Indian Botanic Gardens

by Roy, R K & J S Khuraijam

ISBN: 9789390259519
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 11895.00
Biblio : x+236+16 p. Color

Author Profile

Dr R.K.Roy, is a renowned horticulturist in India. He has worked in reputed research institute like CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow and Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India, Kolkata in various capacities. Dr. Roy, was former Sr. Principal Scientist and Head, Botanic Garden, Floriculture and Landscaping Division, CSIR-NBRI (1989-2016). Prior to that, Dr. Roy was Assistant Secretary and Horticulturist at The Agricultural–Horticultural Society of India, Alipore, Kolkata (1985-89). His main field of specialization is Ornamental Horticulture, Floriculture and Landscaping. During the tenure of his service spanning over 35 years, Dr. Roy has been deeply involved in the R&D work on Floriculture and Landscaping. Dr Roy is member of various professional and academic societies of India and abroad. He is Sr. Vice President of Bougainvillea Society of India and Former Vice-Chairman, Commission Landscape and Urban Horticulture, International Society for Horticultural Sciences (ISHS), Belgium. He was also awarded with international fellowship/scholarship viz. 'RHS's Financial Award' by Royal Horticultural Society, London, United Kingdom in 1998; 'Commonwealth Science Council Fellowship', Commonwealth Science Council, United Kingdom in 2003; ‘Coke Trust Award’ by Royal Horticultural Society, United Kingdom. Moreover, Dr. Roy had international exposure by way of visiting many countries and leading botanical/ornamental gardens in United Kingdom, France, Poland, Switzerland, Germany, The Netherland etc. He has written many books viz. ‘Ornamental Annuals’, ‘House Plants’, ‘Kitchen Garden’, ‘Home Garden’, ‘Gladiolus’, 'Gerbera', ‘Marigold’, 'Fundamentals of Garden Designing' and 'Ornamental Trees of India' etc. Dr J.S. Khuraijam is a plant conservationist and cycad biologist at CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow. He has 12 years of research experience and his major contribution has been in the field of cycad taxonomy and conservation of threatened species. Besides curation of living collections at CSIR-NBRI Botanic Garden, he has been actively involved in the taxonomic studies of conifers, orchids and conservation of wild ornamental plants. He has published more than 60 papers on plant taxonomy and biodiversity conservation and has edited two books. Dr Khuraijam did his Ph.D in Botany (2014) from GGS Indraprastha University, New Delhi. He is an active member of IUCN SSC Cycad Specialist Group.

About The Book

The book entitled 'Indian Botanic Gardens', edited by eminent horticulturist, Dr. RK Roy and young plant conservationist, Dr. JS Khuraijam, is an attempt to review the plant conservation efforts and R&D activities being carried out in different botanic gardens across India. The book contains twenty two chapters written by eminent scientists, researchers and academicians from across the country who are directly involved in the activities of botanic gardens. This edited book is intended for all people who are interested in botanic gardens, plant conservation and floriculture.

Table of Contents

Preface v 1. Botanic Gardens of India: Treasure house of plant diversity 1 J.S. Khuraijam and R.K. Roy 2. Botanical Garden of CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur (H.P.): An Introduction 15 Brij Lal, Gopichand and Alka Kumari 3. Primary Hemi-epiphytes: A Challenge for Ex-situ Conservation in AJC Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah – A Case Study 23 Basant Kumar Singh, Arabinda Pramanik and C.M. Sabapathy 4. Conservation of Plants of different Phyto-geographical Region of India in Botanic Garden of Indian Republic (BGIR), Noida 47 Sheo Kumar 5. Contributions of National Botanic Garden, Trombay (NBGT) in In-situ vis-à-vis Ex-situ Conservation 63 H.A. Barbhuiya and C.K. Salunkhe 6. Conservation Profile of the Bhagalpur University Botanical Garden, Bhagalpur (Bihar) 77 T.K. Pan and C.B. Singh 7. Ex-situ Conservation of Threatened Plants of India at Botanical Survey of India, Dehradun 85 Amber Srivastava, S.K. Srivastava and L.R. Dangwal 8. Wild Medicinal Plant Species in Botanic Garden of Indian Republic, Noida 93 Sheo Kumar and Damini Sharma 9. Fernery of Government Botanical Garden, Udhagamandalam 109 K. Anitha, R. Surendranath, K. Kayalvizhi and P. Rajasekar 10. Conservation of Orchids at TNAU Botanic Gardens 117 M. Kannan and P. Ranchana 11. Conservation of Trees and Shrubs in GNDU Botanical Garden 127 Gurveen Kaur, Jaskirat Kaur and Avinash Kaur Nagpal 12. Herb Garden: An Important Component of Botanic Garden for Ex-situ Conservation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 139 R.C. Nainwal, D. Singh, R.S. Katiyar, S. Sharma, A.K. Singh, P.K. Singh and S.K. Tewari 13. Conservation and Evaluation of Canna Cultivars for Cultivation on Partially Sodic Waste Land of Northern Plains of Uttar Pradesh 153 Devendra Singh, R.C. Nainwal, R.S. Katiyar and S.K. Tewari 14. Germplasm Conservation of different Canna Cultivars at National Botanic Garden, Trombay (NBGT), Mumbai 161 C.K. Salunkhe and H.A. Barbhuiya 15. Bougainvillea at CSIR-NBRI Botanic Garden: Germplasm Collections, Agro-technology and Development of New Varieties 169 Shilpi Singh and R.K. Roy 16. Fragrant Tuberoses for Enhancing Beauty of Botanic Gardens 179 P. Ranchana and M. Kannan 17. Agro-technology for Commercial Cultivation of Gerbera in Naturally Ventilated Polyhouse: A Floricultural Activity of the Botanic Garden 187 Satish Kumar and R.K. Roy 18. Effects of different Growing Media on Growth and Yield of Anthurium (Anthurium andreanum Var. ‘Avo-Victoria’) for Cut Flower Production under Polyhouse 199 Tapas Kumar Chowdhuri 19. Studies on Growth and Cut Flowers Production of Gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii) under Naturally Ventilated Polyhouse 207 Satish Kumar and R.K. Roy 20. Molecular Characterization of Various Turfgrass Genotypes by RAPD and ISSR Markers 213 Roshni Agnihotri, S.L. Chawla and Sudha Patil 21. Seasonal Flowering Plants for Healthy Environment in Landscape Gardening 223 Shankar Verma and Rajeev Kumar 22. Studies on Vase Life of Cut Flowers in Dahlia Genotypes 227 Kiran Singh Index 233 Color Plate 237