Green Technology for Environment Management

by Anil Kumar Biswal, Hrudayanath Thatoi

ISBN: 9789371705073
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2026
Price : Rs. 19990.00
Biblio : x+510p.

Author Profile

Dr. Anil Kumar Biswal awarded Ph. D. in Botany from Utkal university. He has been imparting teaching at both undergraduate and post graduate level for last 32 years. At present, he is serving as Professor and Head, Department of Botany, Maharaj Sriram Chandra Bhanjdeo University. He was a receipient of “Dr. Gopinath Panigrahi commemoration award for significant contribution in Taxonomy” for the year 2016 by Orissa Botanical Society. He has authored five books namely Forest tribes of Orissa Vol.3: The Juang; Similipal Biosphere Reserve: Floral Diversity-Vol.I ; Coastal Biodiversity of undivided Balasore District; Pteridophytic Flora of Similipal and Facets of Similipal. He has made an humble contribution to the floristic studies of Odisha. Dr. Hrudayanath Thatoi, is a Professor, Department of Biotechnology, North Orissa University, Odisha, India and is also presently working as Director of Centre for Similipal Studies, Director, HRDC, Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University. He has also served as the Reader and Head, Department of Biotechnology, Biju Patnaik University and Technology, Odisha, Asst. Prof. (Microbiology), Basic Science College, OUAT, Bhubaneswar and Sr. Scientist, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai. Prof. Thatoi obtained his M. Sc, M. Phil. and Ph. D. from Utkal University, Odisha, and has more than 18 years of teaching and 25 years of research experience. Prof. Thatoi has published more than 250 research papers in various nationally and internationally reputed journals, book chapters and proceedings of seminars. Prof. Thatoi has also authored 20 reference books and Seminar Proceedings. Dr Thatoi is a recepient of Prof. Harihara Pattanaik Award for significance contribution in environmental science during 2020 by Orissa Botanical Society

About The Book

The present book epitomizes the potential of green technologies for environmental management and sustainable development. It will cater to the needs of environmentalists, microbiologists, agriculturalists and those who are interested in environmental stewardship and sustainability paradigms. The book covers some of the topics discussed in the seminar Green technologies for environmental management conducted by Department of Botany, Maharaj Sriram Chandra Bhanjadeo University (Erstwhile North Orissa University), Baripada, Odisha, along with invited articles from various experts working in the field of biodiversity conservation and livelihood management. The book contains 35 papers comprising biodiversity issues and livelihood managements in two different sections. The book is extremely important for students, researchers, policymakers to the environment in general and plant science in particular.

