Reassessing Nuclear Energy and the controversy surrounding the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant

One of the most burning topics and issue of much contention at present in India is that of  resorting to nuclear  power to meet the massive  energy demands in the country . It is common knowledge  that in India as in many developing nations energy shortage  is extremely acute, and energy availability is just a small fraction of the actual need to meet the day to day requirements of…

Plant Tissue Culture as a Means to Reduce Carbon Footprint

Multiplication of plants through tissue culture  is a common practice nowadays. It generally refers to regeneration of plants under laboratory conditions on suitable media for different purposes.

Regeneration through a callus phase can result in somaclones which are genetically different from the parental  types and can be used to obtain superior crop cultivars.

On the other hand growing apical meristem explants of plants on culture…