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ID: 62092
Title: Ethnomedicinal uses of medicinal plants used by tribes of Valparai, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Author: Ethnomedicianl uses of medicinal plants used by tribes of valparai, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2016
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (6) 607-612 (2016)
Subject: Ethnomedicinal uses of medicinal plants used by tribes of Valparai
Keywords: Eastern Ghats, Ethnomedicinal, Folkmedicine, Valparai, Medicinal plants.
Abstract: Ethnobotany is gaining vitality as data on traditionally used medicinal plants are with no or very minimal side effects. The present study aims to investigate the ethnic knowledge of the tribes of Valparai. Standard questionnaires were prepared and used in this study. The data was gathered based on the oral information given by 8 tribal medicinal practioners after repeated visits in the study area. Traditional uses of 88 plant species belonging to 46 families with their medicinal uses were collected and documented. Among them, 8 plant species that have not yet been described are included in the study. This knowledge of medicinal plants can serve as a revival of interest in the traditional folk medicine. Moreover the hidden ethnobotanical uses of both common and rare plants has to be protected and so, it adds the wealth of medicinal knowledge eventually India ' s pride.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: Dwarakan P. and Ansari A.A. (1992).Ethnobotanical notes of Valikadupatti and surroundings of Kollimalais of Salem district, TamilNadu.J.Econ.Tax.Bot., 10:495-499. Elavarasi S. and Saravanan K. (2012) .Ethnobotanical study of plants used to treat diabetes by tribal people of Kolli hills, Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu, India.Inter.J.Pharm.Tech, Research, 4:404-411.
Literature cited 2: Gamble J.S., (1915-1935).Flora of the presidency of Madras. Adlard & Co., London, vol.I-III. Jain S.K., and DeFilipps R.A. (1991).Medicinal plants of India. Vol: I-II. Reference Publications Inc, Algonac, Michigan.

ID: 62091
Title: Pest status of Gall making insect, Leptocybe invasa fisher & Lasalle, in nurseries and plantations of Eucalyptus in Madhya Pradesh.
Author: N. Roychoudhury, Subhash Chandra and Ram Bhajan Singh
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2016
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (6) 601-606 (2016)
Subject: Traditional edible Bamboo products and their impact on livelihood
Keywords: Gall insect, Leptocybe invasa, Eucalyptus, Pest status, Madhya Pradesh
Abstract: The present paper reports the assessment of damage caused by gall insect Leptocybe invasa Fisher & LaSalle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in eucalyptus. Based on the survey of forest nurseries and plantations of eucalyptus in Madhya Pradesh, the infestations of gall insect revealed wide variations in respect of age of seedlings and saplings. The infestation percentage of L. invasa varied from 20 % in one month age of old seedlings and 100 % in one year old seedlings in nurseries and 80-100 % infestation was recorded in six months old plantations. The intensity of damage was observed to be very severe in seedlings and saplings. The production of galls in relation to early growth of seedlings revealed that there was an increase in number of galls formed irrespective of leaves, petioles and stems. The relative susceptibility to the gall insect varied among seed raised genotype and hybrid eucalyptus, which advocates the differential response of gall wasp in regard to genotype. All these observations clearly indicate that L.invasa is a major gall making insect pest of eucalyptus especially in seedling/sapling stage.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: Akhtar M.S., Patankar N.V., Dey, D. and Ramamurthy V.V.(2008).Eucalyptus gall wasp-an invasive pest of significance. Indian Farming, 57 (12): 29-31. Akhtar M.S., Patanka N.V. and Gaur A. (2012).Observations on the biology and male of eucalyptus gall wasp Leptocybe invasa Fisher and LaSalle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae).Indian J.Entomology, 74 (2): 173-175.
Literature cited 2: Anonymous (2007a).Report on field visit-cum-meeting to discuss the strategy to be adopted and contain the insect gall problem in Eucalyptus, caused by Leptocybe invasa Fisher & La Salle, held on 17th April, 2007 at Chennai, organized by IFGTB (ICFRE), Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu).

