Biological Forum-An International Journal

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Authors: Lambert Kishore, K.P. Mohammed Shareef and P. Girish Kumar*

ABSTRACT : Polistes (Polistella) strigosus Bequaert is herewith recorded for the first time from South India and also from Western Ghats.

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Authors: Hemu Chaudhary*and G.R. Jakher**

ABSTRACT: The present paper is based on field observations; carried out in Barmer area of the Thar desert from Sept. 2010 to Nov. 2011, related to protecting devices, studied on eight gazelle fawns. Gazelle breeds round the year but birth peaks high in February- March and July-September. After a gestation period of 5 and ½ month, gazelle gives birth to generally single fawn, in between grasses and shrubs to hide it. The fawn's body remains odourless and in exposure area excellently camouflage with surroundings. It remains 2 to 3 days on the birth bed- site; during this period when disturbed, it extends its head and neck along with the ground or puts head on the ground, remains motionless and eyes seems to be fearfully. The hiding fawn becomes active each time, for feeding or hiding by mother's voice; as mother remains within 10 meters periphery from the fawn's site.

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Authors: R.R. Yadav, M.D. Rokade, S.A. Salunke, D.M. Gangrade, G.S. Holkar and V.N. Daphal

ABSTRACT : A gradient reversed-phase HPLC method with PDA detector has been developed for the purity evaluation of Imatinib Mesylate in bulk drug. The impurities are (2-methyl-5-aminophenyl)-4-(3-pyridyl)-2- pyrimidine amine (i.e. Imp-A) and N-[4-methyl-3-(4-methyl-3-yl-pyrimidin-2-ylamino)-phenyl]-4-chloromethyl benzamide (i.e. Imp-B). The analysis was performed using inertsil ODS 3V column (150 × 4.6 mm, 5μ) as a stationary phase with column oven temperature 35°C and UV detection at 268 nm. The separation was achieved using gradient program of buffer (A Buffer used was of 0.1% Triethyl amine in water and pH adjusted to 2.9 with glacial acetic acid) and mixture of methanol and Acetonitrile. The method was optimized based on the peak shapes and resolution of Imp-A and Imp-B. The method was validated as per International Conference of Harmonization (ICH) guidelines in terms of limit of detection (LOD), Limit of quantitation (LOQ), linearity, precision, accuracy, specificity, robustness and solution stability. The LOD and LOQ values were found to be 0.024 μg/ml and 0.08 μg/ml, respectively. The sample concentration were injected was 10 mg/ml. The method is linear within the range of 0.08-0.3 μg/ml for both the Impurities.

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Authors: Biplab Kumar Das, Sulata Kar and Devashish Kar

ABSTRACT: Cestode parasites are generally found in almost all freshwater fishes. In this study thirty specimens of Monopterus cuchia were examined for parasitic cestode fauna and out of this fourteen specimens were found to be infected with cestodes. All cestode infection observed and recorded in the present study were restricted to the intestine of the fish. The female specimens show higher prevalence of about 75% than the male specimens of only 14:3. The intensity of infection in male is 3.5 and that of female is 1.75. The fish specimen with intermediate weight group shows highest (66.7%) prevalence of infestation. However, further study is still required to reveal many enclosed parasitic infection of fishes and its causation, particularly in this region with high diversity of fishes.

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Authors: Shiv Singh, Asha Mathur*, R. Mathur** and V.I. Sharma***

ABSTRACT: The water quality of different sources of water viz. hand pump, wells, bore wells and taps of urban areas of Datia (M.P.) was studied. The results of Physico-chemical analysis for pH, electrical conductivity, T.S., T.D.S., T.S.S, T. H, T.A. NO3, Cl, SO4, Na, and K of 27 water samples collected from 10 wards of municipal area of Datia city are presented. The present study assessed the Water Quality Index (WQI) of Datia city to find out the impact of industrial and human activities. Physicochemical parameters were subjected to calculation of WQI for the winter, summer and rainy seasons. The correlation coefficients were calculated for water quality assessment.

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Authors: Chandasudha Goswami* and Sayad Ali**

ABSTRACT: North East India is very rich in faunal and floral diversity. It is the conjunction of Himalaya and In-Burma biodiversity hotspots. Kulsi, a river of Kamrup District originated from Meghalaya and fall into the River Brahmaputra. In Kulsi river, a good numbers of piscivorous Dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) is present which is schedule-I species under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 once wide spread throughout the Kulsi as well as Brahmaputra River. Few studies have investigated that 29 Dolphin were present in Kulsi River in February, 2009 (Wakid). This paper highlights the list of fish species available inclusive of the causes which could be held accountable for growing decline of diversity. The study was carried out from March 2010 to April 2011. 63 species of fish belonging to 8 orders and 21 families were recorded. Out of these 6 are exotic and the rest are indigenous having ornamental as well as economic values. Cyprinids (family: Cyprinidae), Live fish (family: Anabantidae, Clariidae, Channidae, Heteropneustidae), Cat fish (family: Bagridae, Silurdae, Schilbeidae), Clupeids (family: Clupeidae), featherbacks (family: Notopteridae), Loaches (family: Cobitidae), Eels (family: Mastacembelidae), Glass fishes (family: Chandidae) and Gobies (family: Gobiidae) are the major groups of fishes which spotted in the river. Cyprinidae is the most dominant family throughout the river. In some places around Kulsi river people are highly dependent on fishing. Day by day the availability of fish is slowly declining due to anthropogenic stress. People use different types of gears for fishing which are the major threats for the fish population. Awareness among the people and the fisher is inevitable. At the breeding time fishing should be banned in Kulsi River to immediate take of action.

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Authors: Shivani Chauhan* & Saneel K. Thakur**

ABSTRACT: The manurial utility of abundantly available lush green succulent biomass of Lantana camara was investigated through two waste management practices i.e. directly incorporated as well as composting in wheat crop. The compost was inoculated with Trichoderma viride and Azotobacter chroococcum cultures for rapid quality composting. Direct incorporation of green biomass and utilization as Lantana compost proved beneficial in improving grain and straw yields of wheat. Taking mean values of the yield of wheat obtained at four levels (N0, N60, N90, N120) of applied nitrogen it was observed that utilization of Lantana both as green matter and compost had significant effect on grain and straw yield in wheat crop over no Lantana. Grain and straw yields increased with increasing levels of nitrogen upto the level of 120kg N/ha. Also, the incorporation of Lantana as green matter or compost increased the grain protein of wheat crop. Results of the studies brought out conclusively that the abundantly available green biomass of Lantana with exorbitant power of regeneration could be directly utilized as organic manure provided the crop rotation as well as the weather conditions permit the green matter to decompose for atleast twenty days before sowing of the next crop. Out of the two practices the utilization of Lantana as compost proved to be better.

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Authors: S.S. Talmale, M.E. Limje and S. Sambath

ABSTRACT: The present paper is based on observations and sighting records of birds were taken from whole Singhori Wildlife Sanctuary, Raisen District of Madhya Pradesh, India including agricultural fields of those villages in and around sanctuary area. The avian diversity of the sanctuary includes 173 species of birds belonging to 16 Orders, 49 families and 9 subfamilies.