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ID: 63914
Title: Traditional uses of Ethnomedicinal Trees of Tehsil Lohai Malhar, Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, India
Author: Rakesh Kumar, Sudesh Kumar, Vikas Sharma
Editor: Deepak Mishra
Year: 2021
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 147 (7) 627- 631 (2021)
Subject: Traditional uses of Ethnomedicinal Trees of Tehsil Lohai Malhar, Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, India
Keywords: Ethnomedicinal trees, Traditional Uses, Diseases, Lohai Malhar.
Abstract: The newly opened Lohai Malhar Tehsil of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory is very rich in biological diversity including medicinal plants due to varied altitude and climatic conditions. The forest area possesses a diverse flora ranging from sub-tropical to alpine meadows on the higher peaks. The present study was carried out to collect the information of unexplored ethnomedicinal trees used by the different communities of the study area. During the field survey, a total of 26 species of trees belonging to 17 families and 24 genera were identified. The families Fabaceae, Moraceae and Pinaceae were found dominant. All the identified trees were tabulated in the form of botanical name, local name, family, parts used and their ethnomedicinal uses. Therefore, the first ever study on medicinal plants of the study area shows that the trees were medicinally more dominant among others plants. All these identified ethnomedicinal trees were used to cure human diseases and some trees were also used to cure cattle diseases through traditionally available ethnomedicinal plants in the study area.
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Literature cited 1: Ishtiyak P. and Hussain S.A. (2017).Traditional use of medicinal plants among tribal communitie of Bangus valley, Kashmir Himalaya,India.Studies on Ethno-Medicine, 11:318-331. Jan R.A., and Khare N. (2015).Ethno Pharmacological Uses of Plants among Tribal and Rural Folks of shopian Forest Area of Kashmir.Int.J.Sci.Res., 4: 232-234.
Literature cited 2: Khanday Z.H. and Singh S. (2017).Indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants used by tribals and rural people of south Kashmi Himalayas.Int.J.Curr.Res., Bioscience and Plant Biology,9:16-32. Kumar N., Wani A.Z. and Dhyani S. (2015). Ethnobotanical plants used by the local people of Gulmarg and its allied areas, Jammu and Kashmir India.Int.J.Res.Bioscience and Plant Biology,9:16-32.

ID: 63913
Title: Effect of Growing Media on Seed Germination attributes in Sterculia urens Roxb. - An Endangered Gum Yielding Tree of Tropical Forest
Author: Naseer Mohammad, Ankur Dahayat , Yogesh Pardhi
Editor: Deepak Mishra
Year: 2021
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 147 (7) 621- 626 (2021)
Subject: Effect of Growing Media on Seed Germination attributes in Sterculia urens Roxb. - An Endangered Gum Yielding Tree of Tropical Forest
Keywords: Sterculia urens, Planting Substrate, Germination Parameters.
Abstract: Due to over exploitation coupled with poor seedling recruitment, Sterculia urens Roxb., an economically important gum yielding tree of tropical forest is dwindling in its natural habitat and necessitates its planned cultivation to arrest further shrinkage of its once abundant populations. The right choice of the growing medium is one of the most important factor influencing germination and growth. The present experiment was conducted to screen and identify suitable media for germination of S. urens. Sand, Soil and mixture of 'Sand+Soil+FYM' in equal proportion were screened following completely randomized design for its effect on final germination percentage and associated parameters. Based on the estimates of final germination percentage (FGP) and associated parameters i.e. mean germination time (MGT), coefficient of velocity of germination (CVG), germination rate index (GRI), germination index (GI), peak value of mean germination (PVMG), time spread of germination (TSG) and energy period (EP), it is concluded that sand is appropriate medium for germinating seed of S. urens in mass scale. It gives highest germination percentage with faster rate resulting in saving of time and nursery resources. Correlation coefficient analysis among studied germination parameters was also worked out and found that relationship is in agreement with the definitions of respective parameters.