ID: 62090
Title: Traditional edible Bamboo products and their impact on livelihood of tribal village community of Wokha district, Nagaland.
Author: Nzilo Kithan, Sandhya Goswami and Sas Biswas
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2016
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (6) 595-600 (2016)
Subject: Traditional edible Bamboo products and their impact on livelihood
Keywords: Harvesting and processing, Sustainable management, Producer-middleman-consumer
Abstract: field study was undertaken in four villages in Wokha district of Nagaland to determine the impact of edible bamboo utilization on the livelihood of communities. Out of 18 species of bamboo found in the study area 7 species are found edible. The species grown by communities are Bambusa balcooa, B.tulda, Dendrocalamus hamiltonii, D.strictus and D.iganteus. Bamboo shoots are largely utilized in the form of fresh (Voyen), fermented (Rhuchak), dried (Rhuchon and Rhuyen), boiled (in form of pickle) and liquid (Rhuchu). Studies reveal that the utilization of bamboo shoot using modern tools of harvesting and processing, sustainable management of resource and marketing have potential for the employment opportunities. The monthly income of the communities is found to be around Rs 10, 000 during the availability of bamboo shoot season (June-Oct), while the sale of bamboo pickle amounts to Rs 8000/- per month. Marketing channels identified are producer-consumer (Channel-I) and producer-middleman-consumer (Channel II). Studies comprehensively deal with problems in production and marketing covering various aspects such as transportation of resource to the processing units and markets, phonological phenomenon of periodic flowering, value addition, and Capacity building and up-gradation of skills of communities.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: Bal L.M., Sahu J.K. and Prusty S.R. (2008).Opportunity of bamboo shoots for nutritional security and socio-economical prosperity of north eastern region of India. Proceedings of the conference on Agricultural Engineering inputs for the development of the NR region. Assam University, Silchar on 3rd December, pp.108-114. Caitlin B. and MilesC. (2000).Investigating bamboo as an alternative crop in the Maritime Pacific Northwest.Pacific NorthwestSustainable Agriculture, 12 (2): 4-6.
Literature cited 2: Choudhury D., Sahu J.K. and Sharma G.D.(2011).Value addition to bamboo shoots: a review. J. Food Science & Technology, 49 (4):407-414. Daphne L. (1996).Bamboo shoots: delicious to eat, easy to sell. Washington Tilt. Autumn, 7-9.

ID: 62089
Title: Current status of the Genus Bryum Hedw. in Central India
Author: Pooja Bansal and Virendra Nath
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2016
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (6) 590-594 (2016)
Subject: Current status of the Genus Bryum Hedw. in Central India
Keywords: Bryum, Moss, Central India
Abstract: Bryum Hedw. Is represented in Central India by fourteen species. Of these, B .pseudotriquetrum (Hedw.) P. Gaertn, B. Mey.et Scherb, reported from Amarkantha and B.pseudotriquetrum var.subrotundum (Brid).Gangulee from Mount Abu (Rajasthan) are new record for Central Indian Bryoflora.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: Alam A., Pandey S., Singh V. Sharma S.C. V.(2014).Moss flora of Mount Abu (Rajasthan)., India: An updated checklist. Tropical plant Research, 1 (1):8-13. Bansal P. and Nath V. (2013).Bryum apiculatum Schwaegr.and Bryum thomsonii Mitt., new to Central India in new National and Regional bryophyte records. J. Bryology, 35 (4):290-305.
Literature cited 2: Bansal P. and Nath V. (2014).Present status of genus Bryum Hedw., (Bryophyta) in Rajasthan, India. G-J.Environmental Science and Technology, 1 (6): 118-122. Bansal P., Nath V. and Pande N. (2012).Bryum dunense Smith et Whitehouse (Bryophyta: Bryaceae): New to Central India. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India, 82 (3): 453-454.

