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While Agriculture Feeds the Nation, Seeds Feed Agriculture: Radha Mohan Singh

Dhirendra KumarNews Curator cum ModeratorIndian BotanistsUnion Agriculture Minister Sh. Radha Mohan Singh emphasised that increase in farmers’ incomes and quality food supply to consumers at…

Bamboo Requires Scientific Management for its Optimum Utilisation: Union Agriculture Minister

Dhirendra KumarNews Curator cum ModeratorIndian BotanistsParticipating in a discussion on “Development of Bamboo” at India International Centre in New Delhi today, Sh.Radha Mohan Singh, Union…

Joint CSIR UGC test for NET JRF JUNE 2015 ANNOUNCED

Logo belongs to CSIR and is used for indicative purpose only.A. Date of Examination21st June 2015 B. Schedule for On-Line Application (i) Start of Online Submission of Application Form and Fee deposit…

Thioredoxin, the Ring Master of TCA Circus in Plant Mitochondria

Yes, we are talking about the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle that is also known as Kreb’s Cycle or citric acid cycle. You may be aware, this fundamental metabolic pathway is a sequence of…

‘LAESI’ Technology for Direct Molecular Imaging of the Herbicide Active Ingredients

Department of Botany of Purdue’s College of Agriculture, Purdue University will use Protea’s LAESI ® DP – 1000 Instrument  System for direct molecular analysis in their herbicide research…

Botanist from North 24 Parganas, West Bengal Reports a New Species, Amaranthus parganensis

Dr Saubhik Das, a botanist from Taki Government College (affiliated with West Bengal State University), North 24 Parganas of West Bengal discovered a new species, Amaranthus parganensis. The new…

A New, ‘Agar Embedding Method’ for Eliminating Bacterial Contamination in Plant Tissue Culture

Bacterial contamination is a major problem in plant tissue culture, resulting in loss of experimental strains or preventing use of field-collected isolates. Plant scientists (Carey et al, 2015) from…

How Plant Scientists Can Meet the Urge of the Prime Minister, Mentioned at the 102nd Indian Science Congress

Rabish Chandra @rabishchandra on twitter. (Views are personal) The five days long sojourn of 102nd Indian Science Congress today on 7th January 2015 came to an end. The congress started on 3rd of…

Jharkhand based plants and environment journal ‘The Biobrio’ published its maiden issue.

The maiden issue of  ‘The Biobrio- An international quarterly peer reviewed journal of life sciences (ISSN. 2393-9508)’ has been published. Dr. Jyoti Kumar, Chief Editor of the journal informed…

National Symposium on Advances in Phytopathological Research in Globalized Era

National Symposium on “Advances in Phytopathological Research in Globalized Era with Reference to Eastern Region”Date29-30 January, 2015Venue University Dept. of Botany, Ranchi University…