Publications by authors named "Siva P K Chetri"

Chromium (Cr) compounds are usually toxins and exist abundantly in two different forms, Cr(VI) and Cr(III), in nature. Their contamination in any environment is a major problem. Many extreme environments including cold climate, warm climate, acidic environment, basic/alkaline environment, hypersaline environment, radiation, drought, high pressure, and anaerobic conditions have accumulated elevated Cr contamination.

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The significant horticultural crop, cauliflower ( L. var) is vulnerable to the excessive salt concentration in the soil, which contributes to its scaled-down growth and productivity, among other indices. The current study examines the efficacy of hydropriming, halopriming, and osmopriming on the physio-biochemical attributes and tolerance to salinity (100 mM NaCl) in cauliflower under controlled conditions.

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Nitrogen occurs as inert and inaccessible dinitrogen gaseous form (N ) in the atmosphere. Biological nitrogen fixation is a chief process that makes this dinitrogen (N ) accessible and bioavailable in the form of ammonium (NH ) ions. The key organisms to fix nitrogen are certain prokaryotes, called diazotrophs either in the free-living form or establishing significant mutual relationships with a variety of plants.

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