ID: 62088
Title: The effect of forest management on stand structure and tree diversity in the Sal (Shorea robusta) forest of Nepal.
Author: S.Ranabhat, L.Fehrman and R.Malla
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2016
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (6) 582-589 (2016)
Subject: The effect of forest management on stand structure and tree diversity in the Sal
Keywords: Biodiversity, Buffer zone area, Community forest, Protected area, Nepal
Abstract: This study aimed to assess the stand structure and tree diversity of the Sal (Shorea robusta) forest under different management regim3es, i.e. National Park (NP) and Buffer Zone Community Forest (BZCF).Three parallel transects, 200 m apart, were laid out in two different management types. Concentric circular plots were laid out systematically with a distance of 150 m along each transect. Altogether 30 and 26 sample plots were employed in the NP and BZCF respectively. Number of trees, poles and regenerations per hectare was found to be higher in the NP whilst the number of saplings was found higher in the BZCF. Estimators of species diversity (Jack 2, Chao 2) and Species diversity index (Shannon Wienner Index) identified the NP as more diverse in tree and pole whilst the BZCF was more diverse in sapling and seedling. The overall results show that community based forest management in buffer zone areas is one of the best forest management options to restore the degraded Sal forest.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: Acharya G.P., Bhatta B. and Gyawali A.R. (2009).Depredation and deteriorating condition of Shorea robusta and Terminalia alata in Bardia National Park: an imperative to address park biodiversity sustainably. Banko Janakari, 19 (1):37-40. Acharya K.P. (2003).Conserving biodiversity and improving livelihoods: The case of community forestry in Nepal. In Proceedings: Rural Livelihoods, Forests and Biodiversity 19-23 May 2003, Bonn, Germany.
Literature cited 2: Baral S.K. (2008).Impact of forest management on selected forest ecosystem properties (A case study from a community forest and a municipality owned forest in mid hill of central Nepal), Msc thesis University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Science (BOKU), Vienna. Bhuyan P. Khan M.L. and Tripathi R.S. (2003).Tree diversity and population structure in undisturbed and human-impacted stands of tropical wet evergreen forest in Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalayas, India. Biodiversity and Conservation, 12: 1753-1773.

ID: 62087
Title: Comparative study of fuelwood consumption by semi-Nomadic pastoral community and adjacent villagers around Corbett Tiger Reserve, India.
Author: Aatif Hussain, A.K. Negi, Rahul Kumar Singh, Showket Aziem, Kaiser Iqbal and Nazir A .Pala
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2016
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (6) 574-581 (2016)
Subject: Comparative study of fuelwood consumption by semi-Nomadic pastoral community
Keywords: Van Gujjar, Settlement, Species preference, Fuelwood consumption, Emissions
Abstract: The present study was carried out to understand the fuelwood resource use pattern by semi-nomadic pastoralist community (Van Gujjar) and adjacent villagers in and around Corbett Tiger Reserve, Uttarakhand, India. A total of nineteen settlements of Van Gujjars and fourteen adjacent villages were surveyed. Overall average fuelwood consumption of Van Gujjars and fourteen adjacent villagers. But the average per capita fuelwood consumption of adjacent villagers was found higher than adjacent villagers. But the average per capita fuelwood consumption of adjacent villagers was found higher than Van Gujjars. The fuelwood consumption by both communities was 1584.1 t dm and the observed total deforested wood was found 833.73 m3, which leads to the emission of various green house gasses. Inaccessibility of the area, lack of communication, high process and a limited supply of alternative source of energy are largely responsible for the total dependence on nearby forests for fuelwood, fodder and other life supporting demands.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: Agarwala S.P. (2006).Environmental Studies. Alpha Science International Ltd London Anonymous (1991).Census data of Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh.
Literature cited 2: Arnold M.Kohlin G., Persson R., and Shepherd G. (2003).Fuelwood revisited: what has changed in the last decade? Bogor Barat Indonesia: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).Occasional Paper No.39 Bartwal P.S. (1987).Fuelwood consumption pattern in rural areas-A case study.J.Trop.Forest, 3: 136-141.

