R. K. Samantray , A. K. Mishra

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This paper discusses the treatment of a limping female elephant with left foreleg swelling at carpal joint. This particular female elephant claimed to be a pigmy elephant of Satkosia Gorge Sanctuary, Angul District (Orissa). Because of its leg problem, its movement was restricted and it strayed out from the herd. Specialized treatment was provided during state of standing sedation by tranquilzing through dart firing from a Mod 60-N Dart Gun from a distance of 30-35 m, using the drug Xylazine Hydrochloride. Drugs like long acting antibiotics, analgesics, steroids, neurotonics, liver extract, fluid therapy and other life saving drugs were given on a definite interval i.e. 13.3.2005, 17.3.2005 and 22.3.2005. In each case after the treatment Yuhimbine Hydrochloride was administered intra-veinously for a timely reversal. The swelling of leg was reduced and the mobility was restored. The animal recovered gracefully and as reported it was able to walk properly from 25.3.2005 onwards in the vicinity.

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G. N. Gupta , Premlal , A. K. Mishra , G. R. Kachhawaha

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A field experiment was conducted in Indira Gandhi Nahar Project area of the Indian desert to find out optimum schedule and suitable method of irrigation for raising irrigated plantations of Dalbergia sissoo. Various treatments were comprised of three methods (Flooding, Spot and Furrow), three frequencies (20-40-60 days for winter, 10 -20-30 days for monsoon and 7 - 15 and 22 days interval for summer months) and three quantities (30,45 and 60 mm) of irrigation. Observations on growth and biomass of 14 months old plantation indicate that spot method of irrigation produced the best initial growth of plantation with 45 mm of water added at the interval of 10 days in summer, 20 days in monsoon and 30 days in winter mouths. This treatment resulted in trees of 162 cm average height producing total biomass of 27.4 q/ha for 14 month old plantation of Dalbergia sissoo. The water use efficiency due to this treatment was 12.2 kg/mm which was maximum as compared to all other treatments.

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G. N. Gupta , K. R. Choudhary , Bilas Singh , A. K. Mishra

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A field experiment was conducted to study the influence of different techniques of rain water harvesting on establishment of Neem (Azadirachta indica) at the research farm of Arid Forest Research Institute, Jodhpur. The various treatment were: Control, Weed removal (W.R.), Weed removal + Soil working (S.W.), W.R.+S.W. +Saucers of 1.0 m dia, W.R.+ S W.+Saucers of 15m dis, W. R. +S. W. +mulching in saucers around the plants, water conservation structuns in checker board design and water conservation structures as inter row slopes of 20 per cent. Out of the eight treatments, the inter row slopes of 20 per cent caused significantly higber moisture conservation in the ischolar_main zone (40 per cent higher than the control) which resulted in better growth of neem (296 cm tall trees than 203 cm in control at ]8 month age). The treatment of weed removal alone caused tree heigbt improvement by 26 per cent over control. The weed removal helped conserving 20 per cent higher moisture than control. The practices of mulching and making saucers also improved the tree growth considerably. The coefficients of correlation between per cent increase in collar girth was 0.73 and with per cent increase in tree hight was 0.48.

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A. K. Mishra ¹, S. A. Mir ¹, A. Shah ¹, M. P. Sharma ¹, H. B. Singh ¹

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1 Department of Botany, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, IN

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