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ID: 65290
Title: Real time and wireless groundwater level recharging and monitoring system in borewell
Author: X.anitha Mary, Lina Rose, K.Rajasekaran and S.Asokan
Editor: Dr. Jyoti Verma
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (5) May. 19 page 449-452 2019.
Subject: Real time and wireless groundwater level recharging and monitoring system in borewell
Keywords: Borewell, water level, microcontroller, pressure sensor, XBee, Mobile app
Abstract: Water is a primary resource and plays a significant role in human existence. The rate at which the water being used is exponentially increasing day by day. All living organisms need water forth survival. About 98 % of the Earth's fresh water is groundwater. There are many water storage phenomenon where the major among them is groundwater. As water is consumed, naturally subsequently amount of water will be added to the aquifer to reinforce human needs-This recharge capacity if measured will give a new new-opening to those areas which are facing severe drought conditions. The groundwater level should be monitored constinuously, serves essential to predict the water resource availability for the future. So, it's necessary to log the data at regular intervals of time in a data base, thus enabling us to check and predict the area scarce of water. A pressure sensor helps in finding the water level. The physical pressure is converted to the level or height of the water column concerned parameter. The water level measurement are acquired during particular intervals of time and are viewed as HTML data.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Bartram, Jamie and Richard Balance.1996.Water quality monitoring: A practical guide to the design and implementation of freshwater quality studies and monitoring programmes. CRC Press. Khaled Reza S.M., Shah Aahsanuzzaman Md. Tariq and S.M. Mohsin Reza. 2010.Microcontroller based automated water level sensing and controlling: Design and implentation issue. World Congress on Engineering and computer science. Proceedings, pp 220-224.
Literature cited 2: Lee, B.Y. and B.Y. Park.1999.Develpment of high precision underground water level meter using a buoyant rod load cell technique. KSAFM, 1: 1-5. Rodriguez, Francisco M. Lopez. 2016.Low-cost educational mobile based on android arduino. J. Intelligent and Robotic Systems.

ID: 65289
Title: Temple ponds as a traditional water management option in Kerala
Author: G. Lakshmi
Editor: Dr. Jyoti Verma
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (5) May. 19 page 445-452 2019.
Subject: Temple ponds as a traditional water management option in Kerala
Keywords: Deterioration, Ecosysem ,Eutrophication, Pollution, protection, rainwater harvesting, religious, sustainable, traditional, water quality
Abstract: Kerala, the southern state of Inida is blessed with water resources which include a number of rivers, lakes and small ponds. Kerala is also a land of many small and large temples, and it has been found that even from the primitive times, water resources conservation and management was considered as a matter of great importance. Temple ponds and tanks in Kerala are visible examples of the community initiative for water management through cultural involvement. Most of these ponds are conserved by the native people of an area, giving them religious respect. But these water bodies still faces problems, like oxygen depletion, eutrophication and pollution. To reduce these problems and to enhance the water quality in the temple tanks and ponds, certain management measures need to be adopted.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Pandey, D.N.2005.Traditional knowledge systems for biodiversity conservation. Available at https://www.infinity foundation .com/mandala/t_es/t_es_pande_conserve.htm. Pandey, D.N., A.K. Gupta and D.M. Anderson. 2003.Rainwater harvesting as a n adaptation to climate change. Curr. Sci., 85 (1):46-59.
Literature cited 2: Das, K. and S. Gupta. 2012.Seasonal variation of Hemiptera community of a temple pond of Cachar district, Assam. J. Threatened Tara.,3050-3058. Sreenivasan, A. 1964.The limnology, primary production and fish production in a tropical pond, Limnol. Oceanogr., 9 (3): 391-396.