ID: 62086
Title: Identification of Best fit models for fuelwood consumption in foothills of Western Himalayas.
Author: Tahir Mushtaq, Mir Awsaf Ahmad and Rakesh Banyal
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2016
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (6) 569-573 (2016)
Subject: Identification of Best fit models for fuelwood consumption in foothills
Keywords: Fuelwood, Consumption, Households, Models, Regression
Abstract: A survey of household fuelwood consumption was carried out in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, India in the year 2011.Defferent models for fuelwood consumption (social, economic, alternate, biophysical and composite) were prepared to identify best fit models. The households surveyed covered heterogeneous population belonging to different income, educational and social groups. There was more availability and utilization of fuelwood as energy resources in domestic sector as compared to the commercial fuels. Dung cakes, crop residues and fuelwood were found to be the three main fuels used for cooking, though LPG was also used along with biomass fuels. But complete conversion to cleaner fuels has not taken place yet even in households that had been using LPG for many years. Income was an important factor determining the choice of fuel for cooking, but there were some socio-cultural factors which were equally important in making fuel preferences at household level. Based on logistic regression analysis, out of five models (alternate, social, economic, biophysical and composite) only three (social, economic and composite) were valid in predicting fuelwood consumption. Economic and composite models were equally accurate in predicting fuelwood consumption. The composite model implies that the economic factors dominated fuelwood consumption.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: Bose R.K. (1985).Biomass energy resource assessment through rural energy surveys-a common approach. In: commonwealth Science Council Technology Publication Series No.188, C.Y. Wereko Brobby, London, pp.85-123. Digest of Statistics (2010).Directorate of Economic and Statistics. Government of Jammu and Kashmir.
Literature cited 2: Greenhouse J.B., Broomberg J.A and Fromm D. (1995).An introduction to logistic regression with an application to analysis of language recovery following a stroke, J.Communication Disorders, 28:229-246. Joshi V., Bose R.K., Puri C. and Bhattacharya T.K., (1987).Renewable energy potential and its development in a tribal village of Uttar-Pradesh: village Bishanpur in Bahraich district, Tata energy Research Institute (TERI), New Delhi.

ID: 62085
Title: Biomass accumulation and carbon storage in six-year-old citrus reticulata blanco, plantation
Author: Lal Chand Mehta, Jitendra Singh, P.S.Chauhan, BhimSingh and R.K.Manhas
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2016
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (6) 563-568 (2016)
Subject: Biomass accumulation and carbon storage in six-year-old citrus reticulata
Keywords: Biomass, Biomass model, Carbon content, Nagpur mandarin, RMSE%
Abstract: The potential of fruit trees to sequester carbon and thereby provide an environmental service remains unexploited. Although not fully understood, CO2 fixation in fruit orchards is probably higher in comparison to fixation in annual herbaceous crops. The present study was conducted in Jhalawar district of Rajasthan State, western India. A total of 7 trees were harvested to assess the biomass and carbon content in various parts of citrus reticulate, and derive the allometric biomass equation for future research. The mean aboveground biomass was 10.05?0.03 kg tree-1.The average aboveground allocation of biomass was nearly 76 % and belowground biomass 24%.The maximum carbon was stored by fruit biomass (2.10 kg tree-1) followed by roots (1.42 kg tree-1) and branches (1.11 kg tree-1). Total carbon stored by 6yr old. C.reticulata plantation was 5.94 kg tree-1 and 1.65t Cha-1.A total of four biomass models were studied for developing a reliable equation for biomass estimation. All four models were found to be statistically significant (F-test, p<0.01) for all the aboveground and belowground plant parts, along with total biomass. Models with diameter as the only independent variable had less bias percentage (bias%) and percentage root mean square error (RMSE%) values than the models with diameter and height as the independent variables.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: Anandarajah G., Kesicki F.and Pye S. (2010).Carbon Tax vs.Cap-and-Trade: Implications on Developing Countries Emissions. IAEE International Conference, June 6-9, 2010, RIO, Brazil. Anon. (2012).Indian Horticulture Database. National Horticulture Board, Gurgaon, Haryana, p.64.
Literature cited 2: Brown S. (1996).Present and potential roles of forests in the global climate change debate. Unasylva, 185: 3-10. Bwalya J.M. (2012).Estimation of Net Carbon Sequestration Potential of Citrus under Different Management Systems Using the Life Cycle Approach. A dissertation submitted to the University of Zambia in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Science in agronomy the University of Zambia.