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Literature cited 1: Alverson W.S., Whittock B.A., Nyffeler R., Bayer C. and Baum D.A. (1999).Phylogeny of the core Malvales :evidence from ndhF sequence data American Journal of Botany, 86: 1474-1486. Bahar N. (2010). Effect of Media on Germination and Viguour of Moringa oleifera Lamk. Indian Forester, 136 (5): 635-640.
Literature cited 2: Bahar N. and Singh V.R.R. (2007). Influence of Media on Germination and Vigour of Mesua ferrea Linn. Indian Forester, 133 (11): 1475-1480. Bhardwaj R.L. (2013).Effect of growing media on seed germination and seedling growth of Papaya cv.'Red lady'. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research, 47:163-168.

ID: 63912
Title: Performance of Teak Seedlings in Different Biodegradable Containers
Author: S. Parida, T. K. Kunhamu , C. M. Jijeesh, E. V. Anoop, P. K. Sureshkumar
Editor: Deepak Mishra
Year: 2021
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 147 (7) 615- 620 (2021)
Subject: Performance of Teak Seedlings in Different Biodegradable Containers
Keywords: Biodegradable Container, Seedling, Nursery, Quality, Performance.
Abstract: A nursery trial was conducted to assess the performance of teak (Tectona grandis) seedlings in different biodegradable containers at College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala, India in 2019-20. Nonwoven bag, bamboo split, coco pot, CNSL treated cardboard pot, mud pot and coir root trainer were used to grow teak seedlings. The teak seedlings of 0.5-month age were transplanted in such containers and their performance was evaluated after 2.5 months of transplanting. It was observed that considerable variability existed in seedling growth characters such as height, collar diameter, root: shoot ratio, root dry weight, shoot dry weight, total dry weight and seedling quality. Among all container types studied Nonwoven bag grown seedlings showed better growth performance followed by seedlings grown in bamboo split containers, while mud pot raised seedlings showed the lowest performance during all the stages of seedling growth.
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Literature cited 1: Adane L. and Muleta D. (2011). Survey on the usage of plastic bags, their disposal and adverse effects on environment: a case study in Jimma city, Southwestern Ethiopia.J.Toxicol.Environ.Health Sci.3 (8):234-248. Aghal M.M.,Pinto J.R. and Davis A.S. (2014). Container volume and growing density influence western larch 9Larix occidentalis Nutt) seedling development during nursery culture and establishment. New Forests, 45 (2): 199-213.
Literature cited 2: Beeks S.A. and Evans M.R. (2013b). Physical properties of biocontainers used to grow long-term greenhouse crops in an ebb-and-flood irrigation system. Hort Science, 48:732-737. Behe B.K. Campbell B.L., Hall C.R., Khachatryan H., Dennis J.H. and Yue C. (2013). Consumer preferences for local and sustainable plant production characterisitics.Hort Sci., 48:200-208.

ID: 63911
Title: Assessment of Biomass Storage, Net Accumulation and Carbon Sequestration in Chir-Pine (Pinus roxburghii Sarg.) Dominated Community Forests of Kumaun Himalaya in relation to Climate Change
Author: Pratibha Gwal, Neelu Lodhiyal , Y. S. Singh Rawat
Editor: Deepak Mishra
Year: 2021
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 147 (7) 607- 614 (2021)
Subject: Assessment of Biomass Storage, Net Accumulation and Carbon Sequestration in Chir-Pine (Pinus roxburghii Sarg.) Dominated Community Forests of Kumaun Himalaya in relation to Climate Change
Keywords: Biomass, Carbon Sequestration, Pinus roxburghii, Tree Density, Van Panchayat
Abstract: The present study deals with the vegetation analysis, biomass storage and carbon sequestration at three different aspects of Van Panchayat (Community) forest sites around Nainital district of Kumaun Himalayas. All three aspects, viz; south-east (SE), east (E) and south (S) of Van Panchayat forests are dominated by Pinus roxburghii Sarg. The density of trees across all aspects of community forests varied from 450 to 670 individuals ha-1. The basal area values reported varied from 31.16 to 56.32 m2ha-1. The species diversity across aspects ranged from 0.440 to 1.389, 1.656 to 2.319 and 1.962 to 3.152 for trees, shrubs and herbs, respectively. Total biomass storage values of trees across all aspects ranged from 155.83 to 333.77 t ha-1. Net biomass accumulation by trees was 10.53 t ha-1 yr-1 on SE aspect (Chir-Pine Forest), 8.05 t ha-1 yr-1 on E aspect (Chir Pine forest) and 7.96 t ha-1 yr-1 on S aspect (Chir-Pine Forest). Net annual carbon sequestration of trees varied between 3.54 and 4.36 t C ha-1 yr-1 . The density, biomass storage, net annual biomass accumulation as well as carbon sequestration values reported are higher on SE aspect. It can be predicted that South-East aspect (mixed aspect) plays a significant role in forest growth and maturity as compared to East and South (signal) aspects. In general, strong rules and regulations and effective enforcement must have minimized degradation and deforestation of forests in this Van Panchayat. This will certainly help in increasing forest cover and reducing carbon emission which will lead to minimize rise in CO2 level of the atmosphere.
