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1.BIODIVERSITY CHARACTERISATION AND DOCUMENTATION VALERIE RAEVEL TOWARDS A COMPREHENSIVE TAXONOMIC NAME RESOLUTION TOOL OF ORAL FRI16 1 TREES 2 FRI16 FRANÇOIS MUNOZ WOOD AND LEAF STRATEGIES IN A LOW-ELEVATION RAINFOREST OF WESTERN GHATS ORAL S. P. VENKATA RAMANA BUTTERFLIES AS POTENTIAL INDICATORS OF CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE IN SESHACHALAM ORAL INAPI108 BIO-RESERVE FOREST, EASTERN GHATS OF SOUTHERN ANDHRA PRADESH, . 3 BRAHMAJI RAO A STUDY ON FLORAL DIVERSITY IN AND AROUND KOLLERU LAKE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, ORAL INAPI477 4 ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA SUSMITA GUPTA IMPACT OF SOLID WASTE ON THE AQUATIC INSECT DIVERSITY AND WATER QUALITY OF ORAL INASI115 5 DEEPOR BEEL (RAMSAR SITE), ASSAM, NORTH - EAST INDIA- A SEASONAL STUDY PAROMITA RAY STUDIES ON ICHTHYOFAUNAL DIVERSITY OF THE LOWER BASIN OF IN EAST ORAL INDLI555 6 GODAVARI DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH KAMAL SAINI EXPLORING THE TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY OF INSECTA: ORTHOPTERA FROM COLD DESERT ORAL INHPI393 7 BIOSPHERE RESERVE (INDIA) RAJ KUMAR VERMA FLORISTIC DIVERSITY ALONG AN ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT IN TALAI BEAT OF KALATOP ORAL INHPI412 8 KHAJJIAR WILD LIFE SANCTUARY OF DISTRICT CHAMBA, HIMACHAL PRADESH DR HISHMI JAMIL HUSAIN ALIGNMENT OF VULTURE CONSERVATION INITIATIVE IN BUNDELKHAND FOR SUSTAINABLE ORAL INHRI219 9 DEVELOPMENT NEERAJ SHARMA WATERSHED WISE AVIAN DIVERSITY IN UPPER CHENAB CATCHMENT, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, ORAL INJKI448 10 INDIA 11 INKAG220 DR.K.KOTRESHA FLORA OF BELGAVI DISTRICT, ORAL NAYANA PRAKASH ASSESSMENT OF BIODIVERSITY OF FIVE MAJOR LAKES IN MYSURU, KARNATAKA, INDIA ORAL 12 INKAI166 K.H. VINAYA KUMAR NESTEDNESS AND BIODIVERSITY OF TREE SPECIES AROUND LAKES OF MYSURU AND ORAL INKAI179 13 NANJUNGUD DISTRICTS REETHU SINGH PHYTOPLANKTON DIVERSITY AND ORGANIC POLLUTION STATUS OF 28 LAKES OF MYSURU- ORAL INKAI182 14 NANJUNGUD LOCAL PLANING AREA 15 INKAI60 M. MOHAN BIODIVERSITY OF INDIAN LONGHORN BEETLES ORAL 16 INKLG307 N. MOHANAN FLORISTIC DOCUMENTATION OF VSSC CAMPUS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ORAL MANJULA K M DIVERSITY OF GENUS FISSIDENS (FISSIDENTACEAE; BRYOPHYTA) HEDW. IN , INDIA ORAL 17 INKLI106 18 INKLI107 CHANDINI V. K. EPIPHYLLOUS MEMBERS OF LEJEUNEACEAE IN KERALA ORAL SANDHYA V. KUMAR INFLUENCE OF PALGHAT GAP FEATURES ON DIVERSITY OF LYCOPHYTES AND FERNS AT ORAL INKLI155 19 KOLLENGODE FORESTS IN SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS RAHUL M P DIVERSITY OF PREDATORY MITES (ACARI: PROSTIGMATA) INHABITING VEGETABLE CROPS IN ORAL INKLI207 20 NORTH KERALA. 21 INKLI21 SHAZIA QUASIN SPIDER FAUNA OF NAVDANYA BIODIVERSITY FARM, UTTARAKHAND, INDIA ORAL 22 INKLI232 MUHAMED JAFER PALOT AN OVERVIEW ON THE HERPETOFAUNAL DIVERSITY OF KERALA STATE, INDIA. ORAL JAYA M THE EARTHWORM FAUNA OF KERALA- ENLISTING BASED ON THEIR ECOLOGY AND BIOLOGY ORAL 23 INKLI309 VEENA GEORGE M DIVERSITY, COMPOSITION AND PLANT USAGE IN THE TRIBAL HOMEGARDENS OF ATTAPPADY ORAL INKLI314 24 VALLEY, SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS SHAMEER ESTIMATING LEOPARD PANTHERA PARDUS DENSITY USING PHOTOGRAPHIC ORAL INKLI321 25 CAPTURE–RECAPTURE SAMPLING FROM PERIYAR TIGER RESERVE. RANJU R DISTRIBUITION OF BULIMINIDS AND UVIGERINIDS ALONG THE SOUTH-WESTERN ORAL INKLI70 26 CONTINENTAL SHELF OF INDIA AND THEIR ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE ANILA P AJAYAN ON THE SEASONAL DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE OF EUGLENOPHYTES FROM MUSEUM LAKE, ORAL INKLI8 27 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA S. JAYAKUMAR ASSESSMENT OF TREE DIVERSITY IN THE SECONDARY AND PRIMARY FORESTS OF MANIPUR, ORAL INMNI236 28 NORTH EAST INDIA CHINMAYA BHUJABAL CONSERVATION OF PURPLE WOOD PIGEON OR PALE CAPPED PIGEON COLUMBA PUNICEA IN ORAL INORG147 29 ODISHA DR. SUNANDA SAHOO A SURVEY ON SOIL MACRFAUNAL DIVERSITY IN DIFFERENT LAND USE SYSTEMS DERIVED ORAL INORI120 30 FROM FOREST CLEARANCE JASWINDER SINGH ECOLOGICAL AND TAXONOMIC DISTRIBUTION OF EARTHWORMS IN DIFFERENT LAND USE ORAL INPBI202 31 PATTERN A.BALASUBRAMANIAN FLORAL DIVERSITY ASSESSMENT OF NATIVE VEGETATION IN UNCULTIVABLE WASTELAND ORAL INTNG279 32 UNDER SEMI-ARID CONDITION IN S. BALAKRISHNAN DIVERSITY OF SOME INSECT FAUNA IN DIFFERENT COASTAL HABITATS OF TAMIL NADU, ORAL INTNI102 33 SOUTHEAST COAST OF INDIA 34 INTNI131 DR.T.SEKAR BIODIVERSITY OF SALACIA SPECIES (HIPPOCREATACEAE) ORAL DR.T.SEKAR ESTIMATION OF IUCN’S RED-LISTED TREE SPECIES DENSITY IN CHENNAI METROPOLITAN CITY, ORAL INTNI131 35 INDIA 36 INTNI134 R. RAMANIBAI A SURVEY ON ARTHROPOD DIVERSITY AT PULICAT LAKE ORAL PALANISAMY ARUNKUMAR PREMELIMINARY SURVEY ON PHYSIO-CHEMICAL PARAMETER OF POND WATER AT PALAKKAD ORAL INTNI193 37 DISTRICT ABDUL JAFFAR ALI H DNA BARCODING OF FIVE ASCIDIANS (ASCIDIACEAE: PHLEBOBRANCHIA) FROM IN GULF OF ORAL INTNI237 38 MANNAR, INDIA RAJKUMAR . V DNA BARCODE ANALYSIS OF BUTTERFLY SPECIES (LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE) FROM ORAL INTNI26 39 WESTERN GHATS TAMIL NADU, INDIA M. ILAKKIA IMPACT OF INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES (ACACIA MEARNSII) ON THE UPPER NILGIRIS FOREST ORAL INTNI33 40 ENVIRONMENT BIODIVERSITY A.BALASUBRAMANIAN FLORISTIC DIVERSITY ASSESMENT OF TROPICAL THORN FOREST OF BOLAMPATTY RANGE IN ORAL INTNI530 41 COIMBATORE FOREST DIVISION, TAMIL NADU M.BUBESH GUPTHA STATUS OF MAMMALIAN FAUNA IN A MAN-MADE FOREST PLANTATION IN AUROVILLE, INDIA ORAL 42 INTNI572 43 INTNI64 DHARAMARAJ J SPIDER DIVERSITY IN MARUTHAMALAI HILLS, TAMILNADU, INDIA ORAL KUBENDRAN.T BAETIDAE (EPHEMEROPTERA: INSECTA) AS BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ORAL INTNI73 DEGRADATION IN TAMIRAPARANI AND VAIGAI RIVER BASINS OF SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS, 44 INDIA S. MURALIKRISHNAN DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF BIRDS IN VETTANKUDI BIRDS SANCTUARY IN RELATION TO ORAL INTNI73 VEGETATION IN SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS, SIVAGANGA DISTRICT, INDIA 45 C. MUTHUMPERUMAL FLORISTIC DIVERSITY AND CARBON STOCKS ASSESSMENT IN TROPICAL FOREST OF ORAL INTNI78 46 SATHURAGIRI HILLS, WESTERN GHATS, TAMIL NADU RAMASUBBU RAJU REPRODUCTIVE ECOLOGY OF ELAEOCARPUS BLASCOI WEIBEL (ELAEOCARPACEAE): AN ORAL INTNI80 47 ENDEMIC AND ENDANGERED TREE OF PALNI HILLS, WESTERN GHATS RAMASUBBU RAJU ¬¬POPULATION STATUS, THREATS AND CONSERVATION APPROACHES ON THREE ENDEMIC ORAL INTNI85 AND ENDANGERED SPECIES OF SYZYGIUM FROM THE SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS 48 D. KANNAN AVIAN POPULATION AND DRY BENTHIC VEGETATION DIVERSITY ENUMERATION IN THE BIRDS ORAL INTNI96 49 SANCTUARY PONDS OF GULF OF MANNAR BIOSPHERE RESERVE AHMAD MASOOD KHAN HABITAT USE PATTERN OF RED JUNGLEFOWL (GALLUS GALLUS) IN KATERNIAGHAT WILDLIFE ORAL INUPI278 50 SANCTUARY, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA OCCURRENCE OF EQUISETUM RAMOSISSIMUM SUBSP. RAMOSISSIMUM AND E. RAMOSISSIMUM ORAL SUBSP. DEBILE IN SHIV NADAR UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR DISTRICT, INUPI411 JYOTI K SHARMA UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA- A NEW RECORD FOR UPPER GANGETIC PLAINS, INDIA 51 DR.R.K.SINGH CHARACTERISATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF BIODIVERSITY IN ALLEN FOREST, KANPUR ORAL 52 INUPI79 ARUNAVA PATTANAYAK GENETIC DIVERSITY ANALYSIS IN RICE BEAN (VIGNA UMBELLATA (THUNB.) OHWI AND ORAL INUTI111 OHASHI) COLLECTIONS FROM NORTH EASTERN INDIA USING NEWLY DEVELOPED 53 MICROSATELLITE MARKERS. ATANU NASKAR HIGH ALTITUDINAL LANDSCAPE AFFECT THE PREDATORY EFFICIENCY OF ROBBER FLIES ORAL INWBI143 (INSECTA: DIPTERA: ASILIDAE) ON INSECT FAUNA: A CASE STUDY FROM DARJEELING 54 HIMALAYA ANIRUDDHA MAITY THE SPATIO-TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERN OF HORSE FLIES (DIPTERA: TABANIDAE) IN ORAL INWBI144 DARJEELING HIMALAYA: A CASE STUDY ON THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE BEHIND 55 VECTOR RANGE EXPANSION MANJISHTHA COMPARATIVE STUDY ON BEE SAMPLING EFFICIENCIES OF THREE DIFFERENT METHODS IN A ORAL INWBI213 56 BHATTACHARYYA FORESTED ECOSYSTEM IN WEST BENGAL, INDIA 57 INWBI258 TAPAN KUMAR ROY SPIDER FAUNA OF DEHING PATKAI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, ASSAM, INDIA ORAL DR. SUBHANKAR KUMAR DIVERSITY OF THE DYNASTINE SCARAB BEETLES OF BUXA TIGER RESERVE (A FOREST UNDER ORAL INWBI292 58 SARKAR BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT ZONE), DOOARS, WEST BENGAL, INDIA. JEEVITH S BUTTERFLIES LARVAE FOOD PLANTS IN SHOLA FOREST OF ORAL INTNI126 59 , TAMIL NADU, WESTERN GHATS GOMATHI JEYAM M MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION AND SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF MESOCYCLOPS DISSIMILIS ORAL

