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President Kovind plants sapling of Bodhi tree at Rashtrapati Bhavan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday planted a sapling of Bodhi tree in the Rashtrapati Bhavan on the occasion of Asadha Poornima, which is observed as Dharma Chakra Day.
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Blushing plants reveal when fungi are growing in their roots: Study
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 23 (ANI): Almost all crop plants form associations with a particular type of fungi- called arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi- in the soil, which greatly expand their root surface area. This mutually beneficial interaction boosts the plant's ability to take up nutrients that a
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How arrival of land plants affected Earth's climate control system
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 18 (ANI): Researchers at UCL and Yale suggest that the arrival of plants on the land about 400 million years ago might have changed the way the Earth naturally regulates its own climate.
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U'khand: Pushkar Singh Dhami plants a sapling to mark the occasion of Har
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 16 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday planted a sapling at the SDRF Battalion Headquarters-cum-Training Centre at Jolly Grant, Dehradun on the occasion of Harela festival.
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Fungal growth in plants can be inhibited by modified yeast
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
California [US], July 16 (ANI): About 70-80 per cent of crop losses due to microbial diseases are caused by fungi. Fungicides are key weapons in agriculture's arsenal, but they pose environmental risks. Over time, fungi also develop a resistance to fungicides, leading growers on an endless q
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Earth's climate control system got changed due to arrival of land plants:
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 16 (ANI): According to the findings of a new study led by researchers at UCL and Yale, the arrival of plants on the land about 400 million years ago might have changed the way the Earth naturally regulates its own climate.
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Amid COVID-19, Samsung Electronics plant in emergency in Vietnam
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], July 16 (ANI/Global Economic): As Vietnamese institutions decided to close plants due to the spread of COVID-19, Korean companies operating in Vietnam have also been in an emergency.
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Modified yeast inhibits fungal growth in plants: Study
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 15 (ANI): About 70-80 per cent of crop losses due to microbial diseases are caused by fungi. Fungicides are key weapons in agriculture's arsenal, but they pose environmental risks. Over time, fungi also develop a resistance to fungicides, leading growers on an endless q
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DS enhances skills of the rubber tappers of Tripura for a sustainable live
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], July 14 (ANI/News Voir): The DS Group is supporting the Rubber Tapper's training project in Tripura under its CSR initiatives. Unskilled & marginal tribal farmers are trained for scientific ways of tapping and processing rubber plants. A scientific approach to
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New technique reduces nicotine levels, harmful compounds simultaneously in
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 13 (ANI): North Carolina State University researchers have developed a new technique that can alter plant metabolism. Tested in tobacco plants, the technique showed that it could reduce harmful chemical compounds, including some that are carcinogenic.
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Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurates 2 PSA Oxygen Plants at Sir Takhtasinhji hosp
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, and Minister of Chemical and Fertilizers, Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday virtually inaugurated two PSA plants at Sir Takhtasinhji hospital, Bhavnagar in the presence of Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterway
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Lack of clean drinking water in Balochistan results in steep rise in hepat
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Balochistan[Pakistan], July 12 (ANI): Due to the lack of clean drinking water in Balochistan, the number of hepatitis cases has increased sharply in the region.
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