Harish Singh , S. C. Srivastava , G. Krishna , A. Kumar

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The present paper provides botanical description, phenology, vernacular names, ecology and distribution along with less known edible, medicinal and other uses of Indigofera cassioides Rottler ex DC. in different parts of India on the basis of field and literature study. This paper also provides method of cultivation of the plant in the waste/barren land as a subsidiary food crop and for the economic benefits of the tribal people.

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Indigofera Cassioides, Ethno-botany, Food Crop, Propagation

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B. G. Marcot , A. Kumar , P. S. Roy , V. B. Sawarkar , A. Gupta , S. N. Sangma

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In the South Garo Hills District and Nokrek area of Western Meghalaya, statistical analyses suggest very low elephant densities and greatest declines of elephants in areas with >10% bamboo and secondary forest (6-10 years old) and >10% scrub and abandonedjhum fields (old fallow jhum 3-6 years old). Elephant densities are hi'ghest, and declines are the least, in areas with >25% semi-evergreen forest (old secondary forests 15-30+ years old). Data on elephant sign (use) in the field generally support these findings, with selection by elephants (ie., use significantly exceeding availability) for native semi-evergreen forest, and lack of selection (use significantly less than availability) for deciduous forests (including Sal forest, Teak, and Cashew plantations) and for scrub and abandonedjhum fields. To maintain elephant populations in the South Garo Hills District and Nokrek area, we suggest official delineation of 7 elephant habitat corridors that we mapped as having low degree of fragmentation of forest cover and a high proportion of contiguous, semi-evergreen and evergreen forest cover.

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C. M. Mishra , P. Dubey , A. Kumar

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Under the present investigation suitable silvipasture model has been developed for large scale planting of fodder tree-grass combination in saline-alkali soils of U.P. Three tree species viz. Leucaena leucocephala, Albizia lebbek and Cassia siamea along with forage grasses like Brachiaria mutica, Panicum maximum and Chloris gayana were planted in spacement of 4.0m × 2.50m (Tree spp.) and 0.50m × 0.50m (Grass spp.), respectively. The results revealed considerable improvement of the entire system with huge amount of fodder biomass production.

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A. Kumar , T. Marimuthu

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Among the six media mixes tested, the DCCP 50 and DCCP 25 increased the vigour, dry matter and number of secondary leaves of E. camaldulensis and E. tereticornis seedlings both in nursery and containers.

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A. Kumar , Vishwa Nath

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Toxin production by Fusarium solani, the causal agent of Eucalyptus wilt was studied in-vitro. The fungal culture filtrates inhibited considerably seed germination along with radicle and plumule elongations. Richard's, Coon's, Czapek's, Asthana and Hawker's media were found to support phytotoxin production by the pathogen.

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