As of October 2019, 318 pesticides were registered for use in India, of which 18 were extremely (Class Ia) or highly (Class Ib) hazardous according to World Health Organization toxicity criteria. Despite many highly hazardous pesticides still being available, several bans have been implemented duri...
The genus name Amorphophallus comes from the Greek amorphos meaning shapeless or deformed and phallus meaning penis. The specific epithet konjac comes from the colloquial name for both the plant as well as the starchy food made from the tubers. Konjac is a root vegetable that grows in parts o...
2. Materials and Methods In this paper, we integrate a relational view of place—which sees place as "having physical and social characteristics... [which] are shaped by and given meaning through their interactions with politics and institutions, with one another and, most importantly, with the...