DEFAYE & KAWABATA, 1993 (CYCLOPOID COPEPOD) FROM VELACHERY LAKE, CHENNAI TAMIL 60 NADU, BASED ON MITOCHONDRIALCOI GENE SEQUENCES 61 INUPI598 RUBY YADAV BUNDELKHAND REGION: A PROMISING BREEDING AREA FOR VULTURES (GYPSSPECIES) ORAL 62 SHIVANGI MISHRA ASSESSMENT OF NEST SITE SELECTION BY EGYPTIAN VULTURES ORAL 63 JOBIN MATHEW TERMITE DIVERSITY OFKOTTAYAM MUNICIPALITY, KERALA ORAL 64 CH. SRAVANTHY BIODIVERSITY OF TERMINES IN SEMI ARID URBAN OF WARANGAL ORAL S. P. VENKATA RAMANA SYSTEMATICS OF SOME ENDEMIC AND ENDANGERED BUTTERFLIES BASED ON LARVAL POSTER INAPI108 MORPHOLOGY AND THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE HISTORY TRAITS IN THE EASTERN GHATS OF 65 SOUTHERN ANDHRA PRADESH AMIT TRIPATHI DIVERSITY OF PARASITIC MONOGENOIDS (PLATYHELMINTHES) FROM FRESHWATER FISH IN POSTER INARI356 66 ARUNACHAL PRADESH, INDIA A. K. AWASTHI SPIRALLING WHITE FLY (ALEURODICUS DISPERSUS RUSSELL): AN EMERGING THREAT FOR POSTER INCTI75 67 FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL CULTIVATION IN CHHATTISGARH 68 INHPI154 PANKAJ SHARMA THREAT ANALYSIS OF VEGETATION IN A PROTECTED AREA OF NORTHWEST HIMALAYA POSTER NEHA GAUTAM MICROBIAL DIVERSITY OF RHIZOSPHERE IN HIGH ALTITUDE MEDICINAL PLANTS OF POSTER INHPI180 69 NORTHWEST HIMALAYA MUNEER UL ISLAM NAJAR THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CANOPY COVER AND DISTRIBUTION OF INVASIVE ALIEN PLANT POSTER INJKI164 70 SPECIES IN WAYANAD WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, KERALA, INDIA DR. B.S.GIRIYAPPANAVAR PHYTOPLANKTON DIVERSITY INFLUENCED BY ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES IN TEMPLE TANK POSTER INKAG220 71 OF SAUNDATTI-BELGAUM DISTRICT, KARNATAKA A.NANDA PHENOLOGY AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT AND POSTER INKAI387 CONSERVATION: AN APPROACH FROM ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY CENTRE, SHIMOGA, 72 KARNATAKA KRISHNAMURTHY Y L DIVERSITY OF FLOWERING PLANTS IN KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, SHIVAMOGGA, POSTER INKAI499 73 KARNATAKA KRISHNAPPA M DIVERSITY OF TERRICOLOUS BRYOPHYTES IN MINING AREAS OF KEMMANNUGUNDI REGION, POSTER INKAI515 74 KARNATAKA 75 INKAI569 DR. RAMA RAO VENDRAPATI DOCUMENTATION OF LITTLE KNOWN PLANTS FROM KARNATAKA STATE POSTER 76 INKLG238 SHAKKEER A.M. ECOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR OF PEOPLE IN PERIYAR TIGER RESERVE, THEKKADY POSTER BHARATH NAIR SPATIAL VARIATION OF RHIZOSPHERE AND RHIZOPLANE MYCOFLORA OF GRASSES OF POSTER INKLI298 77 SUBFAMILY PANICOIDEAE FROM CENTRAL PARTS OF KERALA M.JITHESH, DISTRIBUTION OF THE RIBBON FISH, TRICHIURUS LEPTURUS(LINN.) IN CHALIYAR RIVER, POSTER INKLI324 78 KERALA STATE, INDIA SHIJITH P P AN ACCOUNT ON THE FERNS AND LYCOPHYTES OF PAITHALMALA HILL, DISTRICT IN POSTER INKLI376 79 KERALA VIBIJA C P STUDIES ON THE DIVERSITY AND RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF SPIDER MITES POSTER INKLI401 80 (ACARI:TETRANYCHIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH BAMBOOS 81 INKLI417 J. PATRICK DAVID AVIFAUNA OF PERIYAR EAST DIVISION, PERIYAR TIGER RESERVE POSTER 82 INKLI419 G ASHA DIEL ACTIVITY OF DUNG BEETLES IN TWO DIFFERENT VILLAGE HABITATS POSTER RAJESH TP COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ANT COMMUNITY OF SACRED GROVES OF TWO ALTITUDES IN THE POSTER INKLI422 83 WESTERN GHATS NAVEEN KUMAR VV FLORISTIC DIVERSITY IN POOYYAMKUTTY FOREST OF KERALA, SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS POSTER 84 INKLI432 85 INKLI443 BOSCO LAWARENCE LEAF MICROMORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN OSBECKIA SPECIES IN KERALA POSTER DR. RAJENDRAPRASAD REGENERATION AND RECRUITMENT STUDY OF THE MYRISTICA FATUA VAR. MAGNIFICA- POSTER INKLI445 86 COMMUNITY ANALYSIS SAFEER MOHAMMED PP DIVERSITY AND PHYTOPHAGOUS - PREDATORY RELATIONSHIP OF MITES ASSOCIATED WITH POSTER INKLI457 87 PAPAYA PLANT (CARICA PAPAYA L., 1753) 88 INKLI458 M.RAMESH BABU SMALL CARNIVORES OF PERIYAR TIGER RESERVE, SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS, INDIA POSTER ARUN, A. FAUNAL COMPOSITION OF ORIBATID MITES (ACARI:ORIBATIDA) ASSOCIATED WITH ACACIA POSTER INKLI459 89 LITTER RAMYARAJAN MOTH ASSEMBLAGES OF HIGHLY FRAGILE ECOSYSTEM -SHOLA FORESTS OF KERALA, INDIA POSTER 90 INKLI462 K. MANOJ ROVE BEETLES (STAPHYLINIDAE): AN IMPORTANT INDICATOR TAXA OF ECOSYSTEM HEALTH POSTER 91 INKLI473 92 INKLI483 BANAZAIR O.A BIO-MAPPING OF NEYYAR RIVER USING BENTHIC -MACROINVERTEBRATES POSTER BINOY T THOMAS*, BHAGYA M DIVERSITY OF EPIPHYLLOUS ALGAE FROM PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, KERALA POSTER INKLI541 93 V & THOMAS VP PREETHA KARNAVER PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE BIODIVERSITY OF EARTHWORM IN KARICODE POSTER INKLI553 94 LOCALITY(KOLLAM) KIRANRAJ, M. S. PERSPECTIVES ON PENINSULAR INDIAN GRASS FLORA AND ‘GRASS-GEOGRAPHY’ OF THE POSTER INKLI561 95 WORLD V. P. THOMAS1*, M. SABU2 , TAXONOMY, DISTRIBUTION AND CONSERVATION OF FOUR ENDEMIC SPECIES AMOMUM ROXB. POSTER INKLI571 BINOY T. THOMAS1 & JUDIN (ZINGIBERACEAE) IN WESTERN GHATS, INDIA 96 JOSE1 TOMSON MANI MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF BACTERIAL ENDOPHYTES OF RHIZOPHORA MUCRONATA POSTER INKLI59 97 LAM. FROM MANGROVE WETLAND OF MALABAR 98 INKLI99 NITHIN DIVAKAR DIVERSITY OF CHIROPTERANS IN WAYANAD WILDLIFE SANCTUARY POSTER 99 INMHI339 DR. KALPANA PAI EUTARDIGRADE FAUNA OF WESTERN GHATS OF POSTER NITEEN V. PHIRKE CHARACTERISATION, TAXONOMIC STUDY AND BIODIVERSITY OF METHANOGENS FROM POSTER INMHI48 100 BLACK COTTON SOILS OF VARHAD REGION DR. K.B.MUTHAMIZH SELVAN THE STUDY OF MAMMAL ASSEMBLAGES IN THE TROPICAL DRY EVERGREEN FORESTS OF THE POSTER INMLI494 101 COROMADEL COAST OF PENINSULAR INDIA. 102 INMPI540 TAPAS RAY IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON PLANT PHENOLOGY: A REVIEW POSTER RAKESH PAUL#, SHILPA PATRO A PILOT STUDY ON FLORAL DIVERSITY OF EASTERN GHATS: A CASE STUDY FROM KORAPUT POSTER INORG531 AND KAKOLI BANERJEE* DISTRCT OF ODISHA 103 TUHINANSU KAR AVIFAUNAL DIVERSITY OF A RURAL LANDSCAPE AND PEOPLE’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS AVIAN POSTER INORI188 104 CONSERVATION: A CASE STUDY FROM EASTERN ODISHA, INDIA 105 INORI409 DIPTI RAUT BRACHYURAN CRABS OF DEVI ESTUARY, ASTARANG, ODISHA, EAST COAST OF INDIA POSTER SWETASHREE PUROHIT THE AVIAN DIVERSITY OF KORAPUT, ODISHA WITH REFERENCE TO RELICT SPECIES IN THE POSTER INORI514 106 EASTERN GHATS SURAJ RANJAN PRASANJIT A CHECKLIST OF WATERFOWLS OF ATHGARH FOREST DIVISION: AN INSIGHT INTO BIRDS POSTER INORI519 107 ALONG RIVER MAHANADI PTV LAKSHMI PHYLOGENETIC RECONSTRUCTION USING DNA BARCODES TO UNDERSTAND THE POSTER INPYI184 108 DIVERSIFICATION AMONG MEMBERS OF THE FABACEAE 109 INPYI215 S. JAYAKUMAR STUDY ON THE TREE DIVERSITY OF THE PALA WETLAND RESERVE FOREST, MIZORAM POSTER THANDAVAMOORTHY PLANT BIODIVERSITY OF FOUR SACRED GROVES IN PUDUKOTTAI DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU, POSTER INPYI360 110 INDIA 111 INPYI565 VICTOR MUKHERJEE KALIVELI – EFFECT OF ENCROACHMENT ON ROOSTING SITE OF BIRDS POSTER SAMJETSABAM BHARATI DEVI TREE DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY CHARACTERICTICS IN DIFFERENT FOREST TYPES OF POSTER INPYI570 112 DARJEELING DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL, EASTERN HIMALAYA, INDIA ANBARASHAN FLORAL DIVERSITY, THREATS AND CONSERVATION STATUS OF OUSTERI WETLAND, POSTER INPYI63 113 PUDUCHERRY, INDIA GARIMA BISSA ASSESSMENT OF NODULATION ABILITY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROSYMBIONTS FROM POSTER INRJI168 THREE EXOTIC SPECIES OF PROSOPIS GROWN IN SOILS FROM DIFFERENT CLIMATIC REGIONS 114 OF INDIA BHAWANA CHOUHAN EXPLORATION, ISOLATION AND PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF ROOT NODULE POSTER INRJI174 BACTERIA (RNB) ASSOCIATED WITH LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA (LAMK) FROM ARID AND SEMI- 115 ARID REGIONS OF INDIA NISHA TAK MICROSYMBIONT DIVERSITY ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIES OF TEPHROSIA IN INDIAN THAR POSTER INRJI65 116 DESERT KUMMARI SWAMY HABITAT PREFERENCE AND BIOTIC PRESSURE OF FOUR HORNED ANTELOPE IN POSTER INTGI373 117 SATHYAMANGALAM WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, TAMIL NADU, SOUTHERN INDIA 118 INTGI455 UDDARAJU CHAITANYA AGRO MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF RICE GERMPLASM POSTER SURENDER. G STUDIES ON THE DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE OF BUTTERFLY FAUNA IN SHEREPALLI- A POSTER INTGI503 PROPOSED SITE FOR URANIUM MINING PROJECT AT NALGONDA DISTRICT, TELANGANA 119 SOUTHERN INDIA B. LAXMI NARAYANA HERPETOFAUNA OF PEDDAGATTU: A PROPOSED SITE FOR URANIUM IN NALGONDA DISTRICT POSTER INTGI533 120 OF TELANGANA STATE, INDIA S.VENNILA ASSESSMENT OF MICROBIAL DIVERSITY IN THE BAMBUSA BAMBOS (L.) RHIZOSPHERE SOIL POSTER 121 INTNG279 KUPPUSAMY CHENNIAPPAN MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF POPULATION DIVERSITY OF BEMISIA TABACI POSTER INTNI116 122 (GENNADIUS) HEMIPTERA: ALEYROIDAE) USING POLYMORPHIC DNA MARKERS RAMASUBBU, R. PHENOLOGY AND FLORAL BIOLOGY OF HOPEA PONGA (DENNST.) MABBERLEY AN ENDEMIC POSTER INTNI137 123 AND ENDANGERED TREE OF WESTERN GHATS. 