S.NO. AUTHORS & TOPIC ABSTRACT 1 Gopal V 1, Elango K P2#

Statistical Analysis of water Quality Parameters and Mapping of Fluoride Endemic Regions in Theni District Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, State Level Water Testing Laboratory, Chenai 600 005. Department of Chemistry, Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram – 624302 Email:drvg1966@gmail.com (Source- National conference on Frontiers in Chemical Science & Technologies, Dept. of chemistry, National institute of Technology, Warangal, Telangana, 2016)

An attempt has been made, in the present study to investigate the effect of seasonal variation on the prevalence of fluoride ions in the study area and to provide information about water quality conditions with respect to the samples collected form ground water source in Andipatti and Myladumparai blocks of Theni district in Tamil Nadu. The objective of the study is to map the fluoride endemic zones of the area. The parameters analyses are : Electrical conductivity, Total dissolved Solids, pH, Total Alkalinity, Total Hardness, Calcium, Magnesium, Chloride, Fluoride and sulphate, Statistical analysis of the water quality parameter by principal component analysis (PCA) was performed to display the correlation patterns in the different data sets and the relative importance of the processes controlling the ground water composition. Water quality index of the habitations of the study area was also computed and discussed. Based on the water quality parameter values of the ground water samples, map of fluoride endemic regions was prepared using Isopleth technique.

2 Azaz Kureshi1, Rajiv Sharma2, Ritesh Chauhan2, Satuanshu Kumar2, Premlata Kumaria Evaluation of Antioxidant Potential of Garcinia Species Applied Chemistry Department, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat – 395 007, Gujarat Organic Chemistry Section, Directorate of Medicinal and

Antioxidants are very important in our day to day life as it helps in many combating human diseases such as atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus, chronic inflammation, neurodegenerative disorders, and certain types of cancer, etc. It is believed that nature has given many higher plants which are rich in antioxidant contents. Therefore , to evaluate the antioxidant capacities of which are different plant extract various methods such as DPPH, ABTS and FRAP assays are known to be most promising methods. In current study we have studies four different plants G. Gummi-gutta L., G. indica L., G.Pedunculata L. and G. xanthochymus L., from genera Garcinia. Garicinia plant occurs in Southeast Asia, coastal Karnataka/Kerala and west and central Africa.

Arom,atic Plants Research Boriavi 387 310, Gujarat (Source- National conference on Frontiers in Chemical Science & Technologies, Dept. of chemistry, National institute of Technology, Warangal, Telangana, 2016)

G. gummi-gutta L., is being more highlighted by the researches because it is used as potent antiobesity agent. In the present study: we carried out extraction with the help of soxhlet extraction method using methanol, ethyl acetate , chloroform and n-hezane (varying polarity) as solvents, Antioxidant is activity dependent on the solvent used for the extraction method.

3 Visweswar K.N.S.#, Sunil A, Janardhana Ch. Sensing Applications of Cyclic B-(1 – 3),(1-6) – Glucans Produced by Bradyrhizobium Japonicum Department of Chemistry, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning Email:knagasaivisweswar@ssihl.edu.in (Source- National conference on Frontiers in Chemical Science & Technologies, Dept. of chemistry, National institute of Technology, Warangal, Telangana, 2016)

Cyclic B-glucans are cell associated polysaccharides that are found almost exclusively in bacteria of the Rhizobiaceae family as cell surface carbohydrates which are major cell envelope constituents. These molecules have been shown to provide functions both for the free living forms of these bacteria and during the process of plant infection. Cycluc B-glucans from Bradyrhizobiumn species are B-(1 – 3), (1-6) – glucans which are unique due to their smaller ring size compared to those from other Rhizobiaceae family. Cyclic structure of these glucans results in a hydrophobic cavity and hence can be prospective inclusion agents in the food and pharmaceutical industries, as well as in the separation science. The current work explores the sensing ability of the cyclic glucans’ based on the fluorescence. Unlike regular oligosaccharides, these glucans extracted from the bacteria have found to fluoresce due to the presence of phosphocholin side chain. Banking on this inherent fluorescent label, sensing capability of cyclic glucans for various metal ions was tested using synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy.

4 Aruna Kumari M# and Venkata Rao C* Synthesis and Biological Activites of

Bacterial infection is one of the most complex health issues globally, The reason behind this is that pathogenic bacteria are resistant to currently available antibiotics. As a result, increasing efforts have been found to exhibit varied biological activities such as antioxidant,