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Literature cited 1: Adhikari B.S., Dhaila-Adhikari S. and Rawat Y.S (1998). Structure of Himalayan moist temperate cypress forest at and around Naini Tal, Kumaun Himalayas.Oecologia Montana, 7(1-2):21-31. Adhikari B.S., Rawat Y.S., and Singh S.P. (1995). Structure and function of high-altitude forests of cental Himalayas 1. Dry matter dynamics. Animals of Botnay.Oxford University Press, 75 (3): 237-248.
Literature cited 2: Arnold J.E.M., Stewari W.C. (1991). Common property resource management in India.Oxford Forestry Instritute,University of Oxford. Banskota K., Karky B. an Skutsch M (2007). Reducing carbon emission through community-managed forests in the Himalaya. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

ID: 63910
Title: Sporadic flowering of Bambusa tulda Roxb
Author: Mukta Chandra Das
Editor: Deepak Mishra
Year: 2021
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 147 (6) 602- 604 (2021)
Subject: Sporadic flowering of Bambusa tulda Roxb
Keywords: Sporadic flowering, Bambusa tulda
Abstract: Bambusa tulda is the most commonly available bamboo species of lower Assam (Naithan,2011) and is one of the economically priority bamboo species (Rao et al., 1988) of Brahmaputra Valley. The species is mainly used in different crafts production, fencing, house construction and in scaffolding. It is one of the dominant bamboo species of Northeast India. Locally the bamboo is known as Jatibanh (Assamese); Maklabans (Bengali).The origin of this species is Assam, India; Bangladesh and Myan mar (Bannik,2000).The Bamboo frequently grows on the flat alluvial deposits along the streams in the mixed deciduous forests and also along the banks of dry water courses (Banik,1994).
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Literature cited 1: Banik R.L. (1991).Biology and Propagation of Bamboos of Bangladesh.Ph.D.Thesis.University of Dhaka. Banik R.L. (1994).Studies on the seed germination, seedling growth and nursery management of Melocana baccifera (Roxb.)Kurz.pp 113-119.In Proc.4th intl. Bamboo workshop on Bamboo in Asisa and the Pacific Chiangmai.Thailand Nov.22-27 1991.
Literature cited 2: Banik R.L. 2000).Silviculture and Field Guide to Priority Bamboos of Bangladesh and South Asia. Published by BFRI, Chittagong. Blatter E. (1930). The flowering of bamboos part 1. Bombay Natural History Society, 33:899-921.