ID: 65288
Title: Adsorption potential of water hyacinth on removal o fdirect blue 2 dye from aqueous solution:Isotherm, kinetics and Thermodynamics
Author: J.Padmapriya, G.Vijayaraghavan and S. Shanthakumar
Editor: Dr. Jyoti Verma
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (5) May. 19 page 437-444 2019.
Subject: Adsorption potential of water hyacinth on removal o fdirect blue 2 dye from aqueous solution:Isotherm, kinetics and Thermodynamics
Keywords: Adsorption, water hyacinth, direct blue 2 dye, kinetics, isotherm
Abstract: The adsorption potential of water hyacinth on the removal of direct blue 2 9DB2) dye from aqueous solution was investigted. Surface area, morphology and functional groups were identified using Brunauer, Emmett and Teller (BET), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared 9FTIR) analysis, respectively. At the essential process influencing parameters, such as pH (2-4), initial dye concentration (100-300 mg/L), adsorbent dosage (1-5 g/L), contact time of adsorbent with pollutant (15-180 min) and temperature (20-40°C) were studied. The maximum dye removal of efficiency of 87.8 % was observed at pH2, the adsorbent dosage of 3 g/L, initial dye concentration of 100 mg/L, 40°C temperature and contact time of 90 min. The experimental isotherm data were analyzed using the Langmuir, Freundlich an Temkin models. Equilibrium and kinetic studies revealed that the Freundlich isotherm and pseudo second order kinetic model were the best fit for the adsorption process. The thermodynamic analysis showed that the adsorption process is spontaneous and endothermic in nature.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Akar, S.T. et al. 2009.Biosorption of a reactive textile dye from aqueous solutions utilizing in agro-waste. Desalination.249 (2):757-761. Hajati, S. et al.2014.Competitive adsorption of direct yellow 12 and reactive orange 12 on ZnS: Mn nanoparticles loaded on activated carbon as novel adsorbent. Ind. Eng. Chem., 20 (2): 564-571.
Literature cited 2: Sulak, M.T.E. Demirbas an M.Kobya.2007.Removal of astrazon yellow 7GL from aqueous solutions by adsorption onto wheat bran. Bioresour. Tech., 98 (13):2590-2598. Karmaker, S. et al.2015.Adsorption of reactive orange 13 onto jackfruit seed flakes in aqueous solution. J. Env. Chem. Eng., 3 (1): 583-592.

ID: 65287
Title: Performance evauation o fMoringa oleifera seeds for softening of surface and groundwater
Author: V.T.Gaikwad and G.R. Munavalli
Editor: Dr. Jyoti Verma
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (5) May. 19 page 432-436 2019.
Subject: Performance evauation o fMoringa oleifera seeds for softening of surface and groundwater
Keywords: Calcium,Hardness, Magnesium, Moringa oleifera, softening
Abstract: The softening study was conducted using naturally dried Moringa oleifra seed kernel extract, which was found to possess some softening potential. The study was carried out using synthetic water samples of calcium, magnesium and combinations of calcium and magnesium solutions. The Moringa oleifera strength study revealed that o.5-1% extract is suitable and effective for softening. The optimum pH range was found to be 5-8. Moringa oleifera seeds were found effective for calcium removal (removal efficiency up to 30%) but are not effective for magnesium removal.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Sani, M.A. 1990.The use of Zogale seeds for water treatment. B.Eng., Final Year Project. Bayero University, Kango, Nigeria. Muyibi, A. Suleyman and Lilian M. Evision. 1994.Moringa oleifera seeds for softening hard water. Water Res., 29 (4): 1099-1105.
Literature cited 2: Varekar V.B. 2009.Water softening by seed extracts. M. Tech. Dissertation. Department of Civil Engineering, Wachand College of Engineering .Sangli. Ghanem, An V., James C. Young and Findly G. Edwards. 2007.Mechanisms of ballasted flocculation.J.Env.Eng.,Am.Soc.for Civil Eng., 133 (3): 271-277.

