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J. M. S. Tomar , D. K. Hore , A. Annadurai

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Bamboo with its multifarious utility plays an important role in food and nutritional security of the tribal population in North-East India besides industrial value. Most of the tree improvement in bamboo is based on phenotypic selection followed by clonal multiplication. Since bamboo flowers rarely sexual propagation based improvement has limited success resulting in less variation. Hence creation of variation through tissue culture and molecular means have greater potential in bamboo. The depleting bamboo genetic resources should be conserved by ex-situ and in-situ means. Monopodial bamboo species which are usually stretched in large area like M. bacciferain in NC Hills and D. hamiltonii in Mikir hills can be conserved by declaring these areas as gene sanctuary for these species. The sympodial bamboo species with sparse distribution can be conserved through community based approach and by developing 'Bambusetum'. Strengthening inventories of bamboo genetic resources and their distribution, data on important products and their utilization, knowledge on domestic and international markets, developing appropriate bamboo based agroforestry system, capacity building by way of training in management of micro enterprise and cooperative, availability of micro credit for people operating at very subsistence level, value added bamboo processing and design technologies are important issues to be answered in this part of the country to boom with bamboo.

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Bamboos, Conservation, North-East India

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S. Hussain , D. K. Hore

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Arunachal Pradesh has been identified as one of the "Biodiversity Hotspot" areas in the world. The tribes inhabiting the state recognize over 500 species of plants as having medicinal properties. The authors have conducted field trips in different areas of Arunachal Pradesh covering six western districts during March, 2004- October 2005. In this attempt, they have collected 64 accessions of medicinal and aromatic plants belonging to 46 species distributed over 45 genera and 36 families. The local people were interviewed to get the ethnobotanical information on collected material, including live plants, rhizomes, cuttings, suckers, seeds, etc. The collected materials were also introduced in the Field Gene Bank of the NBPGR Regional Station, Umiam (Meghalaya) for their multiplication and subsequent characterization. The ethno-medicinal aspects of medicinal and aromatic plants, covering their botanical name, local name, habitat, family and uses with active principles, of all the 46 species are presented in the paper. The authors have also emphasized in-situ as well as ex-situ conservation strategies for medicinal plants.

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Medicinal Plants, Arunachal Pradesh, Collection, Conservation

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N. K. Verma , P. K. Singh , P. Kumar , A. Sharma , D. K. Hore

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Leonotis nepetaefolia R. Br. (Laminaceae) is an attractive, symmetrical, annual medicinal plant. A brief description of the plant is described in the present article. The plant is believed to be a native of Africa and the distribution extends to tropical Asia and America. It has been cultivated in Brazil since long. The plant seems to have naturalized in India. Traditionally, the leaf is used in rheumatic affections and also serves as a tonic. Flower heads are used against scalds, burns, ringworm, and some skin diseases. Crushed ischolar_main is applied locally for facilitating breast milk to a mother after childbirth. Seeds are used in fever. It has also got the anticancer, antioxidant and antibacterial properties. In India, it grows wild but not common. In recent years, India has given due attention on this plant to develop it's agrotechniques for commercial cultivation. Accordingly, responsibilities were entrusted with the NBPGR Regional Station, Shillong since 1999.

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D. K. Hore

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D. K. Hore ¹

Affiliations
1 Botanical Survey of India, Port Blair, IN

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The paper presents 10 plant species from the Great Nicobar Island which are additions to the Indian flora.

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