ID: 63909
Title: Pseudomonas Species as silicon Solubilizer
Author: Seema Singh, Y.P.Singh, Harish Ginwal and Santan Barthwal
Editor: Deepak Mishra
Year: 2021
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 147 (6) 600- 601 (2021)
Subject: Pseudomonas Species as silicon Solubilizer
Keywords: Pseudomonas, silicon Solubilizer
Abstract: Silicon (Si) is one of the most abundant elements in the earth’s crust. It is essential for plant growth and helps the plant to overcome both biotic and abiotic stresses. Silicon accumulates in leaf epidermal cells and form complexes with celluloses, pectin and calcium ions. The silicon d3eposition in the cell wall acts a s protective physical barrier, thus, increasing the plant’s resistance against pests including fungal pathogens (Meena et al., 2014;Luyckx et al.,2017).Silicon helps the plants to combat abiotic stresses by alleviating water stress ( reduction in transcription rate), preventing lodging, decreasing metal toxicity and enhancing phosphorus availability in soil (Ma, 2003; Ma,2004; Greger etal,2018).Various macro and micro nutrients are released from silicate minerals in the process of silicon mobilization (Vasanth et al., 2018).
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Literature cited 1: Bisht V.,Niranjan A., Ranjan M., Lehri A., Seem K.and Srivastava S.(2020).Silicon-solubilizing media and its implication for characterization of bacteria to mitigate biotic stress. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11: 1-19. Collin B., Doelsch E., Keller C., Panfill F. and Meunier J.D. (2012).Distribution and variability of silicon , copper and zinc in different bamboo species, Plant and Soil, 351:377-387.
Literature cited 2: Das S. (2014).Effect of Pseudomonas fluorescens and Glomus sp. On growth, nutrition and proliferation of D.strictus. Ph.D. Thesis, Forest Research Institute Deemed to be University, Dehradun, India: 257p. Datnoff L.E., Deren C.W and Synder G.H. (1997).Silicon fertilization for disease management of trice in Florida .Crop Protection, 16 (6): 525-531.

ID: 63908
Title: Corynandra elegans Chandore, Yadav and Yadav (Cleomaceae), An addition to the Flora of Madhya Pradesh, India
Author: S.J. Borkar and N.B.Yemul
Editor: Deepak Mishra
Year: 2021
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 147 (6) 598- 599 (2021)
Subject: Corynandra elegans Chandore, Yadav and Yadav (Cleomaceae), an addition to the Flora of Madhya Pradesh, India
Keywords: Corynandra elegans, Flora, Madhya Pradesh
Abstract: Authors visited Ghogharikhapa village (Latitude: 21.6060829, Longitude: 78.7536501) of Saunsar tehsil of Chindwara district, Madhya Pradesh, India on 9th September, 2018.During the visit they collected a specimen belonging to family Cleomaceae downstream of Ghoghara water fall at Ghogharikhapa village. After through study of the specimen its identity was sealed as Corynandra elegans Chandore, Yadav, Yadav.A critical analysis of literature (Mudgal et al., 1997) found that this species has not been reported from Madhya Pradesh state of India.
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Literature cited 1: Mudgl V., Khanna K.K. and Hajra P.K. (1997). Flora of Madhya Pradesh Volume-II. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
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ID: 63907
Title: Spigelia anthelmia L (Loganiaceae): A New Genetic Record to the Flora of Telangana, India
Author: J. Swamy and V.Jalander
Editor: Deepak Mishra
Year: 2021
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 147 (6) 596- 597 (2021)
Subject: Spigelia anthelmia L (Loganiaceae): A New Genetic Record to the Flora of Telangana, India
Keywords: Spigelia anthelmia, Loganiaceae, Genetic Record, Flora, Telangana, India
Abstract: Spigelia L. is a neotropical genus mainly distributed from Southern America to northward to southern United States and naturalized in many tropical countries (Popovkin et al.,2011; Linag et al., 2019).The genus is represented by about 95 species (POWO, 2020) .In India , the genus first reported from Madhya Pradesh (Oomachan and Srivastava, 1987).During a short visit to the Nirmal district in Telangana, the authors collected an interesting Spigelia species in flower and fruit, which was later identified as Spigelia anthelmia L., scrunity of literatures revealed that this species has been so far reported from Madhya Pradesh (Oomachan and Srivastava, 1987),Peninsular India (Uma Maheswari et al., 2000),Maharashtra (Pardeshi and Srinivasu, 2006; Kanmble and Chaturvedi, 2010),Rajasthan (Meena and Yadav,2010 and Gujarat (Desai and raole, 2013; Meena et al., 2014) up till now it has not been reported from Telangana (Pullaiah, 2015; Reddy and Reddy, 2016).
