TY - JOUR AU - SESTRAS, Radu E. PY - 2020/03/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Introduction pages JF - Notulae Scientia Biologicae JA - Not Sci Biol VL - 12 IS - 1 SE - Editorial DO - 10.15835/nsb12110697 UR - https://notulaebiologicae.ro/index.php/nsb/article/view/10697 SP - I-VIII AB - <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Notulae Scientia Biologicae</strong> (<a href="http://www.notulaebiologicae.ro">http://www.notulaebiologicae.ro</a>), Issue 1, Volume 12, 2020: The papers published in this issue represent interesting novelties in different topics of life science. Among the exciting researches, we invite readers to find news about: vultures, their population status and some ecological aspects in an Indian stronghold; analysis of secondary metabolites and <em>in vitro</em> evaluation of extracts of <em>Carica papaya</em> and <em>Azadirachta indica</em> leaves on selected human pathogens; the risk mitigation indices associated with some risk mitigation protocols performed on contaminated aqua-cultured catfish (<em>Clarias gariepinus</em>); evaluation of three plant species to control black scurf disease of Irish potato (<em>Solanum tuberosum</em> Linn.); production, purification and characterization of thermostable alpha amylase from <em>Bacillus subtilis</em> Y25 isolated from decaying yam (<em>Dioscorea rotundata</em>) tuber; influence of ammonium and moisture on survival and nifH transcription in the diazotrophic <em>Pseudomonas mendocina</em> S10; two additions to the Asteraceae of Egypt; micromorphology studies of three important medicinal plants of Asclepiadaceae family; phenological attributes of <em>Pyracantha crenulata</em> - a high-value multipurpose shrub of the Himalaya; <em>in vitro</em> callus and shoot regeneration in <em>Enterolobium cyclocarpum</em> (Jacq.) Grised. - a fast timber yielding species.</p> ER -