ID: 65286
Title: War quality Index to assess suitability of groundwater for drinking in the coastal regions of east Godavari district
Author: Poosalayya Sangadi and Chandrasekar Kuppan
Editor: Dr. Jyoti Verma
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (5) May. 19 page 425-431 2019.
Subject: War quality Index to assess suitability of groundwater for drinking in the coastal regions of east Godavari district
Keywords: Groundwater quality, physico-chemical parameters, coastal habitations
Abstract: Water quality index (WQI)is one of the most efficient tools to assess water quality. This study was carried out by subjecting groundwater samples from 82 villages of 12 mandals of coastal habitations in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. Samples were collected during post-monsoon season and analysed for physico-chemica parameters, such as pH, total alkalinity, total hardness, calcium hardness, magnesium hardness, chloride, nitrate, fluoride, total dissolved salts and electrical conductivity. Results showed that almost all parameters are exceeding the permissible limits prescribed by standards of BIS, ICMR and WHO. The WQI values range from 116.6 to 27.4.The computed WQI shows that only 17 sampling sites come categories, respectively. Majority of the samples (79.3%) were found to be unsuitable for drinking for the people residing in and around the respective sampling site. The data from this work will be very much useful for the governing bodies and scientific authorities to take immediate action in controlling the impurities in these places by implementing modern and efficient techniques to purify the water and make them portable for the common people.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Gangavarapu, Surekha, Udaya Bhaskar Pinnamaneni and Padma Kumari.2015.Ground-water quality mapping of East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, using remote sensing and geostatistic. Int. J. Recent Scientific Res., 6 (4): 3602-3608. Saxena and Saxena .2015.The statistical assessment of fluoride and nitrate contamination status of ground water in various tehsil of Jaipur district. Rajasthan. Int. J. RES. Studies in Biosci.,(IJRSB)3 (3):107-131.
Literature cited 2: Saxena, U. and S. Saxena. 2013.Statistical assessment of ground water quality using physico chemical parameters in Bassi tehsil of Jaipur district, Rajasthan. Global J. Sci. Frontier Res. Env. and EarthSci., 13 (3): Vesion1.0 Gopalkrushna, Murhekar. 2011.Determination of physicochemical parameters of surface water samples in and around Akot city .Int.J.Res. Chem.Env.,1(2): 183-187.

ID: 65285
Title: Assessment of heavy metal contamination and its effect on colonial wetland birds: A review
Author: Bibhu Prasad Panda, Abhanti Pradhan, Siba Prasad Parida and Aditya Kishore Dash
Editor: Dr. Jyoti Verma
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (5) May. 19 page 415-424 2019.
Subject: Assessment of heavy metal contamination and its effect on colonial wetland birds: A review
Keywords: Colonial wetlands birds, heavy metal, feathers, review
Abstract: The aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems are in threat due to metal pollution and this is the hub of disease for wild species existence. Birds are the most sensitive organism the environmental contaminants than other vertebrtes. Heavy metals enter into the body mainly by food chain and accumulated in various body organs and transferred to the offspring. When the metal concentration exceeds the limit, it harms the organism causing reproduction failure and also kidney toxicity due to the increasing concentration of Zn. The widespread birds, like egrets and herons are used as bioindicators or bio monitors for local contamination due to their high position in the food chain. In the present review, various organs, such as eggs, liver, blood feathers, eggshells of the birds have been used to estimate heavy metal accumulation. Water birds face many health implications due to the higher concentration of heavy metals in water. The embryogenesis, hatching success and viability is affected by chromium, lead and Cadmium. Different concentrations of metals are found in different tissues of the body, so the study of different tissues is necessary for the population level evaluation this suggested that the use of feathers is the non-destructive way for assessing the heavy metal contamination. Concentrations of heavy metals in feathers serve as proof of the heavy metal circulation in the blood. Hence, it is very important to assess the heavy metal accumulation from the feathers of the colonial water birds as the effective heavy metal bioindicators.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Qadir, A. R.N. Malik and S.Z. Hussain. 2008.Spatio-temporal variations in water quality o Nullah aik-tributary of the river Chenab,Pakistan.Env.Monit.Assess., 140: 43-59.doi.10.1007/s10661-007-9846-4. Qadir, A. and R.N. Malik .2009.Assessment of an index of biological integrity 9IBI) to quantity the quality of two tributaries of river Chenab, Sialkot, Pakistan.Hydrobiologia.621:127-153.
Literature cited 2: Covaci, A.et al. 2002.Hair analysis: Another approach for the assessment of human exposure to selected persistent organochlorine pollutants. Chemosp., 46: 413-418.doi:10.1016/S0045-6535 (01) 00065-0. Mateo, R. an R. Guitart. 2003.Heavy metal in livers of water birds from Spain. Arch. Env. Contam. Toxicol., 44: 398-404.doi:10.1007/s00244-002-2040-3.

