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Agroecological Footprints Management for Sustainable Food System
(Springer Singapore, 2020) Arnab Banerjee; Ram Swaroop Meena; Manoj Kumar Jhariya; Dhiraj Kumar Yadav
Agroecological footprints are a unique and popular concept for sustainable food system. Measuring and keeping a tab on the agroecological footprints of various human activities has gained remarkable interest in the past decade. From a range of human activities, food production and agriculture are most essential as well as extremely dependent on the agroecosystems. It is therefore crucial to understand the interaction of agroecosystem constituents with the extensive agricultural practices. The environmental impact measured in terms of agroecological footprints for a healthy for the sustainable food system. The editors critically examine the status of agroecological footprints and how it can be maintained within sustainable limits. Drawing upon research and examples from around the world, the book is offering an up-to-date account, and insight into how agroecology can be implemented as a solution in the form of eco-friendly practices that would boost up the production, curbs the environmental impacts, improves the bio-capacity, and reduces the agroecological footprints. It further discusses the changing status of the agroecological footprints and the growth of other footprint tools and types, such as land, water, carbon, nitrogen, etc. This book will be of interest to teachers, researchers, government planners, climate change scientists, capacity builders, and policymakers. Also, the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, agroforestry, agroecology, soil science, and environmental sciences. National and international agricultural scientists, policymakers will also find this to be useful to achieve the ‘Sustainable Development Goals’. © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021.
Agroecology Towards Environmental Sustainability
(Springer Singapore, 2021) Shailesh Kumar Yadav; Arnab Banerjee; Manoj Kumar Jhariya; Abhishek Raj; Nahid Khan; Ram Swaroop Meena; Sandeep Kumar
Agroecology refers to the process based on ecological principles to be applied in the agroecosystem for effective soil management and gain sustainable yield. The scientific application leads to a diversified agroecosystem which addresses the issue of environmental sustainability. It also focuses on various ecosystemservices in the form of maintaining soil fertility, proper biogeochemical cycling, and proper nutrient exchange between crop and soil ecosystem. The process ncludes an integrated approach with diversified crops and animal husbandry practices all at a time. Thus, it would be successful to address the issue of food security, crisis, and help to build up climate-resilient agroecosystem. Agroecosystem is also helpful in terms of maintaining a daily livelihood, production of fuel, fodder, food for rural stakeholders, and socioeconomic well-being of people across the globe. Thus, agroecological addresses the sustainable agriculture practice on a large scale to promote eco-friendly, self-sustaining agriculture practices. The aim of this article is to reflect an all-round aspect of agroecologyn along with its roadmap towards environmental sustainability. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021.
Agroecosystem Service Management and Environmental Sustainability
(Springer Singapore, 2021) Abhishek Raj; Manoj Kumar Jhariya; Arnab Banerjee; Nahid Khan; Ram Swaroop Meena; Prabhat Ranjan Oraon; Shailesh Kumar Yadav
Agroecosystem means improving the agricultural ecosystem by human-induced management of trees, crops, and livestock in any land use system. Resource conservations, soil health management, minimizing environmental footprints, and climate change mitigation are key services through a healthy agroecosystem. Food demands due to burgeoning populations necessitated agricultural land expansion and intensive agricultural practices. Conversion of forest and other land use systems into agricultural land induces land degradation and leads to an increase in environmental footprints. Deforestation and other unsustainable land use practices ensure soil degradation and environmental pollutions. These unscientific and intensive agroecosystem practices lead to GHG emissions into the atmosphere causes carbon footprints. Thus, strategies for enhancing food production along with maintaining environmental health and quality are a smart choice of the modern day. High synthetic inputs and heavy mechanizations ensure higher production but at the cost of environmental health. Agroecosystem land expansionand practices affect other land use systems and related ecological services. These harsh and unscientific practices affect soil-food-climate security at a global scale. Thus, applying ecology-oriented sustainable agroecosystem practices ensures environmental sustainability and ecological stability. A sustainable modeling of agroecosystem will enhance biodiversity that intensifies uncountable ecosystem services. Agriculture, agroforestry, forestry, rangeland, etc. are different land use practices that build our sustainable environment. Applying eco-modeling and sustainable agroecosystem practices ensure higher production and profitability along with a healthy ecosystem. Climate-resilient agroecosystem practices and their ecological modeling enhance plant biomass productivity and soil health maintenance. These practices ensure soil fertility, higher SOC pools, healthy rhizosphere biology, and microbial populations on which entire biodiversitydepends. Thus, maintaining a healthy and productive agroecosystem is the pillar of a sustainable environment that ensure a healthier world. In lieu of the above, this chapter represents the potential, perspective, and management of the agroecosystem. A principle and practices of sustainable-based agroecosystem are also discussed. A rigorous discussion is also made on climate-resilient agroecosystem practices and modeling for minimizing carbon footprint to ensure environmental sustainability at a global scale. A bit of discussion on soil-foodclimate security through agroecosystem management makes this chapter more informative for policy makers worldwide. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021.
