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CONTENTS

Melissopalynological studies on multifloral honeys from Arambagh

region of Hooghly district, West Bengal—Pradyut Biswas

Screening of antioxidant properties of some fruits available in

Kolkata markets—Banani Mandal, Arunava Mukherjee and Arundhati Ganguly

Depletion of organic compounds in the leaves of Bani (Avicennia

alba blume), Guava (Psidium guajava Linn.), Jute (Corchorus

capsularis Linn.) and Pumpkin (Benincasa cerifera Savi) due

to feeding of mite—Sanjib Ghosal

The vulnerable sunderban ecosystem: problems ahead from ecological

and biological perspectives—Dipan Adhikari

Modelling tree diameter distribution with a case study from Garhbeta sal

coppice forest, Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal—

Sumanta Pasari and N. C. Nandi

A report on moth fauna (Insecta: Lepidoptera) in Neora Valley National

Park, West Bengal, India—Suresh Kr. Shah, Bulganin Mitra, Apurva Das and Purnendu Mishra

Studies on life cycle stages of false spider mite Tenuipalpus pernicis

(Chaudhri, Akbar and Rasool) on guava (Psidium guajava)

plant—Sanjib Ghoshal

Antibacterial, anti-diabetic and anti-inflammation property of the

sea weed, Porteresia coarctata, collected from mangrove fringed

mudflat of Sundarban Coast, West Bengal—Harekrishna Jana and Keshab Chandra Mondal

Diversity and distribution of marine crabs of east coast of India—

M. K. Dev Roy

A report on soil and plant parasitic nematodes (Orders: Dorylaimida

and Tylenchida) of Maharashtra, India—Viswa Venkat

Gantait and Debabrata Sen

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Wetland watch. 7. Kadamane jhoras and streamlets serving as water

sources to the needs of residents and resorts of Sakleshpur

areas under Karnataka part of Western Ghat—N. C. Nandi,

Rituparna Nandi and S. Ray Chaudhuri

Wetland watch. 8. Mulkarkha lake : A wishing lake of Kalimpong

range, Darjeeling district, West Bengal—Amit Ghosh and N.

C. Nandi

Wetland watch. 9. Abbey falls under Coorg district of Karnataka – a

place for tourists’ attraction—N. C. Nandi, Rituparna Nandi

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MELISSOPALYNOLOGICAL STUDIES ON

MULTIFLORAL HONEYS FROM ARAMBAGH REGION

OF HOOGHLY DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL

Pradyut Biswas

Department of Botany, Asutosh College,

92, S.P. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata 700026, West Bengal, India [email protected]

ABSTRACT

Pollen grains are important constituent of honey and are collected by the honey

bees during forage to blossoms. The characterization and identification of pollen

grains from honey samples are of great importance for its quantitative and

qualitative assessment. For melissopalynological analysis the honey samples were

collected from the investigated regions. The collected samples were acetolysed

and pollen grains were studied by optical microscopy. The flowering vegetation

of this region was surveyed and the flowering period was recorded. The honey

samples investigated are of multifloral sources. Twenty three dominant pollen

morphotypes were identified from the honey samples. The identified pollen

morphotypes are of Acacia nilotica, Alstonia scholaris, Anisomeles indica,

Azadirachta indica, Blumea lacera, Borassus flabellifer, Brassica campestris,

Butea monosperma, Carica papaya, Chenopodium album, Eucalyptus citriodora,

Hygrophila phlomoides, Litchi chinensis, Mangifera indica, Moringa oleifera,

Murraya paniculata, Ocimum canum, Pongamia pinnata, Salvia sp., Sesamum

indicum, Syzygium cumini, Thevetia peruviana and Zizyphus mauritiana. The

bee specimens identified form the hives were Apis dorsata, Apis cerana indica

and Apis mellifera. The pollen grains are mostly tricolporate with reticulate exine

ornamentation. The aim of this study is to establish the plant species flowering

in the foraging area with the pollen morphotypes identified from honey samples.

Keywords: Melissopalynology, Multifloral honey, Honey bee, Pollen morphotypes.