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Literature cited 1: Desai R.J. and Raole V.M. (2013).Spigelia anthelmia L.(Spigeliaceae): New Record to the Flora of Gujarat State, India. Bombay Nat.Hist.Soc.110 (3):234-236. Kamble R.B and Chaturvedi A. (2010).Spigelia anthelmia L (Spigeliaceae) - a new record from Eastern Maharashtra.Bioinfolet, 7 (4):306-308.
Literature cited 2: Liang D., Jinag G., Wang G., Guo Y., Liu Z. and Wang R.(2019).Spigelia L.(Loganiaceae), a newly recorded genus in China.Phytotaxa, 402 (1): 38-44.

ID: 63906
Title: Life cycle of Cut and Dry Bamboo Borer-Chlorophorus annularis Fab. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Author: K.P.Singh, Manisha Sharma, Arvind Kumar and Indu Singh
Editor: Deepak Mishra
Year: 2021
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 147 (6) 591- 595 (2021)
Subject: Life cycle of Cut and Dry Bamboo Borer-Chlorophorus annularis Fab. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Keywords: Chlorophorus annularis, Bamboo, Biology, Coleoptera
Abstract: Chlorophorus annularis Fab. is a primary borer of cut and dry bamboo. Adult Cerambycid beetles emerge in May-September mainly in June. The female of C.annularis laid eggs on cut bamboo that is fairly dry during May-July .Freshly laid egg is elliptical in shape and off-white in colour and later changed to yellowish white. Single gravid female lays 21.6 ± 2.59 eggs. The incubation period is 12.9 ± 1.46 days. Larvae of C.annularis are milky white and on hatching, bore into the tissues of the walls of the bamboo and larval period extended for 9-10 months. Pupa is off-white in colour and later changes to yellowish white. The pupal period is about one month during March-April .Total life cycle from egg hatching to adult beetle emergence was spread over one year.
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Literature cited 1: Beeson C.F.C. and Bhatia B.M. (1939).On the Biology of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera).Indian For.Rec. (Ent).5(1):235. Beeson C.F.C.(1941).The Ecology and Control of the Forest Insects of India and Neighbouring Countries.Vasant Press,Dehradun.Reprinted Govt.of India Publication.1007pp.
Literature cited 2: Duffy E.A.J. (1953).A Monograph of the immature stages of British and imported timber beetles (Cerambycidae).London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History 350 pp. Duffy E.A.J. (1968).A monograph of the immature stages of oriental timber beetles (Cerambycidae).British Museum (Natural History), London, 434 pp.

ID: 63905
Title: Development of Medium Density Fireboard (MDF) from Plantation Grown Timber Species Casuarina
Author: D.N.Uday, B.S.Mamatha, V.Prakash, D. Sujatha, M.C.Kiran and Narasimhamurthy
Editor: Deepak Mishra
Year: 2021
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 147 (6) 584- 590 (2021)
Subject: Development of Medium Density Fireboard (MDF) from Plantation Grown Timber Species Casuarina
Keywords: MDF, Casuarina, Refiner, Panels, Plantation species
Abstract: In the present scenario of sourcing timber for panel industry from agroforestry, it has become very important to study the suitability of timbers for various end use applications. As use of Plantation grown species for different panel production possess various challenges in processing due to inherent defects present in the plantation species. This study was conduct to determine the suitability of plantation grown timber species Casuarina equisetifolia as a raw material for making Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF).Refining parameters with pressure of 5 kg/cm2 and 6 kg/cm2 at refining time of 4 and 7 minutes have been studied. Test panels of thickness 12 mm were made with urea formaldehyde resin. Physical and Mechanical properties were evaluated according to IS 12406-2003.These results indicate that MDF panels can be made from wood fibres derived from Casuarina equisetifolia. The study was limited to lab scale. Additional work is needed to ascertain the performance of MDF panels from this species through pilot and production scale trials.
