First Report of Occurrence and Conservation Status of Black Softshell Turtle, Nilssonia nigricans (Anderson 1875) (Reptilia: Testudines: Trionychidae) in West Bengal, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ram Krishna Das ◽  
Rahul Mondal ◽  
Bhabani Sankar Joardar ◽  
Nilay Ray
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
First Report ◽  
Softshell Turtle

Diplodia rosarum. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. P. Hayova
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Republic Of Georgia ◽  
Irish Republic ◽  
Botryotinia Fuckeliana

Abstract A description is provided for Diplodia rosarum, which has been implicated in canker or dieback of cultivated roses. Some information on its dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (USA (California, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas), Brazil, Azerbaijan, Republic of Georgia, India, (Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Cuba, Belgium, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Irish Republic, Italy, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine and UK), hosts (Rosa arvensis, R. banksiana, R. canina, R. centifolia, R. corymbifera, R. hybrida, R. multiflora, R. spinosissima, R. tomentosa, R. willmottiae and Rosa sp.) and associated fungi (Botryotinia fuckeliana, Hendersonula sp., Macrophoma camarana, Microdiplodia rosarum, Coniothyrium olivaceum, Pleospora herbarum f. microspora and Valsa ambiens).

Passalora bupleuri. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. V. Andrianova
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Leaf Spot ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Voronezh Oblast ◽  
Belgorod Oblast ◽  
Tver Oblast ◽  
Stavropol Krai

Abstract A description is provided for Passalora bupleuri, a colonizer of living leaves, causing mild leaf spot symptoms and further leaf fading and drying, probably hastening leaf death. Some information on its habitat, dispersal and transmission, and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (South America (Chile), Asia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, India (Orissa and West Bengal), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia (Kamchatka oblast, Primorye krai) and Uzbekistan), Caribbean (Cuba) and Europe (Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia (Belgorod oblast, Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, Leningradskaya oblast, Lipetsk oblast, Stavropol krai, Tver oblast, Voronezh oblast), Slovakia, Spain and Ukraine)) and hosts (including Bupleurum tenuissimum).

Hypotrachyna sinuosa. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Krasnoyarsk Krai ◽  
Altai Republic ◽  
Macquarie Island ◽  
Montane Cloud Forest ◽  
Campbell Island

Abstract A description is provided for Hypotrachyna sinuosa, which is most often observed on living bark of shrubs and trees in moist, nutrient-poor, often montane ecosystems, being typically a species of temperate often oceanic or montane rainforest, or of tropical montane cloud forest. Some information on its associated organisms and substrata, habitat, dispersal and transmission, and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Africa (Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda), North America (Canada (British Columbia), Mexico, USA (Alaska, California, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Washington)), Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala), South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, Venezuela), Asia (Bhutan, China (Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan), India (Sikkim, West Bengal), Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russia (Altai Republic, Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, Republic of Buryatia, Republic of Khakassia, Yakutia), Taiwan), Atlantic Ocean (Portugal (Azores, Madeira), Spain (Canary Islands)), Australasia (Auckland Island, Australia (Tasmania, Victoria), Campbell Island, Macquarie Island, New Zealand), Caribbean (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica), Europe (Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK), Indian Ocean (Réunion), Pacific Ocean (New Caledonia, USA (Hawaii))). With its production of physciosporin, this species is one of several found to contain secondary metabolites able to inhibit motility of lung cancer cells in humans. Other uses of this species have all been as ecological indicators.

scholarly journals First report of leucism in Bungarus caeruleus (Serpentes: Elapidae) from West Bengal, India

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anirban Chaudhuri ◽  
Koustav Chakraborty ◽  
Subhadeep Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
First Report

scholarly journals First Report of Nigrospora Leaf Blight on Tea Caused by Nigrospora sphaerica in India

Plant Disease ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Dutta ◽  
S. Gupta ◽  
D. Thakur ◽  
P. J. Handique
Keyword(s):  
Camellia Sinensis ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Its Region ◽  
Causative Organism ◽  
Distilled Water ◽  
Conidial Suspension ◽  
Tea Leaves ◽  
First Report ◽  
Initial Symptoms

Tea [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] is an economically important non-alcoholic caffeine-containing beverage crop widely cultivated for leaves in India, especially in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal. In May 2012, distinct blight symptoms were observed on leaves of popular tea cultivars AV-2, Tukdah 78, Rungli Rungliot 17/144, and Bannockburn 157 in commercial tea estates of the Darjeeling district. This disease reduces yield and quality of the leaves. The initial symptoms were frequently observed on the young leaf margins and apices. Foliar symptoms are characterized by grayish to brown, semicircular or irregular shaped lesions, often surrounded by pale yellow zones up to 9 mm in diameter. The lesions later expand and the affected leaves turn grayish to dark brown and eventually the dried tissue falls, leading to complete defoliation of the plant. The disease causes damage to leaves of all ages and is severe in young leaves. A portion of the symptomatic leaf tissues were surface sterilized in 70% ethanol for 30 s, then in 2% NaClO for 3 min, rinsed three times in sterile distilled water, and plated onto potato dextrose agar (PDA). The fungal colonies were initially white and then became grayish to brown with sporulation. Conidia were spherical to sub spherical, single-celled, black, 19 to 21 μm in diameter, and were borne on a hyaline vesicle at the tip of each conidiophore. Morphological characteristics of the isolates were concurring to those of Nigrospora sphaerica (1). Moreover, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the ribosomal RNA was amplified by using primers ITS1 and ITS4 and sequenced (GenBank Accession No. KJ767520). The sequence was compared to the GenBank database through nucleotide BLAST search and the isolate showed 100% similarity to N. sphaerica (KC519729.1). On the basis of morphological characteristics and nucleotide homology, the isolate was identified as N. sphaerica. Koch's postulates were fulfilled in the laboratory on tea leaves inoculated with N. sphaerica conidial suspension (106 conidia ml−1) collected from a 7-day-old culture on PDA. Six inoculated 8-month-old seedlings of tea cultivars AV-2 and S.3/3 were incubated in a controlled environment chamber at 25°C and 80 to 85% humidity with a 12-h photoperiod. In addition, three plants of each cultivar were sprayed with sterile distilled water to serve as controls. Twelve to 14 days after inoculation, inoculated leaves developed blight symptoms similar to those observed on naturally infected tea leaves in the field. No symptoms were observed on the control leaves. The pathogen was re-isolated from lesions and its identity was confirmed by morphological characteristics. It was reported that N. sphaerica is frequently encountered as a secondary invader or as a saprophyte on many plant species and also as a causative organism of foliar disease on several hosts worldwide (2,3). To our knowledge, this is first report of N. sphaerica as a foliar pathogen of Camellia sinensis in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, or worldwide. References: (1) M. B. Ellis. Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes. CMI, Kew, Surrey, UK, 1971. (2) D. F. Farr and A. Y. Rossman. Fungal Databases, Syst. Mycol. Microbiol. Lab., ARS, USDA. Retrieved from http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases/ July 01, 2013. (3) E. R. Wright et al. Plant Dis. 92:171, 2008.