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SCREENING OF ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES OF SOME

FRUITS AVAILABLE IN KOLKATA MARKETS

1Banani Mandal, 2Arunava Mukherjee and 1Arundhati Ganguly

1Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College, 30 Prince Anwar Shah Road, Kolkata-700033 2Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara, Kolkata-700118

ABSTRACT

A drastic change in the consumption of food products has been observed among

the people of India from the last decade. Globalization has induced a change in

food choice to the common people of India and made people fascinated for junk

food, fast food, preserved and ready to eat products. This changed food trend

along with modern lifestyle and exposure to various pollutants is resulting in

expanding various chronic to fatal diseases like heart attack, endocrinological

disorder (diabetes, thyroid), gynecological problem and cancer, etc. To stay

healthy, regular consumption of freshly available fruits is necessary as they

are the source of antioxidants which can fight against several free radicals. So,

it is earnest to know the antioxidant property of the various types of fruits.

After biochemical screening of total phenolic content, flavonoid, vitamin C and

carotenoids it was found that fruits like Indian gooseberry and guava are very

rich for above nutritional quality. The necessary carotenoids like -carotene,

canthaxanthine and retinol2

were found to be present in mango, papaya and

Indian gooseberry. From market survey it was also found that these fruits are

largely grown in our country and therefore comparatively cheaper than the other

fascinating fruits. So these fruits can be the essential part of regular diet to the

marginal people of our country.

Key words : Fruits, Antioxidant, Phenolic content, Flavonoid, Vitamin C,

Carotenoids, Nutritional quality, Survey

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DEPLETION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN THE

LEAVES OF BANI (AVICENNIA ALBA BLUME), GUAVA

(PSIDIUM GUAJAVA LINN.), JUTE (CORCHORUS

CAPSULARIS LINN.) AND PUMPKIN (BENINCASA

CERIFERA SAVI) DUE TO FEEDING OF MITE

Sanjib Ghoshal

Postgraduate Department of Zoology, Bangabasi College, Kolkata-09, India

ABSTRACT

Results of a preliminary study on depletion of organic compounds in the leaves of

bani (Avicennia alba), guava (Psidium guajava), jute (Corchorus Capsularis) and

pumpkin (Benincasa Cerifera) due to mite infestation are presented in the paper.

Keywords: Mites, Infestations, Organic compounds, Bani, Guava, Jute, Pumpkin

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THE VULNERABLE SUNDERBAN ECOSYSTEM:

PROBLEMS AHEAD FROM ECOLOGICAL AND

BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES

Dipan Adhikari

Hooghly Mohsin College, Chinsurah, Hooghly, India-712101

ABSTRACT

Sunderban is found at the coast of the Ganges river and designated as the world’s

single largest mangrove forest with 3.5 percent of the world’s mangroves covering

an area of 6017 sq km. The Sunderban wetlands act as a natural buffer that

protects the coastal area from storm surges and cyclones in pre and post monsoon

periods. However, due to increase in irrigation of agriculture, industrial activity

and the diversion of Ganges water at Farakka Barrage (India) in early 1975,

both siltation and salinity have increased in Sunderban which has become an

ever-increasing threat for the Sunderban ecosystem. Consequently the dominant

Sundari (Heritiera fomes) and Goran (Ceriops decendra) are affected by top-dying

disease which has been emerging as a great point of concern. Management of

water salinity simulation and landscape modelling would be a proper tool for

decision making and allow planners to protect the Sunderban ecosystem from this

threat in future. Sunderban, the only mangrove tiger-land of the globe is presently

under threat of severe coastal erosion due to relative sea level rise. The once

largest progressing delta which registers the highest species diversity in terms

of mangrove and mangrove associate flora and fauna is now showing evidences

which suggest that rich biodiversity is under tremendous threat. Increasingly,

this deltaic island system is facing degradation due to natural and anthropogenic

changes. Frequent embankment failures, submergence and flooding, beach erosion

and siltation at jetties and navigational channels, cyclone and storm surges

are all promulgating this area increasingly vulnerable. In addition, alarming

growth of population in this ecologically sensitive and fragile niche has posed

a major threat for its very existence. Wide scale reclamation, deforestation and

unsustainable resource exploitation practices have together produced changes in

the physical and socio-biological dynamics of the coastal system.

Keywords: Delta, River Ganges, Sunderban, Mangrove ecosystem, Royal Bengal

Tiger, Sundari, Cyclone, Deforestation.

