Complete Issue – The PLANTA RBS, Vol.-6 (2), October 2025

Table of Content

Articles

1. PARTICULATE MATTERS EFFECT ON MAIZE POLLINATION, FOOD SECURITY AND HUMAN HEALTH

Saket Kumar¹_, Nitesh Kumar² and Sanjay Kumar Goswami³

¹Department of Agriculture, K.P.S. Degree College, Bundelkhand University Jhansi, ²Department of Biosciences, Himanchal Pradesh University Shimla, ³Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow, UP

Corresponding E-mail: saketjntradelink@gmail.com

Received: 08 March, 2025 // Accepted: 19 August, 2025

2. AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Pratibha Yadav¹, Jyoti Birle²,Rashami Manaware³ and Ranjana Chauhan⁴

^1,2,3 Mata Jijabai Govt PG Girls College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India, ⁴School of Biotechnology, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

Corresponding E-mail: pratibhayadav23@gmail.com  

Received: 19 March, 2025 // Accepted: 19 August, 2025

3. POST-HARVEST TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING VEGETABLE SHELF LIFE AND MARKET VALUE

Sushant Kumar and Naveen Chandra

Quantum School of Agricultural Studies, Quantum University, Roorkee, Uttarakhand

Corresponding E-mail: bahuguna651@gmail.com  

Received: 25 March, 2025 // Accepted: 19 August, 2025

4. ROLES AND CONTRIBUTION OF COMMUNITY SEED BANKS IN CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTION

M. R. Nayak^1*, H. K. Das¹, H. Nayak¹, D. P. Das¹, N. Bhol¹ D. Swain¹ and S. C. Mohapatra²

¹College of Forestry, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, ²AICRP on Agroforestry, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar

Corresponding Email: mrnayak.forestry@ouat.ac.in

Received: 19 May, 2025 // Accepted: 19 August, 2025

5. BENEFICIAL INSECTS AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN AGRICULTURE

Rakesh Kumar, Pooja Barthwal, Anshika, Aditya Sharma and Varun Sharma

School of Agricultural Studies, Quantum University, Roorkee, Uttarakhand

Corresponding email: rakeshpantento26@gmail.com

Received: 21 August, 2025 // Accepted: 07 October, 2025

6. SUSTAINABLE INTERCROPPING OF MEDICINAL AND VEGETABLE CROPS WITH VRIKSHAYURVEDA BIOFORMULATIONS: INSIGHTS FROM HIMACHAL PRADESH

Anju Kumari Thakur¹, Deep Narayan Pandey² and Gulshan   Kumar³

^1&3School of Basic & Applied Sciences, Career Point University Bhoranj (Tikker-Kharwarian), Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh 176041, India, ²NIA Jaipur

Corresponding E-mail: anjusai9omthakur999@gmail.com

Received: 24 August, 2025 // Accepted: 07 October, 2025

7. TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL OF MUSHROOM CULTIVATION IN DEHRADUN, UTTARAKHAND: AN ECONOMIC AND SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS OF HILL AGRICULTURE INNOVATION

Manasvi Barthwal

Department of Economics, Sri Dev Suman Uttarakhand University
Pt. Lalit Mohan Sharma Campus, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand

Corresponding E-mail: barthwal111manasvi@gmail.com

Received: 29 August, 2025 // Accepted: 07 October, 2025

8. GREEN SOLUTIONS: COMBATING URBAN POLLUTION THROUGH LANDSCAPE GARDENING UNDER GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO

Jaspreet Kaur¹, Ranjan Srivastava², Swapnil Bharti³, Mahima Sharma⁴ and Kuldeep¹

^1&2Department of Horticulture, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, ³Dept. of Horticulture, BAU, Sabour, Bhagalpur (Bihar), ⁴Department of Floriculture & Landscaping Architecture, SVPUAT, Meerut, (UP)

Corresponding Email: swapnilbharti315@gmail.com

Received: 06 September, 2025 // Accepted: 07 October, 2025

9. AJWAIN (TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI): BRIDGING TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND MODERN PHARMACOLOGY

Anusha B^1*and Andallu B²

¹Department of Biosciences, ²Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh

Corresponding E-mail:banusha@sssihl.edu.in

Received: 15 September, 2025 // Accepted: 07 October, 2025

10. ASSESSMENT OF ALGAL DIVERSITY WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS IN THE PUN STREAM, KANGRA DISTRICT, HIMACHAL PRADESH

Nitesh Kumar¹, Sachin Sharma², Manisha Pandey², Yamini Sharma³, and Pratibha⁴

^{1,3, 4}Department of Bio-Sciences, Himachal Pradesh University, Summer Hill, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 171005, India, ²Department of Botany, D.A.V. (P.G.) College Dehradun-248001, India

Corresponding E-mail: vermapratibha520@gmail.com

Received: 15 September, 2025 // Accepted: 07 October, 2025

11. MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND ETHNOMEDICINAL USES OF LICHENS IN NORTHWESTERN HIMALAYAN REGION OF HIMACHAL PRADESH

Samriti, Nitesh Kumarand Rajeev Bhoria

Department of Botany, Himachal Pradesh University, Summer Hill, Shimla

Corresponding Email: niteshchauhan7@gmail.com

Received: 15 September, 2025 // Accepted: 07 October, 2025

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