The dependence on fossil fuels for energy production has reached an alarming stage. The energy demand continues to increase with growing population. Consequently, fossil-fuel reserves are continuously draining and the world would be confronted with their extinction in near future. The burning of fossil fuels in such enormous quantities has propelled our environment to the edge of devastation. Energy resource depletion and devastation of environment have persuaded researchers to explore renewable and green resources of energy. Diffuser augmented marine current turbines are getting enormous...

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is an herbaceous, dicotyledonous, starchy, tuberous and annual vegetable crop. It is most cultivated vegetable crop of temperate and tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. Potatoes stand fourth as world's most abundant food crop after rice, maize, and wheat.Potato soft rot caused by Erwinia carotovora has been reported to be most destructive and widely distributed disease. Samples were collected on basis of symptoms from different areas of Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Taxila and Gujranwala and the pathogen was isolated. Rhizobacteria were isolated from the...