ID: 58672
Title: Slow poisoning of Indian reservoirs due to idol immersion: A case study of Laharpur reservoir, Bhopal.
Author: Subhash C Pandey, Sadhna M Singh, Subrata Pani, Aarti Malhosia.
Editor: D R Khanna
Year: 2013
Publisher: Action for Sustainable Efficacious Development and Awareness (ASEA)
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Environment Conservation Journal Vol 11(no.1&2), pp 83-88 (2010)
Subject: Environment Conservation Journal
Keywords: Biodegradable and non-degradable material, Idol immersion, Siltation, Toxicity, Water contamination.
Abstract: Today, the developmental activities and the occupancy in the area is exerting pressure on the water body, Surface water contains some degree of contamination and in country like India this increases due to some religious activities. The present study was conducted on Laharpur reservoir. Bhopal to access the pollution load due to such religious activities. During the course of study various parameters like DO, BOD COD, pH, turbidity, alkalinity, Nickel, Manganese, Chromium and Lead were observed during pre-immersion and post immersion of idols. It was found that there is little variation in physico-chemical parameters but the increasing load of heavy metals due to idol immersion is a serious problem for the reservoir.
Location: TE 15 New Biology Building
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ID: 58671
Title: A note on Turnicola sp. (Ischnocera: Phthiraptera: Insecta) infesting Turnix suscitator (Turnicidae)
Author: Aftab Ahmad, Nayanci Bansal, Vikram Khan, Gaurav Arya, A K Saxena.
Editor: D R Khanna
Year: 2013
Publisher: Action for Sustainable Efficacious Development and Awareness (ASEA)
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Environment Conservation Journal Vol 11(no.1&2), pp 79-82 (2010)
Subject: Environment Conservation Journal
Keywords: Biting louse, Insecta, Ischnocera, Phthiraptera, Turnicola, Turnix louse.
Abstract: Ischnoceran louse belonging to genus Turnicola were collected from Turnix suscitator (Turnicidae) in district Rampur. The morphological features of all the three species recorded from Turnices so far have not been adequately described. Difficulties arising in taxonomic categorization of the specimens of Turnicola and preparation of key of genus have been discussed in the paper. The specimens collected during present studies resembled to T. angustissimus.
Location: TE 15 New Biology Building
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ID: 58670
Title: Potential importance of Cyanopytes for sustainable development and eploitation in West Nimar of M P., India.
Author: S K Mahajan, Bharti Khare, Pooja Mahajan.
Editor: D R Khanna
Year: 2013
Publisher: Action for Sustainable Efficacious Development and Awareness (ASEA)
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Environment Conservation Journal Vol 11(no.1&2), pp 73-77 (2010)
Subject: Environment Conservation Journal
Keywords: Blue green algae, Cyanobacteria, Fresh water algae, Myxophyceae.
Abstract: The present papers deals with aquatic biodiversity of Cyanophytes at Khargone. Madhya Pradesh (India). During the course study a total of 26 algal taxa belonging to 16 genera are reported in the water samples collected from various ponds and reservoirs.
Location: TE 15 New Biology Building
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ID: 58669
Title: Histopathological studies on intedtine of Columba livia Gmellin, 1789 infected with cestode parasites.
Author: S D Patil, Hemlata S Chaudhari (Wankhede)
Editor: D R Khanna
Year: 2013
Publisher: Action for Sustainable Efficacious Development and Awareness (ASEA)
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Environment Conservation Journal Vol 11(no.1&2), pp 71-73 (2010)
Subject: Environment Conservation Journal
Keywords: Cotugnia aurangabadensis, Crypts of Lieberkhun, Histopathology
Abstract: In the present study an attempt has been made to visualize the histopathological changes that are caused to the intestine of avian host Columbia livia, Gmellin, 1789 due to infestation of cestode parasite Cotugnia aurangabadenis is non-penetrative type while Paruterina sp. is penetrative type. It was found that the extent of damage is proportional to the penetration of scolex. Cysts were found encircled with connective tissue sheath deep in the submucosa.
Location: TE 15 New Biology Building
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ID: 58668
Title: Antifungal and antibacterial activities of crude withanolides exatract from the roots of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal (Ashwagandha)
Author: H Punetha, Shivom Singh, A K Gaur.
Editor: D R Khanna
Year: 2013
Publisher: Action for Sustainable Efficacious Development and Awareness (ASEA)
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Environment Conservation Journal Vol 11(no.1&2), pp 65-69 (2010)
Subject: Environment Conservation Journal
Keywords: Antifungal activity, Antibacterial activity, Ashwagandha, Withanolides.