Thienopyrimidinone Derivatives Containing 1,2,3-Triazole Moiety as Antibacterial Agents Department of Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati 517 502 Email:cvrsvu@gmail.com (Source- National conference on Frontiers in Chemical Science & Technologies, Dept. of chemistry, National institute of Technology, Warangal, Telangana, 2016)

antitumor (1) cytotoxicity and antimicrobial and antimicrobial activity. A large number of fused thieno (2,3-d) pyramiding derivatives exhibited biological activities triazoles, another important class of N heterocycles, are employed in many pharmaceutical products. In particular, 1,2,3-triazoles are of great relevance to medicinal chemistry. In recent years, 1,2,3-triazoles have gained special attention in the drug discovery field because of the growing use of copper catalyzed azidealkyne regioselective Huisgen’s 1,3- dipolar cycloaddition – the click reaction (2). Compounds containing a 1,2,3-triazole display a vide range of biological activities such as cytotoxic, antibacterial antifungal, ant malarial and trypanocidal activities. There are few 1,2,3- triazole bearing drugs available on the market like refinamide, tazobactum, cefatrizine etc. In view of the above and in continuation to our research program on thienopyrimidine derivatives we have synthesized the novel 1,2,3-triazol-5 yl, methyl 2(4-oxo-5,6,7,8- tetrahydrobenzo (4,5) thieno (2,3-d) Pyrimidin-3 (4H-yl) acetate derivatives. All the synthesized compounds are characterized by the spectral analysis (IR, 1H & 13 C NMR and LC – MS). These are also assayed for in vitro antibacterial activity.

5 Prasad Kumar Dash, Avishek Bhattacharjee, Pankaj Kumar & Pratyush Mohapatra Cheirostylis Blume (Orchidaceae), a new generic record for the Eastern Ghats, India JANUARY 2015| Vol. 7 | No. 1 | Pages 6826-6829 Date of Publication 26 January 2015 ISSN 0974-7907 (online) | 0974-7893

Cheirostylis parvifolia Lindl. (Orchidaceae) has been discovered from the Mahendragiri Hills of Gajapati District of Odisha, part of the Eastern Ghats, India growing at an elevation of 900m constituting a new record of the genus Cheirostylis Blume for Eastern India. The present finding shows an extension of its range of distribution from the Western to the Eastern Ghats of India. Keyword : Cheirostylis parvifolia, Eastern Ghats, Goodyerinae, Mahendragiri, Odisha

6 First Record of Oriental Dooarbird Eurystomus

Orientalis from Odisha (Source: Sacon News Vol.12 (4): October – December 2015)

Oriental Dollarbird or Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) is a medium-

sized roller, slightly smaller than the widespread Indian Roller.

Dollarbirds have a deep dark brown head and neck that tapers into the

bluish-green body plumage. The tips of the wings are dark-grey; the

leading edge is bluish violet, as is the throat. The tail is dark brown-

grey. In flight, a (dollar-sized) light-blue patch shows in the primary

flight feathers, giving the species its name. The bill is stout, slightly

down curved and very conspicuously red with a tiny black tip. Outside

the breeding season, the colour of the bill tends to be more subdued.

The legs and feet are also red. Juvenile birds have somewhat duller in

overall coloration and the bill, legs and feet are dusky grey (Ali &

Ripley, 1987; Rasmussen & Anderton, 2012).

In India, Oriental Dollarbird is found along the Himalayas from

Himachal Pradesh east to Arunachal Pradesh and North-eastern Hills

south of Brahmaputra and disjunctly along the southern Western Ghats

(Rasmussen & Anderton, 2012). Here, we report for the first time the

occurrence of Dollarbird from Odisha 

7 Vendrapati Srinivasa Rao and Boyina Ravi Prasad

Rao* Carbon sequestration potential of tropical deciduous forests of Nallamalais, India

We estimated the standing biomass and carbon sequestration potential of tropical deciduous forests of Nallamalais, a centre of plant diversity located in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. A total of 30 randomly stratified sample sites comprising 12 ha area were inventoried following a non-destructive method. The total standing biomass and carbon

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stocks of the study area are estimated as 56.047 Mt and 26.34 Mt respectively. Among all life forms, trees are the main contributors of standing biomass and carbon stocks in the study area accounting for 96.72% of the above-ground live biomass. The carbon stock accounted for Nallamalais is equivalent to 97.568 Mt of sequestered atmospheric carbon dioxide. With respect to total carbon stock of Indian forests worked out in different studies, Nallamalais share 0.26% to 0.90% of the total carbon stocks of India.

8 Rajarajeshwari J and Nandakumar K Study of Orchids Diversity in Yercaud Hills, Eastern Ghats, Tamilnadu International Journal of Recent Scientific Research Vol. 6, Issue, 10, pp. 6858-6860, October, 2015

Survey of Orchids in Yercaud hills reveals that nearly 58 species of Orchids are present in this area. Majority of these are endemic to peninsular India with very few having distribution else were. The national Orchidorium present in Yercaud hills to conserve nearly 123 species (BSI-2007) of Orchids. Many of the Orchids are rare and threatened for reasons like over exploitation and habitat destruction. Among this habitat epiphytic 41 contribute higher distribution, followed by terrestrial 15 and Lithophytic 2 Orchids. Epiphytic Orchids are largely tropical and sub-tropical in distribution. Most of the Orchids are in extinct stage because of deforestation and utilization. In this stage conservation of Orchids is most important. The collected Orchids are listed below according to the alphabetical order. Key words: Yercaud hill, Orchids, Distribution, Deforestation, Conservation

9 Alok Chorghe1, Sangita Dey2, K. Prasad1, P. V. Prasanna1 and Y. V. Rao3 Tripogon mahendragiriensis sp. nov. (Poaceae) from the Eastern Ghats of Odisha (Orissa) State, India

Tripogon mahendragiriensis (Poaceae), a new species from Mahendragiri Hills, Eastern Ghats, Odisha (Orissa) State, India is described and illustrated. It is similar to Tripogon humilis and T. purpurascens, but differs mainly by having longer culms, leaf blades and spike, unlobed lemmas and 2 anthers which are longer. From T. purpurascens it also differs by having 3-awned lemmas.