Table of Contents

Preface v 1. India’s Biodiversity Hotspot: Eastern Himalaya- Characteristics and Diversity 1 Sudhansu Sekhar Dash 2. Assessment of Genomic Relationship among the Species of Cordia (Boragicaceae) using RAPD and ISSR Markers with a Note on Taxonomy of C. dichotoma - C. myxa Complex 13 Subrat Kumar Kar, Pankajini Bal and Pratap Chandra Panda 3. Polypetalous Plant Diversity of Mayurbhanj District, Odisha with Special Reference to RET Species 35 K.K. Mandal, T. Kar and A.K. Biswal 4. Plant Species Selection for Restoration of Degraded Habitats of Jajang Iron Ore Mines, Keonjhar, Odisha, India 41 R.K. Mishra and B.K. Behera 5. Wild Edible Plants of Similipal Biosphere Reserve, Odisha 55 Manas R. Mohanta, Sushree S. Dash and Sudam C. Sahu 6. Bryofloral Diversity in Jajpur District of Odisha, India 73 Gouri Sankar Juga Prakash Jena, Ramakanta Mishra, Ashirbad Mohapatra and Kunja Bihari Satapathy viii 7. Floristic and Ethnobotanical Studies in Loktak Lake, Manipur: A Source of Potential Food, Nutraceuticals and Drugs 81 Rajkumari Supriya Devi, Kunja Bihari Satapathy and Sanjeet Kumar 8. Quantitative Assessment of Angiospermic Taxa in Similipal Biosphere Reserve, Odisha 93 T. Kar and A.K. Biswal 9. High Frequency Plant Regeneration in Curcuma aromatica Ensuring Genetic Fidelity of Micropropagated Plants 105 Reena Parida, Sakuntala Behura, Sujata Mohanty and Sanghamitra Nayak 10. Conservation of Orchids in Odisha 121 Sulagna S. Jena, Prasad Kumar Dash and Nihar Ranjan Nayak 11. Micropropagation of Mucuna pruriens var. utilis 137 Abhipsa Panda, Sanjay Kumar Madkami, Arpita Moharana and Durga Prasad Barik 12. Refinement of Callus-Mediated in vitro Plant Regeneration Protocol of Paederia foetida L. 149 Biswaranjan Behera, Shashikanta Behera, Durga Prasad Barik and Soumendra Kumar Naik 13. Use of Isubgol and Semolina as Low Cost Alternative Gelling Agents in Tissue Culture of Linum ussitatissimum L. (Linseed) 165 Ashok Kumar Behera and U.B. Mohapatra 14. Conservation of Rare and Endangered Plants through Micropropagation and other In vitro Approaches: An Indian Perspective 173 Rajashree Das and Ranindra Kumar Nayak 15. Electroformation of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles from Bacterial Polar Lipid Extract using Copper Electrode 185 Himadri Gourav Behuria, Gayatree Panda and Santosh Kumar Sahu 16. Bioreduction of Toxic Selenite to Nontoxic Selenium using an Efficient Salt Tolerant Bacillus sp. Isolated from Mangrove Soil 193 R.R. Mishra, Priyambada Sarangi and H.N. Thatoi ix 17. Control of Postharvest Fungal Decay of Root, Tuber and Bulb Crops Using Plant Products 209 Ashirbad Mohapatra, Akhtari Khatoon and Kunja Bihari Satapathy 18. Microbial Community Composition in the Skin of Pufferfish (Tetraodon cutcutia) Isolated from Mahanadi River 229 Lipika Das, Sushanta Deb and Subrata K. Das 19. Potential Antimicrobial Activity of Marine Cyanobacteria Isolated from Balasore Coast, Odisha 237 Satyabrata Dash, Sabyasachy Parida, Bijayananda Sahoo, Tapan Kumar Panigrahi and Biswajit Rath 20. Endosulfan Degradation by Pseudomonas sp. Isolated from Endosulfan Retreated Flooded Alluvial Soil 249 Shuvashish Behera, Tapan Kumar Adhya and Rama Chandra Mohanty 21. Curcumin: Transforming the Spice to Herbal and Traditional Medicine 261 Laxmipreeya Behera, Kailash Chandra Samal and Sachin Subhash Kharade 22. In-silico Comparative Sequence and Structure Analysis of Fungal Tannase for Industrial Suitability: An Environment Friendly Enzyme Technology 273 Debanjan Mitra, Ishita Biswas and Pradeep K. Das Mohapatra 23. Metagenomics Analysis of the Bacterial Community Structure and Function in the Sukinda Chromite Mine Soil 287 Sukanta Kumar Pradhan and Hrudayanath Thatoi 24. Effects of Three different Types of Auxins (IAA, NAA and IBA) on Rooting in Linseed 301 Sadashiba Gochhait and Umaballava Mohapatra 25. Nanotechnological Interventions Through Application of Ecofriendly Nanoparticles for Sustainable Aquaculture 309 Sukanta Kumar Nayak and Dipsha Nayak 26. Photosystem I: A Revisit of Structure and Function 327 P. K. Mohapatra, Debasmita Panda and Manasweta Mishra x 27. Biofuel Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass: A Green Technology 357 Hrudayanath Thatoi, Sonali Mohapatra and Manish Paul 28. Physicochemical Characteristics of Water Samples and Analysis of Heavy Metals in Atharbanki Creek, East Coast of India 373 Dibyajyoti Sr Pattanayak and Samarendranath Naik 29. Understanding Life: A Journey from Genes to Omics 379 Jnyan Ranjan Mishra 30. Arabidopsis Decapping Protein Factor Mobilizes Ubiquitin 5 into the Processing Bodies 385 Gagan Kumar Panigrahi and Kunja Bihari Satapathy 31. Comparative Study on Performance of Tasar Silkworm, Antheraea mylitta, Drury (Daba TV) under Direct Rearing and Chawki Method on Tasar Silkworm Food Plant Terminalia tomentosa (Roxb.) 393 Manjula Gupta and Dara Singh Gupta 32. Prospecting of Bioactive Constituents from Plants using Ethnobotanical Approaches against Metabolic Syndrome: A Link Towards better Health 403 Madhabi Madhusmita Bhanjadeo and Nihar Ranjan Singh 33. Phytoremediation as a Green Technology for Mitigation of Fluoride Pollution: A Review 455 Sunil Kumar Gochhi, Sudeshna Khatua and Surjendu Kumar Dey 34. Integrated Pest Management: An Eco-friendly Approach for Sustaining Rice Productivity and Achieving Food Security 475 U.S Nayak and G. Shial 35. Estimation of Population, Species Richness and Diversity of Marine Phytoplankton of Paradip Harbour Region, Odisha, India 485 Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra, Manoranjan Nayak, Chitta Ranjan Panda and Hrudayanath Thatoi Index 501