Agroforestry a model for ecological sustainability
(Elsevier, 2021) Abhishek Raj; Manoj Kumar Jhariya; Arnab Banerjee; Ram Swaroop Meena; Sharad Nema; Nahid Khan; Shailesh Kumar Yadav; Gourisankar Pradhan
The success stories of agroforestry systems (AFS) are prevalent in the tropical regions due to its multifarious ecosystem services that resulted into climate and food security along with socioeconomic development of poor farmers. The existence and progressive development of AFS is quite linked with scientific-based practices and management of different models in the varying regions and localities that tells a story about tree crop interaction and makes synergies among soil nutrients loads, perennial trees, herbaceous crops, and livestocks. Overall, a healthy relationship among various components of agroforestry models will be helpful for farmers both in terms of economic benefits along with better ecosystem structure and its services. No doubt, agroforestry practices (AFP) is socially acceptable, economically viable and ecologically sound but their scientific-based management practices are still required for making the consistency of models for long term basis in future that is directly linked with farmers rejoice. However, the scope and potential of AFS are inevitable due to its wide adoptability and spreading capacity in various regions of the tropics such as Asia, Africa, and European countries. Carbon (C) storage and sequestration by tree in agroforestry are the greatest phenomenon that helps in mitigating changing climate and global warming that promotes environmental security and ecological sustainability along with enhancing wood biomass for satisfying people’s basic need and national demand. World Agroforestry (ICRAF) mentioned that tropical AFS has a capacity to sequestered between 12 and 228 Mg/ha of C and according to this approximate 1.1-2.2 Pg C could be stored in terrestrial ecosystems up to coming 50 years by the AFS in areas of 585-1215 × 106 ha of the total earth surface. Thus, sustainable practices of agroforestry model not only help in enhancing the forest cover in the current era of ongoing forest degradation but also promote better ecosystem by enhancing soil fertility, efficient nutrient cycling, balancing C between environment and different models, and promoting biodiversity along with food and environmental security. In this context, this chapter presents the potential of agroforestry and its ecosystem services that help in maintaining ecological sustainability at global level. © 2022 Elsevier Inc.
