Orchidaceae is a monocot family of herbaceous perennials that include terrestrial, saprophytic, lithophytic and epiphytic species. It is one of the largest families among angiosperms with 800 genera and about 25,000 species, distributed worldwide. Orchids comprise the highly evolved and economically important plants bearing the most beautiful and attractive flowers in the plant kingdom. From last 120 years a number of plant explorers have reported the occurrence of orchids from Kashmir Himalaya. In the present study different habitats of Kashmir Himalaya were evaluated for the occurrence of orchids. Ten species (Cephalanthera longifolia L., Cypripedium cordigerum D.Don., Dactylorhiza hatagirea (D. Don) Soo, Epipactis helleborine L., Epipactis royleana Lindley, Goodyrea repens (L.) R.Brown, Listera ovata (L.) R. Brown, Spiranthes sinensis (Persoon) Ames. Satyrium nepalense D.Don., and Oreorchis micrantha Lindley., were recorded. Most of the species are terrestrial. Oreorchis micrantha reported first time by the authors from the Kashmir valley. These orchid species grow within an altitudinal range of 1595 - 4150m asl. Further, during the present investigation a total of three habitat types have been identified which include swamps or marshy lands, shady coniferous forests of sub-alpines and open moist land of alpines.
Flowering plants evolved from extinct plants related to conifers, cycads, ginkgos and seed ferns, and the oldest known fossils from these types of plants are pollen grains – small, robust spores which are numerous and fossilize more easily than flowers or leaves.
The variety and galaxy of fungi and their natural beauty occupy prime place in the biological world and India has been the cradle for such fungi. In the present study, 88 species of fungi belonging to 10 Genera were isolated from various samples
Occurrence of deepsea snake fishes, popularly known as band fishes, has not been recorded off the Ratnagiri coast of Maharashtra, India. Two specimens of these fishes were caught in trawl nets during regular fishing operations off this coast
Present study has been conducted on rain-fed river W. Ramganga from Central Himalaya, India. Paper deals with the fish and fisheries of the hill river W. Ramganga. The total 19 species of the fish biodiversity recorded belonging to 5 families and 8 genera
Lamellidens corrianus (Shell length 95-110mm) from Nandrabad pond, Aurangabad in winter seasons were collected and were acclimatized in laboratory condition for 2 to 3 h and surgerical operation were made for removal of cerebral ganglion unilaterally and bilaterally after lapse of 24h.
The genus Aborichthys was described in 1913 from specimens in streams/rivers of Abor hills area of northeastern India during the Abor expedition 43. The type species was described as Aborichthys kempi. Since that time, three additional species have been added to the genus from northeastern India.
The clade Maniraptora is the group of theropod dinosaurs that many paleontologists believe birds were derived from some 150 or so million years ago, in the Jurassic period. Hence, according to phylogenetic taxonomy, birds are by definition maniraptorans, and the other maniraptorans are their closest relatives.
Drypetes sepiaria (Wight & Arn.) Pax. & Hoffm., a Putranjivaceous small tree species is reported for the first time for North India from Saharanpur Botanical Garden (Presently, Horticultural Experiment and Training Centre, Saharanpur). A brief description and illustration of the species are provided herewith for easy identification.
Garra kalakadensis described by Rema Devi (1993) from Pachaiyar, east of Sengaltheri, Kalakad Wildlife Sanctuary, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India. The holotype and paratypes kept in the Zoological Survey of India, Southern Regional Station, Chennai
Anatomical evaluation on eight cultivars (cv.) of Vitis vinifera (Kshmsh, Trespi, Taefi, Pasirani, Baesola, Deselanz and Sadani) and Parthenocissus quinquefolia (virginia creeper). Was achieved the results revealed leaf anatomy and palynological differences among the cultivars and between Vitis vinifera and Pathenocissus quinquefolia.
Aborichthys is a genus of stone loaches found in streams of India. The genus Aborichthys was described in 1913 from specimens in streams/rivers of Abor hills area of northeastern India during the Abor expedition 43. There are currently eight recognized species in this genus.
Orchidaceae is a monocot family of herbaceous perennials that include terrestrial, saprophytic, lithophytic and epiphytic species. It is one of the largest families among angiosperms with 800 genera and about 25, 000 species, distributed worldwide. Orchids comprise the highly evolved and economically important plants bearing the most beautiful and attractive flowers in the plant kingdom.
Latrodectushasselti (Thorell, 1870), the black widow spider has been reported from many parts of India but was hitherto unknown from Telangana state, India. In this paper we give the first report of the black widow spider with notes on complete description of the external characters, their morphometry and the internal genitalia of the specimen.
The plasmodia of a new myxosporean, Thelohanellus dykovi sp. nov. were found infecting gills of cultured Indian major carp, Labeo rohita (Hamilton, 1822). The infection rate was found to be 36.67% (out of 30 fishes examined 11 were infected) in a rural fish pond, Nanoki located in Patiala district, Punjab.
