I. Priyakumari

Cut Foliage in the Floriculture Industry: Crop Diversification, Production Determinants, Postharvest Physiology, Supply-chain Management and Research Priorities

A. P. Malavika, I. Priyakumari, M. Rafeekher, P. R. Manju & N. Chitra · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2026

Cut foliage is a technically diverse but comparatively under-synthesised component of the floriculture industry. Leaves, fronds, phyllodes, cladodes and leafy shoots are traded as line, mass, filler and textural materials, yet their production and postharvest biology are often ma...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i104450

Morphological Evaluation of Tabernaemontana divaricata for Its Vegetative and Floral Parameters as a Loose Flower

G. S. Sarika, M. Rafeekher, I. Priyakumari, C. R. Reshmi & Beena Thomas · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2026

Tabernaemontana divaricata is an important ornamental shrub valued for its lovely white flowers, continuous blooming habit, and potential as a loose-flower crop. Aim: The present investigation was undertaken to evaluate the morphological variability among ten accessions of Tabern...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i94390

In vitro Propagation of Banana (Musa spp.) cv. Neypoovan through Male Bud Culture

Jovita Joju, P.R. Manju, S. Simi, K.P Sindura & I. Priyakumari · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2024

Neypoovan is an important banana cultivar widely cultivated in South India. The demand for planting material of this cultivar is huge and tissue-cultured plantlets are not available owing to its inherent problems in the initial establishment of the culture and slow rate of multip...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i121805