ID: 65284
Title: Diagnostic approach of air pollution Using statistical prediction analysis: Case of Kenitra city
Author: Hadine Mohsine, Bahi Lahcen, Azami Rajaa, Arfaoui Amine and Rachidai Abdelati
Editor: Dr. Jyoti Verma
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (5) May. 19 page 410-414 2019.
Subject: Diagnostic approach of air pollution Using statistical prediction analysis: Case of Kenitra city
Keywords: Air quality, characterization, pollution, suspended particuate matter, Pb, Cd, NO2, SO2, Multiple regression, Correlation, indicator, Kenitra, Morocco
Abstract: The present study focuses on the air quality of Kenitra city (northwest of Morocco). Eight sites with different conditions were chosen. The targeted parameters were: the suspended particulate matter (SPM), lead (Pb), Cadmium (Cd), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulphur dioxide (SO2) which represent the independent variables (IV)and the vehicular traffic intensity which represents the dependent variable (DV).In addition to the evaluation of concentration of each pollutant in the studied sites, correlations between the explanatory factors (IV)and the DVwere calculated. The diagnosis of the used approach-multiple linear regression, Pearson correlation, significance level, analysis of variance (ANOVA) , correlation coefficient R, the value of (t) and the determination coefficientR2.The results demonstrated that NO2 is strongly corelated with traffic intensity, consequently, it could be considered as a pollution indicator of urban air linked to vehicle traffic. The interest of such analysis an interpretation methodology lies in the possibility to predict and, therefore, to prevent ai pollution by targeting the means required to reduce or top it.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Kartz, M. et al.1970. Measuring air pollutants: A guide to choosing methods. World Health Organization, Geneva.130 pp. Afnor, 1996.Airquality environment -pp 35-38.
Literature cited 2: Afnor, 1991Gas analysis.ir quality (vol1). pp 178-179. Reynald, Lev.2007.SPSSprogramming and data Managment: A guide for SPSS Inc.Chicago III.

ID: 65283
Title: Removal of Nickel from electroplating effluent treatment plant sludge using Helianthus annuus L.
Author: M.J.Suresh and P.Rajiv
Editor: Dr. Jyoti Verma
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (5) May. 19 page 145-151 2019.
Subject: Removal of Nickel from electroplating effluent treatment plant sludge using Helianthus annuus L.
Keywords: Helianthus annuus, Nickel,Pytoremediation, Sludge
Abstract: Pollutants from the industries are a major concern rather than those from regular human activities. In particular, non-degradable pollutants and heavy metals are released into the environment through untreated waste water and effluents. There are 70% of nickels present in electroplating sludge. Different concentrations of electroplating effluent treatment plant (ETP) sludge and chelating agent (EDTA) were mixed with red soil. The pH, nitrogen, potassium , phosphate and heavy metals of raw sludge, red soil and ETP treated sludge was analysed. Phytoremediation studies were carried using H.annuus on pre-treated sludge. The moderate shoot, root length and dry and fresh weight of H.annuus were observed. Nickel level and other physico-chemical properties were analysed in post-harvested pre-treated sludge. A significant level of nickel production was observed from this investigation. Thus, the research work concluded that H.annus was the best server in the removal of heavy metal (nickel) from the sludge.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Blaylock, M.J. and J.W. Huang.2000.Phytoextraction of metals. In Phytoremediation of toxic metals: Using plants to clean-up the environemnt. Edi.Raskin and B.D. Ensky.John Wiley and Sons, Inc. New York. pp 53-70. Dembitsky,V. 2003.Natural occurrence of arseno compounds in plants. lichens, fungi, algal species, and microorganisms. Plant Sci., 165:1177-1119.
Literature cited 2: Zhen-Guo, S. et al.2002.Lead phytoextraction from contaminated soil with high biomass plant species. J. Env. Qual., 31:1893-1900. Bryan, G.W. 1980.Recent trends in research on heavy metal contamination in the sea. Helgolander meeresuntersuchungen.33:6-25.

