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  Article on Covid-19 related issue in Iris Publishers COVID-19 pandemic is having many life-altering short and likely long-term effects. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on number of economical, ethical, legal, health services and social issues arise because of the virus rapidly spreading worldwide.   Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment.   Older people, and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop serious illness. The best way to prevent and slow down transmission of covid-19 is protecting yourself by wearing mask and others from infection by washing your hands frequently and not touching your face. Most of the people recover from the acute phase of the disease. However, some people continue to experience a range of effects for months after recovery...

  A Review on the Effect of Rooting Media on Rooting and Growth of Cutting Propagated Grape (Vitis vinifera L) Authored by Abera Jaleta Grape (Vitis vinifera L.) is one of the important commercial subtropical vine crops grown all over the world except at a few places with high altitude and extreme temperature [1]. It is native to the Mediterranean region, central Europe, and southwestern Asia, from Morocco and Portugal north to southern Germany and east to northern Iran. It belongs to the family Vitaceae, is one of the oldest, most extensively cultivated and economically significant fruit crops in the world [2,3]. The three major uses of grapes are; wine making, fresh fruit (table grapes) and dried fruit (raisins) production. It can be used for making wine, jam, juice, jelly, grape seed extract, ethanol, raisins, vinegar, grape seed oil, tartaric acid, fertilizer, grape derived antioxidant compounds (polyphenols, resveratrol) and etc. Grape also associated with prevention of can...

Sustainable Food System and GM Foods in Era of Climate Change and Variability: Indian Perspective Authored by RK Gupta Agriculture and allied sectors are backbone of Indian economy. They are source of living for over 70 per cent of the population and provide around 50 per cent of employment in country. India has witnessed appreciable agriculture growth through crop improvement efforts, technological interventions and policy support. The food grain production has increased from 51MT (1950- 51) to 285 MT (2018-19). Rice, wheat, pulses, oilseeds, sorghum, and maize are important field crops. The cotton and sugarcane are the principal commercial crops. Livestock and horticulture sectors have also contributed significantly in Agriculture GDP. India has one-half of the buffalo and one-sixth of the cattle population of the world. It ranks first in goat and sixth in sheep population besides vast potential of fishing resources. India has huge challenges in terms of population growth that is li...