Botanist wins WWF award for invasive plants detection app

Botany researcher N. Alim Yusuf with the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) National Award. A botany researcher who developed an AI-powered mobile application to identify invasive plant species in Kerala has been awarded the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) National Award. N. Alim Yusuf, a researcher at the Malabar Botanical Garden and Institute for Plant Sciences (MBGIPS), Olavanna, Kozhikode, received the honour for his innovative application capable of identifying nearly 100 invasive plant species recorded in Kerala. Copyright© 2026, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our We have migrated to a new commenting platform. ...