124 INTNI151 S.VISHNU KUMAR WETLAND FLORA OF COONOOR, THE NILGIRIS, TAMIL NADU POSTER ABDUL KAFFOOR, H. CHANGES IN SPECIES COMPOSITION AND ECOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES OF PLANT SPECIES IN THE POSTER INTNI152 BRACHIARIA RAMOSA (STAPF.) DOMINATED GRASSLAND AS INFLUENCED BY DISTURBANCE 125 126 INTNI162 RAJASEKAR. C SNAKE DIVERSITY OF BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY POSTER KARTHICK. S FISH SPECIES BIODIVERSITY OF KADAMBA TANK, TAMIRAPARANI RIVER SYSTEM, POSTER INTNI197 127 THOOTHUKUDI DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU, INDIA. SAMYDURAI P BIODIVERSITY OF THREATENED ANGIOSPERM PLANT SPECIES FROM NILGIRIS BIOSPHERE POSTER INTNI211 128 RESERVE, WESTERN GHATS OF TAMILNADU, INDIA T NIRMAL MORPHOLOGICAL DISCRIMINATION OF HERMIT CRABS OCCURRING ALONG MAHARASHTRA, POSTER INTNI23 129 INDIA DR.P.RAJENDRAN SEASONAL VARIATION IN AVIAN BIODIVERSITY AT SOTHUPARAI DAM OF AGAMALAI HILLS, POSTER INTNI363 130 WESTERN GHATS, TAMIL NADU A.BALASUBRAMANIAN FLORAL DIVERSITY IN JAKKANARI SLOPE OF COIMBATORE FOREST DIVISION, TAMIL NADU POSTER 131 INTNI369 S.SANTHOSHKUMAR EXPLORATION OF WILD EDIBLE MACROFUNGAL DIVERSITY IN NILGIRIS DISTRICT WESTERN POSTER INTNI377 132 GHATS OF SOUTHERN INDIA P. BHUVANESH ASSESSMENT OF BIRD DIVERSITY IN LONGWOOD SHOLA OF KOTHAGIRI RANGE, TAMIL NADU, POSTER INTNI403 133 INDIA P.BHUVANESH BUTTERFLY DIVERSITY IN JAKKANARI RESERVE FOREST OF KOTHAGIRI FOOTHILLS, TAMIL POSTER INTNI403 134 NADU, INDIA P. BHUVANESH MOTHS DIVERSITY OF JAKKANARI RESERVE FOREST OF KOTHAGIRI FOOTHILLS, TAMIL NADU, POSTER INTNI403 135 INDIA 136 INTNI446 CHANDRASEKARAN.S STATUS OF CRITICALLY ENDANGERED GYPS VULTURES IN MOYAR VALLEY POSTER K.RANJITH HERPETO FAUNAL DIVERSITY INJAKKANARI RESERVE FOREST OF KOTHAGIRI FOOTHILLS, POSTER INTNI465 137 TAMIL NADU, INDIA A.RAVIPERUMAL TREE DIVERSITY IN JAKKANARI RESERVE FOREST OF KOTHAGIRI FOOTHILLS, TAMIL NADU, POSTER INTNI465 138 INDIA S. RAMESH EFFECT OF ECO FRIENDLY AGRONOMIC PRACTICES ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF RICE FALLOW POSTER INTNI505 139 BLACK GRAM [VIGNA MUNGO ] VIVEKRAJ. P ECOLOGY, DISTRIBUTION AND POPULATION STATUS OF CULLENIA EXARILLATA ROBYNS. POSTER INTNI513 (BOMBACACEAE), A KEYSTONE TREE SPECIES FROM MID-ELEVATION EVERGREEN FORESTS OF 140 THE WESTERN GHATS, TAMILNADU, INDIA. PITCHAI SRIDHAR A NEW AND UNUSUAL SPECIES OF ITAJAHYA GALERICULATA FROM EASTERN GHATS, POSTER INTNI520 141 TAMILNADU RAVEEN R DIVERSITY OF SNAKES AT THE MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE CAMPUS, CHENNAI, TAMIL POSTER INTNI521 142 NADU, INDIA 143 INTNI524 SAMUEL T VANISHING FOOTPATHS OF SNOW LEOPARDS POSTER 144 INTNI528 RAVEEN R CONSERVATION OF KASHMIR RED STAG POSTER 145 INTNI529 RAVEEN R CONSERVATION AND DIVERSITY OF DOLPHINS POSTER RADHAKRISHNAN.S ASSESSMENT OF FLORAL DIVERSITY IN HASANUR RANGE OF SATHYAMANGALAM TIGER POSTER INTNI530 146 RESERVE, TAMILNADU 147 INTNI62 CHANDRAMOULI SR AMPHIBIAN DIVERSITY OF THE NICOBAR ARCHIPELAGO, BAY OF BENGAL POSTER RAMASUBBU RAJU POPULATION DISTRIBUTION AND FLORAL BIOLOGY OF TRICHOPUS ZEYLANICUS SSP POSTER INTNI87 148 TRAVANCORICUS BURKILL EX K. NARAYANAN (DIOSCOREACEAE) DEEPMALA GUPTA PRELIMINARY IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF EXOTIC ICHTHYOSPECIES ON AQUACULTURE AND POSTER INUPI366 149 ORNAMENTAL FISH INDUSTRY; A STUDY OF LUCKNOW DISTRICT SONIKA KUSHWAHA AVIFAUNA ASSOCIATED WITH PALASH (BUTEA MONOSPERMA), THE STATE FLOWER OF UTTAR POSTER INUPI391 150 PRADESH, INDIA AMIT K TRIPATHI THE OCCURRENCE OF SOME UNIQUE PLANT SPECIES IN FLORISTIC DIVERSITY OF CHITHARA POSTER INUPI423 151 VILLAGE PANCHAYAT, GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR, UTTAR PRADESH A. K. MISHRA CHANGES IN FOREST COMPOSITION AT DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS IN HIGH MOUNTAIN FOREST IN POSTER INUPI568 152 GARHWAL HIMALAYA 1 DR. DEBJANI DAS (GHOSH) STUDIES ON BIO-MONITORING OF SOIL QUALITY WITH ANTS AS INDICATOR IN GORUMARA POSTER INWBI440 153 FOREST REGION P.S.KASTE NEW SPECIES OF DENDRYPHIOPSIS AND SPORIDESMIUM FROM VIDARBHA (MAHARASHTRA) POSTER 154 NAGESWARA RAO A BIO-DIVERSITY OF TERMITES IN OSMANIA UNIVERSITY CAMPUS POSTER 155 HYDERABAD, TELANGANA PREMALATHA K FLORISTIC DIVERSITY OF WOODY SPECIES IN GUNDA FOREST BELLARY DISTRICT, POSTER 156 KARNATAKA 157 INTNG583 RAJAN ARCHANA BARCODING OF NILGIRI LAUGHING THRUSH POSTER A. MUHSINA THUNNISA DIVERSITY AND DEPENDENCE OF MICRO-ARTHROPODS IN MONOTYPIC POSTER INTNG583 158 BRYOPHYTE MICROHABITAT KUNJA BIHARI SATAPATHY FLORAL DIVERSITY AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF TREE DIVERSITY OF NORTHERN POSTER 159 TROPICAL SEMI-EVERGREEN FORESTS IN DHENKANAL DISTRICT OF ODISHA, INDIA KUNJA BIHARI SATAPATHY BRYOFLORAL DIVERSITY OF PANCHADHARA HILL RANGE OF ANGUL DISTRICT IN ODISHA, POSTER 160 INDIA 161 KUNJA BIHARI SATAPATHY MUSHROOM DIVERSITY OF SUNDERGARH DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF ODISHA, INDIA POSTER 2.MARINE BIODIVERSITY K.A., JAYARAJ DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF BRYOZOANS IN THE INTERTIDAL ZONE OF SOUTH ORAL INANI205 162 ANDAMAN ISLAND WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS EPIZOISM ON MOLLUSCS VENU S. COLONIZATION OF MARINE COMMUNITIES ON THE ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATES INSTALLED IN ORAL INANI25 163 THE INTERTIDAL REEF IN THE COAST OF SOUTH ANDAMAN S. VENU FISH DIVERSITY AND THE INFLUENCE OF PHYISCO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS IN BEODANABAD ORAL INANI25 164 MANGROVE REGION OF SOUTH ANDAMAN VENU S. SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS OF ACANTHURID FISHES FROM TWO REEFS OF SOUTH ORAL INANI25 165 ANDAMAN VIRAL C. BAJANIYA DOCUMENTATION AND SEASONAL AVAILABILITY OF COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT SHELLFISH ORAL INGJI94 166 SPECIES AT FISHING LANDING CENTER, VERAVAL, T V RAMACHANDRA BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND BIOFUEL PROSPECTS OF SEAWEED, WEST COAST, ORAL INKAI354 167 INDIA 168 INKAI365 DR.K.BHASKER SHENOY INTERTIDAL MOLLUSCAN DIVERSITY OF COAST ORAL 169 INKLI170 PRAMILA S. OCEAN PLASTICS –INCREASING RISKS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS ORAL Z ENZYMES OF PHENYLPROPANOID METABOLISM IN SELECTED SEAWEEDS AND THEIR POSSIBLE ORAL INKLI331 170 ROLE. PREETHA KARNAVER ANALYSIS OF MOLLUSCAN DIVERSITY IN TRAWL BYCATCH: A CASE STUDY FROM KERALA ORAL INKLI358 171 COAST, INDIA 172 INKLI399 SOUMYA E DIVERSITY OF PLANKTONSIN RIVER,MALAPPURAM,KERALA ORAL 173 INKLI543 SUDHA KAPPALLI A REPORT ON PARASITIC COPEPOD DIVERSITY FROM THE ORAL ARCHANA SNEHASINI TURUK ESTIMATION OF BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF SEAWEEDS INHABITING VISAKHAPATNAM ORAL INORG531 AND KAKOLI BANERJEE COAST OF ANDHRA PRADESH AS SOURCE OF ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOOD AND SUSTAINABLE 174 DEVELOPMENT N. JEYARAJ, C. RAJTHILAK, P. DISTRIBUTION, ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY OF PHYTOPLANKTON IN THE COASTAL WATERS ORAL INTNI128 SANTHANAM AND S. OF PALK BAY AND GULF OF MANNAR, SOUTHEAST COAST OF INDIA 175 RAVIKUMAR P. SANTHANAM ECOLOGICAL STUDY OF PHYTOPLANKTON FROM CHINNAMUTTOM FISHING HARBOUR, ORAL INTNI148 176 SOUTHEAST COAST OF INDIA JEEVA, S. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF SEAWEEDS IN THE MANAVALAKURICHI COASTAL WATER ORAL INTNI226 177 SOUTHWEST COAST OF INDIA L. RANJITH RADIOGRAPHIC STUDIES ON THE OBSERVTION OF FEW DEFORMED RAYS (CHONDRICHTHYES) ORAL INTNI273 178 FROM TAMIL NADU, SOUTHEAST COAST OF INDIA T. KAVIARASAN POPULATION ECOLOGY OF MACROFAUNA IN TIDAL MARSH FROM SOUTH ANDAMAN ISLAND ORAL 179 INTNI400 P. SANTHANAM PLANKTONIC AND BENTHIC DIVERSITY IN MANMADE MAJOR SALTPANS ALONG THE TAMIL ORAL INTNI436 180 NADU, SOUTHEAST COAST OF INDIA 181 INUPI123 M. AFZAL KHAN UTILIZATION OF HARD STRUCTURES FOR AGE AND GROWTH STUDIES IN FISHES ORAL SANJEEVA NAYAKA DOCUMENTING LICHEN DIVERSITY IN MARINE NATIONAL PARK AND SANCTUARY, GULF OF ORAL INUPI308 182 KUTCH, GUJARAT SURAJIT HAZRA GEO-SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF HORSE FLIES (INSECTA: DIPTERA: TABANIDAE) BASED ON ORAL INWBI341 SEASONAL VARIATION ACROSS THE MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM: A CASE STUDY FROM 183 SUNDARBAN BIOSPHERE RESERVE, WEST BENGAL SUSAN ABRAHAM RESOURCE APPROPRIATION AND SURVIVAL STRATEGIES: ORAL 184 A STUDY OF AN ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM IN KERALA C. VISWANATHAN GASTROPODS OF THE GUJARAT COAST, INDIA: AN UPDATED SPECIES CHECKLIST WITH TWO ORAL 185 NEW RECORDS VIKAS PANDEY SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION IN THE DIVERSITY, DISTRIBUTION AND ASSEMBLAGE POSTER INANI165 PATTERN OF INTERTIDAL GASTROPODS ALONG SOUTH ANDAMAN COAST, INDIA 186 PRASATH SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION OF THE FREE-LIVING MARINE NEMATODE IN MANGROVE POSTER INANI456 187 ECOSYSTEM, ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS. 188 INANI88 SUDHANSHU DIXIT POLYCLADS: MESMERIZING YET NEGLECTED POSTER B DEVADATHA BIODIVERSITY OF HIGHER MARINE FUNGI FROM THENGAITHITTU AND VEERAMPATTINAM POSTER INAPI299 189 MANGROVES OF PUDUCHERRY, EAST COAST OF INDIA GIRIDHAR MALLA ECOLOGICAL STATUS OF MANGROVES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED SPECIES IN THE CORINGA POSTER INAPI544 190 WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, ANDHRA PRADESH KAURESH D. VACHHRAJANI ON TAXONOMIC STATUS OF FAMILY ALPHEIDAE RAFINESQUE, 1815 (DECAPODA: CRUSTACEA) POSTER INGJI404 191 FROM GUJARAT STATE, INDIA 192 INGJI410 SNEHA HIRANI ASSESSMENT OF FISHERIES AND FISH DIVERSITY ALOMG KACHCHH COAST,GUJARAT POSTER 193 INKLI359 BINSHA. R HERMIT CRABS(CRUSTACEA:ANOMURA) OF LAKSHADWEEP COAST POSTER R.SARAVANAN DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF CARDINAL FISHES IN INDIAN COASTAL WATERS WITH AN POSTER INTNI430 OCCURRENCE REPORT OF SPOT FIN CARDINAL FISH APOGON QUEKETTI FROM CENTRAL 194 SOUTH WEST COAST OF INDIA 195 INTNI430 R.SARAVANAN SEA URCHIN DIVERSITY AND ITS RESOURCES FROM THE GULF OF MANNAR POSTER S.ABUTHAGIR IBURAHIM OCCURRENCE OF VENOMOUS AQUATIC ORGANISMS AS BYCATCH AND THEIR SUGGESTED POSTER INTNI439 MANAGEMENT MEASURES IN DOLNETS OPERATED IN SELECTED CREEKS OF MAHARASHTRA 196 K. KARUPPASAMY MARINE ORNAMENTAL FISH DIVERSITY AND THEIR CONSERVATION ALONG WADGE BANK, POSTER INTNI549 197 SOUTH INDIA RAVEEN R SEA FAN (ECHINOGORGIA RETICULATA) AND ITS ASSOCIATED WINGED OYSTER (PTERIA POSTER INTNI554 198 TORTIROSTRIS) 199 INUPI384 ABHISHEK KUMAR CORAL REEF / IMPORTANCE AND ITS CONSERVATION POSTER SHANKHADEEP CHAKRABORTY BIOACCUMULATION OF HEAVY METALS BY DOMINANT OYSTER IN INDIAN SUNDARBANS POSTER 200 201 INKAI588 TENJING, Y.S INTERTIDAL BIODIVERSITY OF KARNATAKA, SOUTH WEST COAST OF INDIA POSTER ASHOK KUMAR BOLLAPALLI MANGROOVES EXPLOITATION AND ITS EFFECTS ON BIODIVERSITY AT CHIPPALERU ESTUARY, POSTER 202 LAKSHMIPURAM, KAVALI, SPSR NELLORE DT. 203 M. GOPI STATUS OF CORAL PATCHES ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST OF