PRJ-First Publication of the Society
Plant Research Journal is being released on behalf of the Society. Cutting-edge research and novelties…
PRJ-First Publication of the Society
Plant Research Journal is being released on behalf of the Society. Cutting-edge research and novelties are welcomed from all areas of plant science.
Food Security in Pakistan
Pakistan faces challenges in achieving full food security due to various factors, including climate change, population growth, and economic disparities. The State Bank of Pakistan has highlighted that malnutrition and its consequences cost the country an estimated 3% of its GDP. Addressing food security requires a multifaceted approach, including sustainable agricultural practices, improved access to markets, social…
Respect the nature and challenges to society in science conservation
Respect the nature and challenges to society in science conservation The need to respect nature and its limits presents a fundamental challenge to both society and conservation science. This challenge stems from the realization that human activities have often exceeded the capacity of natural systems to regenerate and adapt. Here, we’ll discuss the implications and…
Climate Stressors change on plant reproduction
Climate Stressors Unfortunately, the changing climate increases stressors that weaken plant resilience, disrupting forest structure and ecosystem services. Rising temperatures lead to more frequent droughts, wildfires, and invasive pest outbreaks, leading to the loss of plant species. That has numerous detrimental effects including: Lowered Productivity: Longer droughts and increased number of heat waves will stress plants,…
Saving the endangered flora of Physalis minima by using in vitro technology
Saving the endangered flora of Physalis minima by plant tissue culture Physalis minima is a promising medicinal plant of the family Solanaceae, but its survival is underthreat, and limited long-term conservation approaches are available. We employed an in vitro plant tissueculture technique to develop a mass propagation system for the effective multiplication and conservation of…
Super Trees to Save Climate
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/06/08/1074287/inside-the-quest-to-engineer-climate-saving-super-trees/ The breakthrough offered good news for the world’s natural landscapes: if this genetic pathway yields more productive crops, we’ll need less farmland, sparing forests and grasslands that otherwise would have to be cleared. As for the plants’ ability to remove atmospheric carbon over the long term, the new trick doesn’t help much. Each year,…
Respect the Nature
The need to respect nature and its limits challenges society and conservation science https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1525003113 The recent Paris accord on global climate change is a key step in acknowledging biophysical limits to human actions, but the challenge of respecting the biosphere’s ecological limits remains underrated. We analyze how respecting these limits squarely conflicts with an economy…
Amazing Ornamental Plants of Pakistan that Every Garden Should Have
Amazing Ornamental Plants of Pakistan that Every Garden Should Have They are flowering plants and are indigenous to East Asia. Most species are in Pakistan but the center of diversity is China. The leaves are arranged alternatively and divided into leaflets. The colors of beautiful flowers range from the shade of pink, white, red to…
Teak propagation
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225242053_An_efficient_method_for_clonal_propagation_and_in_vitro_establishment_of_softwood_shoots_from_epicormic_buds_of_teak_Tectona_grandis_L Softwood shoots were produced from 40 cm long stem segments placed horizontally in flat trays containing sterilized sand under natural light or shade conditions for subsequent rooting and micropropagation studies in teak (Tectona grandis L.). Higher number of shoots (6.17) per log was produced under natural light as compared to shade conditions. Forcing was…
In vitro flowering
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/btri/2014/264690/ In vitro flowering and effective micropropagation protocol were studied in Swertia chirayita, an important medicinal plant using axillary bud explants. The Murashige and Skoog’s medium (MS) supplemented with benzyl amino purine (BAP) 1.0 and adenine sulfate 70.0 was found optimum for production of multiple shoots. In the present study, incubation of flowering cultures on BAP supplemented medium (during…