Article first published online: 14 OCT 2015 DOI: 10.1111/njb.00874 Nordic Journal of Botany, Volume 33, Issue 6, pages 655–658, December 2015

10 Raju Sathiyaraj1, Ariyan Sarvalingam A.1,*, Arulbalachandran2, Rama Koti Reddy1 Diversity of Ethnomedicinal Plants in Bodamalai Hills Eastern Ghats, Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu Journal of Plant Sciences 2015; 3(2): 77-84 Published online March 11, 2015 (http://www.science publishinggroup.com/j/jps)

An Ethnobotanical survey was carried out among the tribes and villagers in Bodamalai Hills, Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu. The investigation revealed that, the traditional healers used 93 species of plants distributed in 85 genera and 44 families were used to treat various diseases. The documented medicinal plants were used to cure different ailments such as skin problems, cold, fever, cough, headache, diarrhea, fertility problems, toothache, stomach ache, wounds, diabetes, rheumatism, asthma, dysentery, small pox, bone fractures, ear ache, hair loss and poison (snake, scorpion and insect) bites etc. This study showed that the tribes and villagers still continue to depend on medicinal plants; however the traditional healers are on the decline because the younger members of the tribe have no interest and knowledge of this form of medicine as they have started moving towards the towns and cities. Therefore it is necessary to document the plants to effectively conserve them. Keywords: Diversity,Ethnomedicine, Hindu Malaiyali Tribes, Bodamalai, Eastern Ghats, India

11 Alok Chorghe1, Sangita Dey2, K. Prasad1, P. V. Prasanna1 andY. V. Rao3 Tripogon mahendragiriensis sp. nov. (Poaceae) from the Eastern Ghats of Odisha (Orissa) State, India

Tripogon mahendragiriensis (Poaceae), a new species from Mahendragiri Hills, Eastern Ghats, Odisha (Orissa) State, India is described and illustrated. It is similar to Tripogon humilis and T. purpurascens, but differs mainly by having longer culms, leaf blades and spike, unlobed lemmas and 2 anthers which are longer. From T.

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purpurascens it also differs by having 3-awned lemmas.

12 R.P.Panda*, N.Peetabas*** Department of Zoology, Anchalik Science College, Kshetriyabarapur Conservation and Management of Biodiversity of Daringabadi Hill Forest of Eastern Ghat, Odisha International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, Volume 5, Issue 8, August 2015 ISSN 2250-3153 www.ijsrp.org

Biodiversity plays an important role in the sustenance of mankind. Loss of Bio-resources will lead to extinction of living beings. The health of natural environment depends upon continuing diversity, if one species is lost from the ecosystem, then all the other species of ecosystem are affected. Our earth has already witnessed three mass extinctions in the past and another is on the way. This bio-resources which are not only key to our future food security but also our healthy living and sustenance. It has been estimated that there exists about 5-30 million species on our earth of these only 1.5 million species have been identified. These include 3 lakh species of green plants and fungi , 8 lakh species of insects, 40,000 species of vertebrates and 36,000 species of micro-organisms. Distribution of bio-diversity is not uniform over the earth surface some regions are rich in biodiversity, while other regions are poor in biodiversity. India has a rich and varied heritage of biodiversity encompassing a wide spectrum of habitats from tropical rain forest to alpine vegetables and from temperate forest to coastal wetlands. Loss of biodiversity in Daringbadi Hill Forest is a burning problem. The causes are deforestation, climatic change, shifting cultivation , soil erosion, infiltration, encroachment, forestfire and grazing etc. The current rate of extinction demands conservation, strategies of bio-diversity by using in situ and ex-situ method. Index Terms-Bio-resources, Species, Bio-diversity, Threat, Conservation and Management.

13 Ganesh, T., V. Aditya, G. Malla, and M.B. Prashanth. 2015. The 'empty forests' of the northern Eastern Ghats.

The bow stretched and in a moment the blunt arrow whizzed vertically up into the trees, a moment later the man reluctantly picked the arrow, looked up and walked away. The bird flock in the canopy was momentarily silent and then flew way. The hunt was not successful and

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the birds escaped. The hunter then turned a trapper as he went about setting several small and big traps along the fields and forests. He came back the next day to check. It was the same story e ither the animals outwitted the traps or there were none to get trapped. The Eastern Ghats north of the Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh (AP) has some of the finest forests tracts in the region. The forests in AP, especially in the Papikonda hills which also include the Papikonda National Park (1012 sq. km) are contiguous and relatively dense covering an area in excess of 10,000 sq. km. If one observes these forests from air or using Google Earth, they look like a large chunk of uniform green that is dense and pristine. There are also few patches of existing and abandoned Podu (shifting agriculture) practiced by several indigenous groups who sustain their existence based on cultivation, gathering and selling forest produce. As one moves north of Papikonda hills into Araku valley and Odishas Koraput, Malkanagiri and Rayagada districts, forests give way to open hilltops covered with grass, phoenix bushes and fragmented patches of forests along the slopes. These hills were used as a lair by Maoists until recently, when they were largely flushed out of AP.

