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Religious Precincts as Community Spaces: A Case Study of Gurudwaras as Places of Worship and Social Gathering
Abstract: Religious precincts play a significant role in providing a sense of community and social interaction. Gurudwaras, the places of worship for Sikhs, are not only sites of religious significance but also serve as community spaces for social gathering and cultural expression. This research paper presents acase study of several Gurudwaras around the world, including the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Gurdwara Sahib of San Jose, Sri Guru Singh Sabha in Southall, …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2023 · pp. 23–31 Read article
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Managing Complexity of City Growth in India – A Planner’s Dilemma (Draft)
Abstract: Indian cities are experiencing accelerated suburbanization with increasing informality and declining accessibility. To address the inadequacies in prevailing planning practice, the paper explores the applicability of complexity theory based planning principles and adaptive management in the Indian context. Under the suggested paradigm private agents are free to self-organize within a framework based codes to manage negative externalities and interferences between buildings and city elements. Whereas, public agents remain responsible for …
Published in International Journal of Town Planning and Management · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 1–17 Read article
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Response of Plants to Drought Stress: A Review
Abstract: Stress tolerance has long been fascinated plant biologists as a challenge to understand the mechanism of plant survival under biotic and abiotic stress conditions. Exposure to abiotic stresses such as high salinity, drought, extreme light and temperature of plants results in worldwide major loss in crop productivity. The main cause of crop loss worldwide is abiotic stresses, reducing average yield for most major crop plants by more than 50%. The …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2016 · pp. 35–42 Read article
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Somatic Embryogenesis from Immature Zygotic Embryos of Sterculia alata Roxb. and Monitoring the Ontogeny and the Genetic Fidelity of Somatic Embryos
Abstract: A protocol for the induction of somatic embryogenesis from immature zygotic embryos of Sterculia alata was established. The highest induction frequency for somatic embryogenesis was achieved using 3 mm size of zygotic embryos as explants on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 2,4-D (2.0 mgl–1) + BAP (0.1 mgl–1) and 3% sucrose. The embryogenic calli differentiated when transferred to MS basal medium (maintenance medium) after three weeks treatment in …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 53–67 Read article
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Bioremediation of Domestic Waste Water by Selected Aqua Plants
Abstract: Around 30 percent of the service costs of predictable centralized wastewater treatment requires energy to operate the machines for pumping and ventilation. In comparatison, constructed marshlands involving photosynthetic plants and other organisms have a lower energy requirement. The aim of the present work is to select aquatic plants which have a high efficiency of removing pollution from wastewater. Four plants were selected out of the available plants growing in nearby …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 1–7 Read article
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Metals from Plantation to Search Toxicity
Abstract: Ascent of sap by plant tissues absorbs chemical complexes for ingrowth. Trace elemental complexes have been as require by successive growth strategies as per standards. Therefore, heavy elements in soil compositions have adhered other than morphological, which have been either in excess or others under composed variations. Soil content ever has studied to be primary issue to assess the possibilities of polluting elemental containment. Examples are innumerable; however some of …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 1–9 Read article
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Growth Potential and Effects of Leucaena leucocephala on Physicochemical Properties of Spent Engine Oil Polluted Soil
Abstract: Reclamation of spent engine oil (SEO) polluted soil is important for agricultural development in our environment. The greenhouse experiment was conducted for 16 weeks to investigate the potential of Leucaena leucocephala (LL) to survive in and improve the physicochemical properties in soil polluted with SEO at; 2.5%, 5%, 10% v/w and 0% served as the control. Plant height and girth were taken weekly and bulk density, porosity, pH, nitrogen, phosphorus, …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 15–23 Read article
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Microbes in Fruit Crops-An Analysis
Abstract: Fruit crops have already become a prominent alternative due to their nutritional properties, cutting short the dangerous burden on traditional repetitive cereal/tuber crop-based diets. Microbial diversity has shown varying degrees of synergism with fruit crops, which has played a catalytic role in releasing productivity stagnation through better nutrient efficacy. Because of their perennial framework and root structure, perennial fruit crops are better positioned to profit from nutrientmicrobe synergy. However, using …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2021 · pp. 1–9 Read article
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Rhizosphere hybridization: A better alternative for exploiting citrus microbiome
Abstract: Rhizosphere security has become a pre-requisite to sustain the production by exploiting the microbiome profile of acid lime, fortifying with microbes via rhizosphere hybridization is one effective way of deciphering the negative interaction between plants and microbes. The lost photosynthates from plants through root exudates creates a novel environment to harbour a diverse group of microorganisms, as a result, microbes-mediated rhizosphere exerted a diversified role in physiological plant growth and …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2021 · pp. 10–17 Read article
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A Review on Prebiotics and Probiotics
Abstract: Prebiotics are substances that can be found in nutritious foods or they can be purchased as nutraceuticals in a variety of tablets, capsules, or powder, commonly in conjunction with probiotic cultures. Prebiotics are polysaccharides which are capable of withstanding acidic and enzymaticbreakdown in the small intestine and are utilised by probiotics. Since many probiotic strains, particularly furmicutes and bacteroidetes, support the health of the gut microbiota, there are many products …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2023 · pp. 29–32 Read article
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Usage of Genetic Engineering Practices in Animal Breeding: A Review
Abstract: being used by scientists/researchers to transform the genetic material (DNA/RNA) of an organism, thereby, bringing the desired change in it. This can be achieved by using several techniques, such as, by transfection, using retroviral vectors, transposons, and knock-in and knock-out technology, etc. It has various applications in breeding of animals, which enables the production of genetically modified species that can be used to produce various novel proteins, which are useful …
Published in International Journal of Animal Biotechnology and Applications · Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2015 Read article
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Recent Trends and Advancements in Transgenesis and Transgenic Technology
Abstract: Transgenic technology is a novel procedure that was introduced in the year 1981. It involves the insertion as well as integration and expression of new/improved genes into the host organism’s genome. This technology has many benefits in animal biotechnology. This article is a brief review on this technology, the ethical issues concerning it as well as its applications in the field of animal biotechnology.
