Botany: Recent submissions

  • Some new observations in Furcraea foetida 
    Nadaf, A.B.; Shukla, S.R.; Krishnan, S. (Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany. 25(2); 2001; 275-278.)
    Furcraea foetida reproduces vegetatively by producing bulbils on the inflorescence axis and sexually by producing flowers on the terminal panicles. In the present study, it was observed that the bulbils gives rise to ...
  • Effect of cooking on aleurone in the caryopsis of Indica Rice 
    Nadaf, A.B.; Krishnan, S. (International Rice Research Notes. 26(2); 2001; 74-75.)
    This study was undertaken to determine the effect of cooking on aleurone in the rice caryopsis on local varieties with long-, medium-, and short-grain types.
  • Uv-B radiation: Anatomical, physiological and biochemical changi glasshouse - grown ornamental plants 
    Bhandari, R.; Sharma, P.K. (Journal of Plant Biology. 28; 2001; 291-300.)
    Three glasshouse-grown ornamental plants, viz. Monstera deliciosa, Calathea lindeniana and Syngonium podoph were treated with UV-B radiation at a level of 0.8 mW cm-2 for about 7 h daily for six days. Changes in leaf ...
  • Revegetation of wastelands: An indirect approach to control Parthenium hysterophorus 
    Rodrigues, B.F. (Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany. 25(2); 2001; 264-266.)
    Parthenium hysterophorus L., a native of north-east Mexico, is one of the world's worst weeds, accidentally introduced into India in 1956. It is known to cause serious health problems in human beings and livestock. It also ...
  • Two new hyphomycetes, from India 
    D'Souza, M.A.; Bhat, D.J. (Microbes and Plants, Professor R. Dayal festschrift, Ed. by: Asha Sinha. Campus Books International, New Delhi. 2001; 1-7.)
    During our studies on the taxonomy and diversity of microfungi occurring in association with the plant species of Western Ghat forests in southern India two new hyphomycetous fungi were recovered in culture when litter of ...
  • A new species of Trichobotrys from the Western Ghat forests, India 
    D'Souza, M.A.; Bhat, D.J. (Mycotaxon. 80; 2001; 105-108.)
    A new dematiaceous hyphomycete, Trichobotrys ramosa sp. nov., isolated from decaying leaves of Dendrocalamus strictus Nees (F. Poaceae) is described and illustrated from the forests of Western Ghats in southern India.
  • Histochemical localization of storage components in caryopsis of rice (Oryza sativa L.) 
    Krishnan, S.; Ebenezer, G.A.I.; Dayanandan, P. (Current Science. 80(4); 2001; 567-571.)
    The pattern of distribution of major storage components of IR50 rice caryopsis was investigated and compared with several other cultivars and 17 wild species of Oryza. Starch occurs abundantly in the pericarp during early ...
  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi from coastal sand dune vegetation of Goa 
    Rodrigues, B.F.; Jaiswal, V. (Indian Journal of Forestry. 24(1); 2001; 18-20.)
    Arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) may be used for rebuilding the vegetation of coastal region under threat. Prior to exploiting the reclaiming potential of these organisms, it is necessary to examine their occurrence and ...
  • New records of the family Eriocaulaceae from Goa 
    Rajkumar, S.; Joshi, V.C.; Janarthanam, M.K. (Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 98(1); 2001; 155-156.)
    The specimens identified in the light of these recent works have added six new distributional records to the State of Goa.
  • Diploospora indica, a new species of hyphomycetes 
    Sreekala; Nair, K.; Bhat, D.J. (Mycotaxon. 80; 2001; 101-104.)
    A new species of Hyphomycetes, Diploospora indica Sreekala Bhat, isolated from freshwater foam and submerged leaf litter of Dipterocarpus laevis, is described from India. The new taxon is compared with known species of the ...

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