14 M. Tarakeswara Naidu 1 & O. Aniel Kumar 2

Tree Species Diversity in the Eastern Ghats of Northern Andhra Pradesh, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa7(8): Vol 7, No 8 (2015) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o3764.7443-59

The present study was conducted to analyze tree species diversity in the tropical forests of the Eastern Ghats of northern Andhra Pradesh, India. A total of 270 species of trees (≥15cm girth at breast height) pertaining to 177 genera belonging to 55 families were recorded. Among the 270 species, 141 species were observed to be common, 78 were occasional and 51 species were rare in the study area. Fabaceae was the dominant family with 33 species followed by Rubiaceae with 15 species and Malvaceae, Moraceae and Phyllanthaceae with 13 species each. The genera with the highest number of species

include Ficus (12species), Diospyros (8 species), Albizia and Grewia (6species each), Acacia and Bauhinia (5 species each). Forty-five percent of the species were indigenous. This illustrates the diversity of the tree species in the studied area of the Eastern Ghats and also emphasizes the need for their conservation. Keywords: Andhra Pradesh, Eastern Ghats, India, tree diversity, tropical forests, vegetation.

15 P.Durairaj* and M.Kamaraj Mikania micrantha Kunth A New Record to the Asteraceae of Eastern Ghats, Tamil nadu, India. World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Volume 4,, Issue 04,, 1689-1693 Article Received on 15 Feb 2015, Revised on 10 March 2015, Accepted on 02 April 2015

Mikania micrantha is reported as new record of Asteraceae in Pachamalai, Eastern Ghats. A brief description with photographs and relevant notes are given for easy identification of the taxa in the field. KEYWORDS: Mikania micrantha, Asteraceae, Pachamalai.

16 Srikonda Ramesh a1, K. Kaplana Ecological Integrity and Environmental Protection for Vijayawada Region – Scattered Eastern Ghats International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment (2015) 4, 109-116

The ecological integrity is widely discussed as a new concept by several ecologists and environmentalists. A consensus in this regard is yet to be derived for its definition. Human intervention for its developmental activities results in several environmental changes that enhance some species, ecosystem and ecological processes while at the same time brings irrecoverable damage to the Planet Earth. It is essential and crucial to focus research and scientific analysis and establish awareness and education to provide a means of

distinguishing responses between improvements in quality of ecosystem and those of damages. The focus of this paper is to emphasize the organized urban planning at a macro level and the architectural design interventions at the micro level in Vijayawada where eco – sensitivity exists with due consideration to ecological integrity and environmental protection. The ecological dynamics of continuity indicated that hillocks of Vijayawada region are a part of Eastern Ghats. The study is to elaborate that the landscape, eco-patches and its connectivity establishes a unique corridor to strengthen ecological system and as a green corridor to Vijayawada city to fulfill the demands of the city and also to create the ecological patch connectivity to scattered Eastern Ghats especially in the Krishna-Guntur region which connects the Nallamala hills through Kondapalli hill toward Sothern side and to the Papikondalu at the northern side of Eastern Ghats. These corridors may even support environmental conservation and provides rural edge in urban context and functions as lung spaces to ease the heat island effect of urban settlement. So the explicit development controls have been derived to guide and organize at micro level so as to achieve the macro level considerations of ecological integrity. Keywords: Development; Landscape; Patches; Modules; Connectivity

17 S. Babu & A. Kalaimani New site record of Grizzled Giant Squirrel Ratufa macroura from Thiruvannamalai Forest Division, Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India.

We report a new site locality and eastern most population of Grizzled Giant Squirrel from Thiruvannamalai Forest Division. Further studies are required to assess the population of this species in the Tamil Nadu part of Eastern Ghats. Keyword: Distribution, Eastern Ghats, Ratufa macroura, Thiruvannamalai.

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18 V. Srinivasa Rao, K. Prasad, D. Veeranjaneyulu. M.V. Suresh Babu, B. Ravi Prasad Rao, and Thulsi Rao Carbon stocks of Gundlabrahmeshwaram wildlife sanctuary, India International Refereed Research Journal Vol V, Issue –IV, April 2015 ISSN : 2250 - 1630

Carbon stocks of Gundlabrahmeshwaram wildlife sanctuary, located in Eastern Ghats of India. were studied through 17 randomly stratified sampled sites comprising 6.8ha area following non destructive method Carbon Stocks were estimated from total biomass by using IPCC default Carbon fraction of 0.47.The mean density values for standing Biomass and Carbon Stocks of the Wild life Sanctuary are 76.68+45.57Mg ha-1 and 36.42+21.64 Mg ha-1respectively.Diameter class distribution of pooled data for trees./liana revealed L-shape for density and typical reverse J-shape curve for based area distribution standing biomass is greater in >10-20cm class followed by > 20-30 cm diameter class. The total standing Biomass and carbon stocks of the study area are estimated as 9.15 Mt and 4.35 Mt respectively. Among all life forms, trees are the main contributors of carbon stocks according for 96.75%. The Carbon Stocks accounted for GBM WLS are equivalemt to 15.93 Mt of sequestered Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide. Key Words: Plant life forms, Protected Area, Sequestered Atmospheric carbon Dioxide standing Biomass Topical Deciduous forest.

