{"title":"Marketing of achievements through fake awards – A ‘novel’ trend in modern academic and research systems","authors":"S. Bandyopadhyay, A. Bhattacharjee, M. Mitta","doi":"10.5281/APS.2020.9.12.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/APS.2020.9.12.2","url":null,"abstract":"This article deals with fake awards that can be purchased by paying money. The University Grants Commission (UGC) should think of blacklisting such fake awards and preparing a list of quality awards under the Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics (CARE), which can be considered as true recognition for researchers/ faculty members.","PeriodicalId":8135,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Plant Sciences","volume":"95 1","pages":"4103-4104"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82412198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative bark anatomical studies of Tecomella undulata (Rohitaka) with its adulterant taxa","authors":"V. Nagaraju, K. Manipal, K. M. Chetty","doi":"10.5281/APS.2020.9.11.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/APS.2020.9.11.2","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to compare and characterize stem bark anatomy of Tecomella undulata (Rohitaka) , a potent medicinal plant with its adulterant taxa. Our field survey and the microscopic study revealed that Rohitaka is being adultered and substituted with its allied taxa in the crude drug market. Photographs and Comparative note of original taxon (Rohitaka - Tecomella undulata) with habitat, Flowers, Bark sections were presented here for ease of identification.","PeriodicalId":8135,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Plant Sciences","volume":"9 1","pages":"4067-4073"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81119669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vikash Chandra, S. Kumari, Narendra P. Roy, K. Subhash, A. K. Sharan
{"title":"Effect of different concentrations of NaCl on micropropagation of Mentha sp.","authors":"Vikash Chandra, S. Kumari, Narendra P. Roy, K. Subhash, A. K. Sharan","doi":"10.5281/APS.2020.9.11.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/APS.2020.9.11.1","url":null,"abstract":"Wild type species of Mentha was assayed in vitro for salinity (NaCl) tolerance. Micro propagated subcultured stem of Mentha was used to assay shoot length, multi shooting, root length, root number, and the emergence of leaves. Different concentration of NaCl (0.1 mg/ml, 0.2 mg/ml, 0.3 mg/ml and 0.4 mg/ml) supplemented in MS media was used for different treatments. Data was recorded after various periods (7 days, 14 days, 21 days, and 28 days) of time. The study reveal that shoot length increases favourably at low concentration of NaCl (0.1 mg/ml and 0.2 mg/ml) but at higher concentration (0.3mg/ml and 0.4 mg/ml) there is a reduction in length. Number of emerged shoots increases during every treatment. The number, however, gets inhibited at 0.4mg/ml of NaCl. NaCl's concentration (except 0.4 mg/ml, which completely inhibits emergence) seems to favor the emergence of roots. The number seems to be the greatest at 0.3 mg/ml of NaCl. Every concentration of NaCl except for 0.4 mg/ml (which completely inhibits the growth) inhibits the root length. Every concentration of NaCl has been found to favour the emergence of leaf in the propagated plantlet. A concentration of 0.3 mg/ml has been found to initiate the emergence of leaves the fastest. The emergence of leaves could also be noticed at 0.3 mg/ml and 0.4 mg/ml even after 21 days of incubation. The finding mentioned above can be useful in future research on micropropagation. The details of each finding is described.","PeriodicalId":8135,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Plant Sciences","volume":"52 1","pages":"4059-4066"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86459459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Hassan, Mona A. Azarig, A. .. Rugheim, Rashida M. A. Abusin, M. M. Ahmed, M. E. Abdelgani, R. A. Abakeer
{"title":"Impact of Trichoderma harzianum and bacterial strains against Striga hermonthica in Sorghum","authors":"M. Hassan, Mona A. Azarig, A. .. Rugheim, Rashida M. A. Abusin, M. M. Ahmed, M. E. Abdelgani, R. A. Abakeer","doi":"10.5281/APS.2020.9.10.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/APS.2020.9.10.2","url":null,"abstract":"A series of laboratory and green house experiments were conducted to investigate the efficacy of Trichoderma harzianum fungi, bacteria ( Flavobacterium, Bacillus megatherium var. phosphaticum (BMP) and Azomonas ) on Striga hermonthica early developmental stages , incidence and sorghum growth under laboratory and greenhouse conditions. The first laboratory experiment results showed that application of BMP + Flavobacterium significantly inhibited S. hermonthica seeds germination during and after conditioning in response to GR24 concentrations as compared to medium control. In the second laboratory experiment, application of the filtrate of T. harzianum alone or in combinations with bacteria significantly inhibited S. hermonthica germination and haustorium initiation as compared to the corresponding control. From greenhouse experiment