ID: 62084
Title: Genetic fidelity testing in Micropropagated plantlets of Albizia Procera (RoxB) using RAPD and ISSR Markers.
Author: Naseer Mohammad, Vivek Vaishnaw, Jayprakash Mishra, Shashank Mahesh, Pramod kumar and Shamim Akhtar Ansari
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2016
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (6) 558-562 (2016)
Subject: Case study from Israel-Augmenting Bee flora to sustain honey production
Keywords: Molecular markers, Genetic fidelity, Somaclonal variation, Albizia procera
Abstract: Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers were employed to check the genetic fidelity of Albizia procera plantlets multiplied in vitro by using nodal explant. A total of 33 distinct and scorable bands were produced by five RAPD primers with an average of 6.6 bands per primer. All bands were monomorphic across all the micropropagated plants studied. Amplification of monomorphic bands with both marker systems authenticated the true to type nature of the in vitro raised plantlets of Albizia procera. These results suggest that the micropropagation protocol followed in this study is appropriate and applicable for mass clonal propagation of true-to-type superior Albizia procera trees.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: Agnihotri R.K.., Mishra J. and Nandi S.K. (2009).Improved in vitro shoot multiplication and rooting of Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Nees e Arn.ex Munro: production of genetically uniform plants and field evaluation.Acta Physiol Plant, 31:961-967. Chandrika M.and Rai V.R. (2009).Genetic fidelity in micropropagated plantlets of Ochreinauclea missonis an endemic, threatened and medicinal tree using ISSR markers. African J.Biotechnology, 8 (13): 2933-2938.
Literature cited 2: Cuesta C., Ordas R.J., Rodriguez A. and Fernandez B. (2010).PCR-based molecular markers for assessment of somaclonal variation in Pinus pinea clones micropropagated in vitro.Biol.pl, 54: 435-442. Deshmukh V.P., Thakare P.V., Chaudhari U.S. and Gawande P.A (2007).A simple method for isolation of genomic DNA from fresh and dry leaves of Terminalia arjuna (Roxb).Wight and Arnot.Electronic J.Biotechnology, 10 (3): 468-472.

ID: 62083
Title: Drought induced morphological an biochemical responses in Casuarina equisetifolia clones
Author: Rekha R.Warrier, M.Bala Iyeswarya, and M.Marians Paul
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2016
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (6) 547-557 (2016)
Subject: Case study from Israel-Augmenting Bee flora to sustain honey production
Keywords: Drought, Biometrics, Needles, phenols, Proline
Abstract: Casuarina equisetifolia Forst, a high economic value tree crop, supports land reclamation, dune stabilization and shelter belts also. Genetic improvement of the species has led to development of high yielding clones which need to be characterized for effective utilization of the resource in harsh sites. Cuttings of ten clones of Casuarina equisetifolia selected for productivity were grown under potted conditions and subjected to water stress through withdrawl.Comparative morphological and biochemical responses of the clones to drought conditions were studied. The levels of pigments and non-enzymatic antioxidants as well as the activities of antioxidant enzymes were quantified. Results showed significant differences in clones in their response to drought stress with respect to both fresh and dry weights of plants. Among biochemicals, chlorophyll a and b, enzymes catalyse and peroxidase did not reveal any significant differences in response to drought. Real water contents in both roots and shoots varied under drought stress. There was an increase in both phenols and chlorophyll b contents under drought stress. Furthermore, proline activity reduced in treated plants. This was observed in all the clones. It is therefore, obvious that all of these characters play essential roles in the drought tolerance of plants. Clones also exhibited significant differences in their ability to respond to drought stress. Activities of chlorophyll a, peroxidase and a: b ratios were the only parameters which did not differ significantly between clones suggesting their activities to be stable in the species. These results indicate the phenols, chlorophyll activity and proline levels in different tissues could be used as markers of drought tolerance in casuarinas clones. Further, this study emphasized the role of sugars involved in ROS detoxification during drought stress, and identified potential clones for deployment in difficult sites.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: Ahmad I. and Hellebust J.A. (1988).The relationship between inorganic nitrogen metabolism and proline accumulation in osmoregulatory responses of two euryhaline microalgae. Plant Physiology, 88: 348-354. Ahmad B.C., Ben Rouina B. and Boukhriss M. (2007).Effects of water deficit on olive trees cv. Chemlali under field conditions in arid region in Tunisia. Sci. Hort.doi: 10.1016/j.scienta.2007.03.020.
Literature cited 2: Al Hakimi, Monneveux P. and Galiba G. (1995). ?Soluble, proline and relative water content (RWC) as traits for improving drought tolerance and divergent selection for RWC from T.polonicum intoT.durum,?Journal of Genetics and Breeding, 49: 237-244. Albouchi A., Bejaoui Z. and El Aouni M.H: (2003). Influence of moderate or severe water stress on the growth of Casuarina glauca Sieb.Seedlings.Secheresse, 14: 137-142.

