Biodiversity and Sustainable Utilization of Biological Resources

Contents: 1. Spectrum of biodiversity in the Orissa Mangroves, their sustainable exploitation and germplasm conservation/B.P. Choudhury. 2. Biodiversity scenario of Western Ghats with particular reference to Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka/G.R. Hegde. 3. Diversity of grass flora in India/D.C. Pal and V. Mudgal. 4. Value and exploitation of indigenous knowledge related to biodiversity/C.S. Singh and A. Dwivedi. 5. Biodiversity at Global and India level with a particular emphasis to Pachmari biosphere reserve of M.P. (India)/T.R. Sahu and P. Sahu. 6. Taxonomy and conservation of Indian medicinal plants/V.N. Naik. 7. Ecological and biological diversity of the floral element in the proposed Amarkantak biosphere reserve India/A.K. Kandya and K.P. Prashanth. 8. Propagation  techniques for medicinal plants used in common ailments/P. Sahu, Gayatri Dubey and T.R. Sahu. 9. Role of NBRI botanic garden towards conservation education and sustainable utilization of plant diversity/Anil K. Goel. 10. Medicinal plants used in treatment of indigestion in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh/Amia Tirkey, Fatima Khan, S.S. Khan and T. Saify. 11. Present status of higher plant diversity of Ralamandal sanctuary, Indore (M.P)/S. Ray and C.M. Solanki. 12. Afforestation of coastal Mangrove vegetation--need for selection of species and sustenance of bio-diversity/Ranjana Jaiswal, Suhasini Sasikumar and B. Sasikumar. 13. Study of system transfer function of a grassland community/S.R. Gupta, Raj Kumar Verma and Krishna Anand. 14. Utility of training programme in commercial cultivation and awareness of medicinal and aromatic plants/Vimlesh Vishwakarma and Archna  Dwivedi. 15. Mangroves of Mahanadi delta -- past, present and prospects for future/R.K. Nayak and B.P. Choudhury. 16. Impact of pollution on fruits and seeds of some road side trees -- a case study for bio-diversity/Ranjana Jaiswal, Trisa Joseph, Suhasini Sasikumar and B. Sasikumar. 17. Genetic variability in wheat (triticum aestivum l.)/Pramod Kumar and Y. Mishra. 18. Floristic diversity of Haryana--an assessment of  threatened plants for conservation/S.P. Jain. 19. Woody legumes of Ratlam district, M.P./Alka Chaturvedi. 20. Contributions of university botanic gardens to the implementation of the convention on biodiversity/P. Sahu and T.R. Sahu. 21. Diversity in natural occurrence of wheat diseases of Sagar region/R.K. Pathak. 22. Crop modelling to sustain better crop harvest out of fluctuating climatic conditions of Sagar region of Madhya Pradesh/S.M. Kurmvanshi, K.C. Shukla, S.V. Valenkar and R.K. Saraf. 23. Mycorrhiza in sustainable agriculture/K.G. Mukerji and Bhoopander Giri. 24. Effect of different sources of nutrients on growth of pomegranate (punica granatum l.)/R.K. Saraf, R.K. Samaiya and K.C. Shukla. 25. Grain yield and chemical properties of soil as affected by Soybean (glycine max) genotypes and fertility levels/M.P. Dubey. 26. Medicinal utility of botanic garden's weeds: a case study of Sagar university botanic garden/P. Sahu. 27. Biodiversity conservation: different approaches/P. Sahu and T.R. Sahu. 28. Traditional practices in Bastar cause threat to biodiversity conservation/B.P. Nonhare, P. Sahu and T.R. Sahu. 29. Role of university botanic gardens in context to BGCI, CBD: a case study of botanic garden of Dr. Hari Singh Gour university, Sagar/P. Sahu. 30. Strategies for sustainable utilization of biological resource in the Noradehi Wild Life Sanctuary of Sagar (Madhya Pradesh)/P. Sahu.

"The book entitled "Biodiversity and Sustainable Utilization of Biological Resources" is a result of National Conference on sustainable utilization of biological resources, held, during 16-18 March, 2001, at department of Botany, Dr. H.S. Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar (M.P.), India. The present book contains articles presented by eminent scientists of the country on varied aspects of related subject. It gives up-to-date information about the application of biotechnology to meet the ever increasing demand of food, medicine, crop plants and management of environment. The articles related to Botanic gardens, aims to help quantify the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC), adopted by the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) in 2002. This will help to reaffirm the commitment of botanic gardens to plant conservation, education awareness, implementation of the international agenda for botanic gardens in conservation and the promotion of sustainable development and sustainable living.

Scholars and students of Botany, ethnobotany, agriculture, forestry conservation, ecology and environment will find this book very useful and informative."