Published in International Journal of Animal Biotechnology and Applications · Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2015 Read article
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Cryopreservation
Abstract: Cryopreservation depends on the capacity of certain molecules to enter cells and avert drying out and arrangement of intracellular crystals, which can bring about cell death and annihilation of cell organelles amid the solidifying procedure. Two basic cryoprotective operators are dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and glycerol. Glycerol is utilized fundamentally for cryoprotection of red platelets, and DMSO is utilized for assurance of most different cells and tissues. A sugar called trehalose, …
Published in International Journal of Animal Biotechnology and Applications · Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2016 Read article
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Bioindicators: A Review
Abstract: Bioindicators of natural quality are significantly utilized as a part of biological and ecotoxicological considers and additionally in applied ecological preservation. Bioindicator research is done in many levels to identify and segregate the effects of man-induced stressors from the effects of natural stressors. All three groups of organisms--microorganisms, plants and animals can play a vital role as indicators of environmental quality. Stress conditions and stress-induced damage can be sensed by …
Published in International Journal of Animal Biotechnology and Applications · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 22–38 Read article
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Characteristics of Mycrocystin aeruginosa – Review
Abstract: Cynobacteria are photoautotrophs, they have major significance in the branch of phycology. There are some cynobacteria which synthesize microcystin which is a toxin compound released and caused deleterious effect to human kind. Mycrocystin aeruginosa produces a toxic algal bloom, this organism released a hepatotoxin called mycrocystin. Cyanobacterial toxins they are membrane-bound or occur free within the cells. In in-vitro research, most of the toxin release occurs as cells age and …
Published in International Journal of Animal Biotechnology and Applications · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 32–35 Read article
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An Evaluation of Lactate Dehydrogenase in the Lindane Exposed Fresh Water Fish, Channa punctatus
Abstract: The objective of this study was to investigate the changes in lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity and its isozyme profile in the lindane exposed fish, Channa punctatus, after 96h treatment with three subacute concentrations (0.025, 0.05, 0.1mg/l)). The results showed decreased activity of LDH in different organs of the fish; the values recorded were in following order: gills>brain>liver>muscle>heart>kidney. The maximum decrease was found in liver (22.53%) and minimum in muscle (12.74%). …
Published in International Journal of Animal Biotechnology and Applications · Vol. 7, Issue 1, 2021 · pp. 9–19 Read article
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Avian Pathogenic E. Coli Alters the Transcriptome Profile of the Liver in Broiler Chicks
Abstract: Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) causes different pathological conditions in chickens of all age groups. In the present study, the transcriptome profile of APEC infected liver samples and control birds was studied. We sequenced 12 liver RNA libraries generated from six APEC infected and control liver samples, respectively. The RNA Seq of the control and infected liver samples generated 10.64 to 13.80 million pair-end reads. Genes were detected as differentially …
Published in International Journal of Animal Biotechnology and Applications · Vol. 7, Issue 1, 2021 · pp. 39–44 Read article
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Animal Cloning using Genetic Engineering and Applications
Abstract: Extracellular pronuclear DNA microinjection in zygotes, injection of genetically modified embryonic stem cells into blastocysts, are all examples of genetic engineering procedures used to create transgenic animal models. Enhancing animal production and productivity, improving animal disease resistance, and biomedical applications are all part of this technique. Cloning is the process of creating animals with the same genetic makeup as the donor nucleus. Somatic cell nuclear transfer has been the most …
Published in International Journal of Animal Biotechnology and Applications · Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2022 · pp. 5–8 Read article
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Next generation bioluminescence imaging technology for tracking numerous biological processes under in vivo conditions
Abstract: To expand our understanding on numerous biological processes happening inside living entities, the mechanism of bioluminescence exists. The process of visible light emission in living things is referred to as bioluminescence. Small laboratory animals can now be molecularly imaged using bioluminescence imaging. It is a potent technology that has been developed over the past ten years in diverse fields of science. In the area of virology, immunology, oncology, and neuroscience, …
Published in International Journal of Animal Biotechnology and Applications · Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2022 · pp. 21–35 Read article
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Pig food waste and its management
Abstract: In the recent years, the very issue of food waste management has become a global concern and an alarming topic. As per the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), approximately one-third of the total global food production is wasted annually. The amount of food waste which is generated in the common households is very high, with studies and statistics showing that up to 50% of household waste comprises of food items. …
Published in International Journal of Animal Biotechnology and Applications · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2023 · pp. 40–44 Read article