Ornamental Ferns Ferns and fern allies belong to the order Filicales, which are seedless (cryptogamic), flowerless, vascular plants found mostly in the humid areas.They can be perennial, annual, terrestrials, aquatics or epiphytes (growing on the tree trunks, walls, dead wood or rock crevices). A lot of ferns have medicinal values for treating various diseases.Majority of […]
Nyctanthus arbor-tristis: A Devine Medicinal tree Nyctanthes arbor-tristis commonly known as Harisingar or Parijat belongs to the family Oleaceae and has a great medicinal potential. It is mentioned as Kalpavriksh or wishing tree, which came out of ocean during Samudra manthan. It is a divine tree with numerous medicinal uses. Its an small ornamental tree
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Ecological Significance of C4 in Plants C4 cycle which is also called as Hatch and Slack cycle is one of the photosynthetic processes of carbon fixations in plants. CO2 from atmosphere is fixed by enzyme PEP carboxylase, which results in the formation of 4-carbon compound oxaloacetate and hence called as C4 cycle. Plants having C4
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Chir Pine-Incredible Gift of Mother Nature The Garhwal Himalayas embodies a number of forest types that are distributed at various altitudes, Forests are the main source of livelihood of the people living in Uttarakhand. Many types of environmental changes influence the processes that can both augment or erode diversity.Different altitudes and slopes influence the species
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High Temperature Stress in Plants In both natural and Agricultural conditions, plants are frequently exposed to environmental stresses. High temperature is an important environmental stress factor in plants productivity that typically accompanies drought conditions. Higher plants are able to maintain their cell and tissues at a constant optimum temperature. Their growth and metabolism are therefore
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Mechanism of Oxidative Stress Tolerance in Plants Generally the use of light energy by most photosynthesizing organisms is saturated at 25-50% of sunlight. In other words, they are commonly exposed to more light energy than they required for normal photosynthesis. When leaves are irradiated by excess light energy, the chloroplasts that carry out photosynthesis can
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Picrorhiza kurrooa: An important endangered herb of Himalayas Himalayas are one of the greatest reservoirs of medicinal and aromatic plants, which have made people to use them for various health related problems. Due to their high therapeutic qualities, they are under high demand in national and international market. The ruthless unscientific extraction from nature and
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Neutraceutical Values of Jack Fruit Artocarpusheterophyllus commonly called Jack fruitis the largest tree fruit in the world, capable of growing big and heavy pods which are packed with protein and loads of other nutrients like Vitamin B and Potassium. Once the Jackfruit was counted as poor’s food, now being as super food for biryani, dry
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Neem – A miracle Tree The Neem Tree – whose biological name is Azadirachtaindica (also known as Indian Lilac) – is an evergreen tree that belongs to the mahogany familyhave powerful health benefits including the ability to fight with cancer. While neem is often used to make furniture, this tree also offers powerful anti-cancer and
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Corylus colurna: a potential multi-use tree species Corylus colurna an economically important deciduous forest tree species belonging to family betulaceae, is found throughout the temperate Himalayan region chiefly from Kashmir to Kumaon distributed over an altitudinal range of 1800-3300m. It is commonly known as Turkish Hazel nut and is a rich source of Vitamin E,
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