Recent trends in life sciences / edited by M. H. Fulekar, R. K. Kale. -- New Delhi : I.K. International Publishing Hourse Pvt. Ltd., c2014. – (58.1041/R295)

Contents

Preface

Contributors

1. Biodiversity and Its Conservation

2. Biodiversity of Phytoplankton, Zooplankton and Benthos in the Bay of Bengal at the East Coast of India, Andhra Pradesh

3. Sustainable Development

4. Bioprospecting of Euphorbia nivulia Buch.-Ham.

5. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AM Fungi): A Potential Tool for Augmenting Carbon Dioxide Sequestration

6. Interactions between Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and N-fixing Bacteria, Rhizobium

7. Biotechnology: Applications for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Plants of Fragile Arid Ecosystems

8. Advancement in Environment Biotechnology: Applications of Bioinformatics in Bioremediation

9. Replacement of Pine by Oak in Central Himalaya and its Implications in Forest Management

10.  The Bioelectromagnetics: Present Explorations

11.  Antioxidant Enzymes: A Mode of Defence Mechanism during the Process of Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals

12.  Reuse and Recycling of Treated Distillery Spent Wash: A Novel Approach

13.  Uptake of Chromium and Inorganic Nutrients from Aqueous Solutions by Two Aquatic Plants

14.  Smog Pollution (PAN and Ozone): A Case Study of Delhi

15.  Metagenomics: A Novel Technique and Approaches for Uncultured Microorganisms

16.  Nodulated Native Legumes in an Arid Environment of Indian Thar Desert

17.  Current Trends in Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment of Cancer

18.  The Immune System

19.  Sleep Benefits in Health and Cognition

20.  Climate Change: India's Perceptions, Policies and Action Plans for Sustainable Development

Index