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MODELLING TREE DIAMETER DISTRIBUTION

WITH A CASE STUDY FROM GARHBETA SAL

COPPICE FOREST, PASCHIM MEDINIPUR

DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL

Sumanta Pasari1 and N. C. Nandi2

1Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan; 2Social Environmental and Biological Association, Kolkata

ABSTRACT

In forestry, statistical modelling has long been an effective tool in quantitative

assessment of tree sizes using probability distributions on tree diameters at

breast height (dbh). It is however still unclear that which family of probability

distributions, viz., symmetric, skewed, or heavy-tailed models are more flexible

to this end, especially in forests within a small area like Garhbeta sal (Shorea

robusta) coppice forest of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. Thus, a

comprehensive analysis of several descriptive and inferential statistics is provided

here to identify the best-fit probability distribution in tree diameter estimation.

The sample dataset comprises tree diameters (22 cm – 44 cm) of 80 randomly

selected sal trees, aged between 40–50 years. Twelve candidate probability

distributions are evaluated in this study. The Maximum Likelihood Estimation

(MLE) method is used for parameter estimation. Results from two goodness-of-fit

criteria reveal that (i) the exponentiated exponential distribution provides the

best fit, (ii) the Frechet (inverse Weibull), gamma, Gaussian, inverse Gaussian,

lognormal and Weibull distributions provide the intermediate fit, and (iii) the

rest, namely, exponential, Levy, Maxwell, Pareto and Rayleigh distributions fit

poorly to the observed tree diameters in the study area. Finally, some theoretical

issues related to the selection of appropriate models are discussed. However,

further studies encompassing multi-variable tree diameter data are recommended

to strengthen the modelling results towards commercial timber production

assessment in forests.

Keywords: Garhbeta forest, Probability distributions, Diameter modelling, Model

selection

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A REPORT ON MOTH FAUNA (INSECTA : LEPIDOPTERA)

IN NEORA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK,

WEST BENGAL, INDIA

Suresh Kr. Shah1#, Bulganin Mitra2, Apurva Das3 and Purnendu Mishra4

1, 4 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053 2 Academy of Biodiversity Conservation (ABC), Kolkata-700055

3 Vidyasagar College, Block CL, Sector 2, Salt Lake, Kolkata-91 # Corresponding author: [email protected]

ABSTRACT

The present communication reports occurrence of 52 species of moths in Neora

Valley National Park, West Bengal. Of them, 12 species were reported by Mandal

(1992). The rest of 40 species have been collected using light trap at Lava, the

entrance of Neora Valley National Park on its western boundary during the

faunistic surveys carried out in the year 2014. Among these, fifteen species have

been found as new record to the moth fauna of West Bengal.

Keywords: Moth, Neora Valley, West Bengal


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STUDIES ON LIFE CYCLE STAGES OF FALSE SPIDER

MITE TENUIPALPUS PERNICIS (CHAUDHRI, AKBAR

AND RASOOL) ON GUAVA (PSIDIUM GUAJAVA) PLANT

Sanjib Ghoshal

Postgraduate Department of Zoology, Bangabasi College,

Kolkata-700009, West Bengal

ABSTRACT

Life cycle and duration on of different stages of life cycle of Tenuipalpus pernicis

were studied on Psidium guajava leaves in laboratory condition. These studies

reval that its incubation period was 4.12 ± 1.98 days, percentage of hatching

78.71 ± 0.82 (n=10), protonymph stage 2.25 ± 0.15 days, deutonymph stage 3.71

± 0.11 days, egg to adult period 9.62 ± 0.08 days, the percentage of mortality

2.0 ± 0.79 , pre-oviposition period 2.00 ± 0.27 days, oviposition period 4.00 ±0.25

days, postoviposition period 8.02 ± 0.21 days, adult longevity 30.85 ± 1.04 days,

fecundity 11.28 ± 0.27 eggs and the male: female sex ratio 1 : 1.85.

