Neem, the wonder tree, under attack: a new major pest

Azadirachta indica A. Juss. (Meliaceae), popularly known as neem, is a wellrecognized tree. Despite its insecticidal properties, neem in the Indian subcontinent is known to be infested by insect pests. In November 2009, mature neem trees in the village of Bhauli, Bakshi ka Talab, Lucknow, started defoliating and soon consumed …

Designing and development of media on varsatility of Neem

One of the natural resources from the treasure house of plant kingdom is the Neem tree. The need was felt to disseminate information and knowledge on the versatility of Neem. Enough data is available to support the effectiveness of well designed and developed media for transfer of information, knowledge and …

Neem, the wonder tree, under attack: a new major pest

Azadirachta indica A. Juss. (Meliaceae), popularly known as neem, is a wellrecognized tree. Despite its insecticidal properties, neem in the Indian subcontinent is known to be infested by insect pests. In November 2009, mature neem trees in the village of Bhauli, Bakshi ka Talab, Lucknow, started defoliating and soon consumed …

Ujjain: Haritima Abhiyan to give major boost to environment protection programee

Ujjain: Haritma Abhiyan, a plantation drive along the banks of the Kshipra took off on Tuesday. Saplings of neem, pipal and banyan trees were planted at gaughat area by energy minister Paras Jain, divisional commissioner MB Ojha and Mayor Meena Jonwal in the interests of environment protection, giving ambitious environment …

Authorities cut 100 trees on MG Road while CM gives out message to plant trees

GURUGRAM: While chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar was telling Gurgaonites to plant trees at the inauguration of a 100-acre nature camp in Gurgaon, 100 trees were being chopped off on MG Road on Saturday. Reportedly, around 100 trees were chopped off on Friday and Saturday on MG road. Most of …

UP govt to sow 5 crore saplings across state from July 1

MEERUT: Over a year after the then SP-ruled UP government planted five crore saplings in the state in a day and created a Guinness World Record, the BJP-ruled government is preparing to to sow five crore saplings in a duration of three months. The plantation drive, which will begin from …

Green cover loss: Kolkata paying price for civic body's myopic vision

KOLKATA: In the past 12 months, the city has lost over 1,000 full-grown trees, around 100 of them uprooted in storms and the rest hacked down to make way for infrastructure projects. Hardly any attempt was made to replant or transplant them as chopping them down appeared a more viable …

Tree felling on Gangapur Road fuels green ire

NASHIK: City's green guards have accused the civics body of hacking trees illegally on Gangapur Road under the garb of transplantation. They said that trees in a row that could be retained and the species that could not be transplanted were cut. They sought help of the police to sort …

Environmentalists pay homage to chopped Neem tree

Meerut: Scores of environmental crusaders on Sunday assembled near Sports Stadium Crossing here and held a protest against the chopping of an old Neem tree during a drive to widen a road a fortnight ago. After the protest, the people paid homage to the decades-old tree. Vijay Pundit, a member …

Over 35,000 saplings to reclaim the green cover

The Social Forestry wing has commenced efforts to transform a portion of the Sainik School campus at Kazhakuttam into a green lung in the city. As many as 35,000 saplings of various species have been planted on 50 acres of land spread across three plots on the school campus. The …

Gautam Budh Nagar's forest dept in soup over felling of Neem tree

The forest department in Gautam Budh Nagar is in a spot over the felling of a 30-year-old tree in Noida's Sector 21. Monica, a resident of A-42, Sector 21, has lodged a complaint with the forest department on a tree being cut to the root on the premises of her …

Noida to add 500 acres of green cover in 5 months

The city is all set to get greener. The Noida Authority has set a target of adding nearly 500 acres of green cover to the city in the current financial year. At present, the city's greenery is 18% of its total area, which will rise to 20% with the addition …

Tree census in Noida to push green cover

NOIDA: To maintain green cover and ensure public participation, the administration has started trees census in Noida. After completion of tree census, the district administration asked all RWAs and individuals to adopt trees and take care of them as family members. "A lot is talked about green cover but we …

Neem cake-urea mixed applications increase growth in paddy

Significant increase in the growth of paddy plant parts was achieved by halving the urea used and pelleting the remaining with neem cake prior to application. Results on a non-averaged dataset showed significant increase in leaf length, number of leaves, number of panicles, number of tillers and greenness of leaves.

Water park owners penalized for felling trees

SURAT: Owners of a water park were penalized for cutting down 70 trees in Damka village of Choryasi taluka, about 24 km from Surat city. They were imposed a fine of Rs 70,000 by the taluka mamlatdar on Monday. According to the Choryasi mamlatdar's office, management of Joy Fun Park …

Evaluation of removal efficiency of Cu (II) from aqueous solution by natural leaves

Activated carbon was prepared from Behda (BEAC), Anjan (AAC), Chinch (CAC), and Bakam Neem (BNAC) leaves. The effects of various parameters such as initial metal concentration, particle size, pH and contact time for the adsorption of Cu (II) on BEAC, AAC, CAC and BNAC were investigated. The amount of adsorbent …

Hundreds of trees axed, but no sapling planted so far

As many as 681 trees have been axed to widen National Highway no. 7 near Fazilka. Sources said the trees had to be felled to widen the highway from Rampura village to the border road railway crossing near the BSF headquarters to four lanes. A major part of the process …

Planned plantation can reverse rising pollution

Going back to being the city of banyan trees might help Vadodara counter the rising air pollution levels in the city. According to a study conducted by the department of botany at M S University's Faculty of Science, planned plantation in the city can decrease the air pollution by almost …

Performance, carcass characteristics, and immunity in broiler chickens fed dietary neem (Azadirachta indica) as alternative for an antibiotic growth promoter

This experiment was conducted to examine the effect of neem (Azadirachta indica) as an antibiotic growth promoter substitute on growth performance, carcass traits, and humoral immune responses in broiler chickens. A total of 192 one-d-old mixed sex broiler chicks (Ross 308) were weighted and randomly allocated to four treatment groups, …

12,000 saplings planted at Deutibajyai Community Forest

Surkhet, July 28: Around 12,000 saplings of different species have been planted at Deutibajyai Community Forest at Latikoili VDC in Surkhet district. The Deutibajyai Community Forest Users' Group, Latikoili, and Sub-Committee, Charkune, jointly planted the saplings at different period. The forest lies at chure area. Saplings of different species including …

Shady trees for cool ambience in Bhubaneshwar

Concerned over rising temperature in the city, the environment wing of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will change in its approach to plantation. Instead of planting decorative and fast-growing trees, the BMC will gor for shady trees from the coming monsoon to create a green canopy on city roads, official sources …

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