The study was carried out in the purposively selected Senapati and Thoubal districts of hill and valley regions of Manipur State of India. Two blocks from each of the above selected districts were selected randomly and further from each block four villages were also selected randomly. 30 dairy farmers from each village were selected randomly and thus collected data from 240 respondents through ...

Ethnobotanical studies carried out in the four sacred groves of Manipur revealed therapeutic applications of 120 plant species representing 106 genera and 57 families. Tree species contributed the maximum having 42% while herbs recorded 33% of the total medicinal plants. These plants are used for a wide range of common ailments like skin disorders, ulcer, rheumatism, bronchitis, etc. Majority o...

India has rich history of using plants for medicinal purposes. Curcuma species are well-known indigenous medicine. They are used for the treatment of various ailments and metabolic disorders. In Manipur, traditionally the rhizomes of Curcuma caesia Roxb. is used in treating leucoderma, asthma, tumours, piles, bronchitis etc. The paste is applied on bruises, contusions and rheumatic pains. Essen...

Background: The primary objective of the study was to find out effect Weather parameters on Chakhao production. Reports postulated that crop productivity is impacted by agricultural practises rather than climate. However, yield very much dependent environmental and cultural conditions which are less studied not yet defined. Since traditionally a low yielding Manipur. Despite being their great v...

The famine and bamboo flowering are closely related in North-East India. Bamboo flowering causes population explosion of the rat population. The cytological analysis of metaphase from bone marrow cells through karyotype, C-band and Ag-NOR show chromosomal changes like monosomy, trisomy, robertsonian fusion etc. besides 2n=24. How the exploded population gets stabilized is a big question. One hy...