Plant Biodiversity; Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation - CABI

630 Pages·2016·11.9 MB·English

by  Ansari A.A.

Plant Biodiversity
Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation

Plant Biodiversity
Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation
Edited by
Abid A. Ansari
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Sarvajeet S. Gill
Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Lab, Centre for Biotechnology, MD University,
Haryana, India
Zahid Khorshid Abbas
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
and
M. Naeem
Plant Physiology Section, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, India
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Names: Ansari, Abid A., editor. | Gill, Sarvajeet Singh, editor. | Abbas,
Zahid Khorshid, editor. | Naeem, M., 1980- editor.
Title: Plant biodiversity : monitoring, assessment, and conservation / edited
by Abid A. Ansari, Sarvajeet S. Gill, Zahid Khorshid Abbas, and M. Naeem.
Description: Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Boston, MA : CABI International,
[2016] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016041120 (print) | LCCN 2016042121 (ebook) | ISBN
9781780646947 (hbk : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781780646961 (ePDF) | ISBN
9781780646954 (ePub)
Subjects: LCSH: Plant diversity. | Plant diversity conservation. | MESH:
Plant Physiological Phenomena | Biodiversity | Ecosystem
Classification: LCC QK46.5.D58 P526 2016 (print) | LCC QK46.5.D58 (ebook) |
NLM QK 717 | DDC 581.7--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016041120
ISBN-13: 978 1 78064 694 7
Commissioning editor: Ward Cooper
Editorial assistant: Emma McCann
Production editor: Tim Kapp
Typeset by SPi, Pondicherry, India
Printed and bound by Gutenberg Press Limited, Tarxien, Malta
Contents
Contributors ix
Abbreviations xiii
PArt I: PLAnt BIoDIversIty – An overvIew
1 new Challenges to Promote Botany’s Practice Using Botanic Gardens: the Case study
of the Lisbon Botanic Garden 1
Maria Amélia Martins-Loução and Gisela Gaio-Oliveira
2 new Horizons in Diversification of temperate Fruit Crops 18
Mohammad Maqbool Mir, Umar Iqbal, Sheikh Mehraj, Shabir Ahmad Mir,
Munib ur Rehman, Shafat Ahmad Banday and Ghulam Hasan Rather
3 Asteraceae of India: its Diversity and Phytogeographical Affinity 36
Sunit Mitra and Sobhan Kumar Mukherjee
4 Maintenance of Plant species Diversity in Forest ecosystems 71
Kathryn E. Barry and Stefan A. Schnitzer
PArt II: PLAnt BIoDIversIty AnD etHnoBotAny
5 Plant Diversity of the Drylands in southeastern Anatolia-turkey: role in Human Health
and Food security 83
Munir Ozturk, Volkan Altay, Salih Gucel and Ernaz Altundag
6 observations on some ethnomedicinal Plants of Jharkhand 125
Sanjeev Kumar
PArt III: PLAnt BIoDIversIty AnD BIoCHeMICAL PArAMeters
7 Plant Diversity: envisioning Untold nanofactories for Biogenic synthesis of nanoparticles
and their Applications 133
Syed Baker, K.S. Kavitha, P. Azmath, D. Rakshith, B.P. Harini and S. Satish
8 Plant Diversity repertoire of Bioactive triterpenoids 152
K.S. Kavitha, Syed Baker, D. Rakshith, P. Azmath, B.P. Harini and S. Satish
PArt Iv: PLAnt BIoDIversIty AnD CLIMAtIC FACtors
9 roles of secondary Metabolites in Protection and Distribution of terrestrial Plants
under Climatic stresses 170
Asma Hammami-Semmar and Nabil Semmar
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10 summer semi-deciduous species of the Mediterranean Landscape: A winning
strategy of Cistus species to Face the Predicted Changes of the Mediterranean Climate 195
Otília Correia and Lia Ascensão
PArt v: PLAnt BIoDIversIty AnD envIronMentAL stUDIes
11 Aquatic Plant Biodiversity: A Biological Indicator for the Monitoring and Assessment
of water Quality 218
Abid Ali Ansari, Shalini Saggu, Sulaiman Mohammad Al-Ghanim, Zahid Khorshid
Abbas, Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Fareed A. Khan, Mudasir Irfan Dar,
Mohd Irfan Naikoo and Akeel A. Khan
12 Gymnosperm Diversity of the Kashmir Himalayas 228
Mohd Irfan Naikoo, Mudasir Irfan Dar, Fareed Ahmad Khan, Abid Ali Ansari,
Farha Rehman and Fouzia Nousheen
PArt vI: Cross tALK Between PLAnt AnD MICroBIAL BIoDIversIty
13 Diversity of Plant Parasitic nematodes in Pulses 239
Tarique Hassan Askary
14 the Influence of soil Microbes on Plant Diversity 275
Mohammad Mobin
15 Plant-associated endophytic Plethora as an emerging source of Antimicrobials 282
Syed Baker, P. Azmath, H.C. Yashavantha Rao, D. Rakshith, K.S. Kavitha and S. Satish
PArt vII: PLAnt BIoDIversIty: MonItorInG AnD AssessMent
16 Biodiversity, Bioindicators and Biogeography of Freshwater Algae 295
Martin T. Dokulil
17 Quantitative Description of Upper storey vegetation at a Foothill Forest in Indian
eastern Himalayas 309
Gopal Shukla, Nazir A. Pala, Saikat Gantait and Sumit Chakravarty
18 significance of Permanent sample Plots (PsPs) established in Different Forest ecosystems
in Monitoring ecological Attributes and Conservation of Biodiversity: A review 317
Jyoti K. Sharma
19 effects of Harvesting Plans on tree species Diversity: An evaluation of two Logged
Forest Compartments 341
Saiful Islam
20 Diversity of Angiospermic Flora of west Bengal, India 350
Sunit Mitra and Sobhan K. Mukherjee
21 status of Invasive Plants in tamil nadu, India: their Impact and significance 371
S.M. Sundarapandian and K. Subashree
22 Patterns of Plant endemism and Forest regeneration Processes in northern western Ghats 388
Pundarikakshudu Tetali and Sujata Tetali
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23 DnA Barcoding as a Molecular tool for the Assessment of Plant Biodiversity 419
Subrata Trivedi, Abid Ali Ansari, Hasibur Rehman, Shalini Saggu, Zahid Khorshid Abbas
and Sankar K. Ghosh
PArt vIII: PLAnt BIoDIversIty: ConservAtIon
24 onion and related taxa: ecogeographical Distribution and Genetic resources in the
Indian subcontinent 429
Anjula Pandey, K. Pradheep and K.S. Negi
25 traditional ecological Knowledge and Plant Biodiversity Conservation in a european
transfrontier Landscape 443
José Antonio González, Ana Maria Carvalho and Francisco Amich
26 Cryoconservation Methods for extended storage of Plant Genetic resources 458
Saikat Gantait, Uma Rani Sinniah, Gopal Shukla and Narayan Chandra Sahu
27 Interspecific Chemical Differentiation within the Genus Astragalus (Fabaceae)
Based on sequential variability of saponin structures 465
Abir Sarraj-Laabidi and Nabil Semmar
28 Implementing traditional ecological Knowledge in Conservation efforts 525
Meg Trau, Robin Owings and Nishanta Rajakaruna
29 Conserving Forest Biodiversity 536
Petros Ganatsas
30 Invasive Alien weed species: A threat to Plant Biodiversity 564
Disha Jaggi, Mayank Varun, Saurabh Pagare, Niraj Tripathi, Meenal Rathore,
Raghwendra Singh and Bhumesh Kumar
Index 593
Contents vii

