Rubus L. (Rosaceae) – A New Generic Record for the Flora of Chhattisgarh

Rubus L. (Rosaceae), hitherto unrecorded from Central India is reported for the first time from the area represented by Rubus ellipticus Smith. Detailed description, ecological observation alongwith photographs are provided for easy identification of the taxon in the field.

Cyathodium denticulatum Udar et Srivastava: A rare liverwort new to Chhattisgarh, Central India

Current Botany ◽

10.25081/cb.2020.v11.5882 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 171-174

Author(s):

Ashwini Kumar Dixit ◽

Mery Aradhna Kerketta

Keyword(s):

Rare Species ◽

Biosphere Reserve ◽

Central India ◽

Himalayan Region ◽

Taxonomic Description ◽

First Time ◽

Eastern Himalayan Region

This article reports the occurrence of the thalloid liverwort Cyathodium denticulatum Udar et Srivastava was collected first time from the Achanakmar – Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve (AABR) Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. It is shown that Cyathodium denticulatum a narrow Himalayan endemic has been reported earlier from Darjeeling, India. There is no record of its occurrence from central India. Cyathodium denticulatum is a rare species known only from eastern Himalayan region. A key to related Indian taxa and taxonomic description is provided.

IS HEMOGLOBIN E GENE WIDELY SPREAD IN THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH IN CENTRAL INDIA? EVIDENCE FROM FIVE TYPICAL FAMILIES

Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases ◽

10.4084/mjhid.2014.060 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. e2014060 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

R S Balgir

Keyword(s):

Sickle Cell ◽

Clinical Manifestations ◽

Central India ◽

Madhya Pradesh ◽

Red Cell ◽

Hemoglobin E ◽

Vulnerable People ◽

Hb E ◽

Double Heterozygosity ◽

Background: Red cell inherited hemoglobin anomalies are commonly encountered in the central region of India. These cause a public health concern due to high degree of morbidity, mortality, and fetal loss in the backward, underprivileged, and vulnerable people. Purpose: To report five typical families of hemoglobin E disorders identified for the first time in the state of Madhya Pradesh from central India. Methods: Out of a total of 445 couples/families (excluding the present study) with 1526 persons (848 males and 678 females) referred from a tertiary hospital in central India for investigations of anemia/hemoglobinopathies during the period from March 2010 to February 2014, we came across five typical rare couples/families of hemoglobin E disorders worthy of detailed investigations. Laboratory investigations were carried out following the standard procedures after cross checking for quality control from time to time. Results: For the first time, we have encountered nine cases of heterozygous hemoglobin E trait, two members with hemoglobin E-β-thalassemia (double heterozygosity), two cases of sickle cell-hemoglobin E disease (double heterozygosity), and none with homozygous hemoglobin E. Cases of hemoglobin E trait, hemoglobin E-β-thalassemia, sickle cell-β-thalassemia and sickle cell-E disease showed moderate to severe anemia, and target cells, and reduced values of red cell indices like RBC, Hb level, HCT, MCV, MCH and MCHC, representing abnormal hematological profile and clinical manifestations before blood transfusion. Conclusions: Double heterozygosity for hemoglobinopathies such as occurrence of β-thalassemia mutation with structurally abnormal hemoglobins (Hb S and Hb E) is a rare entity, but occurs with severe clinical manifestations only in those areas or communities where these are highly prevalent, testifying the migrations and genetic admixture. Distribution of hemoglobin E and β-thalassemia in different districts of Madhya Pradesh indicates that abnormal Hb E gene has wide spread and needs prevention for the rehabilitation of vulnerable people in central India.

