Compendium of Botanical Research in Eastern India: A Felicitation Volume of Prof. S. K. Borthakur

Contents: Preface. 1. Diversity and distribution of Lichens in Brahmaputra Valley of Assam, India/Pooja Gupta and G.P. Sinha. 2. Meghalaya: recent trends in floristic diversity study and conservation strategies/T.M. Hynniewta. 3. Parametric measures of biological diversity/Sankar Narayan Sinha, Dipak Paul, Karabi Biswas and Chandan Sengupta. 4. Floristic diversity of Bilaspur district (Chhattisgarh), India/S.K. Chaturvedi and S. Vinodia. 5. Anatomical structure of cypselas of six species of the tribe senecioneae (asteraceae)/Bidyut Kumar Jana and Sobhan Kr. Mukherjee. 6. Indian folklore medicinal herbalism: contribution of pharmaceutically active Himalayan orchids traditionally used as herbal medicine/Bikarma Singh. 7. Wild edible plants traditionally used by the tribes in Koraput district of Odisha, India/Dhole P.A., Sujana K.A., Mishra Monika, Pandey A.D. and Pramanik A. 8. Prescription of combination drugs by folk medicine men of 24 Pgs(N) of West Bengal, India/Dolly Saha, T.K. Sarma and Sobhan Kr, Mukherjee. 9. Diversity of wild Bananas (Musa L. Musaceae) in the state of Assam India/Rajib Gogoi, Souravyoti Borah and Markku Hakkinen. 10. Modern pollen rain in South Garo hills of Meghalaya, India/Sadhan K. Basumatary, Swati Tripathi and Rajib Gogoi. 11. Ethnomedicinal plants of Lakhimpur District, Assam: potentiality for socio-economic development/Lakhyajit Bhuyan, Pallabi Bharali, P.R. Gajurel, B. Singh and P. Rethy. 12. Role of plants sold in local markets: a study in Karbi Anglong District, Assam/Ni-et Teronpi, Robindra Teron and Pramod Medhi. 13. Underground roots, tubers, bulbs and rhizomatous crop resources from Barail Hills range of North East India/Pramod Medhi and Himu Roy. 14. Status and scope of floristic research in Assam: an overview/A. Kar and Pramod Medhi. 15. Karyomorphological study of cissampelAs pareira Linn. A rare medicinal plant of Assam, India/Bhaskar Sarma, Puspita Hore and Bhaben Tanti. 16. Seasonal variation and the diversity of the weeds of Nadia District, West Bengal, India/Sunit Mitra and Sobhan Kumar Mukherjee. 17. Morphology and anatomy of selaginella bryopteris (L). Bak./Himu roy and Pramod Medhi. 18. Plant genetic resources of home gardens in fringe villages of Poba reserve forest, Dhemaji District, Assam, India/Rajeswar Pegu, Robindra Teron, Shabana Hassan and Ajit K. Tamuli. 19. Ethnobotany of Choko-a local rice beer of Rabha tribe of Goalpara District of Western Assam/Kishor Dekha and Namita Nath. 20. Morpho-anatomical characterization and review of recent studies on piper longum linn: a promising medicinal herb of Northeast India/S. Baruah. 21. Notes on RET plants of Assam/Ranjit Daimary. 22. Recollection of Pyrenaria khasiana (Theaceae) in India after more than a century/Nripemo Odyuo and Dilip Kumar Roy. 23. Notes on the diversity and present status of the genus Musa L. in Assam/K. Borborah and B. Tantil. 24. Antibacterial and phytochemical studies on four medicinal plants found in Assam/Nibedita Das. 25. Notes on the identity and occurrence of polygonum strigosum R. Br. In North-East India/Kangkan Pagag. 26. Preliminary survey of significant plant diversity and its conservation in Nagaon District, Assam/Rubul Burugohain, R. Choudhery and S.S. Begum. 27. Utilization of plant resources in socio-cultural aspects by some ethnic groups of Assam, India/Pramod Medhi, Kishor Deka, Prantik S. Baruah, A. Kar and Robindra Teron. 28. An appraisal of ethno-botanical approaches in North Eastern States of India/Ashalata Devi, Jintu Sarma and Awadhesh Kumar. 29. Ethno-medico-botanical studies of Darrang and Udalguri Districts of Assam with special reference to anti-microbial activity of some selected plants/Shally Sultana Choudhury and Bikash Sarmah. 30. Genotoxicity analysis of some locally available Khasi vegetable by uwing CHO k1 cell line/Bagmita Bezbora and L. Indira Sinha. 31. Nutraceutical studies on the three most preferred wild edible Yams (Dioscorea spp.) from hills of Assam State, India/. …