Carambola or star fruit has been identified as an important minor fruit crop of warm tropical and subtropical areas of the world, especially in South East Asia. The fruit is often consumed as fresh or used to prepare ...

In vitro cultivation of plant tissues is generally carried out in a solid or semi-solid nutrient medium, using gelling agents. Agar is a polysaccharide extracted from sea weeds is used commonly in plant tissue culture ...

Lack of quality drinking water is a burning and life-threatening problem especially in the dry zone in Sri Lanka. Many inorganic coagulants and synthetic organic polymers widely used in conventional water treatment ...

Aloe (Aloe vera L.) is an important medicinal herb which is used in drug and cosmetic industry. It is vegetatively propagated but propagation rate is slow to obtain high quality planting materials for commercial cultivation. ...

Sri Lanka is one of the smallest, but biologically diverse countries in Asia. There are more than 100 fruit species are distributed in all over the country. But very few species are cultivated commercially, while others ...

The Indian subcontinent is a vast repository of medicinal plants that are used in traditional medical treatments. As many of the medicinal plants are highly endangered and urgently need to be maintained in their native ...

Rapid urbanization process has alienated man from nature. Many wild and minor edible fruit plants are on the verge of extinction; these were supplementary fruit in addition to our elite table traits like mango (Mangifera ...

In the era of modernization, scientific advancement and technological development in the country, local people in the backward areas of Hardoi district, Uttar Pradesh still depend upon plant based formulation for their ...

Wild edible fruit species are traditional sources of nuts, fruits, spices, leafy vegetables, edible oil and beverages. In Sikkim, wild edible fruit species is valuable in several other ways pertaining to social, economic ...