Abstract: Ashwagandha [ Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal] is an important medicinal plant and its medicinal properties have been attributed to various classes of withanolide compounds. In the present study, we evaluated antifungal and antibacterial activities of withanolide extracted from roots of ashwagandha, against five pathogenic, fungi and bacteria. The minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of withanolides against two fungi, F. oxysporum and A. brassica were observed to be 4826.25 and 4474.22 ppm respectively. Antibacterial activity of withanolide extract was tested against three bacteria, E.coli, Pseudomonas solanacearum and Pseudomonas vulgaris. The maximum zone of inhibition at 4000 ppm of withanolide extract against E.coli, P. solanacearum and P.vulgaris were observed to be 8.7mm, 12.1mm and 12.5mm respectively. Thus withanolides extract was found to be the inhibitor of pathogenic fungi and bacteria.
Location: TE 15 New Biology Building
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ID: 58667
Title: Preliminary pharmacognostic and phytochemical investigation of Ensete superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman (Musaceae)
Author: Pushpak Patidar, Gaurav Raghuwanshi, Nirmal Dongre.
Editor: D R Khanna
Year: 2013
Publisher: Action for Sustainable Efficacious Development and Awareness (ASEA)
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Environment Conservation Journal Vol 11(no.1&2), pp 61-63 (2010)
Subject: Environment Conservation Journal
Keywords: Ensete superbum, Ethanol. Hexane, Medullary ray, Parenchyma. WHO.
Abstract: A pharmacognostic study of Ensete superbum (roxb.) Cheeseman was performed on sample collected from dense forests of Sirwel hills, districts Khargone (M.P.). Evaluation of the crude drug was conducted according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines for herbal standardization. Microscopic examination of the powdered drug revealed the presence of parenchyma and fiber cells of the medullary ray. The contents of foriegn matter, acid-insoluble ash and total ash determined were 0.12%, 3.04% and 15.0% respectively, whereas the ethanol-soluble extractive and water-soluble extractive values were found to be 4.08% and 5.68%. Preliminary phytochemical screening of Ensete superbum (roxb.) Cheeseman was also studied. First of all plant was undergone extraction process by using various solvents like Hexane, Benzene, Ethanol, water respectively. After the extraction process phytochemical screening was carried out for identification of various active constituents in which it was found that the Ethanol extract gave more constituents than other which are carbohydrates, alkaloids, phenolic compounds and terpenoids.
Location: TE 15 New Biology Building
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ID: 58666
Title: Adaptive modifications in some hillstream fishes of Betul district.
Author: M S Solanki, B D Nagle, R C Bannatwala, M Tharani.
Editor: D R Khanna
Year: 2013
Publisher: Action for Sustainable Efficacious Development and Awareness (ASEA)
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Environment Conservation Journal Vol 11(no.1&2), pp 57-59 (2010)
Subject: Environment Conservation Journal
Keywords: Adaptive modifications, Chikhlar stream, Hillstream fishes.
Abstract: Fishes from the largest group of vertebrates and they serve as best food supplement. It contains protien, fat, vitamins and minerals. District Betul in Madhya Pradesh is situated at the centre of India. It has dense forest and many streams arise from hills. Tapti river and Machna river are originated from this district and Tawa river originated from the neighbouring district Chhindwara enters in Betul district. These rivers are inhabited by many fishes including hill stream fishes. The present study intends to identify the main hill stream fishes of Betul district and to observe thier structural modifications.
Location: TE 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: None
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ID: 58665
Title: Antimicrobial screening of Trikatu and sitopladi churnas.
Author: Navneet, Rajni, Prabhat.
Editor: D R Khanna
Year: 2013
Publisher: Action for Sustainable Efficacious Development and Awareness (ASEA)
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Environment Conservation Journal Vol 11(no.1&2), pp 51-55 (2010)
Subject: Environment Conservation Journal
Keywords: Minimum inhibitory concentration, Respiratory tract infection concentration, Sitopladi, Trikatu.