19 S. BhattacharyaI, Rajib KarII, W. TeixeiraIII and M. BaseiIII An Exotic Terrane at the Western Margin of the Eastern Ghats Belt, India International Journal of Advancement in Earth and Environmental Sciences.

The Eastern Ghats granulite belt along the east coast of Peninsular India has a polyphase deformation and complex metamorphic record. Moreover, geochronological record indicated two distinct crustal domains, namely, Eastern Ghats Province and Ongole domain, separated by the Godavari graben. The most predominant granulite facies event in the Eastern Ghats Province is of Grenvillian age, as recorded from different lithologies and different segments of this large granulite terrane. Around Jeypore, at the western margin of the Eastern Ghats Province, the dominant lithology is massif-type charnockite with

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abundant mafic enclaves and xenoliths. A crustal scale shear zone at the western margin affected both the charnockitic assemblage and the cratonic assemblages. U-Pb dating of zircons from charnockite and cratonic assemblages indicates a strong thermal imprint around 2.5 Ga. Most importantly, no Grenvillian imprint is recorded in any of these assemblages, and this implies an exotic terrane later incorporated into the Eastern Ghats Province, possibly during the Grenvillian orogeny.

20 Farooq Ahmad Ganiee A Case Study of Rural Development Programmes In India Integrated Journal of English Language, Literature and Humanities. Volume 1 Issue V Feb 2014 ISSN 2321 - 7065

The Rural development generally refers to the process of improving the quality of life and economic welfare of people living in relatively isolated and sparsely populated areas. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is considered as a “Silver Bullet” for eradicating rural poverty and unemployment, by way of generating demand for productive labour force in villages. It provides an alternative source of livelihood which will have an impact on reducing migration, restricting child labour, alleviating poverty, and making villages self-sustaining through productive assets creation such as road construction, cleaning up of water tanks, soil and water conservation work, etc. For which it has been considered as the largest anti-poverty programme in India. In this paper, based on the secondary data, an attempt has been made to comprehensively understand the development effort to rebuild the rural life and livelihood on the basis of various secondary data.

21 A.J. Solomon Raju, P. Hareesh Chandra, K. Venkata Ramana & J. Radha Krishna Pollination biology of Eriolaena hookeriana Wight & Arn. (Sterculiaceae), a rare tree species of Eastern Ghats, India.

Eriolaena hookeriana is a rare medium-sized deciduous tree species. The flowering is very brief and occurs during early wet season. The flowers attract certain bees such as Apis dorsata, Halictus sp., Anthophora sp., Xylocopa latipes, and also the wasp, Rhynchium sp. at the study sites. These foragers collect both pollen and nectar during which they contact the stamens and stigma and effect self- or cross-pollination. Nectar depletion by thrips during bud and flower phase and

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the production of few flowers daily at tree level drive the pollinator insects to visit conspecific plants to gather more forage and in this process they maximize cross-pollination. The hermaphroditic flowers with the stigmatose style beyond the height of stamens and the sticky pollen grains do not facilitate autogamy but promote out-crossing. The study showed that pollinator limitation is responsible for the low fruit set but it is, however, partly compensated by multi-seeded fruits. Bud and anther predation by beetles also affects reproductive success. Explosive fruit dehiscence and anemochory are special characteristics; these events occur during the dry season. The plant is used for various purposes locally and hence the surviving individuals are threatened. The study suggests that the rocky and nutrient-poor soils, the pollinator limitation, bud and anther predation, establishment problems and local uses collectively contribute to the rare occurrence of E. hookeriana in the Eastern Ghats. Keyword : Keywords: Eriolaena hookeriana, bees, wasps, thrips, entomophily, Anemochory.

22 K. Satyavathi, D. Sandhya Deepika and S. B. Padal* Ethnomedicinal plants used by the Bagata Tribes of Paderu Forest Division, Andhra Pradesh, India Int. J. Adv. Res. Sci. Technol. Volume 3, Issue2, 2014, pp.36-39 # ICV 5.14

Ethnobotanical surveys were conducted among the ethnic group of Bagata tribes inhabited in Paderu Division of Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh during 2013-2014. The informants are all of 50-60 years of age. A total of 30 plant taxa belonging to 20 families pertaining to 26 genera were reported. All the plant species need to be evaluated through phytochemical investigations to discover their potentiality as new drugs for better health. The present study reports a high degree novelty in the use, mode of administration of plants among the Bagata tribes reflecting the revival of interest in traditional medicine.