results, S. hermonthica emergence significantly reduced by T. harzianum and insignificantly by the combination of Flavobacterium + BMP + T. harzianum . T. harzianum followed by the combination of Flavobacterium + BMP gave the highest increment in plant height. T. harzianum significantly increased sorghum number of leaves as compared to the infested control. The combination of Flavobacterium + BMP + T. harzianum gave the highest number of leaves. The combination Flavobacterium + BMP gave the highest sorghum shoot dry weight, followed by T. harzianum . While the highest sorghum root dry weight was obtained from the combination of Flavobacterium + BMP + T. harzianum . Generally, the combination of T. harzianum + Flavobacterium + BMP reduced S. hermonthica infestation and enhanced sorghum growth in comparison to the infested control.","PeriodicalId":8135,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Plant Sciences","volume":"33 1","pages":"4049-4058"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76578453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Endomycorrhizal diversity analysis of forest plant species of Nongkhyllem Reserve Forest (NRF), Nongpoh, Meghalaya, India","authors":"Vipin Parkash","doi":"10.5281/APS.2020.9.10.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/APS.2020.9.10.1","url":null,"abstract":"The rhizospheric soil samples of Nongkhyllem Reserve Forest, Nongpoh, Meghalaya were screened for endomycorrhizal qualitative and quantitative analysis. Hyphal infection/colonization was present in all rhizospheric soil samples, whereas vesicular infection was found scarce and absent in most of the rhizospheric samples. It is observed that scrubs, herbs, and shrubs had high p H values than trees. Percent total colonization in roots was also low in scrubs and trees than herbs and shrubs whereas climbers were having high total endomycorrhizal colonization in roots. Shrubs and trees were having more AM spore numbers than scrubs. Percent colonization intensity and percent hyphal infection in roots in case of herbs, shrubs and climbers were high than trees and scrubs. Percent vesicular infection was also low in trees and shrubs than herbs. Percent arbuscular infection was again low in case of scrubs and trees than shrubs, herbs and climbers but trees were having more percent organic carbon than shrubs, herbs and climbers. The soil temperature in scrubs and trees was high than shrubs, climbers and herbs. But AM spore numbers increased with elevation. Total root colonization (%), hyphal infection (%), arbuscular infection (%) and colonization intensity (%) gradually decreased with elevation. At lowest elevation the organic carbon (%) was low. There was no any significant change in p H value, but little fluctuation was reported with elevation and it occurred in acidic range. The diversity index of Umtasor range was 0.036 and that of Nongpoh range was 0.049. The correlation coefficient (r) between species richness and diversity index was 0.54 (positive correlation) and it suggests that species richness is positively correlated with diversity index in the reserve forest.","PeriodicalId":8135,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Plant Sciences","volume":"6 1","pages":"4018-4048"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75542535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study of oncolytic enzyme production from marine Streptomyces krainskii VMB-11","authors":"Y. Usha, Z. Vishnuvardhan","doi":"10.5281/APS.2020.9.9.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/APS.2020.9.9.3","url":null,"abstract":"L-asparaginase is an important enzyme, which plays a significant role in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute myelocytic leukemia, and other carcinoma treatments. It is well known as an anti-cancerous agent because of its stability in varied environmental conditions. Streptomyces sp. is occupied the first position for the producing L-asparaginase from marine and terrestrial sources. In the presence of L-asparaginase, tumor cells get deprived and can’t endure. It acts as a potent antitumor or anti-leukemic drug. Because of the urgent need, an attempt was made for isolation and optimization of marine actinomycetes for the production of L-asparaginase. S. krainskii VMB-11 was isolated and inoculated in optimized M-9 media at 40 ° C, 96 h improve the production of L-asparaginase from 8.2 IU to 13.2 IU/g dry wt.of biomass. To the simplest of our data, this is often the primary report on production, purification, and characterization of L-asparaginase from marine Streptomyces isolate VMB-11 strain.","PeriodicalId":8135,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Plant Sciences","volume":"45 10 1","pages":"3999-4008"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85699538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Production of cellulase enzyme by Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus terreus and Penicillium sp. isolated from soil","authors":"P. Dayal, A. Singh, A. K. Sharan","doi":"10.5281/APS.2020.9.9.