Threatened Plant Species Population Assessment & Conservation : A Case Study Of Croton Scabiosus (Euphorbiaceae), An Endemic Tree Species Of Southern Eastern Ghats Of India

ISBN-13: 9783330052819 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 180 str.

Sugali Salamma; Ravi Prasad Rao Boyina

Opis

This book present phytogeography, population structure and conservation concerns of a typical endemic threatened species of tropical deciduous forests of Eastern Ghats of India- Croton scabiosus Bedd. (Euphorbiaceae). From its discovery in 1872 to till date, this book provides a comprehensive picture on its distribution pattern, adaptability in rocky terrain, threats it facing in its habitat and current conservation status. This book provides precise literature survey on 'threatened plants'. This book also resolved the 'speculation' about the species distribution. It provides the methodology adopted for an intensive sampled inventory of its population and regeneration ability location-wise. Methodology and field observation regarding evaluation of the species current conservation status is provided. This book also includes in vitro propagation studies of the species covering seed germination to acclimatization of the plantlets and proposed conservation strategies for species.

O autorze

Dr. S. Salamma obtained M.Sc. Botany in 2008 with University rank. She was an 'Inspire Fellow' of DST, India and worked as Junior/Senior Research Fellow and awarded Ph.D. in 2014. Currently she is 'Post Doctoral Fellow' (UGC,India) in the Department of Botany, S.K.University, Anantapur. She has published 17 papers and attended 16 seminars/confernce