RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENT AND LIFE
SCIENCES
(A Multidisciplinary, Peer reviewed / Referred Research Journal
Concerned with Environment and Life Sciences)
(p-ISSN: 0974-4908)
Volume-15, Number-3, August, 2022
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 15 (3) 35 - 37
(2022) Investigations on biology of neem leafhopper,
Petalocephala sp.
(Cicadellidae: Ledrinae),
on neem in india Sheetal Anand1*, Barish E.
James1 and Omkar2 1Isabella
Thoburn College, Lucknow -226007 (U.P.), India 2Department of Zoology
University of Lucknow, Lucknow-226007, (U.P.), India *Corresponding author e-mail:
heetalanand1001@gmail.com Paper received: 20.02.22, Revised received:
29.05.22 Paper
Accepted:
02.06.22. Category: Original Article |
Abstract Detailed
bionomics of Petalocephala sp. has been recorded
during the year 2021 in Lucknow, India on Neem
plantations. Adult female leafhopperscause
significant injury to Neem trees by oviposition. There are five instar
stages. Nymphs of Neem leafhopperwere
observed feeding tightly compressed to the leaf and took about an average of
21.6± 1.04 days ata temperatureof
28.30±0.90°C to develop from the first instar to
the adult. No development was recorded in temperatures below 17.15±4.01°C.
Egg diapause can be seen at a temperature below
17.15±4.01°C. Studies on its complete life cycles in its natural conditions
were so impracticable because regular tracking of feeding and oviposition on the tree was so unfeasible. Hence we have
tried to study their behavior by the methods we have summarized in this
paper. Keywords: Ledrinae, Bionomics, Oviposition,
Neem leafhopper, Azadirachta
indica |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 15 (3) 38 - 40
(2022) Distinct feeding preference in Monomorium
minimum, common black house ant (Hymenoptera- Formicidae) Mansi Gupta
and Barish E. James* Department of Zoology, Isabella Thoburn
College,University of Lucknow, Lucknow -226007
(U.P.), India *Corresponding author e-mail:
barishjames@gmail.com Paper received: 28.03.22, Revised received:
24.05.22 Paper
Accepted:
27.06.22, Category: Original Article |
Abstract India
is home to numerous ant species. Different ant species favour
various kinds of food. Here, the common black ant’s taste in food was
determined. It was often believed that ants only liked sweet foods, but
today, when junk food is more popular, ants have begun to adapt to their
changing food sources. Trials were done on different types of food.
Experiment was carried out for food preference in 10 different food items
namely- Sugar, Rock Sugar, Honey, Jaggery, Raisin, Almond, Wheat Flour, Rice
Flour, Cardamom Seed and Bourn vita for consecutive 10 days. Statistically,
there were significant differences. Functional response analysis was done
using One-way ANOVA. Ants showed more preference towards liquid food (Honey),
rather than solid food. Keywords: Ants, Monomorium, Food Preference, Nutrition |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 15 (3) 41 - 43
(2022) Feeding preference of red flour beetle, Tribolium
castaneum (Herbst.) in different stored food grain products Aiman
Fatima* and Barish E. James Department of Zoology, Isabella Thoburn
College, Lucknow -226007 (U.P.), India *Corresponding author e-mail:
aimanfatima8618@gmail.com Paper received: 11.02.22, Revised received:
09.05.22 Paper
Accepted:
11.05.22, Category: Original Article |
Abstract Tribolium castaneum is one of the most economically important
insect that damages stored products.Red flour
beetle can cause detrimental loss on stored food grain during storage
period. Experiment on free choice
feeding preference of Tribolium castaneum
beetle in different stored food grain products was conducted under laboratory
conditions.Usual forms of food grains were whole
grains and flour form. This Research aims to investigate the feeding
preference of red flour beetle (Tribolium
castaneum Herbst.) in
different stored food grains products in whole grain and flour form. Under
laboratory conditions, ten different food grain products (whole grain and
flour form) were tested against red flour beetle (Tribolium
castaneum) to evaluate the feeding preference.