A.J. Solomon Raju, J. Radha Krishna & P. Hareesh Syzygium alternifolium is a semi-evergreen mass-flowering tree

Chandra. Reproductive ecology of Syzygium alternifolium (Myrtaceae), an endemic and endangered tropical tree species in the southern Eastern Ghats of India. AUGUST 2014| Vol. 6 | No. 9 | Pages 6153-6171 ISSN 0974-7907 (online) | 0974-7893 (print).

species of dry deciduous forest in the southern Eastern Ghats of India. It is a mass bloomer with flowering during dry season. The floral traits suggest a mixed pollination syndrome involving entomophily and anemophily together called as ambophily. Further, the floral traits suggest generalist pollination system adapted for a guild of pollinating insects. The plant is self-incompatible and obligate out-crosser. The flowers are many-ovuled but only a single ovule forms seed and hence, fruit and seed set rates are the same. Natural fruit set stands at 11%. Bud infestation by a moth, flower predation by the beetle, Popillia impressipyga and bud and flower mounds significantly limit fruit set rate. The ability of the plant to repopulate itself is limited by the collection of fruits by locals due to their edible nature, short viability of seeds, high seedling mortality due to water stress, nutrient deficiency and erratic rainfall or interval of drought within the rainy season. Therefore, S. alternifolium is struggling to populate itself under various intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Further studies should focus on how to assist the plant to increase its population size in its natural area taking into account the information provided in this paper. Keyword: Ambophily, bud infestation, flower predation, generalist pollination system, self-incompatibility, seedling mortality, Syzygium alternifolium.

23 Salai Senthilkumar M. S., D. Vaidyanathan, N. Sisubalan and M. Ghouse Basha* Medicinal plants using traditional healers and Malayali tribes in Jawadhu hills of Eastern ghats, Tamil Nadu, India

Ethnobotanical survey was made on the utilization of medicinal plants among the people of selected several villages from Jawadhu hills, in one of the largest in the Eastern Ghats in Thiruvannamalai District, Tamil Nadu, was carried out during June 2012 to August 2013. A total number of 150 Species of ethnomedicinal plants belonging to 128 genera and 57 families were reported with the help of tribal people

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between the ages of 35-75years. The survey indicates that many number of ethnomedicinal plants of Jawadhu hill for the treatment of various diseases. The results of the present study provide evidence that medicinal plants continue to play an important role in the health care system of this tribal (Malayalis) community were traditionally used by the Irular tribes in Jawadhu hills of Tami Nadu.

24 Dr. K. Bharathi, M. NaniBabu and J. M. Naidu Bisexual Variation in Anthropometric Measurements of Tribes of Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh Research paper, Volume : 3 | Issue : 5 | May 2014 • ISSN No 2277 - 8179

An attempt has been made to study the anthropometric measurements of four tribal groups that include anthropometrically measurable attributes and indices of the human body. A cross-sectional study of 1213 persons consisting of 607 males and 606 females belonging to the tribes namely Bagatha, Konda Dora, Konda Reddi, and Koya Dora situated in Vizianagaram district, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari and West Godavari districts respectively. The measurements such as stature, relative weight, muscularity, frame size, various weight/height indices, waist circumference have been used to quantify the physical activity and patterns of change among males and females individually as well as population groups. The tribes in principle vary in the mean values of all the somatometric measures of body weight, height vertex, biacrominal breath, bicristal breadth, waist circumference and hip circumference. The mean values of weight among men from tribes of Eastern Ghats shows that the Koya Dora men of current survey are the heaviest (52 kg), tallest (160.29cm), with broader shoulders (36.97 cm), and maximum hip circumference (85.54 cm). Various breadths of the body indicate thin physical frame of the tribes.

25 Sugali Salamma & Boyina Ravi Prasad Rao Distribution and conservation status of Croton scabiosus Bedd. (Euphorbiaceae),an endemic

Croton scabiosus Bedd. (Euphorbiaceae), a tree species, endemic to the southern Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh is presented with its current distribution pattern and assessed in terms of the IUCN Red List status. New data available from field surveys indicate the species

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status as ‘Vulnerable’. Keyword : Conservation status, Croton scabiosus, distribution, IUCN Red List, Vulnerable

26 L. Arul Pragasan A Phytogeographic Analysis for Conservation Significance of Tree Flora of the Eastern Ghats in South India Journal of Global Biosciences. Vol. 3(2), 2014, pp. 499-510. ISSN 2320-1355

Phytogeography is a branch of biogeography which deals with the geographical distribution of plants. The aim of this study was to analyze the geographic distribution of tree flora in the Eastern Ghats of south India, for their conservation significance. Of the total 272 tree species assessed, 36% of the species were found restricted to Asia, 19% were endemic to India and only one species (Hildegardia populifolia) was found endemic to Eastern Ghats. The present phytogeographical analysis revealed that 59% of the tree species inventoried from Eastern Ghats of south India were common to Sri Lanka and supported their close geographic affinity. Species recovery programs are of urgent need for conservation of species with geographically limited distribution.

27 S. Khaleel Basha* Niaz Parveen D., S. Gopi Krishna and G. Sudarsanam Impacts Of Climate Change On Yerramalais Forest Of Eastern Ghats Of Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh, India And Options For Adaptation International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation \. Vol. 6(3), pp. 210-216, March 2014 DOI: 10.5897/IJBC2011.144 ISSN 2141-243X ©

Biodiversity is an element of the natural resource base, which is one of the main components of eco-environment system. It would be noted that the biodiversity in the system of natural resources brings the sustainability in the production and utilization of the eco-environment system on the earth. Biodiversity changes caused by anthropogenic activities through over mining, over grazing, deforestation, and forest-fires etc. are studied in Yerramalais forest of Eastern Ghats. Other important factors of global change interacting synergistically with climatic factors are also mentioned, human greed is also one major reason for its degradation as they only think for today and not for their future. The forest vegetation is declining tremendously for the past 50

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decades due to climatic changes, resulting in thee disappearance of flora at an alarming rate leading to the loss of biodiversity. Climate change poses major new challenges to biodiversity conservation. Increased population and uncontrolled human activities have misused the natural resources which led to the disturbance in the ecosystem and scarcity of natural resources.

