Grape (Vitis sp.) belonging to Family Vitaceae is a commercially important fruit crop of India. It temperate which has got adapted sub-tropical climate peninsular Viticulture billion dollar agricultural sector in India, where new unidentified insect pest species can disrupt management practices. We report herein on associated with vineyards, the carpenter moth Zeuzera leuconotum (Butler). appea...

A new species of Parthenocissus, P. wallichianus is described and illustrated from Kerala, India. This taxon was found collected previously India but misunderstood by earlier Indian botanists for names under various combinations among the such as Vitis, Cissus, Cayratia, Causonis. The were based either on Linnaean Vitis trifolia or Lamarck's Cissus carnosa. Both these are currently accepted con...

Vascular occlusion in xylem conduits is a common response to environmental stresses, and plant species are recognized as primarily tylose-forming or gel-forming. These stresses occur throughout the year, but there is little information on the wound responses throughout the year and in growing and dormant tissues. Wound-induced vascular occlusions were evaluated by type (tylose or gel), temporal...

Cissus quadrangularis L. (Vitaceae) is a common perennial climber also called Asthisamhara meaning bone setter is prescribed both in Ayurveda as well as Unani systems for its medicinal use. Pharmacognostic evaluation of Cissus quadrangularis stem revealed a stomatal index of 151 with Stephanocytic stomata in the epidermal peeling. The anatomical section of the stem showed deposits of characteri...