Agroforestry and ecosystem services
(Elsevier, 2023) Abhishek Raj; Manoj Kumar Jhariya; Arnab Banerjee; Ram Swaroop Meena; Sandeep Kumar; Annpurna Devi; Poonam
Agroforestry system (AFs) comprises tree–crop and livestock management that has been considered as an integrated system of sustainable landscape. It is more diverse and provides uncountable ecosystem services (ES) to sustain life on the earth. The greater adaptability and multifunctional role of AFs are discussed by policymakers, stakeholders, and scientists worldwide. Traditional AFs and their development in due course of time maximize ES. AFs provide tangible and intangible services which maintain ecosystem health and productivity. Adopting climate-resilient AFs ensures soil-food and income security, fulfilling the SDGs (sustainable development goals). Timber and NTFPs (non-timber forest products) production, soil health and quality enhancement, water regulation and quality, carbon (C) footprint, climate change mitigation, and food and income security are the key ES AFs provide. AFs also contribute toward ecological stability along with better environmental health and sustainability. A better technological advancement with effective policy is needed to strengthen AFs in major ecological regions. Moreover, current and future research trends must be oriented to enhance ES through greater crop diversification. Thus, AFs must be transformed into sustainable landscapes at local and global soil–food–climate security. © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Agroforestry and Its Services for Soil Management and Sustainability
(Springer Singapore, 2021) Nahid Khan; Manoj Kumar Jhariya; Abhishek Raj; Arnab Banerjee; Ram Swaroop Meena; Surendra Singh Bargali; Shailesh Kumar Yadav; Anita Kumawat
Agroforestry systems (AFs) ensure greater biodiversity that intensifies ecosystem services in tangible and intangible ways. Accounting ecosystem services through well-managed agroforestry systems are other important aspects of scientificstudies nowadays. AFs are an integration of trees with crops, and it also includes animal farming with the intensive land management system. In the twenty-first century, land management is one of the major challenges, and AFs have the vast potential to address and recognize these challenges as well as facilitate various services in a sustainable manner. Soil is the largest natural resource that sustains billions of life and supports a variety of flora and fauna. Agroforestry (AF) plays important role in soil health management that ensures ecological stability and environmental sustainability. In AFs interaction between aboveground and belowground components takes place which helps in improving the soil quality and provides shelter to many biota and soil organisms. Through AF soil management and conservation can be done and also the protection of agroecosystem at the regional and local level. The practices of sustainable soil management (SSM)make the pave for achieving the goal of sustainability. Thus, scientific AFs promise the SSM that enhances biodiversity through intensification of ecosystem services at the global scale. Soil fertility enhancement, better nutrient cycling, and higher resource use efficiency along with carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation are important services provided by AFs. AF also reduces carbon and environmental footprints by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emission and its sequestration and storage into both plants and soils. Thus, an effective policy and good governance are more important in achieving sustainability through adopting better scientific AFs in the tropical world. A future roadmap must be laid onadopting location-specific AF models for maintaining soil health and quality for a better sustainable world. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021.
Agroforestry for Carbon and Ecosystem Management
(Elsevier, 2023) Manoj Kumar Jhariya; Ram Swaroop Meena; Arnab Banerjee; Sandeep Kumar; Abhishek Raj
Agroforestry for Carbon and Ecosystem Management is a comprehensive overview of current research, issues, challenges, and case studies in the area of agroforestry. The book focuses specifically on carbon source-sink relationship and management through agroforestry practices with a goal of improving overall environmental sustainability. Through expert insights and case studies, the book promotes carbon management, greenhouse gas emission reduction, forest, and ecosystem services management, along with relevant sustainable approaches for natural resources conservation. Users will find insights into novel approaches for natural resource management, with specific attention given to technologies related to carbon capture and management. In addition, the book addresses the knowledge gap in relation to agroforestry, sustainability, and agroecosystem management and explores the application of remote sensing and geospatial technologies for agroforestry management. © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Agroforestry for carbon and ecosystem management: an overview
(Elsevier, 2023) Manoj Kumar Jhariya; Ram Swaroop Meena; Arnab Banerjee; Sandeep Kumar; Abhishek Raj
Agroforestry is a land use practice that provides environmental protection and ecological restoration of degraded habitats. Globally it plays a vital role in carbon (C) and ecosystem management and helps to achieve food, nutritional, economic, and environmental security. Combating mega events in this human-altered world has necessitated the practice of agroforestry to cope with changing climate. Further, agroforestry tends to rehabilitate various forms of degraded lands and ecosystems. The agricultural system is the production of crops and livestock management. Agroforestry also offers extra advantages by increasing biological productivity. Consequently, agroforestry is more widely accepted by the scientific community as a producer of many ecosystem services. The potential of agroforestry systems for efficient C management, ecosystem services, and ecological restoration of damaged ecosystems was demonstrated through research evidence. To preserve the overall integrity of the ecosystem, agroforestry has also demonstrated tremendous promise in managing plant and soil C pools through appropriate biomass addition in the soil ecosystems to maintain the environmental sustainability. © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Agroforestry modeling for natural resource management