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/APS.2020.9.9.1","url":null,"abstract":"This research was aimed to isolate cellulolytic fungi showing hyper-cellulase activity. Potential cellulase-producing fungi were isolated from different soil samples, particularly near agro-wastes dumping sites. Among the various isolates obtained from different sampling sites, three different fungi were selected depending upon the clear zone diameter produced in Carboxymethyl Cellulose (CMC) agar. CMC hydrolysis by all three fungal strains exhibited their activities at pH 5.5-7.5, whereas maximum activity occurred at pH 5.5. Enzymes were also pH stable. Based on K m and V max values, the endoglucanase and β-glucosidase enzymes of Aspergillus niger were most efficient. The characterization of these fungi may also provide an opportunity to screen the cellulase enzymes for their further utilization in bio-ethanol production using lignocellulosic agro-wastes.","PeriodicalId":8135,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Plant Sciences","volume":"15 1","pages":"3991-3998"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75251966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ericka Jane A. Angeles, M. B. Magat, Ryan Sherwin D. Jalandoni
{"title":"Distribution of Bryophytes in the University of the Philippines-Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines","authors":"Ericka Jane A. Angeles, M. B. Magat, Ryan Sherwin D. Jalandoni","doi":"10.5281/APS.2020.9.8.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/APS.2020.9.8.1","url":null,"abstract":"This study was conducted to document the bryophyte species composition, and the effects of different environmental factors at the University of the Philippines-Diliman, a campus in an urban area. A total of 11 species of bryophytes were identified which includes nine species of mosses and two species of liverworts. Among the species observed, Hyophila involuta (Hook.) A. Jaeger and Taxithelium instratum (Brid.) Broth. were found to be widely distributed across sites. On the other hand, Meiothecium microcarpum, Cyathodium foetidissimum Schiffn. and Vesicularia montagnei (Bel.) were rarely found. Species composition is relatively small compared to the previous surveys conducted in high altitude and moist environments. It was suggested that aside from habitats, other factors such as current disturbance events and the presence of specific tree species may contribute more to the bryophyte species composition in the University of the Philippines-Diliman campus.","PeriodicalId":8135,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Plant Sciences","volume":"113 1","pages":"3957-3969"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80660973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anatomical study of Dendrobium (Orchidaceae) of Nepal","authors":"Baba Maiya Pradhan, D. Bajracharya","doi":"10.5281/APS.2020.9.7.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/APS.2020.9.7.1","url":null,"abstract":"Dendrobium Swartz is one of the largest and most problematic genus of subtribe Dendrobiinae, tribe Malaxideae of family Orchidaceae. Twenty-six species of Dendrobium investigated are characterized by the variations in anatomical characters of leaves, stems, stomata and stegmata. These anatomical characters are taxonomically significant and used as distinguishing characters for delimiting taxa at the infrageneric level. An artificial dichotomous key based on anatomical characters of leaves and stems for the identification of Dendrobium species of Nepal is provided. The cluster analysis based on anatomical with micromorphological characters is carried out with the aim of investigating interrelationships among the species of Dendrobium present in Nepal.","PeriodicalId":8135,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Plant Sciences","volume":"71 1","pages":"3916-3948"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75058229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of Radical Scavenging Activity of Ethnomedicinal Syrup “Nitya Yevvana Kashayam”","authors":"D. Sripriya, M. C. Shekara","doi":"10.5281/APS.2020.9.8.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/APS.2020.9.8.2","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to evaluate the antioxidant compounds and their free radical scavenging capacity from Crude aqueous extract of ethnomedicated syrup “ Nitya Yevvana Kashayam (NYK)”. Estimation of antioxidant activity compounds viz ., Total Phenolic Content (TPC), Total Flavonoids (TF) and Flavonol content (T.fl) were optimized by calorimetric methods respectively. DPPH and ABTS scavenging assay were used for the determination of free radical scavenging potentiality. Results reported that TPC (272.30 ± 0.44 mg GAE/gm DW), TF (158.65 ±0.82 mg QCE/gm DW) and the radical scavenging activity measurement, done with DPPH assay (EC 50 = 22.24 ± 0.18 µg/mL) and ABTS assay (EC 50 = 18.64 ± 1.35 µg/mL), present in NYK proved to be a good source of natural antiradical scavenger and therefore, recommended for utilization as potent medicine supporting the traditional ethnic claim.","PeriodicalId":8135,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Plant Sciences","volume":"24 1","pages":"3970-3975"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73485152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}