: Volume 4 PHD creator text College of Agriculture Vellayani Department of Agronomy 2021 Volume 4 monographic 1. AQUAPONICS : THE FUTURE OF FARMING 2. BIOPLASTICS : AN ECOFRIENDLY ALTERNATIVE TO PLASTICS 3. EXPLORING THE ALLELOPATHIC POTENTIAL OF SESAME FOR GREEN AGRICULTURE 4. BIO REFINERY : A NOVEL STRATEGY TO ADVOCATE SUSTAINABILITY 5. ENDOPHYTES - HIDDEN INFLUENCES ON NUTRIENT ACQUISITION AND ABIOTIC STREESS MITIGATION 6. BIOMIMICRY - EMULATING NATURE TO DESIGN THE FUTURE 7. AGRONOMIC PRACTICES FOR CARBON SEQUESTRATION