(Elsevier, 2023) Arnab Banerjee; Manoj Kumar Jhariya; Abhishek Raj; Bhimappa Honnappa Kittur; Ram Swaroop Meena; Taher Mechergui
Agroforestry (AF) is an integrated system involving tree–crop interaction to improve the agroecosystem's overall health and address food security. Simulation modeling is an approach that aims toward improving the AF output across various countries. AF practices tend to enhance the economic output of the farming system in comparison to the traditional farming system. Further, additional benefits include the regulation of proper biogeochemical cycling through various forms of physiological processes. Simulation modeling across various countries has shown significant promise toward improving the effectiveness of AF practices. Various forms of environmental mega events in terms of climatic perturbations, happenings of climatic extremes, biodiversity loss, and increasing human population pressure promote nature's contribution to mankind. Various models have been used to predict the contribution of the AF. A review of existing models revealed a major focus on biomass production and yield. Further upgradation in the form of the availability of codes, and a model having a more public domain, helps to understand the multiple interactions between the tree–crop system and overall implication both in the structure and process of resource management is required. © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Agroforestry to mitigate the climate change
(Elsevier, 2023) Abhishek Raj; Manoj Kumar Jhariya; Arnab Banerjee; Ram Swaroop Meena; Ramesh Kumar Jha; Bhimappa Honnappa Kittur; Krishan Pal Singh
Anthropogenic activities, including deforestation and unsustainable land use practices, release GHGs (greenhouse gases) into the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a major GHG contributing to global warming and climate change. Land use conversion and intensive agricultural practices enhance carbon (C) footprints that induce climate change issues. Agroforestry system (AFs) is climate resilient land use practices that enhance biodiversity and intensify several ecosystems services. AFs ensure soil–food–climate security and environmental management in the tropical world. AFs capture CO2 through the C sequestration process, which is stored in both vegetation (as biomass) and soils (as soil organic C pools). As per the World Agroforestry report 12–228MgCha−1 in tropical AFs was achieved through a better C sequestration process. Further, practicing sustainable AFs in 585–1215×106ha of the earth's surface can store 1.1–2.2PgC in terrestrial ecosystems in the next 50 years. These figures represent the tremendous potential of AFs in C footprint reduction and climate change mitigation. An effective policy and future roadmap must be created to promote scientific AFs in various agroecological regions. Generating awareness among farmers for agroforestry adoption would be helpful in agroforestry areas expansion which delivers uncountable ecosystem services including climate and income security. Thus, climate-resilient AFs promise environmental management through better C sequestration and biomass production, which maintain the ecosystem health and ecological stability. © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Alteration in expression of estrogen receptor isoforms alpha and beta, and aromatase in the testis and its relation with changes in nitric oxide during aging in mice
(2012) Arnab Banerjee; Shabana Anjum; Rachna Verma; Amitabh Krishna
The aim of present study was to investigate the changes in the testicular expression of aromatase, ER alpha, ER beta and iNOS protein and correlate these with serum testosterone and nitric oxide levels, to elucidate the role of estrogen and nitric oxide in the testis during aging. This study showed localization of aromatase and ER alpha mainly in the Leydig cell and showed close correlation of testicular aromatase level with circulating testosterone level suggesting that estrogen may be modulating testicular steroidogenesis. Localization ER alpha mainly in the mitotically active germ cell suggest possible role of estrogen in germ cell proliferation. This study showed basal level of nitric oxide during reproductively active period, whereas increased serum nitric oxide coincides with decreased testicular activity in old age. This study showed inverse correlation between aromatase and NO level. Treatment with either SNP or L-NAME on testicular steroidogenic factor (3-beta HSD/ StAR) or germ cell survival factor (Bcl2) showed that increased NO causes decreased steroidogenesis and increased germ cell apoptosis. In conclusion this study suggest that estrogen modulate steroidogenesis and germ cell survival in reproductively active period whereas in old age decreased estrogen concentration causes increased nitric oxide which in turn decreases testicular steroidogenesis and germ cell apoptosis. © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Amino-Terephthalonitrile Based Single Benzene Fluorophores Bearing Amino Esters and Lipids for Selective Biothiol Sensing and Bioimaging
(John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2025) Ankita Sinha; Subhadeep Banerjee; Arka Bagchi; Sumiran Kasturi; Arnab Banerjee
We report here the preparation of eight new AmTN SBFs which feature amino esters with an N-terminal fluorophore and also lipophilic dyes, consisting of a push-pull AmTN moiety. Spectrofluorimetric and NMR titration investigations reveal the preference of the terephthalonitirle ring in mono AmTNs towards rapid sensing of N-acetyl cysteine, as opposed to the dipeptide carnosine. This has significance in the field of bioanalysis whereby the AmTNs could show their potential as thiol sensing platforms. Also, one of the lipophilic green emissive AmTNs featuring two cyclohexyl units proved its worth in fluorescence imaging using C2 C12 cells, where it localized electively inside the cell cytoplasm at concentration of 1 μM. © 2025 Wiley-VCH GmbH.