Abstract: Ayurvedic system of medicine prescribes a number of crude drugs for longevity of life and for curing various ailments. In the present study we have selected two most commonly used ayurvedic formulations i.e. Trikatu and Sitopladi churnas. which are used against respiratory tract infections. The petroleum ether, acetone, methanolic and aqueous extracts of each plant was tested against Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, S.pneumoniae, S. sanguis, S. salivarius, S.mutans, Lactobacillus scidophillus, E.coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus epidermis, Salmonella typhi, Micrococcus luteus, Bacillus subtilis, Proteus vulgaris, Candida albicans and it was found that methanolic extracts exhibited the highest degree of activity, Zingiber officinates (tuber) and Piper longum (fruits) produced outstanding antibacterial effect with inhibition zone greater than 20 mm against most of the pathogens. Minimum inhibitory concentration of most effective extract (methanolic) was performed against E. coli, B. subtilis, S. pneumoniae and S. pyogenes whereas P. longum showed best results against E.coli (0.0391 mg/ml) and Z. officinales against B. subtilis (0.0391 mg/ml).
Location: TE 15 New Biology Building
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ID: 58664
Title: Phytoremediation of sewage pollutants through some macrophytes near industrial area of Balrampur.
Author: Dharmendra Kumar Soni, R N Upadhyay, D D Tewari, A K Srivastava, G B Chaturvedi
Editor: D R Khanna
Year: 2013
Publisher: Action for Sustainable Efficacious Development and Awareness (ASEA)
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Environment Conservation Journal Vol 11(no.1&2), pp 47-50 (2010)
Subject: Environment Conservation Journal
Keywords: Aquatic plants, Ecofriendly, Macrophytes, Phytoremediation, Sewage.
Abstract: The present study deals with the phytoremediation of aquatic pollutants through macrophytes including Lemna. Eicchornia and Hydrilla. The study was conducted from June 2009 to September 2009 on Suawn Nala and was observed that application of aquatic plants is the cheapest and ecofriendly method for removal of pollutant from sewage.
Location: TE 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: None
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ID: 58663
Title: Seasonal physio-chemical characteristics assesment and primary production in the planktonic community of Godavari River water, Nashik (Maharashtra)
Author: Resham Bhalla, Balwinder Sekhon
Editor: D R Khanna
Year: 2013
Publisher: Action for Sustainable Efficacious Development and Awareness (ASEA)
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Environment Conservation Journal Vol 11(no.1&2), pp 41-45 (2010)
Subject: Environment Conservation Journal
Keywords: Godavari river, Physico-chemical, Planktonic community, Primary production
Abstract: The physico-chemical characteristics influence the planktonic population whereas primary productivity depends upon the photosynthetic activity of phytoplankton. The productivity is nothing but the amount of organic matter produced by phytoplankton under a unit area of water surface thus influenced by physio-chemicals parameters. The present paper deals with seasonal variations (winter, summer, monsoon) of parameters like Temp, Turbidity, pH, Free CO2, DO, Nitrates, Phosphates, Planktonic community, along with primary production of Godavari river water at Nashik during November 2002 to October 2003. It was observed that the abiotic parameters are in direct correlation with the biota of an aquatic ecosystem. The planktonic community showed direct correlation with primary productivity i.e. maximum in the summer and minimum in the winter.
Location: TE 15 New Biology Building
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ID: 58662
Title: Assessment of fungi and suspended particulate matter in the indoor air of households of Jammu city (J&K)
Author: Raj Kumar Rampal, Neha Sharma.
Editor: D R Khanna
Year: 2013
Publisher: Action for Sustainable Efficacious Development and Awareness (ASEA)
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Environment Conservation Journal Vol 11(no.1&2), pp 37-40 (2010)
Subject: Environment Conservation Journal
Keywords: Air pollution, Biological contamination, Fungi, Indoor air, Suspended particulate matter
Abstract: The present study was conducted to assess staatus of suspended pariculate matter (SPM) and fungi in the indoor air of households located at different sites in Jammu city. The study area was divided into seven sites. At each site, two households were selected randomly and in each household sampling of SPM (?g/m?) and Fungi (CFU/m?) were done twice at three sub sites i.e. bedroom, kitchen and drawing room. Alernaria alternata, Mucor sp., were observed to be the most common fungi in the study area. SPM was found to be maximum (1006 ?g/m?) in households near water body and minimum (659 ?g/m?) in the households near hospital. The minimum value of fungal count (20076 CFU/m?) was exhibited by households near National Highway I-A whereas maximum value of fungal count (27226 CFU/m?) was exhibited by the Households located in commercial area. A significant positive correlation (r) was also found between SPM and fungi (+0.06 to +0.062) as well as fungi and relative humidity (+0.10 to +0.60) in the study area.
