ID: 57157
Title: Studies on afforestation for controlling avalanche and improving eco-environment in high altitude
Author: Narendra Singh, Gursharan Singh, Amod Kumar and Tsering Stobden
Editor: Dr V R R Singh
Year: 2010
Publisher: The Indian Forester, Vol 136, No 9, September 2010
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: The Indian Forester
Keywords: Avalanche, Afforestation, Eco-environment, Plant species
Abstract: Performance of different high altitude plant species was observed in avalanches affected area at the top of Jawahar Tunnel (3200 m amsl) situated on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-1A) near Banihal, J & K, Seabuckthron (Hippophae rhamnoide), willow (Salix alba), poplar (Populus nigra) and elegnus (Elaeagnus angustifolia) saplings were planted in first week of April 2008 at the site under the study. Higher plant survival percentage, number of branches/plant and number of leaves/branch were recorded in seabuckthorn followed by willow after three months and sixteen months of plantation. Maximum length of branch and percentage of stem diameter increased were recorded with willow than all the other plant species at both the stages. Overall better growth performance of all the studied species were observed at northern aspect as compared to the southern aspect.
Location: TE 15, New Biology Building
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ID: 57156
Title: Leaf-fall studies of some forest tree species tropical dry deciduous mixed forest of Naoradehi wild life sanctuary, Sagar (Madhya Pradesh)
Author: Kaushlesh Pathak, S P Bajpai and C D Athaya
Editor: Dr V R R Singh
Year: 2010
Publisher: The Indian Forester, Vol 136, No 9, September 2010
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: The Indian Forester
Keywords: Phenological studies
Abstract: Phenological studies were conducted in tropical dry deciduous mixed forest tree species in Naoradehi Wild life sanctuary of districts Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. Observations of leaf-fall phenomenon amongst 35 tree species indicate that 50% species showed leaf-fall during winter months and remaining during hot summer months. Leaf-fall may be affected by different microclimate factors and diiferent environmental conditions.
Location: TE 15, New Biology Building
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ID: 57155
Title: Evaluation of plant growth regulators response in physicology of flowering in Jatropha curcas
Author: Gargi Joshi, Arvind Shukla and Alok Shukla
Editor: Dr V R R Singh
Year: 2010
Publisher: The Indian Forester, Vol 136, No 9, September 2010
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: The Indian Forester
Keywords: Flowering, Jatropha curcas, plant growth hormones
Abstract: A study was conducted to assess the influence of different plant growth hormones on physiology of flowering in Jatropha curcas L. variety Pant-J selection 2 as flowers have the major importance on seed yield and thus biodiesel production. Application of plant growth regulators such as Ethrel, IAA and NAA as foliar spray was found to influence the flowering pattern of plant. Higher concentrations (100 ppm and 150 ppm) of all plant growth regulators had a more prominent effect on flowering and significantly increased the number of female flowers of the treated plants.
Location: TE 15, New Biology Building
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ID: 57154
Title: Growth and instability in production and export of Indian lac
Author: Govind Pal
Editor: Dr V R R Singh
Year: 2010
Publisher: The Indian Forester, Vol 136, No 9, September 2010
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: The Indian Forester
Keywords: Indian lac, export, growth and instability, production
Abstract: The study to examine the growth and instability in production and export of Indian lac is based on secondary data collected for 38 years spanning from 1970-71 to 2007-08. The data were analyzed by using exponential function and instability index. During the overall period production of Indian lac registered a declining trend while, the period 2000-01 to 2007-08 was comparatively better with positive growth rate and lower instability than the past three decades of lac production in India. The export quantity also registered a declining trend during overall period while, total export value and unit value of export registered positive and significant trend. Instability was more in total export value and unit value of export registered positive and significant trend. Instability was more in total export value and unit value of export in comparison to export quantity. Instability during the period 2000-01 to 2007-08 was comparatively lower than the past three decades and overall period in quantity, total value and unit value of export. The study has emphasized on the need of intensification of efforts and exploitation of untapped potential area for increasing lac production, quality consciousness and more R & D support for improving the production and export scenario of Indian lac.
