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VOL. 7, ISSUE 2 (2025)
Unveiling the ecological and nutraceutical riches of sustainable aquatic lotus plant and its microbial allies
Authors
Sneh Lata, Rubee Lata, R B Ram
Abstract
Sustainable aquatic, lotus plant (Nelumbo
nucifera Gaertner), the national flower of India with cosmopolitan
distribution is true symbol of purity (sacred), beauty, knowledge and
immortality. It has surface floating, large peltateorbicular leaves with
beautiful pink or purple colour flowers. Almost all of its parts from roots to
seeds has numerous nutritional and medicinal importance. Now a days, it is
considered as most sustainable fabric obtained from its stem part as long
threads that is interwoven to popularly called as “Lotus Silk”. It is a
nano-fibre with silk like properties, utilized for making eco-friendly fabric
with anti-bacterial, self-cleaning and super- hydrophobic potential. It is one
of the plants with religious and cultural importance too. Keeping in view the
above facts in mind, thisreview paperprimarily emphasizes on the ecological,
nutraceutical, economic and sustainable fibre yielding potential of lotus
plant, in addition to its role in wastewater management. Its rhizobiome inhabit
numerous microbes that create a positive and eco-friendly relationship between
these microbes and lotus root, thus providing a sustainable solution to support
microbial diversity in aquatic lotus rhizobiome. This eco-friendly relationship
between sacred lotus plant with nature can together be utilised for human welfare.
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Pages:1-8
How to cite this article:
Sneh Lata, Rubee Lata, R B Ram "Unveiling the ecological and nutraceutical riches of sustainable aquatic lotus plant and its microbial allies". International Journal of Agriculture and Plant Science, Vol 7, Issue 2, 2025, Pages 1-8
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