Carbon Credits in Agroforestry for Net Zero Emissions: A Global Synthesis
(Springer Science+Business Media, 2025) Abhishek Raj; Manoj Kumar Jhariya; Arnab Banerjee; Harun I. Gitari; Hemant Kumar Mina; Krishan Kant Mina
Agroforestry (AF) plays a crucial role in agriculture by enhancing plant diversity, productivity, and ecological restoration. It involves carbon (C) trading, where farmers receive financial incentives for eco-friendly practices such as reducing greenhouse gases (GHGs) and increasing carbon dioxide (CO[[inf]]2[[/inf]]) sequestration. This leads to improvements in soil quality, crop yields, land productivity, and financial gains. Selling C credits also generates additional income. Similarly, C farming employs land management techniques to reduce emissions and enhance C capture. These strategies include zero tillage, agroforestry (AF), and methane-reducing feed supplements to improve soil aeration and C storage. The C farming initiative provides financial incentives to adopt these practices, which increases C credits for farmers facing challenges. This not only supports carbon sequestration (%) but also benefits food production and creates marketable goods. However, obstacles such as lack of skills and resources, high costs, and management issues pose significant challenges, hindering farmers’ progress. In short, AF promotes soil health, food security, and climate resilience, which are crucial for achieving net-zero emissions. © 2025 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Climate Change Vulnerability and Agroecosystem Services
(Springer Singapore, 2021) Arnab Banerjee; Manoj Kumar Jhariya; Shailesh Kumar Yadav; Nahid Khan; Abhishek Raj; Ram Swaroop Meena; Taher Mechergui
The mega event of climatic perturbations has its severe impact on human health and also on the well-being of the global ecosystem. The major issue of changingclimate has affected various ecosystems globally in terms of acidification of oceans followed by elevated level of carbon dioxide. It has its severe impacts in various forms of habitat degeneration leading to huge loss of biodiversity. Therefore, there is an urgent need to inventory the climatic risks and its vulnerability issues and their subsequent management for developing ecosystem resiliencytoward climate change. Mitigating the changes in the climate solution based upon natural systems needs to be scientifically explored. The present chapter is an attempt to understand the climatic risks and vulnerabilities of ecosystem along with suitable strategies for the effective management of ecosystem change. The chapter concludes by finding the challenging opportunities and research initiatives toward the issue of nexus between climatic changes and ecosystem vulnerability and risks. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021.