ID: 65282
Title: Seasonable and spatial deviation of groundwater quality in Tannery villages of Ambur, Vellore
Author: S.Vasanthan and A. Murugesan
Editor: Richa Misra
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (5) May. 19 page 395-404 2019.
Subject: Seasonable and spatial deviation of groundwater quality in Tannery villages of Ambur, Vellore
Keywords: Heavy metals, groundwater ,Tannery,Ambur,Pollution indices, risk assessment
Abstract: The present study regulates the richness of heavy metals (Cr, Cu, Zn, Fe, Ni, Al, Co, Mn and Pb) and study of physico-chemical parameters in the groundwater (pre-and post-monsoon) of the Ambur region and estimates the pollution indices and risk assessment to assess the correctness of groundwater for human consumption. The suitability of groundwater for drinking and irrigation has been measured in north and eastern part of Vellore district. In two different seasons (pre and post-monsoon), 7 groundwater samples collected in the same location during March 2017 and October 2017 near tanneries in different villages in Ambur taluk, Vellore district. Tamil Nadu. In the majority of the groundwater samples, the concentration of heavy metals exceeds the desirable limits of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), 2012whereas average Cr concentration in 0.759 and 0.675 mg/L during pre an post-monsoon season, respectively, which in above the BIS permissible limit (0.05 mg/L) perhaps due to chromium rich salts. The calculated pollution indices, namely contamination index (CI) and index of environmental risk (IER) for the heavy metals propose that the majority of the studied groundwater samples are in the highly contaminated zone. Though, all the samples close to tannery and followings fall in the highly contaminated zone indicating their unsuitability for drinking and agricultural activity purposes.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Boakye, E. 2008.European J. Scientific Res., 21 (4):617-626. Meyer, W.B. and B.L. Turner. 1994.Changes in landuse and land cover: a global perspective. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Literature cited 2: Sajil Kumar, P., J.P, Jegathambal and E.J. James. 2011.Multivariate and geostatistical analysis of ground water quality in Palar basin .Int.J.Geology, 5(4). Vennila, G.T. Subramani and L.Elango.2008.GIS based ground water quality-Assessment of Vattamalaikarai basin, Tamil Nadu. Int. Quarterly Scientific J., 7 (4): 585-592.

ID: 65281
Title: Effect of Alternanthera species as hot plant on growth performance of seedlings of Indian Sandalwood (Santalum album L) in nursery
Author: M.V.Durai,A.G.Kartik, Bande Nawaj and R.Nagaraj
Editor: Richa Misra
Year: 2023
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 149 (11) Nov. Pg No. 1194-1196 (2023)
Subject: Effect of Alternanthera species as hot plant on growth performance of seedlings of Indian Sandalwood (Santalum album L) in nursery
Keywords: None
Abstract: Indian sandalwood (Santalum album L) is a semi-parasitic in nature. Its survival, establishment, growth, and oil content of sandalwood depends purely on host plant association and haustoria connections. Its seed reserves in the initial stages of development and later they attach to proper hosts for further growth. To overcome the mineral and water deficiency sandalwood develop vascular connections with suitable hosts, which serve as physical and physiological bridge. Hemi-parasitic species can efficiently assimilate organic carbon from thier hosts (Tesitel et al 2010). Scott (1871) revealed the secrete of parasitic nature of S.album and later on mechanism of sandalwood parasitism was described by Barber (1902) and Rama Rao (1911).
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Annapurna D., Rathore T.S. and Joshi G. (2006). Modern nursery practices in the production of quality seedlings of Indian sandalwood (Santalum album L)-stage of host requirement and screening of primary host species. J Sustain For., 22:33-55. Barber C.A. (1902). The natural history of sandal trees. Indian Foreter, 28 (9): 340-341.
Literature cited 2: Barrett D.R., Fox J.E.D, Doronila A.I and Surata K. (1996).Desmanthus virgatus (L).Wild. An efficient intermediate host for the parasitic species Santalum album L.in Timor, Indonesia. Journal of Sustainable Foretry, 3: 13-23. Deepa P. and Yusuf A. (2015). Histological and biochemical evaluation of Santalum album L. Seedlings cocultivated with different hosts. Annals of plant sciences, 40 (03):1016-1021.

