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Onset of winters in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand

Winters are very special in Mussoorie and have a unique charm which only a few would have experienced. People around North India usually come to this small hill station to detox when rest part of India is scorching in heat and above all ‘pollution’.  With the clearer skies, the majestic view of snow cladded HimalayasContinue reading “Onset of winters in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand”

Oroxylum Indicum

Oroxylum indicum is a medicinal plant of immense medicinal importance. It is a small to medium size deciduous tree with large, It flat, sword shape capsular fruits of many flat and papery seeds with broad silver wings . The plant is used in many Ayurvedic preparations like, Shyonakapatpak and Bruhatpanchamulayadi kwath, Dashmula and Chyawanprash, Rasayana,Continue reading “Oroxylum Indicum”

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL ASSOCIATION IN OROXYLUM INDICUM (L.) BENTH EX KURZ

The rhizospheric soil and roots were collected from five different sites of Northeast India, where Oroxylum indicum was naturally growing in its ecological habitat and were analysed. The study revealed that the roots ofO. indicum were colonized with AM spores and the soil nutrient content plays a major role in the colonization of the AMContinue reading “ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL ASSOCIATION IN OROXYLUM INDICUM (L.) BENTH EX KURZ”