Report by the District Magistrate, Koraput, Odisha in Original Application No - 148/19 filed by Basanta Patra Vs State of Odisha & Others. The matter related to preservation of Jagannath Sagar, Jeypore, Odisha. The report stated that for de-weeding of Jagannath Sagar, the district administration has agreed to hire the …
Genetic traits passed from crops to their weedy relatives can persist for at least six generation, and probably much longer, according to an Ohio State University, USA, study conducted with radishes. This means genetic traits that are developed in crops, such as resistance to insect pests, can become a permanent …
a weed called mimosa is destroying the grasslands of Assam's Kaziranga National Park ( knp ). The weed has covered over 120 hectares of the park's area, thereby, threatening the lives of herbivore animals that feed on the grass. Mimosa devours the existing grass cover of any area. The park …
British researchers have found that magnetic fields reduce the amount of seaweed fouling underwater surfaces. This could help develop an environment friendly antifouling system which is a big problem for ships and underwater structures such as oil platforms. Weeds and barnacles growing on hulls create drag and slow down the …
allergy sufferers, beware: global warming could bring more hay fever, according to us government research that shows ragweed produces significantly more pollen as carbon dioxide increases. The ubiquitous weed makes nearly twice as much pollen now as it did 100 years ago and is likely to double its production over …
australian government will use a fungus to fight a weed, which has destroyed vast areas of the country's natural bushland. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and the Weeds Cooperative Research Centre have released the rust fungus, Puccinia myrsiphylli , in order to stop the uncontrollable spread of the …
a survey conducted by the Assam Remote Sensing Application Centre (arsac), Guwahati, and the Space Research Centre, Ahemdabad, has revealed that 1,367 out of 3,513 wetlands in Assam are under severe threat due to the invasion of aquatic weeds and other developmental activities. "Our wetlands have turned into wastelands and …
genetically modified ( gm ) canola plants, grown in secrecy for experimental purposes, have been carelessly dumped in an open commercial rubbish site, triggering off environmental concerns in the South Australian city of Mount Gambier. These herbicide-resistant "super weeds" are almost impossible to eradicate and Federal government experts have issued …
The people of Himachal Pradesh and the adjoining states have finally got some respite from the weed, Ageratum conyzoids , locally known as "neela phulnu', which had ravaged pastures, forest land and grazing areas. The weed has been infected by the leaf-vein mosaic virus. The infected plants have been sent …
for the people of Kashmir, the unbelievable is happening. Their famed Dal lake is dying before their eyes. The government says it is "committed' to save the lake, but ifs and buts rule the roost. One such attempt to save the lake was made in 1997 with the launch of …
It is early morning. Kana manoeuvres his boat across the canal towards what appears to be a traffic jam, half-a-kilometre ahead. Soon his boat, too, becomes a part of the incoming traffic. At the centre of the commotion is the Al Murtaza vegetable market
If you have been won over by these lines in the tourism brochure, Srinagar should top your list of places to visit. If you are in Srinagar, you will hire a shikara (boat) to take in the beauty of the lake and the majestic mountains surrounding it. The road on …
There are numerous ways to get to the lake colony. But there is no way to avoid getting the weeds entangled with the oars. The weeds are something the people have learnt to live with, and have also found a couple of uses for them, such as fertilisers. They complain …
The people of Kashmir have only the Dal to offer to tourists. Brochures are full of life on the Dal lake. Pictures of houseboats used to attract hordes of tourists to the Dal year after year. The Dal was virtually the economic lifeline of Kashmir. One of the large lakes …
THE spread of a weed called Ipomoea carnea in the Cauvery basin is obstructing water flow and posing a threat to agricultural production. The weed has covered the entire stretch of Cauvery - from Coorg district, the birth place of Cauvery in Karnataka, to Nagapattinam district, where it enters the …
A tiny "hazardous' insect, weevil, considered a major threat to horticulture and floriculture sectors, is being successfully used to clear the weeds from Harke reserve lake in Amritsar. Ram Kishan, director of the Irrigation and Power Research Institute (IPRI), Amritsar, says that the insects do no allow the water hyacinth …
eliminating weeds using conventional techniques is difficult. But alternative techniques like biological weed control may prove costlier. In 1968, Canadian and us state agencies released the Eurasian weevil (Rhinocyllus conicus) in the countryside to control some introduced thistle species. But the results were more than they had bargained for. Scientists …
rural India provides ideal conditions for tapping various forms of renewable energy such as biogas, solar and wind energy. Biomass gasification is yet to be exploited for rural areas. Now, a new technique for generating electricity from ipomoea (creeping plants) has been developed by Development Alternatives, a ngo based in …
a purple weed, Lythrum salicaria , that was brought from Europe and released in North America 200 years ago is threatening wetlands across the us and Canada. Bernd Blossey of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York has been trying to discover why plants that pose no problems in Europe have …
LANTANA CAMARA, a terror for cultivators, will finally see some use. Not only a menace in areas where the soil is fertile, the weed is equally at home in poor soils. Its seeds are disseminated widely by birds and have a high rate of germination. Moreover, Lantana is highly adaptable …