scholarly journals Additions to the cicada (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadidae) fauna of India: first report and range extension of four species with notes on their natural history from Meghalaya

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 16021-16042
Author(s):  
Vivek Sarkar ◽  
Cuckoo Mahapatra ◽  
Pratyush P. Mohapatra ◽  
Manoj V. Nair
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Range Extension ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
First Report ◽  
Northeastern India ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
Jaintia Hills ◽  
First Time

 In order to broaden our understanding about cicada diversity of northeastern India, a comprehensive survey was conducted in the year 2017, in Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia hills of Meghalaya and an occasional opportunistic survey was carried out in northern West Bengal and Arunachal Pradesh.  During these surveys, we came across four species of cicadas, viz., Meimuna duffelsi, Dundubia annandalei, Balinta tenebricosa, and Orientopsaltria fangrayae, which were not reported from India earlier and among them the genus Orientopsaltria is being reported for the first time from the country.  This work provides an account of the taxonomy, natural history, distribution, and acoustics of these four species of cicadas along with their attribute to the culture and customs of the indigenous tribes of the landscape.

scholarly journals On a Recent Pioneering Taxonomic Study of the Fishes from Rivers Diyung, Vomvadung, Khualzangvadung, Tuikoi and Mahur in Dima Hasao District of Assam (India)

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 83-106
Author(s):  
Devashish Kar ◽  
Dimos Khynriam
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Taxonomic Study ◽  
First Report ◽  
Near Threatened ◽  
Tor Tor

Abstract Ichthyofauna surveys in Diyung, Vomvadung, Khualzangvadung, Tuikoi, and Mahur rivers under Dima Hasao District of Assam resulted in the first report of 21 species of fish belonging to 19 genera, eight families, and four orders. These include Cypriniformes, Siluriformes, Synbranchiformes, and Perciformes. The species composition is highest in Vomvadung River with 11 species, followed by Diyung with eight species, Khualzangvadung with six species, Mohur with three species, and Tuikoi with two species. The conservation status of Systomus clavatus, Tor tor, Neolissochilus hexagonolepis, Neolissochilus hexastichus is near threatened, and Pterocryptis barakensis is endangered.

scholarly journals Butterfly fauna of Baghmundi, Purulia, West Bengal, India: a preliminary checklist

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 10198
Author(s):  
Supriya Samanta ◽  
Dipanwita Das ◽  
Sudipta Mandal
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Local People ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Butterfly Species ◽  
First Report ◽  
Butterfly Diversity ◽  
Photographic Documentation ◽  
Butterfly Fauna ◽  
Purulia District ◽  
Total Species

The butterfly diversity of Baghmundi, Purulia District (22.600–23.500N & 85.750–86.650E), West Bengal, India was studied from January 2014 to December 2015 with photographic documentation.  A total of 54 butterfly species were recorded representing 39 genera in six families.  Nymphalidae was the most dominant family with 46.3% of the total species.  As this is the first report of butterfly diversity from this region, the present study may help in planning conservation strategies and generate awareness among the local people and government authorities to save wildlife and their habitats.

scholarly journals Short Communication: Taxonomy and the first report for pollen and leaf surfaces anatomy of the genus Enkleia (Thymelaeaceae) in Thailand

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Piyaporn Saensouik ◽  
Surapon Saensouk
Keyword(s):  
Short Communication ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Flowering Period ◽  
Ecological Data ◽  
Traditional Use ◽  
First Report ◽  
Leaf Surfaces

Abstract. Saensouk P, Saensouk S. 2021. Short Communication: Taxonomy and the first report for pollen and leaf surfaces anatomy of the genus Enkleia (Thymelaeaceae) in Thailand. Biodiversitas 22: 1340-1344. Taxonomic of the genus Enkleia in Thailand are revised. Two species, Enkleia malaccensis Griff. and E. thorelii (Lecomte) Nevling, are reported. Enkleia siamensis (Kurz) Nevling and E. siamensis (Kurz) Nevling subsp. andamanica (Hutch. Ex C. E. Parkinson) Nevling are reduced to Enkleia malaccensis Griff.. Therefore, both species are recorded as synonym of E. malaccensis. E. thorelii is reported endemic to Thailand. Vernacular name, distribution data, ecological data, flowering period, fruiting period, conservation status, traditional use of this genus are provided. The pollen and leaf surfaces of the genus are examined and the first studied.

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