Tag: NIT Rourkela
Sex Selection Technology
Mukesh Kumar Gupta from the NIT Rourkela collaborated with Korean researchers to separate cattle sperms that carry X chromosome using a monoclonal antibody against sperms that carry Y chromosome. They could get 95% female embryos in vitro.
Tamarind and Jackfruit Seeds: Improving vegetable shelf life
R Santhosh and Preetam Sarkar from the National Institute of Technology Rourkela have come up with a recipe for making films to increase shelf life of vegetables and fruits. The ingredients: carbohydrates from jackfruit seeds, xyloglucan from tamarind seeds and zinc oxide nanoparticles. Read about the process here.
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