scholarly journals Two new and two known species of the genus Paraoxydirus Jairajpuri and Ahmad, 1978 (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) from Western Ghats of India

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 292-314
Author(s):  
S. Kumar ◽  
W. Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Neck Length ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Diagnostic Key ◽  
Amphidial Fovea

Summary Two new and two known species of the genus Paraoxydirus Jairajpuri and Ahmad, 1978 are described and illustrated from Western Ghats of India. P. vulvalpapillatus n. sp. is characterized by having large sized body (L = 4.6 – 4.8 mm); lip region continuous with completely amalgamated lips; amphidial fovea cup – shaped; 5 – 6 μm long odontostyle; 11 – 13 μm long odontophore; pharyngeal expansion about 28 – 36 % of neck length; transverse vulva; vulval papillae conspicuous; males with 46 – 54 μm long spicules; 11 – 14 continuous ventromedian supplements and long filiform tail similar in both sexes. P. indicus n. sp. is characterized by having large sized body (L = 4.0 – 4.8 mm); lip region poorly offset with amalgamated lips; amphidial fovea cup-shaped; 7 – 8 μm long, robust odontostyle; 17 – 18 μm long odontophore; pharyngeal expansion about 32 – 40 % of neck length; 21 – 26 μm long cardia; longitudinal vulva; 748 – 894 μm long filiform tail; males with 45 – 54 μm long spicules and 12 – 15 continuous ventromedian supplements. P. gigas Jairajpuri, 1964 and P. novus Jairajpuri, 1965 are redescribed based on specimens collected from several localities. A diagnostic Key and compendium to the identification of its eight valid species is provided.

The identity of Rasbora neilgherriensis (Teleostei: Danionidae), with a re-description

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4894 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-268
Author(s):  
DENCIN RONS THAMPY ◽  
AGIN GEORGE KURIAN ◽  
K. REMA DEVI ◽  
RAHUL G. KUMAR
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Canopy Cover ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Cauvery River ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Cauvery River Basin ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
Pelvic Fin

Rasbora neilgherriensis Day, long considered a synonym of Rasbora daniconius or Rasbora dandia, is re-described and shown to be a valid species based on an examination of type and recently-acquired topotypical specimens from the Western Ghats of India. The species is characterised by a complete lateral line with 32–34 pored scales on body, ½5–6/1/2½ scales in transverse line on body, a mid-lateral stripe that is 2½ scales wide anterior to the pelvic fin and 1–1½ scales wide on the caudal peduncle, and a caudal fin that is emarginate to forked with broadly rounded lobes. The species was recorded from the Cauvery River Basin in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India, at elevations ranging from 710 m to 2015 m above sea level, in stream stretches with relatively denser riparian canopy cover. 

Status of the rare palm Bentinckia condapanna Berry in two habitats of Goodrical Reserve Forests; Western Ghats of India

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-9
Author(s):  
ES Abhilash ◽  
Brijesh Sathian
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Evergreen Species ◽  
Secondary Species ◽  
Ecological Stress ◽  
Lannea Coromandelica ◽  
Western Ghats Of India

Bentinckia condapanna shows more IVI values and there by dominance and ecological stress in both the sites, that is, in sparsely distributed habitats as well as in dominated habitats (Site-II). Major associations /co dominance to Bentinckia condapanna in site -I were the evergreen species like Macaranga peltata, Elaeocarpus tuberculatus, Lannea coromandelica, Schefflera venulosa etc. and for site-II was the secondary species Chionanthus ramiflorus. Higher IVI values for Bentinckia condapanna in both the sites proves the capacity of this species to establish in mono-dominant and co- dominant communities. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/apjeesd.v1i1.9503Asia Pacific Journal of Environment Ecology and Sustainable Development 2013; 1: 6-9

scholarly journals Use of wastes from the tea and coffee industries for the production of cellulases using fungi isolated from the Western Ghats of India

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-41
Author(s):  
S. A. Saldaña-Mendoza ◽  
J. A. Ascacio-Valdés ◽  
A. S. Palacios-Ponce ◽  
J. C. Contreras-Esquivel ◽  
R. Rodríguez-Herrera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
The Western Ghats

scholarly journals Tree demography in an undisturbed Dipterocarp permanent sample plot at Uppangala, Western Ghats of India

