeThe meeting will run from 10:00 on…

Trees in tropical peat forests release more methane through their stems than is emitted from the soil surface

TweetSunitha Pangala, final year PhD student at The Open University’s Centre for Earth, Planetary Space and Astronomical Research,Walton Hall, United Kingdom under the guidance and supervision of Dr…

Light Action and Camera with Plant Sciences

 (Series-1: Indian Cinema born with Botany)TweetGangadhar Panday Actor & short filmmaker. Author runs Babul Films to spread ecological awareness. Email:…

3rd International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts

Major Areas : Emerging technologies in algal biology, biomass production, cultivation, harvesting, extraction, bioproducts, and econometrics. (For Detailed Themes Click here )Date :16 – 19 June…

Homa Organic Farming: A New Dimension in Agriculture

(Experience from International Conference on Organic Farming for Sustainability in Horti-Agriculture)Tweet Ritesh KumarSenior Research Fellow (Plant Pathology)ICAR Research Complex for Eastern…

Analysis of the wheat genome sequence data reported by scientists from Britain, Germany and the United States

A group of scientists has reported the sequencing of  large size and polyploid bread wheat genome. They have sequenced a large, 17-gigabase-pair, hexaploid genome using 454 pyrosequencing, and…

Plant scientists contribute to meet increasing demand for fresh water

TweetAlistair M. Hetherington, Editor-in-Chief  of ‘New Phytologist’ has mentioned in the forthcoming issue, (Volume 197, Issue 1, January 2013)  how plant scientists contribute to…

Algae may be heterotrophic!

Basic features of  algae – unicellular to multicellular organisms, typically autotrophic (phototrophic). Yes they are typically autotrophic.But in the recent issue of Nature Communications Vol…