ID: 62082
Title: Nursery management information system: An efficient tool for nursery management.
Author: P. Ratha Krishnan and Kirtesh Dudawat
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2016
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (6) 542-546 (2016)
Subject: Nursery management information system
Keywords: Seedling, Nursery, Management, Dynamic, Java and Software
Abstract: Plant nursery record management is generally through note books, which is laborious and consume more time for data entry and retrieval. To conquer this difficulty and attract youth towards nursery entrepreneurship, this unique Nursery Management Information System (NMIS) has been developed. It is developed using Java-SE, Swings at fronted and MySWL Workbench at backend. Along with it, Type-4 JDBC connectivity makes the software platform independent and increases its usability. NMIS database has been designed with modification, updation and revision facilities. NMIS is used for storing, handling and managing data related to nursery by maintaining seedlings stocks, dispatch details, and handling communication between employees and administration. Access of data through various searches such as species-wise, date-wise search etc and facilities such as printing of bill facilities easy data retrieval in desired mode. NMIS facilities efficient nursery management while executing task in speedy and eco-friendly manner.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: http://stg3.kar.nic.in/forest_enursery http://www.enuresry.in
Literature cited 2: http://www.hcnursery.com http://www.indiannursery.net

ID: 62081
Title: Case study from Israel-Augmenting Bee flora to sustain honey production
Author: Madhav Gogate
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2016
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (6) 536-541 (2016)
Subject: Case study from Israel-Augmenting Bee flora to sustain honey production
Keywords: Forest dweller stakeholder ' s rights on MFP, Improved quality apiculture, Bee flora, Exotic melliferous eucalyptus, Israel case.
Abstract: India has long tradition of obtaining honey from wild bees but in the context of landscape level forest resource planning and management, it has not received due recognition; honey collection is treated as a minor forest product. With a paradigm shift in forest resource ownership towards forest dwellers, who by default practice eco friendly cultivation on marginal land holdings that have sub-optimal production potentials. Apiculture practices on such lands are expected to provide not only boost in agri/horti production but also provide an additional income generation activity. As Israel is reported to have introduced exotic eucalyptus from Australia to augment bee flora for optimizing honey bee products, a study tour was made for its appraisal and relevance in our context. Field visits an dialogue with representative major key stake holders/facilitators/researchers etc, confirmed the success. Similar concerted effort involving local stake holders, for multi-locations pilot scale, species trials with indigenous species as control are recommended.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: http://stg3.kar.nic.in/fores_enursery http://www.enursery.in
Literature cited 2: http://www.hcnursery.com http://www.indiannursery.net

ID: 62080
Title: Recent advances in understanding the role of growth regulators in plant growth and development in vitro-II. Non-conventional growth regulators.
Author: Rajwant K. Kalia, Rohtas Singh, Sanjay Kalia, S.K. Sharma and Suresh Kumar
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2016
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (6) 524-535 (2016)
Subject: Recent advances in understanding the role of growth regulators in plant growth
Keywords: Brassinosteroids, Jasmonic acid, Oligosaccharides, Plant growth regulators, Plant growth regulators, Polyamines, Salicylic acid, Signal.
Abstract: The diverse array of growth regulators interact at the cellular level to produce physiological and morphological effects on plant growth, morphology and yield. The five conventional growth regulators viz. auxins, cytokinins, gibberellins, abscisic acid and ethylene are being used in plant cell, tissue and organ cultures for decades, while many of them, like non-purine,cytokinins,polyamines,jasmonates,brassinosteroids,oligosaccharides,sterols,phosphoinositosides, salicylic acid and systemins, have recently been discovered and tested for their effects in vitro. However, many have not yet been examined for their effects on invitro growth and development of plants. In this review, we attempted to summarize the progress that has been made over the past two decades towards understanding the role of non conventional PGRs in plant growth and development.
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Literature cited 1: Agusti J., Herold S., Schwarz M., Sanchez P., Ljung K. (2011).Strigolactone signaling is required for auxin-dependent stimulation of secondary growth plants.ProcNatlAcad Sci USA, 108:20247.
Literature cited 2: Andarwulan N. and Shetty K. (2009).Influence of acetyl salicylic acid in combination with fish protein hydrolysates on hyperhydricity reduction and phenolic synthesis in oregano (Origanum vulgare) tissue cultures.J.FoodBiochem. 11:161-169.