Location: TE 15, New Biology Building
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ID: 57153
Title: Little known grass taxa of India
Author: B Ravi Prasad Rao and A Madhusudhana Reddy
Editor: Dr V R R Singh
Year: 2010
Publisher: The Indian Forester, Vol 136, No 9, September 2010
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: The Indian Forester
Keywords: Grasses, Panicum sparsicomum, Themeda mooneyi, Endemics, New records
Abstract: Two grass species Panicum sparsicomum Nees ex Steudel, an endemic to India- Sri Lanka and Themeda mooneyi Bor, an endemic to Peninsular India collected from North-Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh form the new distributional records for the state fo Andhra Pradesh. Complete descriptions, critical notes and illustrations are provided for individual taxa.
Location: TE 15, New Biology Building
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ID: 57152
Title: Ecology of medicinal plants in Uttarakhand Himalaya, India
Author: Jeet Ram, Beena Tewari and Neeta Arya
Editor: Dr V R R Singh
Year: 2010
Publisher: The Indian Forester, Vol 136, No 9, September 2010
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: The Indian Forester
Keywords: Medicinal plants, A nilagerica, distribution and Uttarakhand
Abstract: Medicinal plants are one of the important components of the forests of Himalaya and grow in different communities and group of species. The herb communities were studied mainly in oak and oal mixed forests of Uttarakhand Himalaya. Herb cover was higher in oak-pine forest while it was lower in oak dominated mixed forest. The most frequent medicinal herb was A nilagerica while large number of medicinal and their associations would be important for growing and conserving the medicinal herbs in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.
Location: TE 15, New Biology Building
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ID: 57151
Title: Less known wild edible fruits and seeds of Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka
Author: S S Hebbar, Gurumurthi Hegde and G R Hegde
Editor: Dr V R R Singh
Year: 2010
Publisher: The Indian Forester, Vol 136, No 9, September 2010
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: The Indian Forester
Keywords: Uttara Kannada, wild fruits, wild seeds, wild edible
Abstract: This paper deals with the less known wild edible fruits and seeds of Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka. Less known 12 wild edible fruit and seed bearing plants are documented. Each plant is given with the information about its family, voucher specimen number, local kannada names, place of occurrence, flowering and fruiting seasons, part used, method of usage, description of edible part and medicinal importance of the plant is also given, wherever available.
Location: TE 15, New Biology Building
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ID: 57150
Title: Distribution and population structure of Amentotaxus assamica ferguson, A critically endangered and endemic species in Arunachal Pradesh
Author: A K Das, P C Nath and A D Khumbongmayum
Editor: Dr V R R Singh
Year: 2010
Publisher: The Indian Forester, Vol 136, No 9, September 2010
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: The Indian Forester
Keywords: Terminalia chebula leaves, in-vivo nitrate reductase activity, Standardizations, Nitrogen assimilation, buffer and substrate solution
Abstract: Combinations of different concentrations of substrate (0.10 M, 0.15M, 0.20 M, and 0.25 M KNO3) with different pH of buffer (0.20M, KH2PO4 of the pH 6.5, 7.0, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9 and 8.0) solutions were tried for the nitrate reductase activity of Terminalia chebula leaves. Maximum nitrate reductase activity was observed in the combination of buffer solution of 0.20 M having pH 7.6 and substrate solution of the concentration 0.15M.
Location: TE 15, New Biology Building
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ID: 57149
Title: Reclamation of sodic soil through afforestation
Author: K P Tripathi and Bajrang Singh
Editor: Dr V R R Singh
Year: 2010
Publisher: The Indian Forester, Vol 136, No 9, September 2010
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: The Indian Forester
Keywords: Reclamation, Ecorestoration, diversity index, Importance Value Index, Nutrient content and soil amelioration
Abstract: A forest ecosystem was developed on barren sodic land at Banthra Research Station of ational Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India during 1960s. About 74 species belonging to 34 families were recorded in this new forest, which was characterized as mixed dry sub-tropical forest with deciduous and evergreen species. The forest was classificed into overstory, understory and ground layer vegetation based on the morphological variation and vertical strata of the vegetation. Frequency, density, abundance and basal area were evaluated for each species and dominants were assorted on the basis of basal area and Importance Value Index, Shannon Wiener ' s diversity index measured as 3.6, 3.3, and 1.8 for overstory, understory and ground layer vegetation, respectively.