TAMILNADU, INDIA POSTER J. JOYSON JOE JEEVAMANI SCLERACTINIAN CORALS (CNIDARIA: SCLERACTINIA) OF GUJARAT COAST: AN UPDATED POSTER 204 CHECKLIST WITH SEVEN NEW ADDITIONS ROBIN R.S INTENSE DIATOM BLOOM (COSCINODISCUS OCULUS-IRIDIS EHRENBERG, 1840) FROM POSTER 205 AMBARIVER, WEST COAST OF INDIA 206 R.D.ROCKTIM CORAL DISEASES INTHE LAGOONS OF UNINHABITED ISLANDS OF LAKSHADWEEP POSTER V. DEEPAK SAMUEL FIRST REPORT OF THREE TOXOGLOSSAN RAPHITOMIDS UNDER GENUS POSTER PSEUDODAPHNELLA(NEOGASTROPODA: CONOIDEA: RAPHITOMIDAE)) FROM THE INDIAN 207 WATERS DURGA PRASAD BEHERA OCCURRENCE OF SARGASSUM FISH HISTRIO HISTRIO (LINNAEUS, 1758) ALONG THE SEAWEED POSTER 208 FARMS OF MANDAPAM, TAMIL NADU 3.BIODIVERSITY OF PUDUCHERRY MRS. NAVYA REGHU UNDERSTANDING PLANT- POLLEN DIVERSITY IN THE COROMANDEL COAST OF SOUTH INDIA ORAL 209 INKLI435 SAVITHA VEERARAGAVAN; D. IMPACT OF INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES ON SOIL ENZYME ACTIVITIES IN PONDICHERRY ORAL INPYI142 RAMAMOORTHY; UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, PUDUCHERRY, INDIA 210 SUDHAKARAN. M D.ARAVINDARAJA AN INVESTIGATORY STUDY ON MARINE BIODIVERSITY IN WATER BODIES OF PUDUCHERRY ORAL 211 INPYI305 D.ARAVINDARAJA MINI WORLDS – A SCIENTIFIC STRATEGY TO EXPLORE THE BIODIVERSITY OF PUDUCHERRY ORAL 212 INPYI305 CHERYL D. NATH A GARDEN IN THE CONCRETE JUNGLE: TREE DIVERSITY AND HERITAGE CONSERVATION AT ORAL INPYI361 213 THE BOTANICAL GARDEN, PONDICHERRY 214 INPYI463 K.SAMBANDAN FLORA OF KARAIKAL DISTRICT, U.T. OF PUDUCHERRY: AN ANALYSIS ORAL R. TAMILSELVAN DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE OF COCCINELLIDS AND ODONATES IN KARAIKAL, PUDUCHERRY ORAL 215 INTNI491 ALEXANDAR AN ASSESSMENT OF VARIOUS THREATS TO BIRD POPULATIONS IN OUSTERI LAKE, POSTER INPYI63 216 PUDUCHERRY, INDIA 4.AGRO- BIODIVERSITY AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION

217 INCTI191 AJAY PRAKASH AGRAWAL HORSEGRAM DIVERSITY IN CHHATTISGARH ORAL UMA RAO MOLECULAR GENETIC VARIATION AMONG THE INDIAN POPULATIONS OF PIGEON PEA ORAL INDLI371 218 SPOTTED POD BORER, MARUCA VITRATA SAPNA A. NARULA SUSTAINABLE ECORESTORATION AND LIVELIHOOD FRAMEWORK IN OPEN CAST LAND MINING ORAL INDLI405 219 AREAS: A CASE STUDY FROM DHANBAD 220 INI55 SELVAKUMAR R ROLE OF ADVANCED BREEDING IN CARROT CONSERVATION ORAL CHANDRESHWAR PRASAD ALLELOPATHY : ITS ROLE ON SURVIVAL, GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION OF SOME CULTIVATED ORAL INJHI130 221 CROPS DR. C. BABOU AGRO-BIODIVERSITY OPTIONS FOR INDIAN COFFEE PLANTATIONS - A SUSTAINABLE ORAL INKAI195 222 APPROACH FOR FOOD, NUTRITIONAL AND INCOME SECURITY. SABITHA THOMAS DIVERSITY OF SOIL ARTHROPODS IN A COFFEE AGROECOSYSTEM IN RELATION TO THE ORAL INKAI398 NATURAL FOREST IN THE AGRO-FORESTRY ZONE OF THE WESTERN GHATS REGION OF 223 WAYANAD, S. INDIA SYAMA S MENON DROUGHT STRESS MITIGATION IN VEGETABLE COWPEA BY PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS ORAL 224 INKLI110 KAVITHA C H DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME RESPONSES OF DICRANOPTERIS ORAL INKLI251 LINEARIS (BURM.F.)UNDERW SUBJECTED TO DESICCATION AND REHYDRATION STRESS 225 226 INKLI287 V. PRAJITHA AMARANTHUS BLITUM L. – AN UNDERUTILIZED LEAFY VEGETABLE CROP ORAL DR.K.MURUGAN MORPHOMETRIC AND GENETIC POLYMORPHISM OF DOLICHOS BIFLORUS LINN. ORAL INKLI294 227 MORPHOFORMS : A SEARCH GREESHMA MURUKAN IN-VITRO CULTURE AND ANTHOCYANIN SYNTHESIS FROM TECTONA GRANDIS L.F., AND ITS ORAL INKLI332 228 ANTIMUTAGENIC EFFECT IN SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM FAMINA C.C. A SUVEY OF PLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES IN THE BANANA PRODUCING AREAS OF ORAL INKLI334 229 TIRURANGADI BLOCK, MALAPPURAM DT, KERALA. NADIRSHA P.S. NAWAB ALLELOPATHIC EFFECTS OF AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF LANTANA CAMARA L. ON SEED ORAL INLDI135 230 GERMINATION OF BLACKGRAM VIGNA MUNGO L. 231 INMHI114 SANJAY G. AUTI PHENOTYPIC DIVERSITY OF FINGER MILLET LANDRACES ORAL VITTHAL KAUTHALE DIVERSITY OF WILD EDIBLE PLANTS IN DHADGAON BLOCK OF NANDURBAR DISTRICT IN ORAL INMHI132 232 NORTH MAHARASHTRA SANJAY PATIL MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE ORAL INMHI132 ASSOCIATED WITH RICE (ORIZA SATIVA) LANDRACES IN TRIBAL BLOCKS OF THANE AND 233 PLAGHAR DISTRICT OF MAHARASHTRA VITTHAL KAUTHALE NUTRITIONAL EVALUATION OF SELECTED FODDER SPECIES FROM WARDHA DISTRICT OF ORAL INMHI132 234 MAHARASHTRA DEBABRATA PANDA CHARACTERIZATION OF POPULAR RICE LANDRACES OF KORAPUT, INDIA FOR SUBMERGENCE ORAL INORG476 TOLERANCE: TO ADDRESS FOOD SECURITY IN THE ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE 235 SANDEEP KUMAR PANDA NUTRITION FROM THE WILD: QUALITY ENHANCEMENT OF PRICKLY PEARS (OPUNTIA SP.) JUICE ORAL INORI535 THROUGH PROBIOTIC FERMENTATION USING LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM - ATCC 9338 236 V. VENGADESSAN ASSESSING GENETIC DIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL AND IMPROVED RICE CULTIVARS USING ORAL INPYI315 237 MORPHOLOGICAL AND SSR MARKER CHARACTERIZATION R. KAMALRAJ IMPACTS OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS AND DIFFERENT ORGANIC AMENDMENTS ON THE ORAL INPYI407 238 NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF OKRA (ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS) 239 INTGI487 SUBBA RAO LV EVALUATION OF RICE GENOTYPES FOR TOLERANCE TO HEAT STRESS ORAL A.VIJAYAPRABHAKAR STRIP INTERCROPPING IS A WAY FOR CROP DIVERSIFICATION AND SUSTAINABILITY IN ORAL INTNI198 240 RAINFED ECOSYSTEM SUJA GEORGE UNDERSTANDING MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE IN HORSE GRAM ORAL INTNI310 (MACROTYLOMA UNIFLORUM ) FOR IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY UNDER STRESS CONDITIONS 241 VIKAS, V.K EMMER WHEAT (TRITICUM DICOCCUM L.): "AN OLD/UNDERUTILIZED CROP, EMERGING AS ORAL INTNI89 242 FUNCTIONAL FOOD FOR THE DIABETICS" RAJASEKARAN.R AGRO-BIODIVERSITY AND SPECIES DIVERSITY AMONG TRIBAL HOMESTEADS IN THE NILGIRIS ORAL 243 DISTRICTS OF TAMIL NADU SIVAGAMA SUNDARI U EFFECT OF BACTERIAL ENDOPHYTES ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF BRINJAL VAR. ANNAMALAI ORAL INPYI221 244 IN FIELD 245 INCTI181 DEEPTI PATEL DIVEESITY OF FLOWERING ANNUALS FOR GARDENING POSTER 246 INI55 SELVAKUMAR R ROLE OF GENETICS IN CARROT DIVERSITY POSTER 247 INKAI480 KRISHNAPPA M DIVERSITY OF ALTERNARIA RICINI IN CASTOR BEANS IN KARNATAKA, INDIA POSTER SYAMA S MENON SEED HARDENING AND MOISTURE CONSERVATION PRACTICES IN COWPEA TO MITIGATE POSTER INKLI110 248 WATER STRESS VAFA. A. LATHEEF COMPARATIVE EFFICACIES OF FUNGICIDES AND INSECTICIDES ALONG WITH BIOCONTROL ON POSTER INKLI318 249 GINGER (ZINGIBER OFFICINALE ROSC.) STORAGE ROT PATHOGENS ASHA KL PHENOLIC ACIDS IN MUSA CULTIVARS AND ITS ANTI-HERBIVORE DEFENSIVE AGAINST POSTER INKLI329 250 ODOIPOROUS LONGICOLLIS 251 INKLI352 ARCHANA C. R. BABY CORN AS A DUAL PURPOSE CROP IN SUMMER RICE FALLOWS OF KERALA POSTER SEEJA G GERMPLASM COLLECTION AND EVALUATION FOR LEAF CURL VIRUS RESISTANCE FOR POSTER INKLI382 252 GENETIC IMPROVEMENT IN CHILLI (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.) SARIGA P K SMALL SCALE FISHERIES IN CHALAKKUDY RIVER: AN OPTION FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION POSTER INKLI547 253 AMONG TRIBAL COMMUNITIES DR.SOBHA.T.R A COMPARATIVE ACCOUNT ON INCIDENCEOF VEGETABLE CROP PESTS IN A HOMEYARD AND POSTER INKLI548 AGRICULTURAL FARM OF KUTTIPPURAMPNCHAYATH, MALAPPURAM. KERALA 254 C S DHANYA CROP DIVERSITY, COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONAL VARIATIONS IN HOME GARDENS IN POSTER INKLI566 255 UPPAINAD PANCHAYATH OF WAYANAD DISTRICT, KERALA, INDIA 256 INKLI567 SHERIN GEORGE COFFEE AS AN INTERCROP IN MATURE RUBBER PLANTATION POSTER SANJAY PATIL MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF FINGER MILLET LANDRACES IN TRIBAL BLOCKS OF POSTER INMHI132 257 THANE AND PALGHAR DISTRICTS OF MAHARASHTRA VITTHAL KAUTHALE MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MAIZE DIVERSITY IN DHADGAON & POSTER INMHI132 258 AKKALKUVATRIBAL BLOCK OF NANDURBAR DISTRICT ,MAHARASHTRA DEBABRATA PANDA CHARACTERISATION OF INDIGENOUS RICE LANDRACES OF KORAPUT IN RELATION TO POSTER INORG476 DROUGHT TOLERANCE: POTENTIAL TO ADDRESS FUTURE FOOD SECURITY IN A CHANGING 259 CLIMATE DEBABRATA PANDA PROFILING OF SOME WILD EDIBLE DIOSCOREA SPECIES OF KORAPUT, INDIA: POTENTIAL TO POSTER INORG476 260 ADDRESS FUTURE FOOD SECURITY AISHWARYA KHAMARI A COMPARATIVE ACCOUNT ON GARDEN SOIL,PASTURE SOIL AND MOUND SOIL; SAMPLE POSTER INORI72 COLLLECTED FROM SAMBALPUR UNIVERSITY CAMPUS ODISHA AND SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON 261 MOUND SOIL , WHICH CAN USED FOR ARTIFICIAL CEMENTING PURPOSE. MUTHUKUMARAN ALUMINUM, AN ADVERSE IMPACT IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITIES, BIOACCUMULATION AND POSTER INPYI323 HISTOLOGY ON LEAF SENESCENCE: TOLERANCE AND PHYTOTOXIC ASSESSMENT IN RICE, 262 ORYZA SATIVA L. SHEEL SHARMA AN EXPLORATION ON GARDEN CRESS (LEPIDIUM SATIVUM L.), A NON-CONVENTIONAL POSTER INRJI408 263 FOODSTUFF OF PLANT ORIGIN, TO MITIGATE HUNGER AND ILL HEALTH S.VENKADESH IMPACT OF LENGTH OF GROWING PERIOD (LGP) USING GROUND DATA FOR THE SELECTED POSTER INTNI124 264 DISTRICTS OF TAMIL NADU S. MARIMUTHU, K. SIVAKUMAR ORGANIC FARMING ON AGROBIODIVERSITY: A NEW PARADIGM FOR A CHANGING WORLD POSTER INTNI485 AND K. MOHANKUMAR 265 A. JAFFER SADHIK SEED EXCHANGE AS AN AGROBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION SYSTEM FOR SUSTAINABLE POSTER INTNI507 266 AGRICULTURE 267 INTNI511 DR.M.SRINIVASAN DIVERSITY OF RHIZOSPHERIC ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGAI IN SUGARCANE POSTER HARIHARASUDHAN V ENDURE BIODIVERSITY THROUGH ORGANIC NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT IN CHILIES-COWPEA POSTER INTNI556 268 CROPPING SYSTEM 269 INKAI319 SUNITHA.N.D DIVERSITY OF PHYTOPHAGOUS INSECTS IN GRAPE ECOSYSYTEM POSTER 270 RUBY IMPACT OF FLY ASH ON GROWTH AND OIL YIELD ATTRIBUTES OF JAMROSA POSTER DEEPTI PATEL, EVALUATION OF MANGO CULTIVARS COLLECTED AT BILASPUR REGION OF POSTER 271 CHHATTISGARH PLAIN ZONE SHERLY WILLIAMS E IMPACT OF TEMETATURE ON THE REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL OF HYPSELOBARBU KURALI POSTER (MENON AND REMADEVI, 1995), KULATHUPUZHA REGION, KALLADA RIVER, KOLLAM DISTRICT. 