NBU Journal of Plant Sciences, Vol. 14

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EDITORIAL

Over the course of human history, plants have received widespread and occasionally dominant aesthetic and intellectual attention. Research of plant systems can also instruct us on how to handle issues with agriculture, human health, and the environment. The NBU Journal of Plant Sciences (NBUJPS) is an international peer-reviewed journal that has been published by the Department of Botany, University of North Bengal, since 2007. It gives the platform for publishing top-notch research on a variety of topics in plant science, animal-plant interactions, environment and ecology, and the evolution of the living world.

The journal's editorial board publishes high-calibre articles in print and online (https://njps.nbu.ac.in/) in one volume each year. The NBUJPS has officially registered for membership in CrossRef. All the articles will be assigned unique DOI numbers and will include other CrossRef services like similarity checking and reference linking. It gives me extreme pleasure to inform you that the NBUJPS publishes all the articles free of charge.

We are delighted to inform you that volume 14 has been published and will have 11 articles including review and research papers. This volume includes articles on nanotechnology, growth performance, characterization and ecology of various crops and weeds, phytoremediation of diseases and stresses in various crops, and microbes in extreme climates. These articles were contributed by numerous senior professors, scientists, and junior researchers from various institutions. The articles in this issue cover a wide spectrum of recent advancements in both basic and applied fields of plant science research, and they are all very important. Regarding contemporary breakthroughs and need-based research, this volume will greatly benefit all scientists and researchers working in various sectors of plant sciences.

Prof. (Dr.) Monoranjan Chowdhury
Head, Department of Botany

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    PhytoResp : A Database for Medicinal Plants of Darjeeling, Against Respiratory Ailments
    (University of North Bengal, 2022) Das, Anushka; Banik, Ananya; Datta, Sutapa; Sen, Arnab
    PhytoResp is a digital, manually curated database developed at the Department of Botany, University of North Bengal (NBU). The database has been created with the help of 200 published research articles and the eleven volumes of ‘Chiranjib Banousadhi’ series, written by Shibakali Bhattacharya. Here, we provide the names of 329 medicinal plants that are available in the Darjeeling district region of North Bengal and are traditionally used in the treatment of respiratory diseases. The list of reported plants is included, along with their parts used. They are known to cure 38 respiratory diseases. Among these, 113 plants have already been reported as a cure for COVID-19 (in silico or in vivo). Also, we have taken a step to evaluate the efficiency of the phytocompounds through in-silico methods.
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    Persepectives on Extremophilic Actinobacteria - A Review
    (University of North Bengal, 2022) Sen, Gargi; Ghosh, Sandipan; Sarkar, Indrani; Sen, Arnab
    Actinobacteria are considered as the most potential and biotechnologically viable prokaryotes because of their ability for the production of bioactive metabolites. They have immense biosynthetic prospect that remains unopposed without a competent organism from other microbial collections. But the prospect of finding highly potential actinobacteria from ambient habitats is reduced due to the wide exploitation for antibiotic production. So attention has been diverted to the unexploited extremophilic habitats such as marine sediments, mangroves, deserts, rocks, glaciers, etc. Extremophilic actinobacteria are competent producers of new secondary metabolites that show a wide range of antagonistic activities against bacteria, fungi, cancer and also exhibit insecticidal and enzyme inhibition. This review is an attempt to explore extremophilic actinobacteria that may form the source for the synthesis of novel drugs that could be used to combat resistant pathogens and also for xenobiotic degradation.