Forest biomass (dry weight) was estimated to be 347 Mg ha-1 with a net primary production of 25 Mg ha-1 yr-1at the age of 40 years. Forest sequestered about 168 Mg ha-1 carbon content in their standing biomass with current accumulation rate of 11 Mg ha-1 yr-1 and conserved 8.9 TJ ha-1 energy in their standing stock. Annual energy fixation was estimated to 644 GJ ha-1. Nutrient pool and fluxes in the forest were also determined. Further, the role of litter and fine roots in reclamation of sodic soil was quantified.
Location: TE 15, New Biology Building
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ID: 57148
Title: Inventory of ethno veterinary medicinal plants of Jhargram division, West Bengal, India
Author: P K Pandit
Editor: Dr V R R Singh
Year: 2010
Publisher: The Indian Forester, Vol 136, No 9, September 2010
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: The Indian Forester
Keywords: Ethno veterinary medicianl plants, Animal health care, traditional uses, local people, JFMC members, Jhargram Division, West Bengal, India
Abstract: Jhargram Forest Division has been surveyed for the availability and uses of ethno veterinary medicinal plants. A total of 96 plant species has been identified as ethno veterinary medicinal plants used in traditional animal health care. These 96 plants belong to 54 families and 89 genera occupying different habit groups and strata. These species constitute 33 percent of total medicinal plants found in the Midnapore district and used to cure/treat 37 veterinary ailments/disorders. Maximum plants (33 nos) were used to cure digestive tract related disorders and leaf individually used in maximum cases (30) in respect of use of plant part. Among these identifie plant species, 43 species were found in the forests, 26 species in both forests as well as non forest areas and 27 species were cultivated as garden plants or cash crop.
Location: TE 15, New Biology Building
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ID: 57147
Title: Accounting poplar and wheat productivity for carbon sequestration in agri-silvicultural system
Author: Sanjeev K Chauhan, S C Sharma, R Chauhan, Naveen Gupta and Ritu
Editor: Dr V R R Singh
Year: 2010
Publisher: The Indian Forester, Vol 136, No 9, September 2010
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: The Indian Forester
Keywords: Poplar-Wheat intercropping, productivity, carbon sequestration, organic carbon
Abstract: The increasing level of green house gases in general and carbon dioxide in particular has raised concerns about the vulnerability of human, animal and plant life. Forests through serve as source and sink of the CO2, there is need to synthesize the impact of climate change on forests and the role of forests in global carbon cycle. Soil accounts for a major organic carbon pool, which needs to be quantified in tree based systems. At a rotation of seven years, poplar timber cabon content was 23.57t/ha and an equal amount was contributed by roots, leaves and tree bark. The contribution of branches was 24 percent of the total 62.48t poplar biomass (carbon storage) in seven years. Soil organic carbon increase was also substantial under tree-crop interface than sole wheat cultivation. The annual biomass in agroforestry intervention not only accumulated sixty percent more carbon but a major portion of carbon is stored over a longer period than the sole crop.
Location: TE 15, New Biology Building
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ID: 57146
Title: Isolation of fungi from heart rot affected Melia azedarach, Linn. in Bangladesh
Author: MD Ashaduzzaman and Mohammad Abdur Rahman
Editor: Dr V R R Singh
Year: 2010
Publisher: The Indian Forester, Vol 136, No 9, September 2010
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: The Indian Forester
Keywords: Melia azedarach, Heart rot, Acremonium sp., fungal isolation
Abstract: Melia azedarach is a fast growing multi-purpose species in the family Meliaceae. Primary uses of M. azedarach are in shelterbelts, firewood or charcoal, medicinal use, etc. The present study observed the symptoms of disease development. Wounds, dead branches, branch stubs and knota appeared to be important infection court for disease development. The heartwood is decayed progressively with age and become useless for any purposes. A total of 1075 incoula from heart rot, small heart rot, rot and stain, blue stained and healthy portion of 53 wood samples collected from 15 heart rot affected trees were plated. Out of it, 790 inocula yielded fungi in 2% malt extract agar media used for isolation of fungi. Four fungal types were isolated, of which Type-A was found dominant and identified as Acremonium sp. based on some specific mycelial structures.