ID: 62079
Title: Defining forest for conservation and socio-Economic development of India
Author: S.P.Vasudeva
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2016
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (6) 517-523 (2016)
Subject: Defining forest for conservation and socio-Economic development of India
Keywords: Clean Development Mechanism (CDM); United Nations Framework of Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); Non timber forest products (NTFP); Afforestation; Reforestation.
Abstract: There is no clear and comprehension definition of the term forest in Indian Forest act, 1927 or any other legislative tool of the country. Accordingly, attempt has been made to define forest based on what is contained in various dictionaries and encyclopedia, functions these perform, what is contained in various Acts related to forests and forestry in India and work being undertaken by Forest Survey of India. The different aspects taken into account by various countries and Multi-lateral organizations while defining forest has also been considered. The definition thus arrived at is based on canopy cover/density and height of trees along with nature of species contained in that area of land. Such a definition of forest would help in conservation of forests, utilizing their socio-economic as well as environmental potential, in tackling the menace of climate change and other environmental hazards. It will take us towards fast track socio-economic development of the country which sometimes gets hindered due to faulty understanding an interpretation of the term forest and its application due to regulatory Forest Acts.
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Literature cited 1: Abridged Glossy of Technical Terms. Forest Research Institute. Dehradun. Forest Conservation Act (1980) and Amendments (1988). Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change.Govt. Of India.
Literature cited 2: Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of United Nation, 2010.Global Resources Assessment. http://www.fao.org/forestry/site/24690/enFAO, Rome Indian Forest Act, (1927).

ID: 62078
Title: Relationship of Edaphic factors on the pathogenicity of rot of bael caused by Fusarium solani
Author: M.Singh, Sushil Sharma and Rakesh Kumar
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2016
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (5) 502-506 (2016)
Subject: Relationship of Edaphic factors on the pathogenicity of rot of bael caused by Fusarium solani
Keywords: Edaphic factor, Pathogenicity, Root rot, Bael, Fusarium solani, Seedling
Abstract: An investigation to study the influence of edaphic factors on the pathogenicity of root rot of bael caused by Fusarium solani showed that the seedling mortality increased with the increase in inoculums levels of either of the media i.e PDB and wheat grains. The maximum mortality (26.25% pre-emergence and 38.50% post-emergence) in case of mycelia mat was observed in soil inoculated with 4 kg soil whereas in case of wheat grain culture, maximum mortality (28.00 % pre-emergence and 40.25 % post-emergence) was observed in soil inoculated with 40 kg-1 soil. The disease incidence was observed more on young seedlings and there was significant decrease in disease incidence with the increase in seedling age. Mortality of seedlings were maximum (46.25 %) when 5 days old seedlings transplanted in wheat grain inoculated soil, where as 40 days old seedlings showed 22.50 per cent disease incidence. The maximum pre (40.25 %) and post (38.50 %) emergence seedling mortality was observed when soil was inoculated at 5 cm depth. The highest incidence of seedling mortality (37.25 % pre-emergence and 28.25 % post-emergence) was recorded in treatments where soil was inoculated 48 hour before sowing of Bael seeds. The seedling mortality increased with the increase in moisture content. The incidence was highest (28.25 % pre-emergence and 40.25 % post-emergence) when the seedlings were irrigated twice a day and was least (19.00 % pre-emergence and 30.00 % post-emergence) when irrigation was applied at two days gap.
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