Gastrodia isabelensis and G. solomonensis (Gastrodieae, Epidendroideae, Orchidaceae): two new species representing a new generic record in the Solomon Islands

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.270.2.6 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 270 (2) ◽

pp. 137 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

TIAN-CHUAN HSU ◽

MOFFAT FANERII ◽

TSUNG-YU ALECK YANG ◽

FRED PITISOPA ◽

CHIA-WEI LI

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Solomon Islands ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time ◽

Two new mycoheterotrophic orchids, Gastrodia isabelensis and G. solomonensis, are described and illustrated from the Solomon Islands. The genus Gastrodia is also recorded in the country for the first time. Gastrodia isabelensis is close to G. callosa from Java and Taiwan but differs in having longer inflorescences, broadly ovate to semiorbicular sepal lobes, ovate-orbicular petal lobes and lips with mauve basal calli, semiorbicular epichiles and greenish brown apical keels. Gastrodia solomonensis is close to G. queenslandica from NE Australia but is distinguished by having much longer perianth tubes, larger lips with elliptic mesochiles, and wider columns.

International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship ◽

Helping the Next 4 Billion Go Online Part II: Prototyping Solutions for Digital Literacy Education

10.24908/ijsle.v12i1.6665 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 13-40

Author(s):

Victor Udoewa ◽

Neil Mathew ◽

Anuranjan Gupta ◽

Lea Bauer ◽

Lokesh Bhog ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Digital Literacy ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Central India ◽

Literacy Education ◽

Literacy Skills ◽

Community Research ◽

Psychosocial Barriers ◽

The World ◽

New Locations ◽

In 2015, over two hundred million people, around the world, went online for the first time bringing the number of people worldwide using the Internet to 3.2 billion. Still, a majority of the world, about 4.2 billion, is offline. The barriers to going online and becoming digitally literate can be greater than just infrastructural obstacles, including psychosocial barriers related to incentives, affordability, and user capability. Our goal is to help the next 4 billion go online by designing an educational solution to equip people with digital literacy skills to improve their lives. We have employed a human-centered design methodology through community research, synthesis, ideation, prototyping, and piloting to build solutions first for northern and central India. The design may be re-contextualized in order to scale to new locations. This paper focuses on the ideation and prototyping parts of the design phase and the initial pilots of the delivery phase, which are still in progress.

Genus Schwetschkeopsis Broth. (Bryophyta): new addition to Central India

Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment ◽

10.21756/cab.v1i2.7035 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Reesa Gupta

Keyword(s):

Biosphere Reserve ◽

Central India ◽

Valid Species ◽

Terrestrial Moss ◽

South Indian ◽

Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve ◽

The present work explicates three species of genus Schwetschkeopsis Broth. belonging to family Myriniaceae Schimp., which have been encountered for the first time in central India at Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve. Previously, this genus was known to be distributed at Himalayan and South Indian bryogeographical regions of India with four valid species, of which none were reported from central India. The genus is important as it is the only genus of family Myriniaceae known from India out of the total seven known worldwide and this study highlights the extension of its range of distribution in the country. During the present study three taxa viz. Schwetschkeopsis fabronia (Schwaegr) Broth., Schwetschkeopsis formosana Nog., Schwetschkeopsis elongata (Dixon and P. Varde) P. Varde were identified from the Biosphere Reserve. S. fabronia was encountered as terrestrial moss growing on dry exposed rocks while S. formosana and S. elongata were epiphytic. The presence of three taxa of the important genus Schwetschkeopsis at central India accentuates the importance of the central Indian moss flora as out of four species present in India three occur in this zone.

Arnica angustifolia (Asteraceae, Madieae), a new generic record for China

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.367.3.5 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 367 (3) ◽

pp. 256

Author(s):

HUI-MIN LI ◽

YOU-PAI ZENG ◽

CHEN REN ◽

QIN-ER YANG

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Western North America ◽

First Time ◽

Arnica, the only genus within subtribe Arnicinae under tribe Madieae of the Asteraceae, is a circumboreal genus of 29 species mainly distributed in western North America, with a few in Europe and Asia. Here we report the occurrence of the genus in China for the first time. A population of Arnica angustifolia subsp. angustifolia was discovered in Qinghe County, Xinjiang. Our identification is confirmed by evidence from ITS/ETS sequence data.