Location: TE 15, New Biology Building
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ID: 57145
Title: Critical necessity of local monitoring and enforcement for sustainable governance of forests
Author: Deep Narayan Pandey
Editor: Dr V R R Singh
Year: 2010
Publisher: The Indian Forester, Vol 136, No 9, September 2010
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: The Indian Forester
Keywords: Sustainable governance, Natural resources, Monitoring, enforcement, Joint Forest Management
Abstract: A large number of variables may potentially determine the success or failure of sustainable governance of foresrts, yet the success in finding the necessary condition has remained elusive. Recently, the Noble Price for 2009 in Economic Sciences has been awarded to Elinor Ostrom who made major contributions to our understanding of the governance of forests and common pool resources. Ostrom has spent considerable amount of time and efforst with the International Forestry Resources and Institutions programme that produced some of the most useful research relevant to practitioners of natural resource management. This paper reviews the recent research that clearly demonstrates that even when a number of other factors are taken into account, higher levels of local monitoring and enforcement of locally-made rules can result in improved regeneration and lower the possibility of forest degradation across a variety of ecological, economic and social contexts. This understanding has immediate practical utility for joint forest management in India.
Location: TE 15, New Biology Building
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ID: 57144
Title: Soil organic carbon store under different land use systems in Giri catchment of Himachal Pradesh
Author: S S Negi and M K Gupta
Editor: Dr V R R Singh
Year: 2010
Publisher: The Indian Forester, Vol 136, No 9, September 2010
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: The Indian Forester
Keywords: Carbon sequestration, Soil organic carbon estimation, Giri catchment, Himachal Pradesh
Abstract: Soil samples for the estimation of organic carbon store were collected from the entire catchment area starting from Rajban to origin of Giri and all the land uses were covered to estimate soil organic carbon. Soil organic carbon store in Giri catchment was estimated (up to the depth of 30 cm), and observed that macimum SOC store (93.47 t ha-1) was in the soils under Kail + Silver fir and Spruce foresrts and Kail + Quercus forests followed by Deodar forests (82.14 t ha-1). Soil organic carbon store under miscellaneous forests (57.66 t ha-1) and chir forests (57.33 t ha-1) was similar and the least SOC store was under sal forests (47.29 t/ha). Under agriculture land use, in cropping skystem soil organic store was 53.62 t ha-1 while under orchards it was 53.96 t ha-1. Altitude wise maximum soil organic carbon pool was in the soils located above the altitude of 2500 m (91.37 t ha-1) followed by 2000-2500 m (88.68 t ha-1). The least SOC store was in the soils located below 1000m (54.34 t ha-1). Giri catchments has 8,165,593.15 tones (8.16 million tons) soil organic carbon store in the forest area and under agriculture land use soil organic carbon store is 3,167,521.58 tones (3.16 million tons).
Location: TE 15, New Biology Building
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ID: 57143
Title: An analysis of urban system with emphasis on entropy model (Case study: the cities of East Azerbaijan Province)
Author: Hossain Nazmfar
Editor: Prof Natarajan Gajendra
Year: 2012
Publisher: Indian Society for Education and Environment, Vol 5, Issue 9, September 2012
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Indian Journal of Science and Technology
Keywords: Urban primacy, entropy, spatial equilibrium, urban system
Abstract: Nowadays, strong concentration of population and comprehensive facilities and resources in the capital cities and some other metropolises has encountered the countries with many problems, some of which represent many third world countries ' problems. For this reason the concept of urban system can be investigated from various aspects. This article aims to include an analysis of urban systems among cities of East Azerbaijan during the time period of 50 years (1957-2007). Some of the problems are the manner of population distribution in the cities, quality of interactions and connection of these areas in urban network, organizing and equilibrating the urban space. Due to the urbanization of this region and high density of Tabriz population and facilities compared with other cities, East Azerbaijan province also faces different challenges. Using quantitative-analytical method, common techniques and models, the research results indicated that population establishment in urban regions is not distributed equally or in a balanced form. The reasons for such findings can be the rise of small and insignificant towns in the urban network of the province and the intense population concentration in Tabriz.
Location: TE 15, New Biology Building
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