Keywords: Incubation, Protonymph, Deutonymph, Oviposition, Postoviposition,

Sex ratio, mite

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(Sericulture and Socioeconomic Impact)Intregated management and forecasting of insect

pests of mulberry (Morus Alba L.) for Eastern and Northeastern regions of India — Swapan Kumar Mukhopadhyay and Kanika Trivedy

Integrated management of diseases and pests of silkworm— Sunil Kumar Gupta, Swapan Kumar Mukhopadhay, Himanish Bhattacharyya and Biplob Kumar Modak

Biology and feeding efficacy of Brumoides suturalis (Fabricius) (Coccinellidae:

Coleoptera), a native predator of whitefly, Aleuroclava pentatuberculata

(Sundarraj and David), a mulberry pest: In search of an effective

biocontrol agent for sericulture in West Bengal— Santi Ranjan Dey

From tolerance to disease resistance in mulberry: Need for efficient phenomic

and molecular selection tools—Gaurab Gangopadhyay

Present status of fungal diseases, crop loss and crop protection of mulberry

plants—Swapan Kr. Ghosh, Subhankar Banerjee, Sujoy Pal and Pradip Kr. Sur

Management of ‘Tukra’ caused by Maconellicococcus hirsutus with

neonicotinoids in mulberry, Morus alba—Swapan K. Mukhopadhyay and Kanika Trivedy

Incidence of silkworm diseases in Baishakhi (April) crop of Murshidabad district,

West Bengal, India—Himanish Bhattacharyya, Mahasankar Majumder, Kunal Sarkar, Biplob Kumar Modak

Prevention and control of root-knot disease of mulberry plants using bioagents

Amaranth plants: Improving sericulture by protecting climate health,

health and development—Subhas Chandra Datta and Rupa Datta

Sericulture, sustainable environment and income generation—Mrittika Sengupta

Seri – bioinformatics: To enhance silken touch—Santi Ranjan Dey Pankaj K Singh, Sayak Ganguli and Mitu De

Isolation of mesophyll protoplast from Indian mulberry (Morus alba L.) Cv. S1635—Pijush Mallick, Sayantan Ghosh, Shruti Chattaraj and Samir Ranjan Sikdar

Comparative study on income generation through horticulture crops like

mango and litchi with sericulture at farmers’ level in Murshidabad

district, West Bengal—Mahasankar Majumdar, Kunal Sarkar* and Sanat Kumar Ray

A note on soil and plant parasitic nematodes associated with mulberry

plants in India—Paromita Roy, Suresh Mandal, Soumendranath

Chatterjee and Viswa Venkat Gantait

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ANTIBACTERIAL, ANTI-DIABETIC AND ANTI-

INFLAMMATION PROPERTY OF THE SEA WEED,

PORTERESIA COARCTATA, COLLECTED FROM

MANGROVE FRINGED MUDFLAT OF SUNDARBAN

COAST, WEST BENGAL

Harekrishna Jana1* and Keshab Chandra Mondal2

1Department of Microbiology, Panskura Banamali College,

Midnapur (E) 721152, West Bengal, India 2Department of Microbiology, Vidyasagar University,

Midnapur (W) 721102, West Bengal, India

ABSTRACT

Porteresia coarctata (Syn = Oryza coarctata) is a perennial halophytic wild grass,

relative of rice, member of Poaceae and acts as a pioneer species in the succession

process of mangrove formation along the estuaries of India. The sequestering

carbon, fertilizer in aquaculture and salt tolerance property of this mangrove

associate has been dealt with by a number of workers earlier. But, the present

study was to evaluate the antibacterial property of aqueous, acetone, ethanol and

methanol extracts of Porteresia coarctata collected from the Matla river of Indian

Sundarban delta. Collected sea weeds were screened for their antibacterial studies

against gram positive bacteria including Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus

fecalis and Bacillus subtilis and gram-negative bacteria including Escherichia coli,

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, Klebsiella pneumonia and Proteus

vulgaris using disc diffusion method. Present study shows that ethanol extracts of

Porteresia coarctata has maximum antibacterial activity against E.coli (1.2±0.01

mm) and Streptococcus fecalis (1.4±0.01 mm) at an MIC of 700 μg/mL and 500

μg/mL, respectively. Along with the antimicrobial activities, seaweeds also showed

anti-diabetic activity and but have no anti-inflammation activity. Therefore, the

results suggest that these sea weeds could be exploited in the management of

various infectious diseases and can be used as for pharmaceutical purpose.