CO2 Capture, Storage, and Environmental Sustainability: Plan, Policy, and Challenges
(Springer Nature, 2022) Abhishek Raj; Manoj Kumar Jhariya; Arnab Banerjee; Ram Swaroop Meena; Surendra Singh Bargali; B.H. Kittur
Environmental management and its sustainability are a key concern today. Anthropogenic CO2 emission and its related negative consequences on environment were observed due to industrial development, mining, deforestation, and intensive agricultural practices. This unstoppable rising CO2 concentration impairs key environmental services and its sustainability. Recently, NOAA-based Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory has reported CO2 concentration of about 419 ppm in 2021 along with 40 billion MT of CO2 pollution every year in the environment. This figures enough to represent unstoppable CO2 emissions which need global concern urgently. GHGs including CO2 emissions raised global temperature are under the discussion table of IPCC and at global policy platforms during Paris Agreement and COP-21. However, many countries have participated in Paris Agreement and COP-21 for reducing emissions and set a target to reduce 2 °C global temperature identified by IPCC. Similarly, the target of zero emission is also discussed in several climate policy papers including IPCC and during Paris Agreement and COP-21. Introducing recent and updated climate-resilient technologies, viz. carbon dioxide capture, and storage (CCS), reduces excessive emission and performs C sequestration and storage for long term in various environmental components such as lithosphere (soil/geology), hydrosphere (ocean), and biosphere. Similarly, forest-based CO2 removal (CDR) policy emphasized sustainable forest management (SFM) practices for greater CO2 sink and storage in terrestrial forest ecosystem. Monitoring CO2 concentration in environment through remote sensing is an effective tool that helps to assess CO2 sequestration at global level. An effective policy, research, and favorable political situation are needed for greater potential of CO2 removal and storage into the vegetation, ocean, and underground geological formation. Thus, a hawk eye remains constant on rising CO2 in atmosphere and its sequestration through better research technologies for sustainable environment which becomes global agenda for climate policy makers. © The Editor(s)(if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022.
Conventional, genomics, and post-genomics era of pulses breeding: Current status and future prospects
(Elsevier, 2022) Seema Sheoran; Thribhuvan R; Manisha Saini; Vinita Ramtekey; Sandeep Kumar; Ram Swaroop Meena; Arnab Banerjee; Chetan Kumar Jangir
Among food grains, pulses are the main sources of proteins, minerals and vitamins for a large section of the population. They play an important role in global food security through providing nutritious food, animal feed, source of income and various employment opportunities. Pulses are mainly cultivated by small and marginal farmers with poor resources and minimal inputs under rainfed conditions. In addition, through traditional breeding, just a few pulses genotypes have been recurrently used as parents in breeding programs for the production of new cultivars, hence, they have narrowed down their genetic base and not gained full potential of production. Therefore, to increase the speed of genetic gain in pulses, novel genomics and post-genomics tools have been extensively utilised by the plant breeders in integration with the new breeding strategies like marker-assisted selection (MAS), marker-assisted recurrent selection (MARS), speed breeding, genome editing tools, and high-throughput phenotyping around the world. © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Correction to: Polyamine-Associated changes in circadian gene expression and their relationship to GnRH-I expression (Endocrine, (2025), 90, 3, (1446-1458), 10.1007/s12020-025-04444-z)
(Springer, 2025) Nayan Anand Mate; Rhydham Karnik; Ranjitsinh Devkar V; Arnab Banerjee
In the abstract section of this article, in the method and result section, the sentence “A prospective cohort of 56 end stage kidney disease patients on maintenance HD treatment (mean age 65.3 ± 13.1, females 80%) was qPCR analysis revealed a marked elevation in circadian gene mRNA levels in the adult hypothalamus, but these levels decreased significantly with aging” have been included inadvertently. The old and incorrect version of “Method and Result” section of abstract are given below. Incorrect version: Method and Result A prospective cohort of 56 end stage kidney disease patients on maintenance HD treatment (mean age 65.3 ± 13.1, females 80%) was qPCR analysis revealed a marked elevation in circadian gene mRNA levels in the adult hypothalamus, but these levels decreased significantly with aging. RNA sequencing analysis of GT1-7 cells treated with Putrescine revealed significant upregulation in pathways associated with GnRH secretion, GnRH signaling, and circadian entrainment. Using hypothalamic GT1-7 cells treated with Putrescine, we observed a concurrent upregulation of GnRH and core circadian genes in a Temporal manner, with significant changes observed at 6-hour intervals. Correlation analysis further demonstrated that the mRNA expression of circadian genes was strongly and positively correlated with GnRH mRNA levels under Putrescine treatment. Additionally, in an in vivo study the disruption of circadian rhythmicity in the hypothalamus was shown to abolish the inherent rhythmicity of both polyamines and GnRH expression, further highlighting the interplay between these systems Corrected version: Method and Result qPCR analysis revealed a marked elevation in circadian gene mRNA levels in the adult hypothalamus, but these levels decreased significantly with aging. RNA sequencing analysis of GT1-7 cells treated with putrescine revealed significant upregulation in pathways associated with GnRH secretion, GnRH signaling, and circadian entrainment. Using hypothalamic GT1-7 cells treated with putrescine, we observed a concurrent upregulation of GnRH and core circadian genes in a temporal manner, with significant changes observed at 6-hour intervals. Additionally, in an in vivo study the disruption of circadian rhythmicity in the hypothalamus was shown to abolish the inherent rhythmicity of both polyamines and GnRH expression, further highlighting the interplay between these systems. The original article has been corrected. © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2025.
