scholarly journals "Constraints in Production and Marketing of Vegetables in Udhampur District of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory"

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anil Bhat
Keyword(s):  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Union Territory

scholarly journals An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants of Billawar Region, Jammu and Kashmir, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rakesh Kumar ◽  
Vikas Sharma ◽  
Sudesh Kumar ◽  
Vikrant Jaryan
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Local People ◽  
Ethnobotanical Study ◽  
Efficient Utilization ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Union Territory

The present study was carried out in some interior regions of Billawar in Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory to collect the information of traditionally used and ethno-botanically important medicinal plants by the local communities. Proper identification of the plant species and their importance to the local people can provide useful information and play a pivotal role in efficient utilization of natural wealth. So, it is important to scientifically identify and document this natural wealth before they are lost forever. The field survey was conducted at different sites namely, Dewal, Billawar, Bhaddu, Sukrala, Koti Marhoon and Kishanpur of Kathua district from December 2019 to June 2020. During this study, a total of 64species of medicinal plants (including trees, shrubs herbs, and grasses) belonging to 40 families and 43 genera were identified and were commonly used by the local people to cure different diseases. Each recorded plant was identified for their economic importance and medicinal values for the treatment of diseases like headache, toothache, epilepsy, gastric problem, skin disorders earache, pneumonia, jaundice, etc. Therefore, the present work was an attempt to document and compute which includes the collection and compilation of different plant species of the region.

Inter-District Variations in Agricultural Production and Productivity of Jammu Division of Jammu & Kashmir

2021 ◽  
pp. 132-143
Author(s):  
Avishake Raina ◽  
Vaishali Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Green Revolution ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
District Level ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Agricultural Growth ◽  
Food Grains ◽  
Variation Technique ◽  
Union Territory

Agriculture and its allied activities are the main sources of livelihood in India. Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), a union territory of India is also an agrarian state. More than 70 percent of its population is directly engaged in this sector. Geographically, J&K lies in the Himalayan region and has a huge variation in agro-climate diversity. The climate here varies from sub-tropical in the Jammu division to temperate in the Kashmir division. These climatic variations make it suitable for performing varied cultivation. The productivity of all the major crops in the region has increased manifold since the green revolution but now it is more or less stagnating. Hence, it is useful to examine the productivity of major crops in the union territory. The present paper is an attempt to highlight the overall agricultural production of major food grains crop of J&K from 2000-2001 to 2018-2019. The main focus of the paper is to analyzes the variations in agricultural production and productivity of major crops at the district level in the Jammu division for the period 2010-2011 to 2016-2017. The study is based on secondary data and is empirical in nature. The co-efficient of Variation technique has been used to find out the variations in production and productivity of agricultural crops of the jammu division of J&K. The results show that the overall agricultural production of food grains crops in the region increases over years.It also shows tremendous variations in the production and productivity of the different crops across districts. These variations indicate that there is a need to adopt some specific strategies at the district level for the sustainable development of agricultural growth in the state.

scholarly journals Limnology of rock pools in the river Chenab at Dhoomi, Akhnoor, in Jammu region of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 599-606
Author(s):  
S.P.S. Dutta
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Biological Oxygen Demand ◽  
Total Hardness ◽  
Rock Pools ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Water Parameters ◽  
Scientific Attention ◽  
High Record ◽  
Irregular Pulse ◽  
Union Territory

