Modern agriculture and horticulture must combine two objectives that seem to be almost mutually exclusive: to satisfy the nutritional needs of an increasing human population and to minimize the negative impact on the environment. These two objectives are included in the Goal 2 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations: 'End hunger, achieve food security and improved n...

Under 4-point Nutritional Risk Score, KIM et al. [1] have used severe lymphocytopenia and hypocholesterolaemia as the parameters of poor nutritional status. MTB is characterised by compartmentalisation of lymphocytes at the site of inflammation (lymphocytic alveolitis), leading to their reduced number in peripheral blood [2]. Moreover, total lymphocyte count has not been found to be a suitable ...