I, personally, have very little background in physics compared to most other scientists. I am fairly young, so I suppose that is to be expected. I still can't help but be perplexed with what seems to…

Beneficial Biofuels: The Food, Energy and Environment Trilemma.   Dr. Ashwani Kumar Professor of Botany (Emeritus) Former Hon Director, Life Sciences and Head Department of…

Food and Biofuel Production: New Challenges Ahead Energy is a crucial and vital ingredient for the modern development of economic activities of our society. It provides services for cooking, space…

It is estimated that biomass covers currently up to 15% of the world energy demand, almost 1/3 of all energy consumption in the Less-Developed Countries. This rate was over the last years rather…

  Cassia sena Linn  ( C. senna Linn. var. senna syn. C. acutifolia  Delile; C.    angustifolia  Vahl; C. obovata  Baker Family  Fabaceae (Caesalpiniaceae…

Asparagus adscendens  Foxb.( Liliaceae)White tuberous roots have aphrodiasic functions. Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh,  and Kumaun up to an altitude of 1,500 m. Tubers boiled in milk and…

 Cinnamomum verum Presl (  syn  C.zeylanicum Bi)     Lauraceae Famiily. Its bark is used as condiment.    A tree native  to Sri Lanka and  …

Saline water occupies 71% of the Earth area. It is thought that even a quarter of the whole pedosphere is affected by salts (Glenn and O’Leary, 1985), amounting to 950 x 106 ha (Flowers and Yeo, 1995…

      Ashwani Kumar Energy Plantation Demonstration project and Biotechnology Center Bio-Technology Lab Department of Botany University of Rajasthan, Jaipur - 302 004 E mail:…

         Ashwani Kumar  Energy Plantation Demonstration project and Biotechnology Center. Bio-Technology Lab Department of Botany University of Rajasthan,…