Culturable endophytic Pseudomonas fluorescens Z1B4 isolated from Zanthoxylum alatum Roxb. with stress-tolerance and plant growth-promoting potential

Endophytes are an important constituent of sustainable agriculture because of their ability to produce a large number of agriculturally important metabolites.A salt-tolerant fluorescent green pigment-producing endophytic bacterium was isolated balance bikes on 2.5% NaCl-supplemented nutrient agar from the leaf samples of Zanthoxylum alatum Roxb.The

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IMPACT OF DIFFERENT TOPOGRAPHIC CORRECTIONS ON PREDICTION ACCURACY OF FOLIAGE PROJECTIVE COVER (FPC) IN A TOPOGRAPHICALLY COMPLEX TERRAIN

Quantitative retrieval of land surface biological parameters (e.g.foliage Desktop Vaporizers projective cover [FPC] and Leaf Area Index) is crucial for forest management, ecosystem modelling, and global change monitoring applications.Currently, remote sensing is a widely adopted method for rapid estimation of surface biological parameters in a land

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A Review of Heavy Metal Contamination of Food Crops in Nigeria

Heavy metal contamination of food crops is an issue of global concern that ultimately results in toxicity and Diecast Car diseases in humans and animals through consumption of contaminated soils and food crops.With a population of 182 million people, Nigeria is regarded as the most populous country in Africa.The people suffer environmental pollutio

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