Antimicrobial efficacy of nano-particles for crop protection and sustainable agriculture.

Plant diseases cause colossal crop loss worldwide and are the major yield constraining component in agriculture. Nanotechnology, which has the possible to revolutionize numerous fields of science, innovation, drug, and agriculture. Nanotechnology can be utilized for combating the plant infectious diseases and nano-materials can be utilized as transporter of dynamic elements of pesticides, host defense etc.

Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Property of a True Mangrove Rhizophora apiculata Bl.

Mangroves are abundant in bioactive natural substances that fight off pathogenic diseases. Different parts of R. apiculata, an abundant mangrove found in Bhitarkanika National Park, India were extracted with methanol and a mixture of solvents methanol/ethanol/chloroform (60 : 20 : 20) to evaluate their antimicrobial properties.

Morphological and biochemical responses of (Lam.) Verdc. to allelopathic effects of Kunth extracts.

Yield loss due to noxious weeds is one among several reasons for the reduced economy for the developing countries. Impacts of one such weed i.e.

Study on biodegradability and thermal behaviour of composites using poly lactic acid and gamma-irradiated fibres of Luffa cylindrica.

Surface modification of natural fibres by gamma irradiation is an economical and potent technique. The biodegradability of gamma irradiated Luffa cylindrica (LC) fibres having response of doses (0.5Gy, 1Gy and 2Gy) is studied.