Genetic diversity of an endemic medicinal orchid, Coelogyne nervosa A. Rich. was investigated by using SDS-PAGE, RAPD markers and morphological characters. C. nervosa is growing as epiphyte as well as lithophytes in Eastern and Western Ghats of India. It is an important medicinal orchid showing antioxidant and anticancer properties. Leaf samples collected from these two reference sites were tak...

Disruptive selection on habitat or host-specificity has contributed to the diversification of several animal groups, especially plant-feeding insects. Photosynthetic plants typically associate with a broad range of mycorrhizal fungi, while non-photosynthetic plants that capture energy from mycorrhizal fungi ('mycoheterotrophs') are often specialized towards particular taxa. Sister myco-heterotr...

Phylogenetic relationships are hotspots for orchid studies with controversial standpoints. Traditionally, the phylogenies of orchids are based on morphology and subjective factors. Although more reliable than classic phylogenic analyses, the current methods are based on a few gene markers and PCR amplification, which are labor intensive and cannot identify the placement of some species with deg...

What is your greatest research ambition? I would like to contribute to improving the integration of understanding of the functioning of organisms, and of their interactions with the environment across large ranges of time and space. This would help in making post-genomic information more relevant to investigating environmental issues, and suggesting to those working at the molecular-to-cellular...

Nanobubbles (NBs), nanotechnology has been applied in several fields, such as health, waste management, agriculture, and others. This utilizes the gas bubbles, making it easier for to enter cell. study aimed determine effect of O2, CO2, N2, H2, O3 gases NBs on growth Dendrobium Imelda Marina Masagung ´ Bumi Menangis orchid. The method used was provide fertilizer treatment orchids six weeks with...

Indonesia is a tropical country that has natural forests and suitable for orchid species habitat, leading to more than 5,000 of orchids grow. The area the main distribution centre epiphytic orchids, one which Dendrobium, grows 1,000 throughout world. Orchid seeds are very small do not have an endosperm, making germination difficult in their habitat. Mycorrhizal association with plays role survi...