{"id":118088,"date":"2021-07-12T20:28:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T14:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=118088"},"modified":"2021-07-13T12:29:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T06:59:34","slug":"the-genome-of-a-salt-secreting-mangrove-species-decoded-by-dbt-ils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-genome-of-a-salt-secreting-mangrove-species-decoded-by-dbt-ils\/","title":{"rendered":"The genome of a Salt-secreting Mangrove Species Decoded by DBT-ILS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1734363\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><strong>What is the News?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Scientists have completed the genome sequencing of one of the highly salt-tolerant mangrove species, named Avicennia marina.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: <\/strong>Genome sequencing is a process of determining the complete DNA sequence of an organism\u2019s genome.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>About Avicennia marina:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Avicennia marina <\/strong>is also called Banhi in Odia. It is one of the most prominent mangroves species found in all mangrove formations in India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features<\/strong>: It is a salt-secreting and extraordinarily salt-tolerant mangrove species that grows optimally in 75% seawater and tolerates &gt;250% seawater.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance<\/strong>: It is among the rare plant species which can excrete 40% of the salt through the salt glands in the leaves, besides its extraordinary capacity to exclude salt entry to the roots.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Significance of Genome Sequencing of this mangrove species:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Agriculture productivity <\/strong>globally is affected due to abiotic stress factors such as limited water availability and salinisation of soil and water.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The non-availability of water <\/strong>is a significant challenge to crop production in dry-land areas, accounting for 40% of the world\u2019s total land area.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Salinity <\/strong>is prevalent in 900 million hectares globally and is estimated to cause an annual loss of $27 billion. An estimated 6.73 million ha in India is affected by salinity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hence<\/strong>, the genomic sequencing of <strong>Avicennia marina <\/strong>will help researchers in developing drought and salinity tolerant crop varieties of the coastal region of the country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>What are Mangroves?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mangroves <\/strong>are a unique group of species found in marshy intertidal estuaries regions and survive a high degree of salinity through several adaptive mechanisms.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mangroves <\/strong>are important resources for the coastal region and are of great ecological and economic value.<\/li>\n<li><strong>They form a link <\/strong>between marine and terrestrial ecosystems, protect shorelines and provide habitat for a diverse array of terrestrial organisms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: PIB What is the News? Scientists have completed the genome sequencing of one of the highly salt-tolerant mangrove species, named Avicennia marina. Note: Genome sequencing is a process of determining the complete DNA sequence of an organism\u2019s genome. About Avicennia marina: Avicennia marina is also called Banhi in Odia. It is one of the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-genome-of-a-salt-secreting-mangrove-species-decoded-by-dbt-ils\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The genome of a Salt-secreting Mangrove Species Decoded by DBT-ILS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700534980},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}