Key word: Porteresia coarctata, Antibacterial, Sundarban, Anti-diabetic, Anti-

inflammation

*Corresponding Author : Email: [email protected]


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DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF MARINE CRABS

OF EAST COAST OF INDIA

M. K. Dev Roy

Social Environmental and Biological Association, Kolkata

ABSTRACT

East coast of India has a coastline of 2656 km, continental shelf area of 1, 22,000

sq km and coastal area of 64, 956 million ha and comprises of 4 maritime States

and one Union Territory (UT), namely, West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh,

Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (UT). In this presentation, an attempt has been

made to focus on the diversity of brachyuran crabs from these maritime states of

east coast. The report is based on author’s observation as well as from literature

survey. A total of 482 species of brachyuran crabs belonging to 211 genera

under 45 families has been recorded from different States of east coast of India.

Maximum diversity has been observed in Tamil Nadu (382 species) followed

by Odisha (149 species), West Bengal (137 species) and Andhra Pradesh (128

species). Least number of species is recorded in Puducherry (58 species). One

species, Ilyoplax gangeticus has been recorded for the first time from Odisha.

State-wise distribution of these species is discussed in this communication. A

total of 91 crab species described/reported from this coast is not recorded during

the last hundred years. This is the first consolidated report on the crab diversity

of maritime States of east coast of India.

Keywords: Marine crab, Diversity, Distribution, East coast

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A REPORT ON SOIL AND PLANT PARASITIC

NEMATODES (ORDERS: DORYLAIMIDA AND

TYLENCHIDA) OF MAHARASHTRA, INDIA

Viswa Venkat Gantait and Debabrata Sen

Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053

ABSTRACT

Soil and plant parasitic nematodes are hidden enemies of agriculture due to their

minute structure and are responsible for serious yield losses. During taxonomic

survey on soil free living and plant parasitic nematodes from April, 2012 to March,

2015 in Maharashtra 19 species belonging to the order Dorylaimida and 9 species

under Tylenchida were collected. These are identified following the keys made

by Jairajpuri and Ahmad (1992) and Siddiqi (2000) for the orders Dorylaimid

and Tylenchida respectively. Two dorylaimid species are newly recorded from

India. Six dorylaimid and 2 tylenchid species are recorded for the first time from

Maharashtra. The specimens are deposited to the National Zoological Collections

of Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata with registration number. A consolidated

report of 32 species under 21 genera and 11 families of Dorylaimida and 49

species under 22 genera and 11 families of Tylenchida described and recorded

so far from Maharashtra till date is presented herein.

Key words: Nematode, Dorylaimida, Tylenchida, taxonomy, Maharashtra

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Notes and News

SEBA under “Wetland Watch” intends to promote, protect and restore wetlands

in the country. Readers and researchers are requested to contribute to this column.

Contact person: Dr. N. C. Nandi (Email: [email protected]; Mobile:

0892236527/09831537281) — SEBA

WETLAND WATCH. 7. KADAMANE JHORAS AND

STREAMLETS SERVING AS WATER SOURCES TO

THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS AND RESORTS OF

SAKLESHPUR AREAS UNDER KARNATAKA

PART OF WESTERN GHAT

N. C. Nandi1, Rituparna Nandi2 and S. Ray Chaudhuri3

1-2Social Environmental and Biological Association (SEBA), Kolkata

(1Email :[email protected] ; 2Email : [email protected])

and 3MISYS, International Tech Park, Bengaluru; Email : [email protected]



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Received : 18 August, 2017 / Accepted : 30 August, 2017 / Published Online : December, 2017

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WETLAND WATCH. 8. MULKARKHA LAKE : A WISHING

LAKE OF KALIMPONG RANGE, DARJEELING

DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL

Amit Ghosh and N. C. Nandi

IPGMER, Kolkata (Email : [email protected]

and

SEBA, Kolkata (Email : [email protected])


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WETLAND WATCH. 9. ABBEY FALLS UNDER COORG DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA – A PLACE FOR

TOURISTS’ ATTRACTION

N. C. Nandi1, Rituparna Nandi2 and S. Ray Chaudhuri3

1-2SEBA, Kolkata and 3MISYS, Bengaluru

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Wetzel, R. G. 1975. Limnology. W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, pp. 1-323.

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