272 5.ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT MANISHA ASHRAF HUMAN -RHINO INTERACTION IN THE FRINGES OF POBITORA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, ASSAM, ORAL INASI325 273 INDIA MUNEER AHMAD MAGRY PHYTOSOCIOLOGICAL STATUS IN RAJWAR RANGE OF LANGATE FOREST DIVISION, KASHMIR ORAL 274 INDLI389 275 INGAI113 GOVIND HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT : STRATEGIC MITIGATION ORAL AYYAPPAN, N., DYNAMICS OF TREE DIVERSITY IN UNDISTURBED EVERGREEN FOREST AT UPPANGALA, ORAL INI397 276 CENTRAL WESTERN GHATS KIRTI AVISHEK IMPLICATIONS OF PATCH SIZE & DISTURBANCE ON CARBON SEQUESTRATION POTENTIALS OF ORAL INJHI121 277 GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS 278 INKAG220 DR. K.KOTRESHA SACRED GROVES OF BELGAVI DISTRICT, KARNATAKA ORAL V V SIVAN POST MASTING NATURAL REGENERATION AND SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ORAL INKLG464 BAMBUSA BAMBOS (L.) VOSS IN CHETHALAYAM FOREST RANGE OF WAYANAD DISTRICT, 279 KERALA, INDIA DR. MAYA C NAIR DIVERSITY AND BIO-MONITORING OF ANGIOSPERM VEGETATION IN RIPARIAN SYSTEM ALONG ORAL INKLI145 280 THUPPANADU RIVER, KERALA, INDIA DR ALLAN THOMAS IMPLICATIONS OF DECLINING HOMEGARDEN ‘BIODIVERSITY THREATS’ TO CHALAKKUDY ORAL INKLI153 281 RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM DR ALLAN THOMAS ‘FUNCTIONING CONDITION’ OF THE RIPARIAN AGRO- ECOSYSTEM OF CHALAKKUDY RIVER ORAL 282 INKLI153 JYOTHI.P.V. SEASONAL VARIABILITY IN MACROPHYTE ASSEMBLAGE PATTERN IN A TROPICAL WETLAND, ORAL INKLI244 283 SOUTHERN INDIA DR. RAJENDRAPRASAD THE PHYTO - SOCIOLOGICAL ACCOUNTS AND ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF FRAGMENTED ORAL INKLI312 284 MYRISTICA SWAMPS OF THE WESTERN GHATS-KERALA STATE, INDIA. REKHA VASUDEVAN A REGIONAL BIO-MONITORING OF ANGIOSPERMS IN A SEMI EVERGREEN FOREST TRACT OF ORAL INKLI345 285 DHONI HILLS IN SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS, KERALA, INDIA 286 INKLI416 AMITHA R VALUATION OF WETLAND ECOSYSTEM: A STUDY ON LAKE ORAL M.RAMESH BABU AN ASSESSMENT OF THE POPULATION, DISTRIBUTION AND CONSERVATION ISSUES OF THE ORAL INKLI458 287 ASIAN ELEPHANT IN THE EASTERN GHATS AREAS OF KARNATAKA STATE, INDIA C.A JAYAPRAKAS DIVERSITY OF ENTOMOPATHOGENIC BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH RHABDITIS (OSCHEIUS) SP. ORAL 288 INKLI497 289 INKLI559 M RAJENDRAPRASAD A STUDY ON THE ADAPTIVE TRAITS OF LATERITIC PLANTS IN NORTHERN KERALA ORAL M. RAJKUMAR FOREST DIVERSION AND LIVELIHOOD ISSUES DUE TO LINEAR INFRASTRUCTURES IN ORAL INMPI172 290 CHHATTISGARH, INDIA. GOPAL RAJ KHEMUNDU# AND AN ASSESSMENT OF GRASS DIVERSITY AND NUTRITIVE COMPOUNDS IN FIVE SELECTED GRASS ORAL INORG531 291 KAKOLI BANERJEE* SPECIES OF KORAPUT DISTRICT OF ODISHA 292 INPYG222 UMAR NAZIR BHAT BIODIVERSITY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND PEOPLE: A SHARED LATTICE OF EXISTENCE ORAL S. JAYAKUMAR ASSESSMENT OF WATER AND SEDIMENT QUALITY OF KANWARJHEEL WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, ORAL INPYI140 293 BEGUSARAI, INDIA MUTHURAJ, K. COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND ROLE OF AM FUNGI IN PLANT COMMUNITY OF VELLIANGIRI ORAL INTNI247 294 HILLS, WESTERN GHATS OF COIMBATORE. DEVAKUMAR DINESH MADHUCA LONGIFOLIA -SYNTHESIZED SILVER NANOPARTICLES MAGNIFY PREDATION OF ORAL INTNI56 295 GAMBUSIA AFFINIS AGAINST THE DENGUE VECTOR AEDES AEGYPTI C.VEERAMANI MICROBIAL DIVERSITY OF RHIZOSPHERE SOIL OF TREE SEEDLINGS IRRIGATED WITH TREATED ORAL INTNI560 296 DOMESTIC SEWAGE WATER 297 INUPI506 YUVANA SATYA PRIYA CHIROPTERAN DIVERSITY OF UTTAR PRADESH ORAL H. S. A. YAHYA AVIAN ECOLOGICAL SERVICES FOR MAINTAINIG FOREST ECOSYSTEM WITH SPECIAL ORAL INUPI93 298 REFERENCE TO ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF BARBETS (MEGALAIMA SPP) G.C.S. NEGI BIODIVERSITY AND FOREST ECOSYSTEM SERVICES: SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION VALUE ORAL INUTI428 299 OF TWO FOREST TYPES OF WESTERN HIMALAYA RAJENDRA MOHAN PANDA INVASIVE COMPLEMENTARITY COULD BE ECOLOGICALLY VIABLE – A TEST USING TWO ORAL INWBI176 300 SPECIES OF CONTRASTING HABITS THROUGH SDMS RAJENDRA MOHAN PANDA IS TEMPERATURE SEASONALITY ALONG WITH PRECIPITATION OF THE DRIEST QUARTER ORAL INWBI176 301 DICTATING PLANT DISTRIBUTION PATTERN IN WESTERN HIMALAYA? SWAPNA MAHANAND DOES ARCHIPELAGOS CONTIGUITY AND INTERSPERSION MATTERS IN PLANT DISPERSAL? AN ORAL INWBI192 302 ANALYSIS IN INDIAN ARCHIPELAGOS EMON MUKHOPADHYAY EFFECT OF LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS: A CASE STUDY ON SPECIES RICHNESS OF THE GENUS ORAL INWBI291 CULICOIDES (INSECTA: DIPTERA: CERATOPOGONIDAE) IN TROPICAL PARTS OF THE INDIAN 303 SUBCONTINENT SANDHYA GEORGE AN ANTHROPOCENIC EXPLORATION: REVERBERATING MECHANICS OF THE CLIMATE - ORAL 304 ECONOMY FRAMEWORK JAYANT KUMAR MISHRA INTERTIDAL BIODIVERSITY, PROMISES AND STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT IN ORAL THE FACE OF 305 CLIMATE CHANGE THREAT DAYA SHANKAR SHARMA FAUNAL DIVERSITY OF RECLAIMED SODIC LAND OF KANPUR DEHAT IN UTTAR PRADESH ORAL 306 INUPI596 ADESH KUMAR HABITAT PREFERENCE AND SOCIAL SYMPHONY OF SARUS CRANES IN UNNAO DISTRICT, ORAL INUPI109 307 UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA BANSODE S A EFFECT OF SEASONAL VARIATIONS ON THE LIFE CYCLE OF A CALLIPHORID ORAL 308 FLYCHRYOSOMYAMEGACEPHALA(FABRICIUS, 1794). R. K. MISHRA EDGE EFFECTS ON PLANT DIVERSITY OF MOIST DECIDUOUS FOREST COVER OF SIMILIPAL ORAL 309 BIOSPHERE RESERVE, ODISHA, INDIA. BIJI ABRAHAM AN ECONOMIC VALUATION OF THE PAMPA RIVER SYSTEM USING THE CONTINGENT ORAL INKLI619 310 VALUATION METHOD CHINTHASAMMAIAH, P BIODIVERSITY OF SUCKING INSECT PESTS AND PREDATORS IN BT COTTON ECOSYSTEM ORAL 311 M. L. KHAN CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIODIVERSITY: IMPACTS, ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION IN EASTERN ORAL INMPI240 312 HIMALAYA, INDIA 313 SULTANA HAZARIKA STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF BIRD’S GUANO IN THE WETLAND ECOSYSTEM. ORAL BALASUBRAMANIAN A STUDIES ON BIODIVERSITY (FLORAL DIVERSITY) IN BOLAMPATTY RANGE OF COIMBATORE ORAL INTNI369 314 FOREST DIVISION, TAMIL NADU JAVID AHMAD DAR SOIL CO2 EFFLUX AMONG FOUR CONIFEROUS FOREST TYPES OF KASHMIR HIMALAYA, INDIA ORAL 315 INMPG362 KAILAS P. DANDGE GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY FOR MAPPING SPATIAL VARIATIONS OF DRINKING WATER ORAL INMHI577 316 QUALITY INDEX IN ERANDOL AREA OF JALGAON DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA STATE DR.M.SUJATHA EVALUATION OF TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION FOR CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY AND POSTER INAPI493 317 ECONOMICAL SUSTAINABILITY A. MADHUSUDHANA REDDY NOTES ON CALICIALES LICHENS OF RAYALASEEMA FORESTS OF ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA POSTER 318 INAPI546 SURESH K.K A PRELIMINARY STUDY ONTO THE BUTTERFLY DIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES OF POSTER INI327 319 SELECTED SACRED GROVES OF PANDALAM, KERALA R M ANANYA VASUDEV A STUDY ON HUMAN WILDLIFE CONFLICTS IN KUKKAWADA-UBRANI, ANTHARAGANGE AND POSTER INKAI418 320 BHADRA TIGER RESERVE ZONES NIVEDITHA M SIMULATION OF CARBON DYNAMICS OF TECTONA GRANDIS FOREST IN WESTERN GHATS OF POSTER INKAI500 321 KERALA, INDIA, USING CENTURY MODEL 322 INKLI420 SANGEETHA VARMA IMPORTANTS OF WEEDS IN SUSTAINING THE POLLINATORS POSTER SYAM KRISHNAN P G ECOTOURISM AS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION IN PERIYAR POSTER INKLI472 323 TIGER RESERVE SHIJU CHACKO ECO SYSTEM MANAGEMENT NEW AGE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES, THE CASE OF POSTER INKLI522 324 PERIYAR TIGER RESERVE. SHERINGEORGE BIODIVERSITY ENHANCEMENT IN RUBBER PLANTATIONS THROUGH CONSERVING WEEDS POSTER 325 INKLI567 JAVID AHMAD DAR EFFECT OF BIOLOGICAL INVASION ON FOREST BIODIVERSITY AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION: POSTER INMPG362 326 A REVIEW CHITRANGADA DEBSARMA# MANGROVE ASSOCIATE SPECIES AS POTENTIAL SOURCE OF NATURAL ASTAXANTHIN: A CASE POSTER INORG531 327 AND KAKOLI BANERJEE* STUDY FROM BAHUDA ESTUARY, ODISHA DR ZAREENA BEGUM IRFAN EVALUATION INDEX SYSTEM (EIS) FOR THE ECOLOGICAL- ECONOMIC- SOCIAL PERFORMANCES POSTER INTNG537 328 OF OUSTERI WETLAND ACROSS PUDUCHERRY AND TAMIL NADU V. SASIKALA SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATIONS OF MACRO BENTHIC POLYCHAETES IN THREE MAJOR POSTER INTNI551 329 ESTUARIES IN SOUTHEAST COAST OF INDIA 330 INUTI249 VIJAY VARDHAN PANDEY FUNGUS CONSERVATION: CONSERVING INTRICATE BIODIVERSITY LINK POSTER ALIVA PATNAIK SUBTOXIC EFFECT OF CHLOROPYRIPHOS (ORGANOPHOSPHATE) PESTICIDE ON GROWTH, POSTER INORI639 FEEDING AND RESPIRATION OF AN ANECIC EARTHWORM: LAMPITO MAURITTI. 331 SULTANA HAZARIKA CO-EXISTENCE AND MAINTENANCE OF SOME LOCAL AND EXOTIC ORNAMENTAL FISHES POSTER