28 Khaleel Basha S and Niaz parveen D Floristic Diversity and Uses of Medicinal Plants Sold by Vendors in Temple towns of Eastern Ghats of Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh, India Advanced Research Journal of Plant and Animal Sciences, Vol. 2(1) pp 018-022, January, 2014

The sale of botanicals, either as concoctions or single plant specimens, has become common in the shopping centers of temple towns of Nallamalais and Yerramalais of Eastern Ghats of Kurnool district. A study was carried out form June 2011 to December 2011. The indigenous knowledge of the road side herbal vendors and the plants used for medicinal purpose were collected through questioners and personal interviews during field trips in pilgrimage towns of Srisailam.Mahanadi and Ahobilam. First hand information on ethnomedicinal uses of medicinal plants was gathered from the herbal vendors.The survey showed that the road side vendors used 32 species of plants distributed in 21 genera belonging to 25 families to treat various disease and health conditions. The documented botanicals were mostly used to cure skin diseases, wounds, antidotes and for rheumatism. In this study the mostly dominant families are Fabaceae(3), Asclepiadaceae, Caesalpinaceae and Rubiaceae, each with 2 species and stems were mostly frequently used for the treatment of disease accounting for 31% of the medicines sold. The study showed that many people in temple towns still continue to depend on medicinal plants for primary heath care. The study has brought to light some interesting data on medicinal plants which form a potential source of information for new biodynamic compounds of therapeutic value in photochemical researchers.

29 Dr. Kalyani Bai Kunte* Dr. Srinivasa Rao Vendrapati**Dr. Thulsi Rao Kundhi*** Transience of Mangroves, the Soldiers of Sea Coast -An Overview Journal of International Academic Research for Multidisciplinary. Impact Factor 1.393, ISSN: 2320-5083, Volume 2, Issue 4, May 2014

Mangrove forests are unusual among tropical ecosystems because of their naturally low plant diversity and high population densities, a consequence of the physiological restrictions of living in the intertidal environment. They contribute wide range of ecosystem services. Mangroves provide nursery grounds for fish; a food source for monkeys, deer, tree climbing crabs, even kangaroos; and a nectar source for bats and honeybees. Diseases cause devastating damages to mangroves, like top dying disease which is believed to be caused by an array of factors viz. increased soil salinity due to reduced water flow, reduction in periodic inundation, excessive flooding, sedimentation, nutrient imbalances, pathogenic gall cankers, and cyclone induced stress. Unless mangrove species are particularly well defended against pathogen attack, we would expect to find high disease pressure in these systems.

30 Maradana Tarakeswara Naidu, Owk Aniel Kumar, Malleboyina Venkaiah Taxonomic Diversity of Lianas in Tropical Forests of Northern Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India Source: Not Sci Biol, 2014, 6(1):59-65

Lianas are important in forest ecosystem and strongly influence the forest dynamics and diversity. Lianas are common in the tropical moist deciduous and rain forests, which are competing with other forest trees. Little information is known on the habitat specialization in tropical lianas diversity and the root causes for variation among forests in liana species composition. A total of 170 liana species (≥ 1.5 cm girth at breast height) representing 109 genera and 43 families were reported in 5×5 m quadrate samples along with their climbing modes in the tropical forests of northern Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India. A total of 210 grids were sampled in study area and reported that Convolvulaceae was the dominant family with 23 species followed by Papilionaceae, 22 species and Asclepiadaceae, 19 species and Ipomoea was the largest genera. Woody lianas were dominated by 128 species and these are classified into six climbing modes consisting in stem climbers (53.5%) that were the most predominant followed by

stragglers-unarmed (14.7%), stragglers armed and tendril climbers (13.5% each), root climbers (2.9%) and hook climbers (1.8%). The most dominant liana species in the northern Eastern Ghats were Acacia sinuate and Bauhinia vahlii. The results of this investigation suggests that better management and protection is an important for in situ conservation of liana diversity and involving local people is emphasized.

31 1Khaleel Basha S and 2Niaz Parveen D, Floristic Diversity and Uses of Medicinal Plants Sold by Vendors in Temple towns of Eastern Ghats of Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh, India

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The sale of botanicals, either as concoctions or single plant specimens, has become common in the shopping centers of temple towns of Nallamalais and Yerramalais of Eastern Ghats of Kurnool district. A study was carried out form June 2011 to December 2011. The indigenous knowledge of the road side herbal vendors and the plants used for medicinal purpose were collected through questioners and personal interviews during field trips in pilgrimage towns of Srisailam. Mahanadi and Ahobilam. First hand information on ethnomedicinal uses of medicinal plants was gathered from the herbal vendors. The survey showed that the road side vendors used 32 species of plants distributed in 21 genera belonging to 25 families to treat various disease and health conditions. The documented botanicals were mostly used to cure skin diseases, wounds, antidotes and for rheumatism. In this study the mostly dominant families are Fabaceae(3), Asclepiadaceae, Caesalpinaceae and Rubiaceae, each with 2 species and stems were mostly frequently used for the treatment of disease accounting for 31% of the medicines sold. The study showed that many people in temple towns still continue to depend on medicinal plants for primary health care. The study has brought to light some interesting data on medicinal plants which form a potential source of information for new biodynamic compounds of therapeutic value in photochemical researchers.