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Literature cited 1: Anon. (2003).Specification for medium density fibre board, Bureau of Indian Standards, IS: 12406, New Delhi. Anon, (2007).Asia Pacific Forestry Sector India Outlook StudyII
Literature cited 2: Krug D and E.Kehr (2001).Influence of high pulping pressures on permanent sewelling-tempered medium density fiber board.HolzRoh-werskt, 59:342-343. Purkayastha S.K. (1999).Manual of Indian timbers.

ID: 63904
Title: Performance of Organic manures on Growth and yield of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L) Under Jatropa Based Alley Cropping System
Author: Rajesh Kumar and Ramchandra
Editor: Deepak Mishra
Year: 2021
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 147 (6) 578- 583 (2021)
Subject: Performance of Organic manures on Growth and yield of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L) Under Jatropa Based Alley Cropping System
Keywords: Tomato, Allley cropping system, FYM, Neem cake and vermicompost
Abstract: Field experiment was conducted to investigation the effect of different organic manures (FYM +Neem cake+Vermicompost) application on growth and yield of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L) under Jatropha based alley cropping system at the forest nursery, School of Forestry and Environment, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad (U.P) India. Total of Eight treatments including control were replicated three times. The data recording on plant height , number of branches and number of leaves per plant, number of fruit per plant, fruit weight, fruit diameter, fruit yield per plant at different interval 30 days, 60 days, 90 days and 120 days to evaluate the performance of different combination of organic manures on growth and yield of tomato were found to be maximum in T7 (FYM + Neem cake +Vermicompost] followed by T5 [FYM +Vermicompost],T4 [Fym+Neem cake],T6 (Neem +Vermicompost],T3 (Vermicompost]and minimum T0 (Control) under the Jatropha based alley cropping system. Therefore FYM+Neem cake+ Vermicompost can be best combination of jatropha trees if tomato is to be planted. Moreover compared to open filed cultivation of tomato crops in growth and yield slightly decreased under the jatropha based alley cropping system. This was due to the allelopathic effect of jatropha on tomato. Although growth and yield slightly decreased however tomato cultivation under jatropha based alley cropping system profited by providing biodiesel and tomato crop at the same time period. Ultimately this will help in reaching goals of sustainable agriculture.
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Literature cited 1: Adekiya A.O. and Agbede T.M.(2009).Growth and yield of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) as influenced by poultry manure and NPK fertilizer.J.Food Agric.21 (1) :10-20. Anon. (2005). Annual Report. Directorate of horticulture, Raipur (C.G.).
Literature cited 2: Bagal S.D., Sheikh G.A. and Adsule R.N.(1989) .Influence of different levels of N,P and K fertilizers on the yield and quality of tomato.J.Maharashtra Agric.Univ.14: 158-160. Becker K. and Francis G. (2003) .Biodiesel from Jatropha plantations on degraded land.August2009http://www.unihohenheim.de/~www480/docs/publish/jatrophaondegraded_land.pdf.

ID: 63903
Title: Documentation of Vascular Plants of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India
Author: P.Jansirani, P.Raja and Johny Kumar Tagore
Editor: Deepak Mishra
Year: 2021
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 147 (6) 568- 577 (2021)
Subject: Documentation of Vascular Plants of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India
Keywords: Biodiversity, Reserve forests, Mudumalai tiger reserve, Sanctuary, Western Ghats
Abstract: The wide range of climatic factors and their interaction reflect the diversity of the vegetation communities. The major vegetation types of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve 9MTR) includes Southern Tropical dry thorn forest, Southern Tropical dry deciduous forest, Southern Tropical moist deciduous forest, Southern Tropical semi-evergreen, moist bamboo brakes and Riparian fringing forest. A total of 426 plant species under 311 genera belong to 100 families, including intraspecific taxa were recorded from the study area. Fabaceae is the dominant family with represents 42 species; similarly Ficus is the dominant genera with 9 species have been recorded. The MTR is a home for many rare and threatened plants. The present study we recorded 81 plants are under threatened condition. Using vegetation data collected from the larger Nilgiri Biospehere Reserve, in and around five tribal settlements in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve. The current study concluded that the MTR poses a severe and persistent conservation threat to both within and outside protected reserve forests.