332 OF DIBRUGARH DISTRICT, ASSAM HARI PRASATH C N CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION THROUGH AFFORESTATION IN DEGRADED/WASTELANDS POSTER 333 INTNI369 NAGESWARA RAO AMANCHI STUDIES ON THE STATUS, BREEDING HABIT, LINKING ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOUR AND POSTER CONSERVATION OF LONG BILLED VULTURE GYPS INDICUS IN THE STATE OF TELANGANA, 334 INDIA CHAVAN TUKARAM P THE STATUS OF SEDIMENT AND HEAVY METAL POLLUTION IN WAGHUR RIVER OF JALGAON IN POSTER 335 KHANDESH AREA OF MAHARASHTRA, INDIA 336 INTNG583 GEORGE NITTU TIGER OCCUPANCY IN PARSONS VALLEY RANGE OF THE UPPER NILGIRIS. POSTER AKHTARI KHATOON THE FUNGAL DIVERSITY ASSOCIATED WITH STORAGE DECAY OF ROOT, TUBER AND BULB POSTER 337 CROPS IN ODISHA, INDIA SMARANIKA NAYAK PTERIDOPHYTIC DIVERSITY OF PANCHADHARA HILL RANGE OF ANGUL DISTRICT IN ODISHA, POSTER 338 INDIA KUNJA BIHARI SATAPATHY DIVERSITY AND BIOMONITORING OF LICHENS IN SUNDERGARH FOREST DIVISION OF ODISHA, POSTER 339 INDIA P. RAGAVAN MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM IN INDIA-EXTENSIVELY STUDIED AND INADEQUATELY UNDERSTOOD POSTER 340 KARTHIK R ORNITHOCERCUSMAGNIFICUS STEIN, 1883 – A BLOOM FORMING MICROALGAENCOUNTERED POSTER 341 FROM THE WEST COAST OF INDIA DEEPIKA B IMPACT OF SHRINKING GREEN-SPACE ON ECOSYSTEM GOODS AND SERVICES IN COASTAL POSTER 342 KARNATAKA: A CASE STUDY OF MANGALORE CITY 343 KRISHNA PRIYA. P TRENDS IN BIODIVERSITY IN AGRICULTURE POSTER 6.LIVESTOCK BIODIVERSITY KUMAR MANISH DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSES OF NON-NATIVE AND ENDEMIC SPECIES TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN ORAL INDLI231 344 THE HIMALAYA MUHAMMED ASIF M. A STUDY ON THE ADOPTION OF MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AMONG THE DESI CATTLE BREED ORAL INKLI10 345 FARMERS IN KERALA. MUHAMMED ASIF M. STRATEGIES FOR CONSERVATION OF WAYANAD DWARF CATTLE OF KERALA: AN ORAL INKLI10 346 EXPLORATORY PILOT STUDY WITH DESI CATTLE FARMERS. SIDDHARTHA SAVALE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION MEASURES ADOPTED BY DAIRY FARMERS OF WAYANAD ORAL INKLI302 347 DISTRICT OF KERALA– AN OVERVIEW SAJAL KULKARNI STUDY ON MIGRATION PATTERN OF DANGI CATTLE OWNERS IN AKOLE BLOCK OF ORAL INMHI132 348 AHMEDNAGAR DISTRICT. GOKHALE S.B STUDIES ON FARM ANIMAL SKIN STRUCTURE DIVERSITY IN RELATION TO HEAT RESISTANCE ORAL 349 INMHI370 SUNIL D. KULKARNI GREEN HOUSE GAS (GHG) EMISSION IN TERMS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENTS (CO2E) ORAL INMHI46 350 FROM SIR PARASHURAMBHAU COLLEGE, PUNE: A CARBON FOOT PRINT STUDY 351 INMPI216 NIKHIL KANUNGO DIVERSITY OF FODDER GRASSES OF SEONI DISTRICT OF MADHYA PRADESH (INDIA) ORAL R. B. SHARMA, S. C. SHARMA IMPACT OF CLIMATIC CHANGE ON FLOWERING OF FODDER TREES OF SEMI-ARID REGIONS OF ORAL INRJI516 352 AND B. SHARMA RAJASTHAN DR. M. ANAND REDUCED SEAWATER PH AND HYPERCAPNIA A MEASURE OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AND ITS ORAL INTNI163 IMPACT ON MARINE MUSSELS (MODIOLUS PHILIPPINARUM) FROM THE GULF OF MANNAR 353 REGION INDIA R. LAKSHMI MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF VECHUR CATTLE BREED FOR DISEASE RESISTANCE ORAL 354 INTNI316 355 INTNI469 DR. CAROLIN ARUL CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON PADDY YIELD IN AMARAVATI SUB-BASIN ORAL DR. J. ANUSHIYA LONG TERM TREND ANALYSIS IN PRECIPITATION, TEMPERATURE AND EVAPOTRANSPIRATION ORAL INTNI471 356 IN TAMIL NADU USING GIS SHIVAJI HANUMANT SONTAKKE FACTORS AFFECTING SEMEN QUALITY OF INDIGENOUS BULLS POSTER 357 INMHG538 VANDANA SAHEBRAO INGLE HISTOPATHOLOGICAL EFFECTS AND BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LIVER TISSUE OF GOAT POSTER INMHI383 358 FROM JAWHAR, DIST. PALGHAR, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA. JYOTI DIGAMBAR SHIRSAT PREVALENCE AND DIVERSITY OFGASTROINTESTINAL CESTODE PARASITES OF FRESH WATER POSTER INMHI489 359 FISHES AT AURANGABAD DISTRICT,MS INDIA UDAY KUMAR UDIT, AJMAL PRESENT STATUS, ABUNDANCE AND THREATS OF FISH DIVERSITY ON RAMSAR SITE (EAST POSTER INORG186 HUSSAN, RAHUL DAS, ARPITA KOLKATA WETLANDS) OF WEST BENGAL, INDIA 360 DEY AND IPSITA BISWAS GOBINDA BAL# AND KAKOLI CARBON STORAGE POTENTIAL OF SOILS OF BHITARKANIKA MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM POSTER INORG531 361 BANERJEE* 7.BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION THROUGH TECHNOLOGY

362 INAPI546 A. MADHUSUDHANA REDDY AN UPDATED LICHEN WEALTH OF YSR KADAPA DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA. ORAL PARTHANKAR CHOUDHURY CONSERVATION VERSUS DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES: DISCUSSION ON SOME SELECTED ORAL INASI223 363 PROTECTED AREAS OF BARAK VALLEY, ASSAM BHAVIN SUDHIRKUMAR BHATT GENOME ORGANIZATION AND GENETIC DIVERSITY OF VIRAL SPECIES INFECTING FRENCH ORAL INGJI27 364 BEAN (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L.) IN INDIA 365 INKAI264 RAMACHANDRA T. V. MODELLING LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS IN PROTECTED AREAS, KARNATAKA ORAL LAXMI MASTIHOLI STRATEGIES FOR CONSERVATION OF SALACIA CHINENSIS L. A THREATENED MEDICINAL ORAL INKAI502 366 PLANT KRISHNAPPA M BRYOPHYTES OF CHIKKAMAGALURU DISTRICT, CENTRAL WESTERN GHATS, KARNATAKA - ORAL INKAI517 367 PRESENT STATUS, THREATS AND BASIC CONSERVATIONS 368 INKLG289 IWIN K. AUGASTIAN QUANTIFICATION OF BIOMETHANTION POTENTIAL OF HOUSEHOLD KITCHEN WASTE ORAL ARCHANA P J MICRO PROPAGATION OF HOLOSTEMMA ADA-KODIEN SCHULT. A RARE MEDICINAL PLANT ORAL INKLI103 369 THROUGH ENHANCED AXILARY BUD PROLIFERATION AND CALLOGENESIS SREEKUMAR S BIOPROSPECTING THROUGH IN SILICO METHOD AND IDENTIFICATION OF LEAD MOLECULES ORAL INKLI250 370 WITH ANTI-HEPATITITS B ACTIVITY IN AZADIRACHTA INDICA A.JUSS. DR. LUBAINA A S MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE SIGNALLING PATHWAY USING AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF ORAL INKLI266 SALVINIA MOLESTA AGAINST ALTERNARIA LEAF SPOT DISEASE IN SESAME 371 JITHIN M M MAPPING OF DIPTEROCARPUS INDICUS BEDD. AT KERALA PART OF WESTERN GHATS AND ORAL INKLI290 372 SURVIVAL RATE AT DIFFERENT EX-SITU SITES OF WAYANAD DISTRICT. SATHYAKALA,K.P. EFFECT OF CHROMAFENOZIDE ON THE ULTRAMORHOLOGY OF LARVAL MIDGUT OF ORAL INKLI395 373 SPODOPTERA MAURITIA BOISD. (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE) DR T S PREETHA IN VITRO MULTIPLICATION AND ECO-RESTORATION OF A RARE ENDEMIC RATTAN PALM ORAL INKLI557 374 CALAMUS NAGABETTAI FERNANDEZ & DEY KIRAN SINGH ROLE OF 16S R-DNA GENOMIC TECHNIQUE FOR DETERMINATION OF BIODIVERSITY OF PGPR. ORAL 375 INMPI286 MONALISA BHUJABAL INDIAN SKIMMER RYNCHOPS ALBICOLLIS IN ODISHA – BREEDING IN RIVER MAHANADI & ORAL INORG147 376 PROSPECTS AND CONSERVATION SOUMENDRA K. NAIK IN VITRO PROPAGATION THROUGH AXILLARY SHOOT PROLIFERATION FROM NODAL SEGMENT ORAL INORI224 377 OF A CRITICALLY ENDANGERED TREE, SYMPLOCOS RACEMOSA ROXB. S. JAYAKUMAR EFFECT OF FIRE ON SPECIES DIVERSITY- A CASE STUDY IN SATHYAMANGALAM TIGER ORAL INPYI141 378 RESERVE, USING GEOMATICS A. SALIM KHAN GIS BASED BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT IN DIFFERENT TOPOGRAPHIC ZONES IN ASSAM, INDIA ORAL 379 INPYI234 ARUN PRASATH RAMASWAMY SUSTAINABLE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT MODEL FOR PONDICHERRY ORAL INPYI488 380 UNIVERSITY CAMPUS USING INTEGRATED GIS TECHNIQUES HUKAM SINGH GEHLOT CHARACTERIZATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF NITROGEN FIXING ROOT NODULE BACTERIAL ORAL INRJI167 DIVERSITY FROM THE TWO CONTRASTING ECO-REGIONS OF INDIA: THAR DESERT AND WET 381 MEGHALAYA 382 INRJI74 J. P. SINGH IN SITU CONSERVATION OF THREATENED PLANT SPECIES IN HOT ARID REGION ORAL HANUMANTHA RAO.V PLANT SPECIES COMPOSITION, UTILIZATION AND CONSERVATION OF ROCK OUTCROPS IN ORAL INTGI385 383 SOUTHERN TELANGANA, INDIA 384 INTGI66 RESHMA M RAMACHANDRAN LANDSCAPE CHANGE MONITORING (1920-2015) OF FORESTS OF EASTERN GHATS, INDIA ORAL G. SINGARAVELU BIO-INSPIRED GOLD NANOPARTICLES’ PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE 1B INHIBITORY ORAL INTNG133 385 POTENTIAL 386 INTNG133 G. SINGARAVELU BIOGENESIS OF SELENIUM NANOPARTICLES AND THEIR ANTI LEUKEMIA ACTIVITY ORAL M.SANGARESWARI@NAGAJOTH BIOPROSPECTING ON BIODIVERSITY - A BOON OR BAN ORAL INTNG279 387 I, 388 INTNI212 SEKAR BABU NAGAPPA MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF THE PROTEINS OF THE SNAKE VENOM ORAL SENTHIL KUMAR SADASIVAM RECONSTRUCTION OF BACTERIAL COMMUNITY DYNAMICS IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE ORAL INTNI67 389 FOR THE PAST 142,000 YEARS THROUGH METAGENOMICS RAMASUBBU RAJU MICROPROPAGATION OF SYZYGIUM MYHENDRAE (BEDD. EX BRANDIS) GAMBLE - AN ORAL INTNI86 390 ENDANGERED TREE SPECIES OF SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS SONIKA KUSHWAHA POPULATION STATUS AND HABITAT UTILIZATION BY WINTERING GULLS IN LALITPUR ORAL INUPI391 391 DISTRICT OF UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA MANOJ KR. BHATTACHARYYA SUSTAINABLE INCOME GENERATION AT GRASS-ROOT LEVEL USING LOCALLY AVAILABLE BIO- ORAL INWBI214 392 RESOURCES THROUGH MECHANIZATION OF TRADITIONAL SKILLS. POONAM TRIPATHI INDIA’S MAIDEN GRIDDED PLANT DIVERSITY DATA QUALIFIES LITMUS TEST - OFFERS ORAL INWBI254 393 OPPORTUNITY FOR INTEGRATED STUDIES AND MODELLING BALA SUBRAMANYAM STATUS OF HERPATOFAUNAL DIVERSITY OF RAMAGIRI EAST AND WEST RESERVE FORESTS OF ORAL INAPI346 394 ANANTHAPURAMU DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH: AN UPDATE MEENU KRISHNAN VG BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF PURIFIED PROTEASE INHIBITOR FROM ORAL FRUITS OF SOLANUM ACULEATISSIMUM JACQ. (SAPI) AS ANTICANCER AGENT AGAINST INKLI584 395 HUMAN HELA CELL LINES ASWATHY JM ANTHOCYANIN PURIFICATION, FRACTIONATION AND CHARACTERIZATION FROM IN VITRO ORAL INKLI585 396 CULTURE OF BRIDELIARETUSA(L.)SPRENG. GEETHANJALI P A LIGNO-CELLULOSIC RESIDUES: SUBSTRATES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MICROBIAL ENZYMES ORAL 397 OF BIOTECHNOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE MADHUSHREE S I SEED GERMINATION STUDIES IN SARACA ASOCA (ROXB.) DE WILDE: A THREATENED POSTER INKAG510 398 MEDICINAL PLANT SANDESH M S STANDARDIZATION OF PROPAGATION PROTOCOLS FOR INDIAN TRUMPET TREE (OROXYLUM POSTER INKAI523 399 INDICUM (L.) VENT.): AN ENDANGERED MEDICINAL TREE NITHYA. L TISSUE CULTURE STUDIES IN PTEROCARPUS SANTALINUS L, F. A THREATENED MEDICINAL POSTER INKAI527 400 PLANT SIDDHARUD TUPPAD MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF HOLOSTEMMA ADA-KODIEN (ASCLEPIADACEAE) POSTER INKAI536 401 FROM SOUTH INDIA SHIHABUL HAQ.M, FAMINA C. C APPLICATION OF IMAGE PROCESSING IN RECOGNITION OF PHYTOPHTHORA INFECTION IN POSTER INKLI333 402 RUBBER LEAVES. 