Author: Anupama

  • Pioneers; Women Plant Pathologist

    Pioneers: Women Plant Pathologist

    One sunny day I was wondering through the wide fields of mustard. Scenery was great, I felt like heaven. The smell of the mustard was passing through whispering my skin. Then one thought come upon to me. Do plants have any feelings? Do plants suffer like human, etc.etc? It was quite obvious as living things plants may too feel pain but till the date no one knows how the plants really feel. website traffic . Plants acquire diseases. I have heard and seen lots of epidemic that destroy tons of food and cash crop all over the world. I have seen farmers complaining about the lesser yields of crops. Many scientists are working in the field of plant pathology. It is a science that studies plant disease and attempts to improve the chances for survival of plants when they are faced with unfavorable environmental conditions that cause disease. The concept of plant and plant disease is old and long. Moreover, in this new era it also involves the molecular understanding of disease agents like bacteria, fungi, virus and insects. It deals with study of pathogenicity, bio control mechanism and genes responsible for this activity. It really covers the vast area. What really seize my interest was to know about the pioneer (more…)

  • New moth species discovery

    The 3mm-long micro moth, which lives in Hembury Woods in Devon, was recognised as a new species this year .

    This week, the biologist who discovered it is presenting the Natural History Museum of London with one of the first known specimens.

    The receipt of this “type” specimen will mark the official acceptance of the moth’s existence in the country.

    The tiny micro moth, which has a wingspan of just 6mm, was first spotted in 2004. (more…)

  • Astronomical joke

    Two astrophysicists are discussing their research in a bar one evening when a drunk who has been sitting and listening in at the next seat turns and says, in a very worried voice, “What was that you just said!?”

    “We were discussion stellar evolution, and I said to my colleague here that the Sun would run out of nuclear fuel and turn into a red giant star in about 5 billion years, possibly melting the Earth.”

    “Whew!!,” says the drunk, “You really had me worried. I thought you said 5 million.”