The development of endophyte inoculants for agricultural crops has been bedevilled by the
twin problems of a lack of reliability and consistency, with a consequent lack of belief among …

We study the mechanics of standing columns formed during the repose of flexible granular
chains. It is one of the many intriguing behaviours exhibited by granular materials when links …

The repose angle is a key geometric property that characterises the inter-particle friction and
thereby granular flows. One of the common methods to measure this property is to deposit a …

Aggregates of non-convex particles have shown to be particularly stable which makes them
good candidates to design new lightweight and reversible structures. However, few is known …

Environmental stresses are limiting factors in optimal agricultural crop yield, and these
stresses, especially drought, are likely to become more acute due to future climate change …

A seed coating composition comprising a mixture of a fungal root endophyte isolated from a
root of the plant found in low-nutrient, drought-stressed or multiply-stressed conditions and a …