403 INKLI478 RENJITHKUMAR REVIVING THE LABEO DUSSUMIERI (VAL) FISHERY FROM RIVER PAMPA, KERALA, INDIA POSTER BINOY T THOMAS IN VITRO RESPONSE OF ALGAE FROM THE OXIC DYSTRUSTEPTS SOILS, SOUTH INDIA, KERALA POSTER 404 INKLI541 ROSHNI K THE DOWNTURN OF THE STATE FISH, ETROPLUS SURATENSIS IN VEMBANAD LAKE- A RAMSAR POSTER INKLI562 405 SITE, KERALA, INDIA AAMIR KHAN A NOVEL METHOD FOR ENHANCING THE EFFICIENCY OF PHOTO-BIOREACTORS IN WASTE POSTER INMHI275 406 WATER TREATMENT USING MICROALGAE PROF. ATISHKUMAR GAVIT MOLECULAR ANALYSIS AND DIVERSITY STUDY OF GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SPECIES POSTER INMHI563 407 OF DESMODIUM DC. USING RAPD MARKERS RUNEL CHANDRA BORO SILKWORM BIODIVERSITY IN NORTH EASTERN REGION OF INDIA AND THEIR ROLE IN INCOME POSTER INPYI539 408 GENERATION 409 INTGI487 L.V. SUBBA RAO CONSERVATION OF RICE BIODIVERSITY FOR SUSTAINABLE USE POSTER PREETHI KUMARAN EXPLORATION COLLECTION AND EVALUATION OF DROUGHT TOLERANT RICE LAND RACES POSTER INTNG451 410 FROM THE SOUTHERN DISTRICTS OF TAMIL NADU, INDIA. DR. U. DANYA IN VITRO CONSERVATION OF CARALLUMA SARKARIAE- AN ENDEMIC AND ENDANGERED POSTER INTNI386 MEDICINAL PLANT FROM SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS, SOUTHERN TAMILNADU. 411 412 INTNI450 P.RAJALAKSHMI UNDER UTILIZED FRUITS DERIVED NUTRACEUTICALS : A REJUNUVATOR POSTER VIJAYAN A CONSERVATION AND POSSIBLE REINTRODUCTION OF AN ENDANGERED PLANT: A CASE STUDY POSTER INTNI512 OF ELAEOCARPUS BLASCOI WEIBEL IN PALNI HILLS (WESTERN GHATS), INDIA. 413 414 INTNI52 MADHUSUDHANA RAO, B., IMPACT OF ECOSYSTEM QUALITY ON HEALTH STATUS OF SEA TURTLES POPULATION POSTER SUDHEER MOHAMMED M.M BIOPROSPECTIVE STUDIES ON BARLERIA CUSPIDATA F. HEYNE EX NEES: AN ENDEMIC SPECIES POSTER INTNI525 415 TO PENINSULAR INDIA S. RAMESHKUMAR IMPACT OF ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS ON DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF PLANKTON POSTER INTNI552 COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF KAYALPATTINAM COASTAL WATERS, SOUTHEAST COAST OF 416 INDIA TREMIE M. SANGMA EFFECT OF ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE ON THE TREE POSTER INMLI632 DIVERSITY OF THE NOKREK BIOSPHERE RESERVE IN 417 MEGHALAYA, INDIA HARSHAD R. KAKADE STUDY OF ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF “NERIUM OLEANDER” LEAF EXTRACT ON SOIL POSTER INMHI576 418 MICROFLORA IN FAIZPUR AREA OF NORTH MAHARASHTRA REGION (M.S.) INDIA LOGESWARAN. R BACTERIAL DIVERSITY ATVELLIANGIRI HILLS, POSTER INTNI581 419 WESTERN GHATS FOR BIOPROSPECTING OF ENZYMES 420 INTNG583 P.M. BHAVNA A SIMPLE TECHNIQUE TO IDENTIFY THE SEX OF ROYAL BENGAL TIGER POSTER 421 KUNJA BIHARI SATAPATHY INVASIVE ALIEN FLORA OF KENDUJHAR DISTRICT OF ODISHA, INDIA POSTER 422 KUNJA BIHARI SATAPATHY LICHENS OF SAPTASAJYA FOREST IN DHENKANAL DISTRICT OF ODISHA, INDIA POSTER 8.MEDICINAL PLANT CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION K. MURUGESAN A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON VARIATION IN PSEUDARTHRIA VISCIDA (L.) WIGHT & ARN. ORAL INKLI229 423 (FABACEAE) 424 INKLI283 RUBEENA M. PHYTOCHEMICAL PROFILING OF CISSUS REPENS LAM. ORAL S. ANEESH CYTOTOXIC POTENTIAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF HEXAGONIA TENUIS ORAL INKLI284 425 (HOOK.)FR., A BRACKET FUNGI (POLYPORACEAE) SINITHA K. COMPARATIVE BIOACTIVITY STUDIES ON THE RHIZOME EXTRACT OF THREE SPECIES OF ORAL INKLI288 426 AMOMUM ROXB. (ZINGIBERACEAE) ANVAR K ETHNOBOTANICAL PLANTS USED FOR POSTNATAL CARE BY TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONERS ORAL INKLI311 427 FROM KOZHIKODE, KERALA, INDIA. ARCHANA E. R. COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF THE PHYTOCONSTITUENTS OF A FEW RARE SPECIES OF ORAL INKLI313 428 AGLAIA LOURIERO ASWATHI P PROSPECTIVE CYTOTOXIC EFFECTS OF DIEFFENBACHIA MACULATA (LODD.) SWEET,( ORAL INKLI322 429 ARACEAE) RENJANA P. K. PHARMACOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF STROBILANTHES CILIATUS NEES AND S. HEYNEANUS ORAL INKLI326 NEES (FAMILY: ACANTHACEAE): ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND ANTIOXIDANT EFFECTS 430 RENJUMOL R BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF SELF- INCOMPATIBILITY IN HAMELIA PATENS ORAL INKLI396 431 JACQ. (RUBIACEAE) RESHMI S LOCAL CLIMATE CHANGES INFLUENCES FLOWERING, FRUIT SET AND SEED GERMINATION OF ORAL INKLI467 RAUVOLFIA HOOKERI . S. R. SRINIV AND CHITRA., A RARE AND ENDEMIC MEDICINAL PLANT IN 432 SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS FOR CONSERVATION SIMI MS BREEDING SYSTEM AND POLLINATION ECOLOGY OF ENDEMIC PLANT OSBECKIA ORAL INKLI482 433 WYNAADENSIS CLARKE. (MELASTOMATACEAE) IN SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS DR. T S PREETHA CRYOPRESERVATION OF BALIOSPERMUM MONTANUM (WILLD.) MUELL. ARG.: A RET ORAL INKLI509 434 MEDICINAL SPECIES SAFEER PM INCIDENCE OF PESTS AND DISEASE IN PLECTRANTHUS VETTIVEROIDES AND REMEDIATION ORAL 435 INKLI518 DR. MANASI MALGAONKAR DIVERSITY ASSESSMENT OF SHATAVARI ADULTERANTS USING PHYTOCHEMICAL, ORAL INMHI183 436 ANTIMICROBIAL AND RAPD-PCR ANALYSIS AAMIR KHAN APPLICATION OF MARINO AND COSTUS IGNIUS AS BIOPESTICIDE WITH DROSOPHILA ORAL INMHI275 437 MELANOGASTER AS A MODEL ORGANISM JAKHI P. S. “STUDY OF ECONOMICALLY AND MEDICINALLY IMPORTANT PLATS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE ORAL TO DISTRIBUTION, ABUNDANCE, ON-GOING CHANGES IN ABUNDANCE AND REASONS BEHIND INMHI50 CHANGE IN ABUNDANCE –A SUCCESS STORY FROM VILLAGE OF CENTRAL INDIA.” 438 VIJAY S. KHONDE “DIVERSITY OF ETHNO-MEDICINAL PLANTS OF GADCHIROLI DISTRICT FROM MAHARASHTRA ORAL INMHI82 439 STATE, INDIA.” CHETNA SHARMA CHARACTERIZATION AND PHARMACOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ARJUNIC ACID FROM ORAL INMPI177 440 TERMINALIA ARJUNA (ROXB. EX DC.) EXTRACTS USING SPECTROMETRIC METHOD BILAL A. WANI ISOLATION, CHARACTERISATION AND IN-VITRO ANTIBACTERIAL EVALUATION OF BETULINIC ORAL INMPI301 ACID FROM MELISSA OFFICINALIS AGAINST SOME HUMAN PATHOGENIC BACTERIA 441 DR. M.SARADHA SURVEY OF MEDICINALLY IMPORTANT PLANTS OF KALVARAYAN HILLS, VILLUPURAN ORAL INTNI112 442 DISTRICT, THE EASTERN GHATS, TAMIL NADU VENKATACHALAPATHI, A. ETHNOMEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY THE IRULA TRIBALS OF WALAYAR VALLEY, COIMBATORE ORAL INTNI158 443 DISTRICT, SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS OF TAMIL NADU. S.MALATHY SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT FROM SELECTED MEDICINAL PLANT LAWSONIA ORAL INTNI335 444 INERMIS L.LEAVES. GOPALAN RAJKUMAR PHYTOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MARINE RED ALGA GRACILARIA CORTICATA ORAL 445 INTNI91 MOHD AHMAD POTENTIAL OF SOME IMPORTANT MEDICINAL PLANTS OCCURRING AS A WEED FOR ORAL INUPI427 446 COMMERCIALIZATION ANUSH PATRIC CHARACTERIZATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF MEDICINAL PLANT DIVERSITY, LIVELIHOOD & ORAL KAI263 447 HEALTH CARE IN CENTRAL WESTERN GHATS OF KARNATAKA. 448 MANOHARA T N PROSPECTS OF NONI CULTIVATION IN NORTH EAST INDIA ORAL RAMAMOORTHY D THE ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON A COUPLE OF DISEASES AND ITS CURABLE PROPERTIES OF ORAL 449 MEDICINAL PLANTS ANU SHARMA DISTRIBUTION AND PHYTOSOCIOLOGY OF BERBERIS LYCIUM –A MEDICINALLY IMPORTANT POSTER INJKI434 AND ECONOMICALLY VALUABLE PLANT SPECIES IN A RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM IN J & K. 450 RAVIRAJA SHETTY G STRATEGIES FOR CONSERVATION OF EMBELIA RIBES BURM F.: AN ENDANGERED MEDICINAL POSTER INKAI381 451 PLANT OF WESTERN GHATS SUMAYYA S S,MURUGAN K PURIFICATION, FRACTIONATION, ANTIMUTAGENIC AND ANTIOXIDANT POTENTIAL OF POSTER INKLI331 ANTHOCYANIN FROM THE IN VITRO CULTURE OF CLERODENDRON INFORTUNATUM LINN. 452 453 INKLI558 DR.SHIJO Y J GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS – BOON OR BANE POSTER DEBABRATA PANDA PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF ETHNOMEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY PARAJA TRIBE OF POSTER INORG476 454 KORAPUT, ODISHA, INDIA 455 INTGI374 DR.GHAN SINGH.MALOTHU MEDICINAL PLANT DIVERSITY IN ADILABAD DISTRICT.TELANGANA POSTER NANTHA KUMAR, R. ETHNOMEDICINAL SURVEY ON IRULA TRIBES OF MARUTHAMALAI HILLS, WESTERN GHATS OF POSTER INTNI156 456 TAMIL NADU NATASHA SHARMA ROLE OF VAN SAMITIES AND MAHILA MANDALS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MEDICINAL AND POSTER INTNI426 457 AROMATIC PLANTS IN DHAULADHAR MOUNTAIN RANGE, HIMACHAL PRADESH SUDHAKARAN. M ETHNO BOTANICAL STUDIES AND DIVERSITY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN T.N PALAYAM POSTER INTNI498 458 VILLAGE, SATHIYAMANGALAM REGION DR. PUNESHWAR KESHARI A REVIEW OF CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF MEDICINAL PLANT WITH SPECIAL POSTER NPI375 459 REFERENCE OF TECOMELLA UNDULATA (SM.) SEEM DR.CHANDRA KISHOR YADAV AGRO-TECNOLOGY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POSTER 460 NPI453 CHHAMTA SRIVASTAVA MEDICINAL PLANT DIVERSITY IN URBAN AND PERI-URBAN DOMESTIC GARDENS OF POSTER INUPI350 461 GORAKHPUR DISTRICT (U.P.) KALUNKHE B. N