Sampat Nehra
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Present book provides excellent glimpses of the rich herbal medicine and traditional knowledge heritage of India. Ethnobotany deals with the immediate relationship between human societies and plants. Herbal medicine today owes its existence much to the skill and painstaking labour of the ancient traditional folk healers of India and the world, who were pioneers in discovering the curative effects of several herbs, often at the risk of the lives of their ...
Crops suffer due to diseases caused by fungi bacteria viruses nematodes phytoplasma resulting in losses in quality and quantity. Therefore to get rid from such soil borne pathogens there is an urgent need of suitable/environmental friendly management practices for reduction in disease incidence in several agricultural crops of economic importance. The biological control of pathogens has been studied for many years, and the introduction of beneficial ...
"Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in Crop Production" covers the basic and applied issued of AMF elucidating the taxonomy, diversity of AMF, Micorrhizosphere: interaction between AMF with other beneficial microorganisms, AMF as phospate mobilizer, Mycorrhizae and its application in p lant disease management and role of mycorrhizae in sustainable agriculture.
Nature has been a source of medicinal agents for thousands of years and an impressive number of modern drugs have been isolated from natural resources. Export value of Indian Medicinal Plant is increasing year after year and has the potential of multiplying many times if concerted efforts are made at the government level to promote cultivation and marketing of medicinal plants. With the advance in techniques of phytochemistry and pharmacology, a number of active ...
During the last few decades, Plant Sciences have definitely made their presence felt as an important branch of science. The role of Plant Sciences becomes very important as it provides the basic information to botanists and biotechnologists to use in tailoring plants to desired traits. The present work-Plant, Microbes and Biotechnology-incorporates review and research articles on varied aspect of biotechnology and microbes in 22 chapters. Articles on ...
The damage caused by plant diseases has affected man all through the ages. The scientific principles involved in plant disease control, however, came to light only with our understanding of the microbial nature of the diseases and the life cycle of the pathogens. The scientific approach to the problem has yielded fruitful results of great significance, mainly through the various control methods to combat various enemies of crop plants. Plant Diseases: Biocontrol ...
The ability of humankind to exploit the natural resources around him to his advantage has indeed made humans the most successful organism on Planet earth. To solve the food problem, the protein deficiency in food stuffs; and new introduction of plants to cultivation for increased production; may all seem to have great potential value in economic botany apart from the humanistic problems. This book ‘economic Botany’ incorporates review and research articles on ...
Pollution involves so many different factors from so many sources that there is no single or simple remedy. Pollution is an evil which has born out of development. Mankind will perish if the protection of the environment does not become an integral part of all technological development, planning and management. All planning and policies for development of appropriate environmental technologies for sustainable development have to be economically viable and ...
The Present book “Biotechnology: Applications in Human Healthcare†provides an authoritative review account of many aspects of current interest and progress in the field of biotechnology for human healthcare that has been made in the recent past. The discovery and application of monoclonal antibodies for detecting and purifying a variety of biological compounds has greatly expanded industrial ventures in the medical, diagnostic, ...