A new nemacheilid loach, Schistura obliquofascia, is described from Kalsa, a stream near Chanfi, tributary of Gola River, Ganga basin in Uttarakhand, India. The new species is readily distinguished from congeners by the following combination of characters: 12–14 oblique olivaceous dark bars on the body and three rows of black spots on the dorsal fin; lateral line complete with 104–112 pores, do...

Earthworm population dynamics were studied in different habitats of Gorakhpur district of eastern Uttar Pradesh in different habitats. There was significant difference between density and size of different species of earthworms. The earthworm species Lampito mauritii is the most common species of Gorakhpur district. The Metaphire posthuma, Eutyphoeus nicholsoni, Eutyphoeus incommodus, Eutyphoeu...

Debris flows are among the most destructive of all water-related disasters. They mainly affect mountain areas in a wide range of morphoclimatic environments. Therefore, accurate prediction of their run out distances, magnitudes and velocities plays a role of paramount importance, in order to plan and design appropriate structural and non-structural defence measures. In this context, a number of...

The work treats 52 species-group names related to genus Agrilus incorrectly cited in the world catalogue of Bellamy (2008). The name dimorphus Théry, 1941 from the genus Aphanisticus and mulleri Théry, 1925 from the genus Australodraco are also treated. Four primary or secondary homonyms are replaced by substitute names. Most of the proposed changes refer to the availability, validity, spelling...

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi constitute promising biofertilizers for the deployment of a sustainable agriculture. However, evaluation benefits in field is poorly documented, notably fruit tree orchards, and concerns exclusively growth performance nutrition. Here, we evaluated persistence beneficial effects AM fungal inoculation on two jujube (Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.) cultivars (Tasset Gol...