ID: 65280
Title: Three new records of Sida (Malvaceae) to the flora of Madhya Pradesh, India
Author: Tushar A.Lohit and Vijay V.Wagh
Editor: Richa Misra
Year: 2023
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 149 (11) Nov. Pg No. 1192-1193 (2023)
Subject: Three new records of Sida (Malvaceae) to the flora of Madhya Pradesh, India
Keywords: None
Abstract: The genus Sida L. is distributed in tropical and subtropical of the world, includes ca.250 species (Mabberly,2017).A floristic survey was carried out in Sheopur, Morena and Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh during 2021-2022 for the assessment of the floristic diversity of Chambal ravines. During survey, the authors collected specimens of a hitherto unknown Sida taxon. The plant specimens were identified as S.spinosa L., Sida elongata Blume var.balica (Miq) Borss. and S.Ovata Forssk. using protologues and relevant taxonomic literature 9Linnaeus, 1753; Borssum, 1966; Forsskal, 1975; Paul an Nayar, 1988; Paul,1993; Almeida (1996); Sivarajan and Pradeep1996; Tambde et al., 2016).
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Literature cited 1: Almeida M.R. (1996). Flora of Maharashtra, Vol. 1Orient Press, Mumbai.294pp. Borssum Waalkes J.van (1966).Malesian Malvaceae revised .Blumea, 14:1-213.
Literature cited 2: Forsskal P. (1975). Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica.Sive Descriptions Plantarum,Quas per Aegyptum.Inferiorem et Arabium Felicem Detexit, Illustravit Petrus Forskal. Prof. Haun. Postmortem Auctoriseditit Carsten Niebuhr.Accedit Tabula Arabiae Felicis Geographico-Botanica.Hauniae, 124pp Jain S.K. an Rao R.R. (1977). A handbook of Field and Herbarium Methods. Today and Tomorrows Printers and Publishers, New Delhi.157 pp.

ID: 65279
Title: Additions of six woody climbers to the flora of Manipur, India
Author: Longjam Malemnganbee Chanu and Debjyoti Bhattacaryya
Editor: Richa Misra
Year: 2023
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 149 (11) Nov. Pg No. 1189-1191 (2023)
Subject: Additions of six woody climbers to the flora of Manipur, India
Keywords: None
Abstract: Six species o lianas viz. Aganope thyrsiflora (Benth) .Polill (Fabaceae), Aganosma cymosa(Roxb).G.Don (Apocynaceae), Aspidoptrys elliptica (Blume) A.Juss. (Malpighiaceae), Byttneria aspera Colebr.ex Wall. (Malvaceae), Celastrus stylosus Wall. (Celastraceae) and Combretum latifolium Blume (Combretaceae) are recorded as new distributional records for Manipur, India.
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Literature cited 1: Chaudhuri A.B. and Naithani H.B. (1985).Lianas, Climber and Shrubby Climbers. Vol. III. National Book Distributors, Dehra Dun India. Deb D.B. (1957). Studies of the Flora o Manipur. Bulletin of the Botanical Society of Bengal, 11 (1): 15-24.
Literature cited 2: Deb D.B. (1961).Dicotylodonous plants of Manipur Territory. Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India, 3 (3& 4):253-350. Hooker J.D. (1875-1897). The Flora of British India.Vol.1-Vii. L.Reeve & Co., Ashford, Kent, London, U.K.

