Mrigendra Narayan Kumar

Gauhati University | G.U. · Department of Botany

Climate change affects food security by creating a range of inconveniences including loss of crop productivity, reduction in the quality of crops, and disruption of the supply chain. Increasing demand for food with the current trend in population explosion along with increasing temperature and CO2 concentration are potential threats to ecosystem su...

Petroleum hydrocarbon (oil) contamination has a devastating effect on water as well as soil environment. If untreated, the oil contamination may persist in the environment for many years. For the reduction and destruction of hazardous components from contaminated sites, biodegradation is the most common, environment friendly, time efficient and...

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a multi-utility starchy tuber crop with immense economic and industrial potential that are ideal for solving multiple crises including hunger and malnutrition. It is grown throughout tropical Africa, Asia and Americas for producing starch, bioethanol and other bio-based products. However, different abiotic and...

Dendrocnide sinuata, belonging to the family Urticaceae, commonly known as Devil nettle, and has been in wide use in folk medicine among the ethnic communities of north east India. The plant has wide therapeutic activity including analgesic, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective and antimicrobial activity. Phytochemical analysis revealed that it cont...