Biological Spectrum of Northeast India-Annual Bioscience Communication (Volume 1)

This ambitious book takes on fundamental to advanced biological developments of the present times with specific emphasis on Northeast region of India and features chapters on biochemistry, biotechnology, microbiology, ethnomedicine, floristic diversity, phycology, mycology, plant ecology, environmental pollution, nano technology, agricultural sciences, disease biology and many more. This book comprises of total 37 chapters by eminent authors Contributions on part of distinguished scholars from leading insti tutions of Northeast India like Gauhati University, Guwahati; Cotton University, Guwahati; Tezpur University, Tezpur; Assam Agriculture University, Jorhat, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong: Nagaland University, Nagaland, Tripura University, Tripura and contributions from eminent scientists from research institutes like CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat have added great value to the book. The book will serve as an excellent reference material for the upcoming research scholars belonging to biological science as well as allied subjects.This ambitious book takes on fundamental to advanced biological developments of the present times with specific emphasis on Northeast region of India and features chapters on biochemistry, biotechnology, microbiology, ethnomedicine, floristic diversity, phycology, mycology, plant ecology, environmental pollution, nano technology, agricultural sciences, disease biology and many more. This book comprises of total 37 chapters by eminent authors Contributions on part of distinguished scholars from leading insti tutions of Northeast India like Gauhati University, Guwahati; Cotton University, Guwahati; Tezpur University, Tezpur; Assam Agriculture University, Jorhat, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong: Nagaland University, Nagaland, Tripura University, Tripura and contributions from eminent scientists from research institutes like CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat have added great value to the book. The book will serve as an excellent reference material for the upcoming research scholars belonging to biological science as well as allied subjects.

Dr. Hemen Chandra Majumdar, M. Sc., B. Ed., Ph. D. has 12 years of teaching experience in the Department of Botany, B. Borooah College, Guwahati, Assam and more than 15 years of research experience together under Gauhati University and B. Borooah College. He has published more than 25 research papers and reviewed articles in national and International journals of repute, in the fields of algal biochemistry, algal culture, pteridology, palynology, soil microbiology, cell biology and ethnomedicine. He has undergone training in biofertilizer production at Indian Agriculture Research Institute (LARI), New Delhi, molecular biology and plant tissue culture at The Energy Research Institute (TERI), New Delhi and Orientation Programme on Ayurveda at Interactive Research School for Health Affairs (IRSHA), Pune. His major research interest includes plant biochemistry, food microbiology, ethnomedicine and traditional practices of different tribes of North East India. He has edited two books and also associated with several national as well as international professional societies.

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