August, 2020

• 31 August

  Author’s citation

  

  Before starting the detailed discussion first I simply answer the first arising question what is author citation? In a sense of Botany, every living being has a unique botanical name by which it is recognized (i.e.Mango=Mangifera indica, Jackfruit=Artocarpus heterophyllus), if it does not have any then it will have sooner …

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• 31 August

  Future of Earth: Desert or Explosion of “Global Greening”?

  

  In an ancient lake bed in the Southern Hemisphere, scientists studying fossil leaves found out the mechanism of the plants living during the Miocene Epoch. The world used to have an elevated level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. With an increased rate of carbon dioxide in the air, it …

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• 28 August

  Taxonomy : Polymerase Chain Reaction

  

  The polymerase chain reaction, generally known as PCR, is used in almost every application of gene technology. It is a method for rapid production of a very large number of copies of a particular fragment of DNA. Virtually unlimited quantities of a length of DNA can be produced from the …

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• 25 August

  Life cycle of Synchytrium endobioticum

  

  Article author: Shawon Gosh Payell Synchytrium endobioticum is one of the chytrid fungi which causes black scab or the wart disease of potato. Though potato is the only cultivated host but Some other plants of the genus Solanum are also infected by it. According to Karling (1964), it has a …

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• 24 August

  Importance of Soil Solution

  

  The term ‘soil solution‘ refers to the liquid phase of soil which consists of dissolved substances both organic and inorganic, in ionic or in molecular form. It is the focal point of soil chemistry. Its importance in soil development, nutrient availability, and plant growth can broadly be divided into two …

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• 24 August

  Hura crepitans: Where Nature Produces “Explosives”

  

  Have you ever heard about nature being so furious with us and producing explosives? Producing Explosives through “The Dynamite Tree”? Well, if the answer is a no, then here I am to introduce you to one of the most dangerous trees you’ll ever hear about! In most of the places, …

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• 23 August

  Hybridization: A Method of Crop Improvement (Part 1)

  

  “Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.” Said late British prime minister Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. For maintaining good health, we require food. Thus, food ranks first among the basic necessity of life. Although food being produced to feed every individuals among all over the world. …

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• 22 August

  DNA Barcoding: Transforming Species Identification

  

  DNA Barcoding DNA barcoding is a method of species identification using a short section of DNA from a specific gene or genes. Everyone is familiar with industrial barcodes as unique identifiers for commercial products. Similar to these industrial barcodes, short gene segments – known as DNA barcodes – are unique …

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• 22 August

  Genetic Markers: Key Tools in Modern Genomics

  

  What is “A Marker”? A marker may be defined as a “Mark of identification”. In Biology three major types of markers are used: Morphological markers (also called “classical” or “visible” markers) which are phenotypic traits. Biochemical markers- called isozymes-are  multiple forms of enzymes, including allelic variants of enzymes. A genetic …

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• 22 August

  Oomycetes: Order Peronosporales

  

  Order Peronosporales, Aquatic or terrestrial; parasitic on algae or vascular plants, the latter mostly obligate parasites causing downy mildews; in advanced species, zoosporangia borne on well-differentiated sporangiophores, deciduous and behaving as conidia (asexually produced spores); example genera include Albugo, Peronospora, Bremia, and Plasmopara. Habitat  They are aquatic, amphibious and terrestrial species.  Forming a highly group …

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