The plasmodia of Thelohanellus filli sp. n. were found infecting gills of Labeo rohita (Hamilton, 1822). The infection rate was 35% (20 fishes were examined and 7 fishes were infected) in four cultured farm in district Pathankot, Punjab. Fishes were 8- 10 months old and 15 - 20% fish mortality was recorded in four farms located in the rural area adjoining the district Pathankot, Punjab.
Garra nethravathiensis sp. nov. a new garrinae cyprinid fish species is described from the upstream of Nethravathi, a west flowing river in Karnataka state of peninsular India. The new species differs from the congeners from Western Ghats mountain ranges by the following combination of characters:
Garra khawbungi sp. nov. is described from the Tuipui River, Khawbung Village, Mizoram, India. This species is closely related to Garra nigricollis but is distinguished by having more lateral-line scales, fewer predorsal scales, fewer branched caudal-fin rays, presence of a transverse groove on snout, and absence of a black band across the posterior margin of the head and between left and right side pectoral-fin bases.
Uticularia purpurascens species is a member of family Lentibulariaceae (Bladderwort). It grows on very low nutrient soil. Soil is deficient in nitrogen and phosphorous. This species grow only on lateritic soil. So they are restricted. Now Kas plateau is included under World’s Natural heritage Site.
Composting is a process that safeguards and conditions diversity of decomposing ecosystem with the help of micro and macro-organisms. The focus of the present study was macro-fauna in the compost. During this work, the infamously labelled agricultural pest, a scarab beetle was found living through compost,
Galeodes indicus (Pocock, 1900), the solifugid has been earlier reported from Nallamalla hills in Andhra Pradesh(united Andhra Pradesh) but was hitherto unknown from Telangana state, India. In this paper we give the first report of the sun spider with notes on the external characters and morphometry of the specimen.
Vultures are master scavengers of India. Decline in vulture population is reported since 1950-1970s in India and its neighbouring countries; although a steep decline in there population was reported in mid 1990s at an alarming pace. The study was required to find out the vulture scenario in Bundelkhand Region.
A checklist of Recent and fossil catfishes (Order Siluriformes) is presented, summarizing taxonomic literature published through 2005. From 4624 nominal species group names and 810 genus group names, 3093 species are recognized as valid, and are distributed among 478 genera and 36 families.
The most important attempts during the whole investigation were taken to make in vitro propagation protocol, cost effective by using economically cheaper alternatives to MS salts, agar and sucrose. MS (Murashige and Skoog) and low cost (LC) media with different hormonal combinations of 2,4-D (0.2, 0.4 and 0.6 mg/l) and NAA (0.5 mg/l) were used for shoot proliferation.
A number of reviews have accompanied and monitored the progress of molecular phylogenetic research on bryophytes, focusing on the publication record itself, bryophyte phylogeny and systematics in the molecular era, as well as the evolution and phylogenetic utility of markers from different genomes.
Oryza glaberrima (African rice) is a cultivated grain distinct from its better known cousin Oryza sativa (Asian rice). African rice was independently domesticated ~3000 years ago in the Niger River Delta from its still extant progenitor, Oryza barthii. O. glaberrima is significant for its resistance to many pests and diseases and for its tolerance of drought and infertile soils.
Feeding trail experiments were conducted with penaeid prawns Penaeus monodon and Penaeus indicus after fed with four different types of diets. The Probiotic Diet–I (Commercial diet with Bacillus sp.), Probiotic Diet-II (Commercial Diet with Bacillus sp. and Yeast sp.) and Probiotic Diet-III (Commercial diet with Yeast sp.)
The genus Ceroxylon is revised and twelve species are recognized. A total of 228 specimens from 19 herbaria were studied and field work was carried out in four countries. A list of 113 characters was explored in the specimens and described for each species.
The total number of species of class Insecta, so far described from the whole world is representing nearly 80% of the total species of the Kingdom Animalia. It is estimated that there are 9, 50,000 described species of insects, and lot of new species are added to this every year.
Testing non-typified names by applying rules of circumscriptional nomenclature shows that in most cases the traditional usage can be supported. However, the original circumscription of several widely used non-typified names does not fit the taxa they are applied to.
In field, Onion blight / purple botch symptoms development starts from tip of the older leaves as small, whitish, sunken, oval shaped lesions which later On became elliptical or oblong, which brown to purple at the centre and surrounded by a light brown area.
Four new species of Eoneureclipsis (Trichoptera: Psychomyiidae) are described from Japan: E. montanus n. sp., E. shikokuensis n. sp., E. okinawaensis n. sp. and E. yaeyamaensis n. sp. Illustrations of male wing venation and genitalia of both sexes are provided.