The ten different food grain products (whole grain and flour form) used in
the feeding preference experiment were wheat, rice, wheat flour, rice flour,
millet flour, refined wheat flour, semolina, gram flour, sorghum flour, corn
flour. Flour form food grains were
highly preferred by the red flour beetle whereas whole food grain was less
preferred by the red flour beetle. Food materials of relatively small
particle size are preferred over large particle size. Keywords: Tribolium castaneum,
Feeding preference, Stored food grain products, non-responsive behaviour, Temperature, Relative humidity |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 15 (3) 44 - 46
(2022) Morphological descriptions of neem
leafhopper, Petalocephala species from india (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Ledrinae) Sheetal Anand1*,
Barish E. James1 and Omkar2 1Department of
Zoology, Isabella Thoburn
College, Lucknow
-226007 (U.P.), India 2Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow-226007, (U.P.), India *Corresponding author e-mail:
heetalanand1001@gmail.com Paper received: 21.03.22, Revised received:
18.07.22 Paper
Accepted:
22.07.22, Category: Original Article |
Abstract The paper deals with the morphological
characteristics of the leafhopper found on Neem (Azadirachta indica)
and it was similar to the Genus Yelahanka. gen. nov. belong
to the (Hemiptera:
Cicadellidae: Ledrinae).
The specimens were collected from the Neem tree at
Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow (India). Keywords: Yelahanka, leafhopper, morphology, Ledrinae, Petalocephala,
Neem |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 15 (3) 47 - 49
(2022) Effect of different lights on Periplaneta
americana (Blattodea: Blattidea) Sneha Pandey, Barish E. James 1Department of Zoology, Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow -226007 (U.P.), India *Corresponding author e-mail:
Snehapandey45758@gmail.com Paper received: 03.06.22, Revised received:
25.07.22 Paper
Accepted:
29.07.22, Category: Original Article |
Abstract In this study the ‘Effect of different
lights on Periplaneta americana’
were observed during the month of May 2022 at an
average temperature 40-42 degrees Celsius with 20 to 45 % relative humidity.
The cockroaches were exposed to four different lights (Red, yellow, green,
and blue). By using one- way ANOVA the result was carried out that in red
light cockroaches were more active in comparison to other three lights. In
all four conditions, the cockroaches were more active during the night
because they perform nocturnal behavior.This
observation states that in red light, cockroaches were more active, and in
blue light, cockroaches were more inactive. Keywords: Periplaneta Americana, humidity,
cockroaches, behavior |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 15 (3) 50 - 52
(2022) Biomonitoring of
trace metals with the help of lichane transplant
technique at residential and commercial areas of Lucknow city, India Rohit Kumar*1,
Puja Tiwari2 and
S.N. Pandey1 1Department of Botany,University
of Lucknow,Lucknow-226007, (U.P)., India 2Department of Environmental Sciences, Post Graduate
College, Ghazipur-233001, (U.P)., India *Corresponding author e-mail: drrohitkumar161@gmail.com Paper received: 22.06.22; Revised received:
29.07.22 Paper
Accepted:
31.07.22; Category: Original Article |
Abstract Lichen (pyxine
cocoes) plant were
transplanted at six locations of high vehicular activity areas in
Lucknow city. At every site one set of lichen (pyxine
cocoes) was transplanted at lower vertical
position (5 feet height) at vertical pole and another set of lichen (pyxine cocoes)
was transplanted at upper vertical position (20 feet height) at same vertical
pole. Lichen (pyxine cocoes)
accumulated elevated level of trace metals observed after transplantation at
all polluted sites in their tissues. In all the metals, lichen (pyxine cocoes) accumulate the maximum concentration of chromium (Cr) at
upper vertical position at all transplanted locations. Maximum tissue
concentration of chromium (Cr) 2920.00 µg g-1 dry weight was
observed at 15 days after transplantation in Charbagh
area at upper vertical position (20 feet height) and the minimum
concentration of chromium (Cr) was observed 99.30 µg g-1 dry weight at Banglabajar
area in lower vertical position (5 feet hight). Led
(Pb) and cadmium (Cd)
were not detected in the estimation at all locations. The tissue accumulation
of trace
metals were found in the order of Cr > Cu > Zn in Lichen (pyxine cocoes)
species transplanted at different locations with high vehicles load in Lucknow
city. Study indicate that elevated level of trace metal contents in ambient
air was possibly due to the high vehicular pollution in Lucknow city, needs careful measures to control high
vehicular activities. Keywords: Trace metals, Biomonitoring,
Lichen (Pyxine cocoes) |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 15 (3) 53 - 58
(2022) Monitoring of air pollution in heavy traffic areas and its
impacts on roadside plant (Nerium indicum) in
Lucknow city (U.P.), India Rohit Kumar1*,