Contributors
Zahid Khorshid Abbas, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk-71491, Saudi
Arabia
sulaiman Mohammad Al-Ghanim, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk-
71491, Saudi Arabia
volkan Altay, Biology Department, Mustafa Kemal University, I˙skenderun, Hatay, Turkey
ernaz Altundag, Biology Department, Duzce University, Duzce, Turkey
Fahad Mohammed Alzeibar, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk-71491,
Saudi Arabia
Francisco Amich, Grupo de Investigación de Recursos Etnobiológicos del Duero-Douro (GRIRED), Department
of Botany, Faculty of Biology, University of Salamanca, Campus Unamuno, Salamanca, 37007, Spain
Abid Ali Ansari, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk-71491, Saudi Arabia.
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Lia Ascensão, CESAM – Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Faculdade de Ciências, University of
Lisbon, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal. E-mail: [email protected]
tarique Hassan Askary, Division of Entomology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and
Technology, Main Campus, Shalimar, Srinagar-190025, Jammu and Kashmir, India. E-mail: tariq_askary@
rediffmail.com
P. Azmath, Herbal Drug Technological Laboratory, Department of Studies in Microbiology, University of
Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore-570006, Karnataka, India
syed Baker, Herbal Drug Technological Laboratory, Department of Studies in Microbiology, University of
Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore-570006, Karnataka, India
shafat Ahmad Banday, Division of Fruit Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and
Technology, Main Campus, Shalimar, Srinagar-190025, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Kathryn e. Barry, Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201,
USA. E-mail: [email protected]
Ana Maria Carvalho, Mountain Research Centre (CIMO), School of Agriculture, Polytechnic Institute of
Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança Portugal
sumit Chakravarty, Department of Forestry, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari-736165 (Cooch
Behar) West Bengal, India. E-mail: [email protected]
otília Correia, Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c), Faculdade de Ciências,
University of Lisbon, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal. E-mail: [email protected]
Mudasir Irfan Dar, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002, Uttar Pradesh, India
Martin t. Dokulil, EX Research Institute Mondsee, Mondseestrasse 9, A-5310 Mondsee, Austria. E-mail:
[email protected]
Gisela Gaio-oliveira, Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c), Faculty of Sciences,
University of Lisbon, 58, 1250-102 Lisbon, Portugal
Petros Ganatsas, Laboratory of Silviculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece. E-mail:
[email protected]
saikat Gantait, AICRP on Groundnut, Directorate of Research, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya,
Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal 741235, India. E-mail: [email protected]
sankar K. Ghosh, Department of Biotechnology, Assam University, Silchar 788011, Assam, India
sarvajeet singh Gill, Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Lab, Centre for Biotechnology, MD University,
Rohtak 124001, Haryana, India
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