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Literature cited 1: Appolinario V., Filho A.T.O. and Guilherma F.A.G. (2005).Tree population and community dynamics in Brazilian tropical semideciduous forest.Revista Brasil, 28 (2): 347-360. Chittibabu C.V.an Parthasarathy N. (2000).Attenuated tree species diversity in human-impacted tropical evergreen forest sites at Kolli hills, Eastern Ghats, India. Biodiversity and Conservation, 9: 1493-1516.
Literature cited 2: Dharmendrakumar N.V. (2015).Floristic and ecological studies of Thol Lake Wildlife Sanctuary North Gujarat. PhD. Thesis, Hemachandracharya North Gujarat University, Gujarat. Dudley N. (2008).Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

ID: 63902
Title: Approaches of De novo Assembly, Annotation and RNA–Seq profiling in Forest Tree Improvement: A Review
Author: Tanzeem Fatima, Ashutosh Srivastava, Vageeshbabu S.Hanur and M.Srinivasa Rao
Editor: Deepak Mishra
Year: 2021
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 147 (6) 556- 567 (2021)
Subject: Approaches of De novo Assembly, Annotation and RNA–Seq profiling in Forest Tree Improvement: A Review
Keywords: Cdna library, De novo transcriptome, DEGs, Forest Trees, Gene ontology, RNA-seq.
Abstract: Transcriptome analysis (RNA-seq) using next generation sequencing has allowed the researchers to simultaneously identify gene expression dynamics and differential gene expressions. This technique has a better approach to understand the biological functions of plants/trees. RNA-seq also gives information that how genes are regulated and the assembled sequence data help in designing biomarkers for unknown or new species. In forestry species, it has enabled the study of how gene expression changes in several trees due to stress or other factors. Therefore, RNA-seq analysis plays a key role in advancing genomic and molecular biology research in forest trees. Due to lack of deep genomic background of forest trees, transcriptomes for most species need to be assembled de novo i.e., without reference .In the present review , we have reported and assembled reference RNA-seq data available for tropical and temperate forest tree species for the first time. This article also focuses on the terminologies and steps used for whole transcriptome analysis system, since from the collection of plant material, to extraction of total RNA, library preparation, transcripts, coding sequences, unigenes, functional annotation, gene oncology, differential expressed genes (DEGs), gene expression values and functional metabolic pathways analysis.
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Literature cited 1: Adem M., Beyene D., Feyissa T., Zhao K. and Jhang T., (2019).De Novo Assembly and Transcriptome Profiling of Ethopian Lowland Bamboo Oxytenanthera Abyssinica 9A.Rich) MunroUnder Drought and Salt Stresses. The Open Biotech Journal, 13: 6-17. Baker E.A.G.,Wegrzyn J.L., Sezen U.U.,FalkT., Maloney P.E., Wogler D.R.,Delfino-Mix A.,Jensen C., Milton J., Wightr J., Knaus B., Rai H., Cronn R., Gonzalez-Ibeas D., Vaquez-Gross H.A., Famula R.A., Liu J.J.,Kueppers L.M.and Neale D.B., (2018).Comparative Transcriptomics Among four white Pine species, Genes Genomes Genetics, 8: 1461-1474.
Literature cited 2: Bhambhani S., Lakhwani D., Gupta P., Pandey A., Dhar Y.V., Bag S.K., Asif M.H. and Trivedi P.K. (2017).Transcriptome and metabolite analyses in Azadirachta indica: identification of genes involved in biosynthesis of bioactive triterpenoids. Scientific Reports, 7: 5043. Bhandawat A., Singh G., Seth R, Singh P. and Sharma R.K. (2017) Genome-Wide Transcriptional Profiling to Elucidate Key Candidates involved in Bud Burst and Rattling Growth in a Subtropical Bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii). Frontiers of Plant Science, 7: 2038.

