The domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori, has moved from a sericultural resource to an engineered production host for recombinant proteins, virus-like particles, functional silk, and, more recently, heterologous biosynthetic products. Its appeal is biologically distinctive: larvae...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i94375
Background: Ginger rhizome rot, caused predominantly by Pythium aphanidermatum, is a destructive soil-borne disease that can substantially reduce ginger productivity under favourable conditions. Biological control using native Trichoderma isolates offers a potentially sustainable...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i94376
Tecomella undulata is an important timber-yielding tree species of Rajasthan. This species is valuable for its high-quality wood and plays an important role in desert ecosystems and biodiversity conservation. The decline in the population of this species has led to the non-availa...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i94377
Open educational resources (OER) have become strategically important to India because they offer a route to widening educational access while permitting educational materials to be reused, adapted and redistributed. India has also built an unusually large public digital-education...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i93306
B. R. Ambedkar's political, educational, and economic writings are often examined as separate strands, although his democratic thought treated social hierarchy, political representation, education, and material inequality as interdependent problems. This critical narrative review...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i93307
Digital language laboratories have re-emerged in Indian school-education discussions as networked environments for listening, speaking, pronunciation, multimedia practice, formative feedback and digitally mediated interaction. Their educational value, however, cannot be inferred...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i93308
Against the background of global supply-chain restructuring and intensifying homogenised competition, this study examines whether international standardisation is associated with stronger corporate competitive breakthrough capability among Chinese manufacturing firms. Using panel...
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Research Article10.9734/ajeba/2026/v26i92374
The present study evaluated the effect of dietary tamarind seed husk supplementation on nutrient intake and apparent nutrient digestibility in lactating crossbred cattle. Twenty-one crossbred lactating cows were selected based on milk yield, body weight, number of completed lacta...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i94474
Cropping patterns can influence soil physical condition and nutrient availability through differences in crop residues, nutrient removal, rooting behaviour, and soil management. This study assessed the physico-chemical properties and fertility status of soils under eight prevaili...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i94475
T. G. S. Geethika, H. M. P. K. Bandara, R. M. A. H. B. Ranathunga, S. P. N. N. Senadeera, R. S. J. Udari, D. U. Kottahachchi, C. B. Ranaweera & N. R. M. Nelumdeniya·Asian Plant Research Journal·2026
Background: Inflammation is a biological response characterised by redness, oedema, fever, pain, and loss of function. Medicinal plants have long served as a valuable source of anti-inflammatory compounds, and Mirabilis jalapa Linn. (Four O’clock plant) is traditionally used in f...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2026/v14i5394
Microalgae remain scientifically compelling biofuel feedstocks because they can convert light and carbon into chemically diverse biomass without an intrinsic requirement for fertile agricultural land, while some production systems can also use saline water, wastewater nutrients a...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2026/v30i5904
Background: Feeding practices are important determinants of nutritional status and long-term health outcomes. Rapid urbanisation, increasing income levels, changing lifestyles, and the proliferation of convenience foods have significantly influenced dietary behaviours among worki...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrnh/2026/v9i1406
The study analyses the cost efficiency of rice farmers under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme in Benue State, Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used to select 125 beneficiary and 130 non-beneficiary rice farmers under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme. Data were collected...
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2026/v27i5803
Agricultural production depends on reliable energy for water lifting, pressurised irrigation, protected cultivation and other farm operations, yet conventional diesel and electricity supply can expose producers to fuel-price volatility, unreliable service and greenhouse-gas emiss...
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Research Article10.9734/jenrr/2026/v18i10539
A two-year experiment was conducted at the Hi-Tech Greenhouse, College of Horticulture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, Gujarat, during 2021-22 and 2022-23 to evaluate nutrient-management strategies for tomato under polyhouse conditions. The experiment was arranged in...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96298