DIVERSITY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS AND ITS CONSERVATION STATUS FROM BHIMASHANKAR POSTER INMHI575 462 WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA 9.BIODIVERSITY EDUCATION & EXTENSION ASHISH THOMAS CONSUMPTION OF TADPOLES OF THE ENDANGERED PURPLE FROG AND ITS CONSERVATION ORAL INDLI380 463 THROUGH COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PANKAJ SEKHSARIA MEDIA REPORTING ON THE PROTECTED AREAS IN MAHARASHTRA - A THEMATIC ANALYSIS ORAL 464 INDLI76 PANKAJ SEKHSARIA THE ECOLOGY AND HISTORY OF THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS: BOTTOM UP AND THROUGH THE ORAL INDLI76 465 LENS OF FICTION LANCELOT D’CRUZ1 CREATIVE GRASSROOT LEVEL NETWORKING FOR HEALTH AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ORAL 466 INGJI481 DR. ASHA RANI. K FAMILIARISING CULTURAL PRACTICES OF KERALA ON BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ORAL INKLI285 467 THROUGH NATURE EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS A, PRABHAKARAN PROMOTING BIODIVERSITY, SUSTAINABILITY OF ENVIRONMENT & GREEN PROTOCOL -- ORAL INKLI338 468 INTERVENTION OF MEDIA RAVISH MATHEW COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN TOURISM FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD AND RESOURCE ORAL INKLI71 469 PROTECTION IN KURUVA ISLAND, WAYANAD MONALISA BHUJABAL INCENTIVIZING AND SENSITIZING WILDLIFE CONSERVATION IN SOUTHERN BUFFER OF ORAL INORG147 470 SIMILIPAL TIGER RESERVE IN ODISHA SHIBAJI CHARAN NAYAK & WATERFOWL CONSERVATION IN MANGALAJODI (CHILIKA) WITH PARTICIPATION OF ORAL INORG147 471 SUDHANWA DAS POACHERS AND HUNTERS L.LOURDE NADIN EPINAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION USING ALTERNATIVE TEACHING METHODS IN RURAL SCHOOLS ORAL INPYI449 : A CASE 472 STUDY FROM KALUVELI BIOREGION H.SIVASANKARI “REHEARSING GREEN ECONOMY BY PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION IN BIODIVERSITY” - A STUDY ON ORAL INTNI330 473 NILGIRIS BIOSPHERE RESERVE. DR. ZAREENA BEGUM IRFAN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF RESIDENTIAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION MODELING – EMPIRICAL ORAL INTNI545 474 EXAMINATION OF INDIAN SCENARIO SONIKA KUSHWAHA JOINT EFFORTS FOR VULTURE CONSERVATION IN TIKAMGARH DISTRICT, MADHYA PRADESH, ORAL INUPI391 475 INDIA MUHAMMED ASIF M. IBERIA HEAT TOLERANCE COEFFICIENT IN WAYANAD DWARF CATTLE OF KERALA IN ORAL INKLI10 476 COMPARISON TO EXOTIC BREEDS AND ITS ADAPTABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE. SREEKUTTY O.R NATURALISTIC INQUIRY AS THE BEST PEDAGOGICAL METHOD TO FOSTERING ORAL 477 ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION DR. V. VENKATA RATHNAMMA BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION STRATEGIES POSTER 478 INAPI474 NOOBIYA BASHEER FARMING SYSTEM REFORMATION AND GENDER – CONNIVING HOMEGARDENS IN POSTER INKLI157 479 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT OF KERALA ASAVARI RAJ SHARMA ENHANCING LOCAL STAKE IN BIODIVERSITY THROUGH BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT POSTER INMHI306 480 COMMITTEES: EXPERIENCES FROM KHADKI BUDRUK, MAHARASHTRA MRS. JAYSHRI VIJAY KHONDE “SURVEY OF BIODIVERSITY- A SUCCESS STORY OF STUDENTS FROM DHARMRAO KRUSHI POSTER INMHI83 481 VIDYALAYA AHERI, DIST. GADCHIROLI, MAHARASHTRA STATE” D.ARAVINDARAJA ACTIVITY BASED TEACHING - A TOOL TO REINFORCE THE IMPORTANCE OF BIODIVERSITY POSTER INPYI305 482 AMONG STUDENTS M. NANDHIVARMAN FOOD WASTE INVENTORY ANALYSIS (FWIA) AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT AT JNV - POSTER INPYI407 483 PUDUCHERRY RAVICHANDRA MONDRETI CONSERVATION ATTITUDES OF PEOPLE AROUND A SEABIRD COLONY IN LAKSHADWEEP, INDIA POSTER 484 INPYI199

10.CULTURE, INDIGENOUS TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND LOCAL TRADITIONAL PRACTICES RELATED TO BIODIVERSITY

G. PADMAVATI ETHNO-PHYCOLOGY OF INTERTIDAL SEA GRASS FROM MUNDA PAHAR BEACH, SOUTH ORAL INANI205 ANDAMAN ISLAND, AND ITS CONSERVATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE ISLAND BIODIVERSITY 485 486 INGAI113 GOVIND ELEPHANTS IN KERALA: A PERILOUS FUTURE ORAL DR. MINI N VIJAYAN EXPRESSION OF PLANT DIVERSITY IN SOME CUSTOMS OBSERVED BY KERALA BRAHMIN ORAL INGAI328 487 COMMUNITY DURING ‘PREADOLESCENCE' 488 INKLI447 JEEJAKUMARI V.K PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF INDIAN SHILAJIT IN SWISS ALBINO MICE (MUS MUSCULUS) ORAL AYANA RAVI PHARMACOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF THE ANTAGONISTIC EFFECTS OF TERMINALIA ORAL INKLI45 489 BELLERICA ROXB. AND HOLIGARNA ARNOTTIANA HOOK.F. 490 INKLI69 REGEENA S INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN FAMILY FARMS OF KERALA ORAL GOPA MISHRA AND KAKOLI STUDY ON THE LARVAL FEED REQUIREMENT FOR SHRIMP HATCHERY: A CASE STUDY FROM ORAL INORG531 491 BANERJEE* BMR HATCHERY, VISAKHAPATNAM, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA 492 INORI171 ANTARYAMI PRADHAN EFFECT OF MANAGEMENT ON SACRED FORESTS OF WESTERN ODISHA. ORAL A.MANIMARAN PRESERVING KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S TECHNIQUES ORAL INPYI100 AND SOCIO-CULTURAL RELATIONSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE BIO – DIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN 493 PUDUCHERRY DEVIPRASAD MISHRA A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF PALM LEAF MANUSCRIPTS ON TRADITIONAL TREATMENT FOR ORAL INPYI526 494 SNAKEBITES M.SANGARESWARI@NAGAJOTH BIODIVERSITY VIZ A VIZ INDIGENOUS TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF TRIBES IN HASANUR ORAL INTNG279 495 I VILLAGE OF ERODE DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU S.JEEVA TRADITIONAL USE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS AMONG THE PEOPLE OF IDAYANGUDI VILLAGE, ORAL INTNI230 496 TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT, TAMILNADU DR. S. SOLAVAN A GLIMPSE OF HOUSE HOLD HERBAL REMEDIES FOR HUMAN AILMENTS AND AGRICULTURAL ORAL INTNI441 497 PESTS MANOHARA T.N INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE ASSOCIATED WITH UTILIZATION OF FODDER TREE SPECIES OF ORAL 498 WEST GARO HILLS DISTRICT OF MEGHALAYA, INDIA ADESH KUMAR FLORAL DIVERSITY WITH TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND THEIR IMPORTANCE OF DISTRICT ORAL INUPI109 499 KANNAUJ, UTTAR PRADESH 500 GOURI SHANKAR JP JENA WEED DIVERSITY IN CROP FIELDS OF ODISHA AND THEIR ETHNOMEDICINAL USES ORAL BARADHAN G AND S.M.SURESH EFFECT OF FOLIAR NUTRITION IN YIELD OF BLACKGRAM (VIGNA MUNGO (L.) POSTER INTNI271 501 KUMAR S.M.SURESH KUMAR AND RESPONSE OF SRI RICE TO DIFFERENT SOURCES OF ORGANIC MANURES POSTER INTNI272 502 G.BARADHAN P.SUDHAKAR AND S. STUDIES OF FOLIAR SPRAYING OF PANCHAGAVYA, HUMIC ACID AND KUNAPANJOLA ON POSTER INTNI293 503 MANIMARAN GROWTH AND YIELD OF MAIZE (ZEA MAYS). S.MANIMARAN AND INFLUENCE OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC SOURCES OF NUTRIENTS ON GROWTH OF RICE POSTER INTNI304 504 P.SUDHAKAR S. ELANKAVI IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY OF SUNFLOWER (HELIANTHUS ANNUS L.) BY USING DIFFERENT POSTER INTNI349 505 ORGANIC AND INORGANIC SOURCES OF NUTRIENTS DR. M. RAJASEKAR FARMERS PRACTICING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE FOR CONSERVATION OF AGRICULTURAL POSTER INTNI495 506 BIODIVERSITY 11.POLICY LEGISLATURE AND BIODIVERSITY STRATEGIES

507 INDLI76 PANKAJ SEKHSARIA CONSPICUOUS BY ITS ABSENCE ‘DIVERSITY’ IN INDIA TECHNOLOGY VISION 2035 ORAL SYAMKUMAR R S SIGNIFICANCE OF ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT IN ENHANCING RESPONSE OF BIODIVERSITY ORAL INKLI336 508 REGIMES TO CLIMATE CHANGE CHAITHANYA. E P PROTECTION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWELDGE UNDER NAGOYA PROTOCOL: AN ANALYSIS ON ORAL INKLI460 509 IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES OF INDIA 510 INORG147 SHIBAJI CHARAN NAYAK MANAGING INDIA’S BIO-DIVERSITY-NEED FOR REVISION IN APPROACH ORAL 511 INTNI367 MUJEERA FATHIMA MIXED ORGANIC FARMING IN AN URBAN SETTING - CASE STUDY ORAL AMIT TRIPATHI EXOTIC PARASITIC MONOGENOIDS (PLATYHELMINTHES): ARE GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPORT ORAL INUPI355 512 OF ORNAMENTAL FISHES INTO INDIA USEFUL? 513 MADHURIANAND TKDL – WEAPON AGAINST BIOPIRACY???? ORAL 514 INAPG589 SUSHMITA PATEL EFFECTIVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN BIODIVERSITY LEGISLATION ORAL 515 INTGI487 SUBBA RAO L.V. IPR-ROLE IN CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY POSTER 12.URBAN AND LANDSCAPING PREMJITH CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES OF AVM CANAL - A TRAVANCORE HERITAGE FOR ORAL INKLI203 516 FUTURE GENERATION PRUTHA PATIL STUDY ON AVIAN FAUNAL DIVERSITY OF SALT PANS IN AND AROUND VASAI, DIST. PALGHAR, ORAL INMHG433 517 MAHARASHTRA EVANGELINE.D BUTTERFLY DIVERSITY IN URBAN FOREST PATCH (ADAYAR WETLAND ECO RESTORATION ORAL INTNG479 518 PARK) CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA DR ZAREENA BEGUM IRFAN EXAMINING THE LAND USE CHANGE OF THE OUSTERI WETLAND USING THE LAND USE ORAL INTNG537 519 DYNAMIC DEGREE MODEL 520 INTNI212 SEKAR BABU NAGAPPA RETROFIT OF WATER BODIES TO RESTORE BIODIVERSITY IN THE URBAN SPACE ORAL T. RAMESH IMPLICATION OF INSTITUTIONAL BIO-DIVERSITY ASSESSMENT, DOCUMENTATION AND ORAL INTNI256 521 CONSERVATION OF TERRESTRIAL FAUNA G. KANTHARAJAN MOLLUSCAN DIVERSITY OF RECREATIONAL BEACHES ALONG THE MUMBAI COAST, ORAL INTNI47 522 MAHARASHTRA, INDIA H.S. SANTOSH KUMAR MENACING THREAT BY DOGS: INTERACTION BETWEEN FREE-RANGING DOGS AND WILDLIFE ORAL 523 INUPI444 CH.SAMATHA DIVERSITY OF BUTTERFLY SPECIES IN URBAN AREA OF WARANGAL CITY, TELANGANA STATE ORAL 524 525 INTNI239 K.J.RANJINI CUSTOMIZED BIO-DIVERSITY THY NAMED URBANIZATION ....LOST AND GAINED..! POSTER