Small and temporary freshwater rock pools, compared to lakes, ponds and rivers, have received a very little scientific attention in India. For the present limnological study, six rock pools in the river Chenab at Dhoomi, Akhnoor, were analysed seven times for water quality and fauna during 17-01-2011 to 26-01-2011 and have been described. Among various water parameters depth (6-11 cm), transparency (6-11 cm) and turbidity (1.4-6.88 NTU) recorded a decrease after high record on first observation. Salinity remained constant (0.1 ppt) on all the seven observations. Dissolved oxygen (DO) observed maximum (12.81 mg/l) record on 19-01-2011 and minimum (9.99 mg/l) on 26-01-2011. Chloride (Cl?) was minimum (2.73 mg/l) on 17-01-2011 and 18-01-2011 and maximum (6.81 mg/l) on 24-01-2011. Conductivity (75.50 – 178.8 µS cm?¹), total dissolved solids (TDS)  (40.13 – 85.5 mg/l), Biological oxygen demand (BOD) (2.5 – 6.63 mg/l), pH (8.26 – 9.12), carbonate ( CO3-2) (2.31 – 22.84 mg/l), bicarbonate (HCO3-) (29.83 – 71.29 mg/l), calcium (Ca+2) (9.45 – 29.50 mg/l), magnesium (Mg+2) (2.24 – 5.38 mg/l), total hardness (TH)  (35.34 – 95.80 mg/l) and sodium (Na+) (0.44 – 1.05 mg/l) showed highest record on last observation. Potassium (K+) (0.60 – 1.70 mg/l) was minimum on 18-01-2011 and maximum on 24-01-2011. Nitrate (NO3?) (0.084-0.373 mg/l), phosphate (PO4³? ) (0.043 – 0.140 mg/l), silicate (SiO4-4) (1.28 – 3.95 mg/l) and sulphate (SO4-2) (4.89 – 7.84 mg/l) observed  an irregular pulse. Fauna in these rock pools was represented by zooplankton (passive dispersers) belonging to Protozoa (27 species), Rotifera (3 species), gemmules of Porifera (2 species) and Turbellaria (1 species) only. Zooplanktonic maximum qualitative record was observed on 6th observation and quantitative on 7th observation. In the absence of any earlier study on freshwater rock pools in the Himalayan rivers, present work shall be of great help for future workers.

scholarly journals On the occurrence of three new Lycaenid butterflies (Lepidoptera) from Jammu and Kashmir, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-235
Author(s):  
Neeraj Sharma ◽  
Shakha Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Butterfly Species ◽  
Western Himalayas ◽  
Present Communication ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Range Distribution ◽  
Mountainous Watershed ◽  
First Time ◽  
North Western ◽  
Union Territory

The present communication deals with three butterfly species belonging to family Lycaenidae and subfamily Theclinae, recorded for the first time from different localities in a mountainous watershed in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir during 2020. These include Esakiozephyrus icana, Spindasis ictis and Tajuria jehana. The information on their current extent and known occurrence will be helpful in updating the range distribution of butterflies in north-western Himalayas.

scholarly journals Ethnomycological Study of Wild Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms in District Jammu, J&K, India

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roshi Sharma ◽  
Y. P Sharma ◽  
S. A.J. Hashmi ◽  
Sanjeev Kumar ◽  
R. K. Manhas
Keyword(s):  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Medicinal Mushrooms ◽  
Informant Consensus ◽  
Importance Index ◽  
Cultural Importance Index ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Union Territory

Abstract Background: Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has a rich tradition of usage of wild edible mushrooms (WEM) for culinary and medicinal purposes. But very few studies, restricted to some regions of the Union Territory, have been conducted to enlist the WEM. District Jammu has never been explored for WEM. Moreover, the quantification of the traditional knowledge of WEM has not been carried out as yet in J&K. Therefore, the present study was conducted in Jammu district with aims of; enlisting the WEM and its usage, finding the most used WEM, and enumerating the consensus of usage for a species and associated knowledge. Methods: Data of use reports was collected as per semi–structured questionnaire from 192 randomly selected informants. The cultural importance index (CI) and informant consensus factor (Fic) were calculated on the basis of use reports. Analysis of variance was used to evaluate the significance of differences in the usage of WEM among the different informant categories.Results: Results of the present study show that the locals were having the knowledge of fourteen fleshy fungi that are mainly utilized for culinary purposes. They also affirmed various medicinal values of some of these fungi. Termitomyces sp. (CI, 0.57) was the most important and diversely used species. Termitomyces heimii, Termitomyces clypeatus and Termitomyces striatus var. annulatus were the other frequently consumed species by the locals. More than 78.6% of these WEM were new records as culinary and medicinal for Jammu and Kashmir (UT). Agaricaceae and Lyophyllaceae were the largest families and Termitomyces (5 species) the most represented genera. Females, elders, and informants who have not attended schools were having significantly (P<0.05) higher information regarding WEM. The maximum consensus was recorded for the use of WEM as culinary with 596 citations and 0.98 Fic, and the minimum homogeneity was found for their use in skin diseases (42 citations and 0.76 Fic).Conclusion: The inhabitants of district Jammu had good knowledge of WEM, but no documentation, lying of most of the information with elders and uneducated people, and destruction of forests and other natural habitats of WEM pose serious threat of losing this valuable information in near future. An ardent need is to educate locals regarding regionally available WEM. Further studies are recommended for developing protocols of cultivation of these WEM so that their future availability is ascertained along with creating income resources for the local population.