32 Muruganandam S.1, Kadirvelmurugan V.1, Selvaraju A.2, Rathinakumar S.1 and Ravikumar S.1 Ethnomedicinal plants used by the Malayali Tribals in Jawadhu Hills of Thiruvannamalai District, Tamil Nadu, India J. Nat. Prod. Plant Resour., 2014, 4 (5):55-60 (http://scholarsresearchlibrary.com/archive.html)

The present study was designed to identify traditionally knowledgeable resource persons and document their indigenous knowledge on the utilization of medicinal plants among the Malayali tribals in various tribal villages of Thiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu, India. An ethnobotanical survey was carried out from June to September 2012 to identify the traditional uses of plants used by the Malayali tribals. With the help of standardized questionnaires, 17 informants between the ages of 30 to 81 were interviewed on the medicinal uses of the local flora. A total of 54plants species were recorded in this study with six species of ethnoveterinary medicinal significance. The collected ethnomedicinal plants belong to 32 families and 48 genera. In term, the number of medicinal plant species, Asclepiadaceae, Solanaceae, Asteraceae, Euphorbiaceae and Moraceaeare dominant families. Among the different plant parts used for the preparation of medicine, the leaves were most frequently used for the treatment of diseases. Among the collected plants, trees are dominating other life forms such as herbs, climbers and shrubs. The preparation and utilization of plant parts were grouped into six categories viz., paste, taken as raw, powder, juice, decoction and smoke from the fire of plant parts. The collect ethnomedicinal plants are used to cure 40 types of diseases and the regularly treated ailments are wounds, skin diseases, poison bite, stomachache, diabetes, fever and respiratory problems. The study shows a high quantity of ethnobotanical novelty and use of plants along with the Malayali tribals reflects the revival of interest in traditional folk culture and ethno medicine. Keywords: Biodiversity, Ethnobotany, Herbal medicine, India, Tribal people

33 Kadirvelmurugan V.1, Raju K.2, Arumugam T.3, Karthik V.3 and Ravikumar S.1* Ethnobotany of Medi-Flora of Kolli Hills, Tamil Nadu Scholars Research Library. Archives of Applied Science Research, 2014, 6 (1):159-164

The tribes and non-tribes are residing in kolli hills and ever depend on medicinal plants for their healthcare and treating of various diseases. The present study is to identify such distinct medicinal plants utilized by tribes and non-tribes in the kolli hills. The ethno-botany, their mode of preparation and application of the medicinal plants have been gathered from the traditional healers, patients and elderly persons in and around the study area, after season wise field visits conducted between January 2009 and November 2009. The present study revealed that, the tribes are regularly using about 58 pants and 32 families and it is belong to diverse families to treat the various diseases. The above the present study, ethno-botany and medicinal knowledge gained from the tribals would be very useful information for the botanists, biochemists, pharmacologists, traditional system of medicine and healthcare sector.

34 P. Harinath, *K.Suryanarayana and S. P. Venkata Ramana Insect diversity of Srisailam reserve forest in the Eastern Ghats of southern Andhra Pradesh. National Conference on Conservation of Eastern Ghats.

Srisailam Reserve forest is the largest Tiger reserve in India. The reserve spreads over five districts, Nalgonda, Mahbubnagar, Kurnool, Prakasam, and Guntur District. The total area of the tiger reserve is 3,568 km2 (1,378 sq. mi.). The core area of this reserve is 1,200 km2 (460 sq. mi.).This reserve is located between Longitude: 78°30' to 79°28' East and Latitude: 15°53' to 16°43' North.The diverse fauna of Nallamala forest is makes this area interesting to a visitor. The insect life is enthralling with over several species of butterflies, moths and other insects. Srisailam forestis Southern dry mixed deciduous forest; southern tropical moist deciduous forest types intermingled with scrub, bamboo brakes and grasslands. Insect diversity conservation has received an enormous upsurge in recent years.Detailed insect surveys have been conducted from Aug 2013 to July 2014.In our periodical investigation earliernearly85 species of butterflies were recorded under 5 families. The family Nymphalidae and Lycaenidae were found

dominated with 45 species respectively followed by Pieridae (17 species), Hesperiidae (09 species) and Papilionidae (14 species) were recorded. 25 species of Moths;10 species ofAnts; 13 species of Wasp;9 species of Bees from Hymenoptera;15 crickets species of Orthopetra; 10 bugs of Hemiptera; 14 of flyspecies of Diptera; 12 species of Dragonflies and 8 species of DamselfliesfromOdonata; one lady bird beetle and 15 other beetles of Coleoptera; 6species from Thysanura;4 species of Mantodea and 5 species of Phasmatodea;3 species ofCentipedes, 5 species of Millipedes,6 species of Scorpions;10 species of spiders from Arachnida were identified, majority of the insects are very much required for pollination and some produce useful substances such as honey, wax, lacquer and silk.