Alisha Hashmi2 and S.N. Pandey1 1Department of Botany,University
of Lucknow,Lucknow-226007, (U.P)., India 2Department of Environmental Sciences, Post Graduate
College Ghazipur, Ghazipur-233001, (U.P)., India *Corresponding author e-mail: drrohitkumar161@gmail.com Paper received: 20.06.22,
Revised received: 28.07.22 Paper
Accepted:
31.07.22, Category: Original Article |
Abstract Air pollution and biomonitoring
study were conducted to evaluate air pollution impacts on plant (Nerium indicum)
species along the roadside in Lucknow City, Uttar Pradesh. The present study
deals with the quantitative effect of vehicular emission on ambient air
quality during pre monsoon season of March 2022 in urban areas of Lucknow
city in this study SPM, RSPM, SO2, NO2 and 7 trace
metals associated with RSPM were estimated at 5 representative locations in
urban areas and one village area (Chaurasi Gaun) for control. The 24 hour average concentration of
TSPM, RSPM, SO2 and NO2 were found to be 281.48, 188.49,
14.51, and 33.82 µg/m3 respectively in
urban air. The 24 hour average concentration of trace metals associated with
RSPM in ambient air for Fe, Cu, Cr, Zn, Pb, Mn and Cd were found to be
higher than the control site by 2.51, 0.97, 1.25, 0.19, 0.03, 0.08, and 0.02
µg/m3 respectively. The plant along the roads was mainly include Nerium indicum. For biomonitoring
of different parameters with the help of plant (Nerium
indicum), chlorophyll, phaeophytin,
carotenoid, protein and peroxidase
were analyzed to study the impact of air pollutants. It was observed that
plant at roadside with heavy traffic and markets was much affected by
vehicular emission. The biochemical parameters of plant was
significantly increase and decrease with air pollution. It was observed that
the chlorophyll content, carotenoid content and
protein content were significantly decreased with increased air pollution. Phaeophytin and peroxidase
activity were increased with increase air pollution These results indicate that ambient air
quality in the urban area is adversely effected to roadside plants due to
emission and accumulation of TSPM, RSPM, SO2, NO2 and
trace metals. It is concluded that plants can be used as a indicators for urban air pollution and there is need to
protect the roadside plants from air pollution. Keywords: Air pollution, Trace metals, Biomonitoring,
Plant, Total chlorophyll, Pheophytin, Carotenoid, Peroxidase, Protein |
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Res.
Environ. Life Sci., 15 (3) 59 - 63
(2022) Air pollution
monitoring in heavy traffic areas of Lucknow city and its impacts on roadside
plant Ficus religiosa Rohit Kumar1*,
Alisha Hashmi2 and S.N. Pandey1 1Department of Botany,University
of Lucknow,Lucknow-226007, (U.P)., India 2Department of Environmental Sciences, Post Graduate
College Ghazipur, Ghazipur-233001, (U.P)., India *Corresponding author e-mail: drrohitkumar161@gmail.com Paper received: 22.06.22,
Revised received: 29.07.22 Paper
Accepted:
31.07.22, Category: Original Article |
Abstract Study on air pollution and biomonitoring were conducted to evaluate air pollution
impact on plant (Ficus religiosa)
species along the roadside in Lucknow City, Uttar Pradesh. The present study
deals with the quantitative effect of vehicular emission on ambient air
quality during pre monsoon season of May 2022 in urban areas of Lucknow city
in this study SPM, RSPM, SO2, NO2 and 7 trace metals
associated with RSPM were estimated at 5 representative locations in urban
areas and one village area (Chaurasi Gaun) for control. The 24 hour average concentration of
TSPM, RSPM, SO2 and NO2 were found to be 309, 207.34,
15.51 and 37.20 µg/m3 respectively in
urban air. The 24 hour average concentration of trace metals associated with
RSPM in ambient air for Fe, Cu, Cr, Zn, Pb, Mn and Cd were found to be
higher than the control site by 2.76, 1.07, 1.38, 0.21, 0.03, 0.09 and 0.02
µg/m3 respectively. The plant along the roads was mainly include Ficus religiosa. For biomonitoring
of different parameters with the help of plant Ficus
religiosa species, chlorophyll, phaeophytin, carotenoid,
protein and peroxidase were analyzed to study the
impact of air pollutants. It was observed that plants at
roadside with heavy traffic and markets was much affected by vehicular
emission. The biochemical parameters of plant was
significantly increase and decrease with air pollution. It was observed that
the chlorophyll content, carotenoid content and
protein content were significantly decreased with increased air pollution. Phaeophytin and peroxidase
activity were increased with increase air pollution These result indicate that ambient air
quality in the urban area is adversely effected to roadside plants due to
emission and accumulation of TSPM, RSPM, SO2, NO2 and
trace metals. It is concluded that plants can be used as indicators
for urban air pollution and there is need to protect the roadside plants from
air pollution. Keywords: Air pollution,
Trace metals, Biomonitoring, Plants, Total chlorophyll,
Phaeophytin, Carotenoid, Peroxidase, protein |