Corrigendum: Effects of chronic Bhang (cannabis) administration on the reproductive system of male mice
(2011) Arnab Banerjee; Ajit Singh; Puneet Srivastava; Helen Turner; Amitabh Krishna
[No abstract available]
Eco-Designing for Soil Health and Services
(Springer Singapore, 2021) Abhishek Raj; Manoj Kumar Jhariya; Nahid Khan; Arnab Banerjee; Poonam; Ram Swaroop Meena; Shish Ram Jakhar
Soil health and quality are key aspects upon which various ecosystem processes depend. Ongoing series of land degradations, deforestation, intensive agricultural practices, etc. affects the soil health. These deleterious unsustainable practicesdeprive soil fertility and affect overall ecosystem services (ES). Depleting nature of soil affects tree-crop productivity that is not fruitful for satisfying global hunger populations. Healthy soil promises food-income-climate security and maintains overall environmental sustainability and ecological stability. Human and livestock’s health are entirely dependent upon soil quality. Therefore, the query “how does soil maintain plant-human-animal health and productivity?” arises. This indicates toward synergistic concept between soil and living organisms. However, adopting eco-model in varying land use (agriculture, forestry, agroforestry, and other farming practices) helps to minimize the soil degradation and ensures higher productivity. But the main problem is that “how does eco-designing of varying land use systems ensure healthy and quality soil?”. Climate-smart agriculture, conservation agriculture, zero-tillage practices, use of cover crop, mulching, and soil water conservation practices are intrinsic parts of eco-designing or eco-models. These practices ensure healthy and productive ecosystem that makes a pathway for sustainable development (SD). Eco-designing for sustainable soil management practices promotes the storage and sequestration of carbon (C) as soil organic C pools which leads to C balance. Above- and belowground biomass productions, rhizosphere biology, microbial populations, earthworm and other organisms, etc. modify soil health and productivity. Higher nutrient use efficiency, C cycling, water regulation and purification, erosion control, higher biomass and C stocks, food and nutritional security, and higher economy of farmers can be ensured through healthy eco-models. Therefore, eco-designing of different land use systems ensures a healthy ecosystem and environment. Eco-modeling modifies ES in more sustainable ways without disturbing our environment. Thus, adopting eco-designing models in soils promises higher productivity and profitability and ensures SD of the world. In this context, a government and public policy will strengthen the ecosystem health by adopting a sustainable soil-based eco-model. A scientific-based research and design add another effort to drive these eco-design practices in more efficient and productive way to ensure the global SD. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021.
Eco-Designing for Sustainability
(Springer Singapore, 2021) Nahid Khan; Manoj Kumar Jhariya; Abhishek Raj; Arnab Banerjee; Ram Swaroop Meena
Concept of sustainable development (SD) has forced the society and many industries to rethink about the way of development as environmental degradation is the global problem. Higher environmental degradation leads to depletion of resources, causes environmental pollutions, reduces the corporate social responsibility (CSR) and overall has its impact on sustainability. In every sector green approach is the requirement for sustenance of human civilization. Green designing, eco-labelling, green marketing, green consumerism are the essential requirement for addressing sustainability through eco-designing. Adopting eco-designing would generate CSR, green consumerism, energy intensive behaviour, green growth and would lead to formulation of suitable policies for SD. It would also help to reduce environmental footprint, address social and economical aspects of sustainability, promote sustainable management policies in various developmental sectors as well as combat the mega event of climate change. © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021.