Listen... plants too speak

As early as in 1880, Charles Darwin demonstrated that plants could sense light, moisture, gravity, pressure and possessed several other qualities.…

Withering heights

The rich diversity of aquatic plants in the Eastern Ghats has aided local communities in meeting their nutritional as well as livelihood needs. …

Alien weed rings alarm bells in the Northeast

Natural vegetation in Assam threatened by Ludwigia Peruviana, an invasive species from Latin America

FAO calls for sustainable aquaculture, end to illegal fishing

Declaration at the 34th session of FAO’s Committee on Fisheries emphasised on undoing damage caused by COVID-19 pandemic  

Kerala’s ‘pink phenomenon’ can choke water bodies and drains, warn scientists

The species, Cabomba Furcata, can lead to biodiversity loss and are a threat to ecosystem health

Why we must conserve the world’s seagrasses

Protection and restoration of seagrasses can play a significant role in mitigating climate change

Plants can absorb plastic as well, finds study

Plant accumulation of nanoplastics can have direct ecological effects and implications for agricultural sustainability and food safety, say …

Pollution killing freshwater species of Western Ghats: IUCN

16 per cent fish, plants and other freshwater species threatened; 2 per cent near threatened

India needs to protect its wetland flora

Wetland flora help maintain ecological balance and need to be conserved. However, only 68 wetlands are protected in India so far

New discovery of protein in plants’ immune systems can help create superior crops, boost agriculture

A flood of calcium surrounds plants’ stomata triggering them to close and resist pathogens; exactly how calcium entered cells remained …

Resort to heritage

Bangladesh is betting big on its traditional form of farming: floating gardens. Can it help climate-proof the country?

Origin of beauty

All flora species are offspring of fragile water plants

INDIA

Fish exhibition

KILLING SLICKS

Weeding out waste

Punjab starts an ecofriendly state-level programme to clean ponds by using duckweeds

A glut of nitrogen

Plastic from weed

Water hyacinth can be used to make biodegradable polymer

Follow Up

Algae accused

The unpleasant green

There is no answer to the water hyacinth menace in Lake Victoria

Kandy gets beauty treatment

Sri Lanka employs aquatic plants to clean up its heritage lake