Biofertilizer Fertilizer And Food Scarcity Removal: A Path Towards Sustainable Agriculture In India: A Review

Food scarcity and security have been longstanding challenges faced bymany countries, including India. With a growing population and increasingdemand for food, the need for sustainable agricultural practices has becomemore critical than ever. One of the essential components of modernagriculture is the use of chemical fertilizers, which has significantlycontributed to increasing crop yields and addressing food scarcity. Howeverprolonged usage of chemical fertilizer not only degrades soil quality anddecreased the agricultural production, but also affects soil, water bodies’atmosphere and finally human health. The easy and eco-friendly solution tothis growing issue is traditional organic agricultural process however due toits time consuming characteristics it was not became acceptable method.Biofertilizers are natural or organic substances containing livingmicroorganisms that enhance soil fertility and plant nutrition. Via metabolicprocesses these microorganisms accelerates nutrient availability for theplants in the soil. Moreover, this is a cheaper and eco-friendly alternativewhich can develop a sustainable agricultural system. In this review we havediscussed regarding the utility of bio-fertilizer usage over chemicalbiofertilizer and current status in Indian agriculture system to acceptingbiofertilizer usage for sustainable developme

Pterocarpus angolensis: Botanical, Chemical and Pharmacological Review of an Endangered Medicinal Plant of India

Herbal products for primary health care are gaining huge interests of the people and the various healthcare professionals. This is mainly because of the local availability and cost-effectiveness of plant remedies over expensive modern treatments. Pterocarpus angolensis, a deciduous plant belonging to the family of Fabaceae is mainly found in the tropical regions of Africa. This tree is rich in medicinal properties which are immensely used by the locals in Africa for the treatment of ringworm infections, ulcers, urinary schistosomiasis, skin injury, etc. The extracts of   P. angolensis are treasured in Africa for their effectiveness against many diseases like gonorrhea, mouth diseases, diarrhea, etc. It is reported to have inhibitory activity against various pathogens like Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Salmonella typhimurium because of the high concentration of bioactive compounds like flavonoids, tannins, and other phenolic compounds in the bark and leaves of the tree. Various research papers demonstrated the polar and nonpolar constituents of this plant showing antimicrobial, anti-plasmodial activities against Streptococcus agalactiae, Candida krusei, etc. In India, very few of these plants have been reported to be alive in the Darjeeling district, West Bengal. But, lack of proper documentation or research paper led to negligence related to the importance of this species and it has already been listed in the IUCN Red List of threatened species. The main objective of this review is to spread awareness about the conservation of the plant possessing such remarkable properties. Secondly, to provide an overview of the phytochemical screening of various important medicinal constituents that this plant possesses and this might lead to change in the field of modern medicine

Differential regulation of MCM7 and its intronic miRNA cluster miR-106b-25 during megakaryopoiesis induced polyploidy

<div><p>Megakaryocytes exit from mitotic cell cycle and enter a phase of repeated DNA replication without undergoing cell division, in a process termed as endomitosis of which little is known. We studied the expression of a DNA replication licensing factor mini chromosome maintenance protein 7 (MCM7) and its intronic miR-106b-25 cluster during mitotic and endo-mitotic cycles in megakaryocytic cell lines and <i>in vitro</i> cultured megakaryocytes obtained from human cord blood derived CD34⁺ cells. Our results show that contrary to mitotic cell cycle, endomitosis proceeds with an un-coupling of the expression of MCM7 and miR-106b-25. This was attributed to the presence of a transcript variant of MCM7 which undergoes nonsense mediated decay (NMD). Additionally, miR-25 which was up regulated during endomitosis was found to promote megakaryopoiesis by inhibiting the expression of PTEN. Our study thus highlights the importance of a transcript variant of MCM7 destined for NMD in the modulation of megakaryopoiesis.</p></div

Abstracts of 1st International Conference on Machine Intelligence and System Sciences

This book contains the abstracts of the papers presented at the International Conference on Machine Intelligence and System Sciences (MISS-2021) Organized by the Techno College of Engineering, Agartala, Tripura, India &amp; Tongmyong University, Busan, South Korea, held on 1–2 November 2021. This conference was intended to enable researchers to build connections between different digital technologies based on Machine Intelligence, Image Processing, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Conference Title: 1st International Conference on Machine Intelligence and System SciencesConference Acronym: MISS-2021Conference Date: 1–2 November 2021Conference Location: Techno College of Engineering Agartala, Tripura(w), IndiaConference Organizer: Techno College of Engineering, Agartala, Tripura, India &amp; Tongmyong University, Busan, South Korea