ID: 65278
Title: Seed parameters an germinatono fGnetum ula Brongn.; An endemic Gymnosperm from India
Author: M.N.Ashwath, B.Gurudev Singh,B.N.Sathish,H.K.Sheela,N.L.Deepthi, Dechamma and C.G.Kushalappa
Editor: Richa Misra
Year: 2023
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 149 (11) Nov. Pg No. 1185-1188 (2023)
Subject: Seed parameters an germinatono fGnetum ula Brongn.; An endemic Gymnosperm from India
Keywords: None
Abstract: Gnetum ula is an endangered, lesser-known woody climber endemic to India called Indian Joint fir. It grows in tropical forest by taking the support of giant trees. It is mainly used as medicine and also in local dietary system (Ramya et al, 2016). Even though it is common in its natural habitat, globally, it faces the threat of being on the verge of extinction because of over-exploitation and cutting down along with the host tree on which it grows.
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Literature cited 1: Ambasta S.P. (1992).The useful plants of India.PIC, CSIR, New Delhi, India. Bhardwaja R.C. (1957). Genus Gnetum Linn. India, Pakistan and Burma. J. Indian bot.Soc.,36:408-420.
Literature cited 2: Devagiri G.M., Dhiman R.C., Thapiyal R.C. and Nautiyal S. (1998). Seed source variation in pod and seed traits of Dalbergia sissoo. Ann.For.,6: 148-155. ISTA. (1996). International Rules for Seed Testing. Seed Science Technology, 24 (Supplement): 1-335.

ID: 65277
Title: Additions to the flora of Bihar, India
Author: H.B.Naithani, A.Chandra and P.K.Verma
Editor: Richa Misra
Year: 2023
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 149 (11) Nov. Pg No. 1183-1184 (2023)
Subject: Additions to the flora of Bihar, India
Keywords: None
Abstract: A number of the botanists in the past have botanically explored the Bihar. Anderson (1863) published an account on the flora of Bihar based on the collections made by Hooker, Edgeworth and Thomson and also of his own. The most significant floristic contribution to the state of Bihar was published by Haines (1921-1924) which includes all the known indigenous plants of the province.
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Literature cited 1: Anderson T. (1863). On the flora of Bihar and the mountains of Parasnath with a list of species collected by Messrs Hooker, Edgeworth, Thomson and Anderson.J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal.Pt.2, Nat.Hist.32:187-218. Bhattacharyya P.K. and Sarkar K. (1998). Flora of West Champaran District, Bihar. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
Literature cited 2: Das M. Bhattacharya R.P. and Mudgal V. (1999). Bihar in V.Mudgal an P.K. Hajra (Eds). Floristic Diversity and Conservation Strategies in India. Vo.II. In the context of States and Union Territories.pp.663-698..Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta. Haines H.H. (1921-1924). The Botany of Bihar and Orissa. Adlard & Son, London.

ID: 65276
Title: Antimirobial potential of some 1,2-Diazole derivatives for fod safety and microbial pollution
Author: Anoop Kumar, M.P.Chauhan and Rajesh Kumar
Editor: Richa Misra
Year: 2023
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 149 (11) Nov. Pg No. 1176-1182 (2023)
Subject: Antimirobial potential of some 1,2-Diazole derivatives for fod safety and microbial pollution
Keywords: Antimicrobial,Antibacterial, Antifungal activities, 1.2 diazole derivatives
Abstract: The microbial pollution is of serious concern in terms of its impacts on health of human beings, animals and plants. A great number of foods borne diseases and outbreaks are caused due to contamination of fresh produce and animal products from polluted sources with pathogenic bacteria, viruses and Protozoa. In present study, some derivatives of 1,2-Diazols like 3-Methyl-5-phenyl-4-azophenyl - (4-sulphonamido-N-pyrimidine)-N-(p-hydroxybenzoyl)-1,2-diazole, 3-ethyl-5-phenyl-4-(azo-n, n-dimethyanilline) N-(p-hydroxybenzoyl)-1,2diazole(9), and 3-Ethyl-4-(azophenyl)-5-phenyl-N (p-hydroxybenzoyl)-1,2-diazole (10) were synthesized in laboratory by h process of suitable chemical reactions. The antimicrobial potential of these 1,2 -Diazoles derivatives was studied against some microorganisms commonly found in polluted habitats. The antibacterial activity was studied against Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Yersinia pestis, Clostridium botulinum and streptococcus pyogenes; an antifungal activity was studied against Candida albicans, Aspergillus niger, Trichophyton rubrum and Aspergillus clavatus. The structure of these synthesized chemical compounds was elucidated by IR and 'H-NMR spectroscopy and elemental analyses.
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