
Contents: Preface. Contributors. 1. Exploration, utilization, conservation and management of biodiversity of non-timber forest resource: current trends on environmental concept/R.N. Trivedi. 2. GIS: an advanced tool to study biodiversity/Utpala Parthasarathy. 3. Some threaten plant and animal species of Goalpara District (Assam) and Garo hills (Meghalaya), India/M. Ahmed. 4. Studies of Rhizobium association with sesbania species: a review/K.V. Mallaiah and M. Sridevi. 5. Some fundamental facts about grasses/A.K. Srivastava. 6. Sustainable management of soil fertility in rainfed farming systems/Santosh Kumar Mehar and S. Sundaramoorthy. 7. Studies of phytoplanktonic diversity of Grasisar Tank, Jaisalmer (India)/Sandhya Tyagi, Dilip K. Rathore and Govind K. Barupal. 8. Change detection in Wetland environment: a comparative study of Hasila, Kumri and Urpad Beels in Goalpara District, Assam/M. Ahmed. 9. Spirogyra Pandeyii Sp. Nov. : A new member of zygnemaceae from India/Madhurima Singh and Madhavi Srivastava. 10. Turn over rate of forest floor litter and biodiversity aspects of Similipal biosphere reserve/R.K. Mishra, S. Bal, P.K. Mohapatra, R.C. Mohanty and V.P. Upadhyay. 11. Genus Pycreus P. Beauv. (Cyperaceae) in Uttar Pradesh, India/Masood Akhtar and Vinay Kumar. 12. Fruit crops may a viable alternative to shifting cultivation (JHUM) in East and West Garo Hills, Meghalaya/M. Ahmed. 13. Ornithophilous adaptations of some plant species in dry, semi-dry and wet forest tracts of Andhra Pradesh/A.J. Solomon Raju and S. Purnachandra Rao. 14. The multipurpose plant and non-conventional lac host Flemingia macrophylla grows better when intercropped with Dalbergia Sissoo/Rupnarayan Sett and Rekha Nayak. 15. The antibacterial properties of herbal tooth powders/navneet, Sanjay, Prabhat and M.M. Tiwari. 16. Plants-used in modern cosmetics in India/Silpi Das. 17. A comparative study of the functionality of plant proteins and their uses in food systems/Gunjan Sud and Saroj Dua. 18. Village-scale production and use of leaf concentrate/R.N. Joshi. 19. Primary vascular differention in Fabaceae (Leguminosae)/K.C. Sharma and R.S. Negi. 20. Forensic Botany: applications, aspects and prospects of plant materials in criminal investigation/Kapil Dev and M.S. Kasana. 21. Biodiversity : the impact of biotechnology/Poonam Meena, S. Nehra and P.C. Trivedi. Index.
"Biodiversity is one of the major global resources. It has suffered from diverse natural and man-made catastrophes but continues to provide food, medicinal products and a wide range of other materials which could be guaranteed for the future if managed in a sustainable manner. Human influence is by far the greatest threat to diversity. No part of the planet escapes the effects of human activity, which affects diversity either directly or indirectly. This book will be highly beneficial to students, teachers and research workers in the field of botany, biodiversity conservation and environmental science." (jacket)