LUCKNOW, Dec. 1 -- Plants use a variety of molecules to boost their immunity, and both healthy and those already assimilated plants continue to adapt and thrive in their ecology, said CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) director Ajit Kumar Shashnay while delivering a lecture at the 7th international conference on plants and environmental pollution (ICPEP-7) on Monday.

The conference, being organised at CSIR-NBRI, brings together scientists and scholars to discuss a wide range of topics, featuring scientific exchanges enriched by international participation.

Shashnay said that although crop yields rose significantly during the Green Revolution, it is now essential to revisit traditional plant varieties and cultivation pract...