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Repurposing Textiles Industry For Human Well-Being And Transition To Net Zero

By Mr. Pooran Chandra Pandey Textiles industry through history: Prehistoric times to 19th century  In order to understand the complex issues of the textile sector especially with regard...

Mining and Redesigning of Microbial Enzymes for the Degradation of Organophosphorus Pesticides

Summary Extensive industrialization has introduced many xenobiotic chemicals into the soil and water bodies in the environment. One of such xenobiotic chemicals is organophosphorus (OP), a pesticide...

Pyramiding D-lactate dehydrogenase with the glyoxalase pathway enhances abiotic stress tolerance in plants

Nazmir Binta Alam, Muskan Jain, Ananda Mustafiz Abstract Methylglyoxal is a common cytotoxic metabolite produced in plants during multiple biotic and abiotic stress. To mitigate the toxicity of MG...

Target mimicry: The interplay of LncRNAs and MiRNAs in the complex network of abiotic stress responses in Oryza sativa

R. Rakhi, Pawandeep Singh Kohli, Nazmir Binta Alam, Nikita Yadav, Arushi Jain, Ananda Mustafiz Abstract Initially dismissed as ‘junk DNA’, genomic progress highlights the essential role of...

Phytosulfokine receptor 1 (AtPSKR1) acts as a positive regulator of leaf senescence by mediating ROS signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana

Yadav, Nikita, Nagar, Preeti, Rawat, Abhilasha, Mustafiz, Ananda Leaf senescence represents an active and regulated degeneration process. Leucine-rich repeat receptor-like protein kinase (LRR-RLK)...

Bhutan and the geography of climate change

Jeetendra Prakash Aryal, Medha Bisht, Dil Bahadur Rahut Abstract While Bhutan’s geostrategic location makes it unique to strategic discourses in Eastern Himalayas, its biophysical profile...