Location: TE 15 New Biology Building
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ID: 58661
Title: Production of phenolics by Rhizoctonia bataticola (taub.) Butler during pathogenisis
Author: Tripta Sapru, S K Mahajan.
Editor: D R Khanna
Year: 2013
Publisher: Action for Sustainable Efficacious Development and Awareness (ASEA)
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Environment Conservation Journal Vol 11(no.1&2), pp 31-36 (2010)
Subject: Environment Conservation Journal
Keywords: Faculative parasite, Fungi, Host-parasite relationship, Plant pathology
Abstract: Rhizoctonia bataticola is a faculative parasite, which causes damping of seedings and root rot in vegetables, cereals, fruits, oilseed crops and ornamental plants. The present paper deals with the in vitro studies of the production of phenolics by this parasitic fungus.
Location: TE 15 New Biology Building
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ID: 58660
Title: Fly ash for soil nourishment: A case study for Brinjal and Groundnut
Author: S L Patil, M V Baride, M Husain.
Editor: D R Khanna
Year: 2013
Publisher: Action for Sustainable Efficacious Development and Awareness (ASEA)
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Environment Conservation Journal Vol 11(no.1&2), pp 25-29 (2010)
Subject: Environment Conservation Journal
Keywords: Agricultural utilization, Fly ash, Optimum proportion.
Abstract: The Deep Nagar Thermal Power Plant, Bhusawal in Maharashtra generates fly ash @ 2000 to 3000 MT per annum and is used for soil nourishment for two local crops namely brinjal (Solanum melongena) and ground nut (Arochis hypogoea Linn). During the course of study the fly ash obtained from the power plant is characterized for its agro- properties and it is blended with black cotton soil in various proportions then further laboratory scale studies were done for growth of brinjal and groundnut plants using various blends of soil and fly ash. Growth parameters of plants including optimum proportion of fly ash for the plant growth, edibility of agro-products were observed and examined for its entire life cycle. It was observed during study that fly ash proportion of around 10 to 20% by weight of black cotton soil is optimum for various crops besides this it was observed that while fly ash for soil nourishment for above-mentioned crops is a viable method of fly ash disposal, added with the benefit of better crop yield.
Location: TE 15 New Biology Building
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ID: 58659
Title: Statistical observation on the length weight relationship of brain and body in a cold water cat fish Amblyceps mangois from Garhwal region
Author: Pankaj Bhahuguna , H K Joshi.
Editor: D R Khanna
Year: 2013
Publisher: Action for Sustainable Efficacious Development and Awareness (ASEA)
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Environment Conservation Journal Vol 11(no.1&2), pp 21-23 (2010)
Subject: Environment Conservation Journal
Keywords: Amblyceps mangois, Brain length, Brain weight, Correlation, Statistical.
Abstract: The paper deals with stastistical analysis of fish brain and body parameter in a cold water small cat fish Amblyceps mangois (Ham.-Buch.) from Garhwal Central Himalayan region. During the course of study a total of 82 specimens were selected and were carried out for statistical observation. It was observed that standard length of fish fluctuated between 42.38 1.80 m m to 71.00 0.20 m m while the fish weight, brain length and brain weight fluctuated from 1408.69 ?103.39 mg to 3966.00 ?202.03 mg, 6.23 ?
0.83 m m to 8.83 ?0.41 m m and 4.92? 0.95 mg to 12.00 ?2.28 mg respectively.
Location: TE 15 New Biology Building
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ID: 58658
Title: Physico-chemical parameters and environmental pollution in the Aghlaghan Chie river of Ardabil province in Iran.
Author: Fariba Esfandiary, Ali Ahadzadeh.
Editor: D R Khanna
Year: 2013
Publisher: Action for Sustainable Efficacious Development and Awareness (ASEA)
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Environment Conservation Journal Vol 11(no.1&2), pp 17-19 (2010)
Subject: Environment Conservation Journal
Keywords: Aglaghan river, Bolaughlar, Pollution, Spring.
Abstract: Aghlaghan chie river of Nir city, is formed by confluence of 5 Bolaughlar springs, two of these springs provide potable water of Nir city. Various physico-chemical and biological parameters were taken into consideration during the course of study these includes DO, BOD, COD, pH, CACO3, Total dissolved solids, Total coliforms and the Fecal coliforn Based on the results of this study it is concluded that there is slight increase of pollutants in downstream of city in comparison to the upstream, hence it is an alarming positing of increasing pollution load in the river.
Location: TE 15 New Biology Building
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