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In modern age, environment is affected by anthropogenic activities at each and every second to maximize the benefits for the fulfillment of human need. At every moment, newer technologies, as an emerging field, have been continuously introduced to protect environment from pollution and contamination so that sustainable environment would be ensured. Environmental science is the study of environmental disharmonies created by the interactive effect of humans and the ...
Biodiversity is the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome or for the entire earth. Biodiversity is often used as a measure of the health of biological system. Biodiversity or biological diversity is the sum of all the different species of animals, plants, fungi, and microbial organisms living on earth and the variety of habitats in which they live. Scientists estimate that upwards of 10 millionand some suggest more than 100 milliondifferent ...
India’s phytodiversity is one of the most significant in the world. India is one of the twelve mega-biodiversity centers in the world and also an important center of origin of agrobiodiversity. It is therefore, very important to study, document and conserve the plant wealth of India and also of the world before its possible extinction. There are convincing scientific, economic and sociological reasons for giving priority to the conservation of the major ...
When we are standing on the ground, we are really standing on roof-top of other world. Soil might look "dirt" but it is far more interesting; living in the soil or plant roots, bacteria, fungi, actinomycetes, algae, lichens, protozoan, nematodes etc. These exist great diversity among various microorganisms and even with in a group of microorganisms, depending on the habitat and environmental factors. Soils are formed from a stew of geological ...
The present book is compendium of recent research on cyanobacterial studies. It is an assemblage of the up-to-date information of rapid advances and developments taking place in the field of cynobacterial ecology, cyanobacterial biofertilizers, toxicology, morphology, physiology, stress responses, biotechnology and molecular biology. This book will be a mile-stone in the field of cyanobacteriology because it will open a new vista in the field of cyanobacteriology ...
The present volume is compendium of wide ranging topics on applied and commercial aspects of algae. It is an assemblage of the up-to-date information of rapid advances and developments taking place in the field of applied phycology. The book is a unique compilation of 21 Chapters focusing on algal ecology, algal biofertilizers, toxicology, and molecular biology. The authors have done a tremendous job of synthesizing all the available ...