Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

India also known as the ‘ Land of Agriculture’ where agriculture began about 11,000 years ago with the domestication of animals and early cultivation of plants, has made significant progress over the millennia and several evidence were found in the ancient scripts of Vedas, Upanishadas, Ramayana and Mahabharata. Indian Agriculture is very complex having several but distinct agro-ecosystems, having all type of climatic i.e. tropical, sub-tropical and temparate, soil like red soil, black cotto...

Plant tissue culture comprises cultivation of plant organs, tissues or cells in vessels using artificial media, and is often called in vitro techniques. In certain situations, conventional breeding methods have to be supplemented with in vitro techniques either to increase their efficiency or to be able to achieve an objective, which is not possible through the conventional methods. The in vitro techniques were developed initially to demonstrate the totipotency of plant cells predicted by Haberl...

Sunflower is an oil seed crop which is introduced to India in 1969 from Mexico. The crop has great importance because of its short period and photoperiod in-sensetive, wider adaptability and drought tolerance. It can grown in any time of the year. The oil of the sunflower is light yellow in colour and possess good odour which can be used for the variety of cooking purpose like any other edible oil.

The word WATER itself reflects its value for the life. Water plays a vital role in completing the lifecycle of all the organism. It is the main constituents of the protoplasm. Though all the vital process are carried in water , so it is also called as the Blood of the Plants which helps in the all metabolic reactions which is very essential for the growth and development. There are two ways of water loss 1. Transpiration :- It is the process in which water is lost in the form of vapor mainly ...

Amino acids are molecules used by all living things to make proteins. Your body needs 20 different amino acids to function correctly. N ine of these amino acids are called essential amino acids. Essential amino acids must be consumed through the food you eat. Essential amino acids can be found in a variety of foods, including beef, eggs and dairy.