The resistivity and susceptibility level of tree species to air pollution within avenue’s of Urban Bangalore has been evaluated on the basis of Air Pollution Tolerance Index (APTI) value. Four parameters namely Leaf extract pH, Total Chlorophyll Content, Relative Water Content of Leaf and Ascorbic Acid content were determined and APTI was computed. The tree species with higher APTI values like ...

An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of some indigenous plant extracts on the germination of wheat seeds. Six locally available indigenous plants namely. Bazna (Zanthoxylum rhetsa Roxb.), Ghora-neem (Melia sempervirens L.), Hijal (Bartingtonia acutangula L.), Karanja (Pongamia pinnata L.), Mahogoni (Swietenia mahagoni L.) and -Neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss.) were evaluated. Le...

In a soil conditions like limestone mined spoils which has low soil nutrients level with poor nutrient cycling capacity; application of selected microbes as inoculants may be helpful in the establishment of plants in nutrient poor mined spoils. Pongamia pinnata grown on limestone mined over burden dump were supplemented with different microbial and inorganic fertilizer. Plants inoculated with m...

Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre has been used in traditional medicine for the treatment for diabetes and metabolic disorder. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of petroleum ether extract of the stem bark of P. pinnata (known as PPSB-PEE) on cardiomyopathy in diabetic rats. Diabetes was induced in overnight fasted Sprague-Dawley rats by using injection of streptozotocin (55 mg/kg, ...

Three new species of parasitic wasps (Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from southern India are described and illustrated. Glyptapanteles clanisae sp. nov., a remarkable gregarious endoparasitoid, was bred from the caterpillar of Clanis phalaris Cramer (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) on the host plant Pongamia pinnata (L.) (Leguminosae) along with a hyperparasitoid, Eurytoma sp. (Eurytomidae). Glyptapantel...

The present manuscript was mainly focused to evaluate the multiherbal formulation PACT (containing extracts of Pongamia pinnata Linn., Artocarpus lakoocha, Cynodon dactylon Pers. and Tridax procumbens Linn.) for wound healing potential employing two common wound models i.e. excision wound and incision wound models. The wound contraction area and epithelialization period was measured in excision...