scholarly journals Efficient propagation of an endangered medicinal plant Jurinea dolomiaea Boiss in the North Western Himalaya using rhizome cuttings under ex situ conditions

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 114-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Banday Asma ◽  
Ahmad Nawchoo Irshad ◽  
Ahmad Kaloo Zahoor ◽  
Arshid Shabir Peerzada ◽  
Abbas Rather Ali
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Western Himalaya ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
The North ◽  
Endangered Medicinal Plant ◽  
North Western

scholarly journals Author Correction: In vitro biological screening of a critically endangered medicinal plant, Atropa acuminata Royle Ex Lindl of north western Himalaya

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khaista Rahman ◽  
Shahid Ullah Khan ◽  
Shah Fahad ◽  
Zabta Khan Shinwari ◽  
Dilfaraz Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Western Himalaya ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Biological Screening ◽  
Endangered Medicinal Plant ◽  
Atropa Acuminata ◽  
North Western

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scholarly journals Hue and cry for Fritillaria cirrhosa D.Don, a threatened medicinal plant in the Western Himalaya

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manisha Mathela ◽  
Amit Kumar ◽  
Monika Sharma ◽  
Gurinderjit Singh Goraya
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Population Decline ◽  
Plant Conservation ◽  
Western Himalaya ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Wild Populations ◽  
Threatened Medicinal Plant ◽  
Fritillaria Cirrhosa

AbstractThe unique Himalayan ecosystems are repositories to the wild populations of diverse flora and fauna. The high value medicinal and aromatic plant species (MAPs) are an example of the same. Since time immemorial, these MAPs have been traditionally used by the local inhabitants and have eventually developed a high market value all over the world. Increasing market demand engenders over-extraction of species, unsustainable collection further catalyses decline in wild populations. The current communication raises high conservation concern on the rapid population decline of Fritillaria cirrhosa D.Don in the Western Himalaya. Harvested and traded with a new trade name i.e., ‘Jangli lehsun’ probably to disguise common Allium species, the species is facing tremendous decline in wild populations due to its illegal harvesting and trade in Himachal Pradesh. Further, F. cirrhosa faces threat due to unorganized, over-extraction, unsustainable and premature harvesting of the bulbs, coupled with illegal hidden markets functioning parallelly. Considering that this valuable species is under multiple threats being a medicinally important plant, priority should be given for its conservation through in-situ such as identification of medicinal plant conservation areas and ex-situ methods for its propagation and multiplication. Further, to ensure the long-term conservation of Fritillaria cirrhosa, prioritized conservation strategies such as strengthening of the Biodiversity Management Committees, capacity building through awareness programs for the key stakeholders and sustainable harvesting would be the practical solution.

scholarly journals Bedrock Control on Glacial Limits: Examples from the Ladakh and Zanskar Ranges, North-Western Himalaya, India

1985 ◽  
Vol 31 (108) ◽  
pp. 143-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas W. Burbank ◽  
Monique B. Fort
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Western Himalaya ◽  
Late Glacial ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Equilibrium Line ◽  
Indus River ◽  
The North ◽  
North Western ◽  
Glacial Advance

AbstractIn the north-western Himalaya, the distribution of modem glaciers and snowlines in the Ladakh and Zanskar Ranges adjacent to the Indus River valley suggests comparable climatic conditions prevail in the two ranges. Similarly, the positions of terminal moraines and reconstructed equilibrium-line altitudes (ELAs) indicate equivalent magnitudes of Neoglacial and Late Glacial advances in both ranges. However, the terminal positions and reconstructed ELAs from the late Pleistocene maximum advances are at least 400 m lower in the Ladakh Range than in the nearby Zanskar Range. These differences do not appear to reflect either climatic or tectonic controls. Rather, they are caused by an unusual bedrock configuration in the Zanskar Range, where vertical strata of indurated sandstones and conglomerates, and narrow steep-walled canyons cut through them, created a bulwark that effectively precluded significant down-valley advance. Without recognition of this physical impedance to glacial advance, uncritical reconstructions would greatly overestimate the altitude of the ELA in the Zanskar Range.

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