ID: 63901
Title: A Review on Reproductive Biology and Breeding System in Melia dubia Cav.
Author: Sourav Ranjan Mohapatra, Poonam Singh, Anchal Rana and Ashok Kumar
Editor: Deepak Mishra
Year: 2021
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 147 (6) 551- 555 (2021)
Subject: The Indian Forester Vol. 147 (6) 551- 555 (2021)
Keywords: Melia dubia Cav., Floral Biology, Breeding System, Hybridization
Abstract: A prime member of family Meliaceae, Melia dubia (Cav.Syn.Melia composita Wild) is a multipurpose tree species with global significance. Although species bears versatile importance world over, information on reproductive biology and breeding system is scarce and limited. The initiation of advance generation breeding in Melia dubia needs special focus on floral morphology, biology and breeding system aspects. Therefore, a systematic review on reproductive biology of Melia dubia was conducted and has been presented in this paper. It reveals that species bears complex hermaphrodite flower with maximum flowering during mid of March. Though information on reproductive biology is extremely inadequate, anthesis occurs during morning hours and stigma attains receptivity two hours prior to that and continues up to twelve hours of anthesis. Information on pollination biology and breeding system of Melia dubia revealed predominance of self-pollination and self-compatibility with frequent visiting of insects during flowering. Hybridization activities in M.dubia have not yet been reported and need to be envisaged for further improvement of species.
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Literature cited 1: Anon (1999). Preliminary phytochemical and antimicrobial investigations on Melia dubia Bark: Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, J.S.S.College of Pharmacy, Rocklands, P.B.No.2, Ootacamund-643001, Tamil Nadu, India. Ancient Science of Life, 19 (1) 1:6 Chanthuru A., Prabhu M.M.Aysha O.S.and Karthik R.(2014).Evaluation of leaf and root extracts of Melia dubia .against larvae of Culex quinquefasciatus and five important human pathogens. BioScience Biotechnology Research Asia, 11 (1): 207-210.
Literature cited 2: Chauhan R.S., Jadeja D.B., Thakur N.S.,Jha S.K.and Sankanur M.S., (2018).Selection of Canditate Plus Trees (CPTs) of Malabar Neem (Melia dubia Cav) for Enhancement of Farm Productivity in South Gujarat.Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci., 7(5):3582-3592. Chauhan S.K. and Chauhan R. (2011).Short rotation forestry species for economic and environment al benefits: country report in IUFRO symposium on “Short rotation forestry: synergies for wood production and environmental amelioration”, PAU Ludhiana, (India).

ID: 63900
Title: Grass flora of Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu, India
Author: P.Raja, S.Soosairaj, Johny Kumar Tagore and K.Althaf Ahamed Kabeer
Editor: Deepak Mishra
Year: 2021
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 147 (6) 547- 550 (2021)
Subject: Grass flora of Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu, India
Keywords: Checklist, Grasses, Poaceae, Pudukkottai
Abstract: The present study deals with an account of grasses (Poaceae) collected from Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu, India. The study records of species under 56 genera and the most dominant genus is Eragrostis (7 species), Brachiaria, Panicum (5 species each). Besides twenty-one (21) species were first time reported from Pudukkottai district. Three species are endemic to India, among them Chrysopogon hackelii and iseilema anthephoroides are endemic to Peninsular India.
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Literature cited 1: Deshpande U.R.(1984).Fascicles of Flora of India, Fascicle 15 Poaceae: Tribe Andropopogonae. Botanical Survey of India, P.O.Botanic Garden, Howrah, 1-30. Fischer C.E.C (1934).Graminae.In: Gamble, J.S., (ed).Flora of the Presidency of Madras. Volume 3.Aadhar &Son Ltd, London, 1689-1864.
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