Oxygraphis delavayi Franchet (Ranunculaceae): a new generic record for Arunachal Pradesh and a new species record for India

Journal of Threatened Taxa ◽

10.11609/jott.2286.8.4.8739-8741 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 8739

Author(s):

Umeshkumar L. Tiwari

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Plant Species ◽

Arunachal Pradesh ◽

Endemic Plant ◽

Endemic Plant Species ◽

First Time ◽

Generic Record ◽

A New Species

Oxygraphis delavayi Franch. (Ranunculaceae) is an endemic plant species occurring in China. It is reported here for the first time from India. A detailed description, herbarium image and relevant notes are provided for its collection and identification.

Pentatropis R.Br. ex Wight & Arn. (Apocynaceae), a new generic record for Kerala, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa ◽

10.11609/jott.7061.13.14.20292-20294 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (14) ◽

pp. 20292-20294

Author(s):

V. Ambika ◽

Jose Sojan ◽

V. Suresh

Keyword(s):

The State ◽

First Time ◽

Pentatropis capensis (L. f.) Bullock. is being reported for the first time from the state of Kerala, India. The extended distribution is discussed with notes on ecology.

Status and evaluation of soybean varieties against Mungbean Yellow Mosaic (MYMV) disease under changing climatic conditions of Kaymore plateau zone, Madhya Pradesh, India

Indian Journal of Agricultural Research ◽

10.18805/ijare.a-5041 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Kunika Silodia ◽

Usha Bhale ◽

MS Bhale

Keyword(s):

Relative Humidity ◽

Virus Disease ◽

Evaluation Studies ◽

Central India ◽

Climatic Conditions ◽

Yellow Mosaic Virus ◽

Average Temperature ◽

Mungbean Yellow Mosaic Virus ◽

Average Relative Humidity ◽

For the first time in central India, an epidemic of Mungbean Yellow Mosaic Virus disease transmitted through white flies in soybean at R1-R3 stage was noticed as scattered yellow specks were noticed on upper leaves of soybean variety JS 335 during first week of August 2015 at Research Experimental Fields, JNKVV, Jabalpur. During 31st week (July, 2015), the rainfall (149.40mm, average temperature 26.70C, and average relative humidity 80%, rainfall of 149.0mm) enhanced dramatically the population of whiteflies (from 2-25 flies/leaf) that resulted in the epidemic. At farmer’s field covering 8 villages; the overall incidence was in the range of 53-70%. In seed production units, incidence was in the range of 63.0-70.0% in JS 335, JS 95-60, JS 93-05 and JS 90-41. During first week of August to Ist week of September, the average temperature was 27.77 0 C and relative humidity was 76.5%. Evaluation studies of 28 varieties, under Seed multiplication chain, indicate that most of the varieties exhibited the infection of MYMV (in the range of 40-70%), however, PS 1225 did not exhibit any infection among the same set of environment. Jawahar Soybean (JS 20-69) exhibited infection up to 5% only. Other variety of soybean JS 20-34 exhibited infection upto 40%.

Notes on The Rubiaceae. 4: Five New Records for Bangladesh

Bangladesh Journal of Botany ◽

10.3329/bjb.v41i1.11078 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 41 (1) ◽

pp. 21-28

Author(s):

Sujit C Das ◽

Pradip K Dev ◽

M Atiqur Rahman

Keyword(s):

Geographical Distribution ◽

New Records ◽

The Family ◽

First Time ◽

The occurrence of five species namely, Mussaenda keenani Hook. f., Mycetia listeri Deb, Ophiorrhiza fasciculata D. Don, Psychotria stipulacea Mail. and Psydrax umbellata (Wight) Bridson, of the family Rubiaceae in the flora of Bangladesh is reported for the first time. The Psydrax Gaertn. is also a new generic record for Bangladesh. These species are described along with their ecology, geographical distribution and places of occurrence in Bangladesh. Illustrations and photographs of these new records are also provided. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v41i1.11078 Bangladesh J. Bot. 41(1): 21-28, 2012 (June)