scholarly journals On the rediscovery and new additions of Skippers (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Hesperiidae) from Jammu and Kashmir, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 591-599
Author(s):  
Shakha Sharma ◽  
Neeraj Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Western Himalayas ◽  
Present Communication ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Range Distribution ◽  
First Time ◽  
North Western ◽  
Union Territory

The present communication deals with eight species of Hesperiidae recorded for the first time from different localities in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir during 2018 to 2020. These include Burara oedipodea belesis, Matapa aria, Erionota torus, Udaspes folus, Coladenia indrani indrani, Tagiades cohaerens cynthia, Celaenorrhinus dhanada and Pseudocoladenia fatih. The information on the current extant and their known distribution till now has been given along with the photographs. These records will be helpful in updating the range distribution of butterflies in north western Himalayas.

Acceptance of Political Parties about the Revocation of Article 370

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 35-39
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
The State ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Nationalist Discourse ◽  
Political Dominance ◽  
The Government ◽  
Union Territory

Article 370 of Indian Constitution that offered a special status to the state of Jammu Kashmir .It is also divided the state of Jammu Kashmir in to Union territories, Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh .The demand for abrogation of Article 370 was a part of chauvinistic nationalist discourse that wanted to rid Kashmir of its unique status, This anti Kashmir politics has been much part of Jammu‘s political vocabulary. In some ways, to the residents of Jammu Article 370 implied Kashmir’s political dominance as Kashmiri Leadership used it to denied resident status to many group such as West Pakistan Hindu refugees of Punjabi Dalits who had settled in Jammu back in 1950s.On 5 august 2019 Indian government took a strong decision by moved a resolution to effectively abolish Article 370, which gives special powers to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The government also introduced a Bill to divide the state into two Union territories -- Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh. The emphasis of this research is that what are the positive Impact on Growth & Stability and The Negative Impact of revocation of 370 and how different political parties reacted to the revocation of Article 370 from Kashmir. Analysis and concrete viewpoint of politician have been amalgamated in this paper.

scholarly journals Faunal Biodiversity of Lycosidae (Araneomorphae: Araneae: Arachnida) in India: An Updated Checklist

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Singh Rajendra
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Madhya Pradesh ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Wolf Spiders ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Pardosa Pseudoannulata ◽  
Union Territory

Faunal biodiversity of the wolf spiders (Lycosidae: Araneomorphae: Araneae: Arachnida) in different states of India and union territories is presented herewith. A total of 155 species placed under 25 genera of Lycosidae were recorded in all states and union territories of India except Nagaland, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Lakshdweep, out of which 91 species (58.7%) were strictly endemic. However, among them 8 species seem to be erroneous report or misidentification. Maximum number of speci es were recorded in Maharashtra followed by 65 species in West Bengal, 57 species in Gujarat, 50 species in Uttarakhand, 39 species in Madhya Pradesh, 38 species in Kerala, 36 species in Karnataka, 33 species in Jammu and Kashmir and less than 30 species are recorded in other states. Six species of Lycosidae are widely distributed, viz. Wadicosa fidelis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (25 states, 3 union territories), Pardosa sumatrana (Thorell, 1890) (23 states, 1 union territory), Pardosa pseudoannulata (Bösenberg and Strand, 1906) (19 states, 1 union territory), Hippasa agelenoides (Simon, 1884) (17 states, 1 union territory), Hippasa greenalliae (Blackwall, 1867) (16 states, 1 union territory), and Lycosa tista Tikader, 1970 (16 states). About one-third of the species of Lycosidae reported in India are recorded only in one state or from the type locality. Hence, extensive faunistic surveys for these spiders are required.

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