Ecology ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 92 (6) ◽  
pp. 1376-1376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raphaël Pélissier ◽  
Jean-Pierre Pascal ◽  
N. Ayyappan ◽  
B. R. Ramesh ◽  
S. Aravajy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Sample Plot ◽  
Tree Demography ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Permanent Sample Plot

Plant-microbe interactions implicated in the production of camptothecin – An anticancer biometabolite from Phyllosticta elongata MH458897 a novel endophytic strain isolated from medicinal plant of Western Ghats of India

2021 ◽  
pp. 111564
Author(s):  
Madhankumar Dhakshinamoorthy ◽  
Ponnusamy SenthilKumar ◽  
Udaya Prakash Nyayiru Kannaian ◽  
Bhuvaneswari Srinivasan ◽  
Sripriya Nannu Shankar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Microbe Interactions

scholarly journals Rapid mapping of landslides in the Western Ghats (India) triggered by 2018 extreme monsoon rainfall using a deep learning approach

Landslides ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sansar Raj Meena ◽  
Omid Ghorbanzadeh ◽  
Cees J. van Westen ◽  
Thimmaiah Gudiyangada Nachappa ◽  
Thomas Blaschke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Auxiliary Information ◽  
Optical Data ◽  
Spectral Information ◽  
Topographic Slope ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Landslide Inventory Map ◽  
Inventory Map ◽  
The Western Ghats

AbstractRainfall-induced landslide inventories can be compiled using remote sensing and topographical data, gathered using either traditional or semi-automatic supervised methods. In this study, we used the PlanetScope imagery and deep learning convolution neural networks (CNNs) to map the 2018 rainfall-induced landslides in the Kodagu district of Karnataka state in the Western Ghats of India. We used a fourfold cross-validation (CV) to select the training and testing data to remove any random results of the model. Topographic slope data was used as auxiliary information to increase the performance of the model. The resulting landslide inventory map, created using the slope data with the spectral information, reduces the false positives, which helps to distinguish the landslide areas from other similar features such as barren lands and riverbeds. However, while including the slope data did not increase the true positives, the overall accuracy was higher compared to using only spectral information to train the model. The mean accuracies of correctly classified landslide values were 65.5% when using only optical data, which increased to 78% with the use of slope data. The methodology presented in this research can be applied in other landslide-prone regions, and the results can be used to support hazard mitigation in landslide-prone regions.

Genetic Diversity among Calamus brandisii Becc. (Arecaceae) Populations in Kerala Part of Western Ghats

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-42
Author(s):  
Kavungal Priya ◽  
◽  
Indira . ◽  
Vadakkethil Balakrishnan Sreekumar ◽  
Renuka . ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Rapd Markers ◽  
Gene Diversity ◽  
Issr Markers ◽  
High Genetic Diversity ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Two Parameters ◽  
Two Populations

Calamus brandisii Becc. is one of the endemic slender rattans found in the Western Ghats of India. The genetic diversity of two main populations available in Kerala was investigated using 20 RAPD and 9 ISSR markers. Two parameters viz., gene diversity and genetic diversity within and among populations were analyzed. ISSR analysis showed quite high genetic diversity in Pandimotta compared to Bonacaud population whereas in RAPD markers both these populations were moderately diverse. The percentage of total genetic differentiation (Gst) among two populations is relatively higher than the mean Gst value indicating high genetic diversity within the populations. The genetic distance between these two populations was 0.1739 with ISSR markers and 0.1971 with RAPD markers. Because of its high genetic diversity, Pandimotta population can be treated as an important population of gene diversity with potentially useful genes. This may be included in the high priority reservoir for genetic conservation also.

Native coffee agroforestry in the Western Ghats of India maintains higher carbon storage and tree diversity compared to exotic agroforestry

2018 ◽  
Vol 265 ◽  
pp. 461-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joannès Guillemot ◽  
Guerric le Maire ◽  
Manjunatha Munishamappa ◽  
Fabien Charbonnier ◽  
Philippe Vaast
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tree Diversity ◽  
Coffee Agroforestry ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
The Western Ghats
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