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World Literature on Medicinal Plants from Pankaj Oudhia’s Medicinal Plant Database -54

World Literature on Medicinal Plants Quoted/Consulted/Modified/Improved/Discussed/Used/Corrected in Pankaj Oudhia’s Medicinal Plant Database.

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Oudhia, P. (2001) Phyllotreta crucifera Goeze; A new pest of medicinal crop Lepidium sativum L. in Chhattisgarh (India). In Souvenir cum Abstracts. National Research Seminar on Herbal Conservation, Cultivation, Marketing and Utilization with Special Emphasis on Chhattisgarh, ‘The Herbal State’. Srishti Herbal Academy and Research Institute (SHARI) and Chhattisgarh Minor Forest Produce (Trading & Dev.) Co-operative Federation Ltd., Raipur (India), 13-14 December, 2001. P.74.

Das, G.K. and Oudhia, P. (2001) Rice as medicinal plant in Chhattisgarh (India): A survey. In Souvenir cum Abstracts. National Research Seminar on Herbal Conservation, Cultivation, Marketing and Utilization with Special Emphasis on Chhattisgarh, ‘The Herbal State’. Srishti Herbal Academy and Research Institute (SHARI) and Chhattisgarh Minor Forest Produce (Trading & Dev.) Co-operative Federation Ltd., Raipur (India), 13-14 December, 2001. P.92.

Tiwari, Vandana & Oudhia, P. (2001) Major diseases of medicinal and aromatic crops of Chhattisgarh (India) and its organic treatments. In Souvenir cum Abstracts. National Research Seminar on Herbal Conservation, Cultivation, Marketing and Utilization with Special Emphasis on Chhattisgarh, ‘The Herbal State’. Srishti Herbal Academy and Research Institute (SHARI) and Chhattisgarh Minor Forest Produce (Trading & Dev.) Co-operative Federation Ltd., Raipur (India), 13-14 December, 2001. p_98.

Oudhia, P. (2001) Useful weeds in rice fields and bunds: A boon for Indian farmers. In Souvenir cum Abstracts. National Research Seminar on Herbal Conservation, Cultivation, Marketing and Utilization with Special Emphasis on Chhattisgarh, ‘The Herbal State’. Srishti Herbal Academy and Research Institute (SHARI) and Chhattisgarh Minor Forest Produce (Trading & Dev.) Co-operative Federation Ltd., Raipur (India), 13-14 December, 2001. P.131.

Oudhia, P. (2001) Traditional medicinal knowledge about on obnoxious weed Jal Kumbhi (Eichhornia crassipes) in Chhattisgarh (India). In Souvenir cum Abstracts. National Research Seminar on Herbal Conservation, Cultivation, Marketing and Utilization with Special Emphasis on Chhattisgarh, ‘The Herbal State’. Srishti Herbal Academy and Research Institute (SHARI) and Chhattisgarh Minor Forest Produce (Trading & Dev.) Co-operative Federation Ltd., Raipur (India), 13-14 December, 2001. P.132.

Oudhia, P. (2001) Common rice weeds used for first aid by Chhattisgarh farmers. In Souvenir cum Abstracts. National Research Seminar on Herbal Conservation, Cultivation, Marketing and Utilization with Special Emphasis on Chhattisgarh, ‘The Herbal State’. Srishti Herbal Academy and Research Institute (SHARI) and Chhattisgarh Minor Forest Produce (Trading & Dev.) Co-operative Federation Ltd., Raipur (India), 13-14 December, 2001. P.133.

Oudhia, P. (2001) Weeds mentioned in holy Ramayana. In Souvenir cum Abstracts. National Research Seminar on Herbal Conservation, Cultivation, Marketing and Utilization with Special Emphasis on Chhattisgarh, ‘The Herbal State’. Srishti Herbal Academy and Research Institute (SHARI) and Chhattisgarh Minor Forest Produce (Trading & Dev.) Co-operative Federation Ltd., Raipur (India), 13-14 December, 2001. P.134.

Oudhia, P. (2001) Medicinal weeds in banana fields: A boon for small farmers of Chhattisgarh (India). In Souvenir cum Abstracts. National Research Seminar on Herbal Conservation, Cultivation, Marketing and Utilization with Special Emphasis on Chhattisgarh, ‘The Herbal State’. Srishti Herbal Academy and Research Institute (SHARI) and Chhattisgarh Minor Forest Produce (Trading & Dev.) Co-operative Federation Ltd., Raipur (India), 13-14 December, 2001. P.134

Oudhia, P. (2001) Traditional medicinal knowledge about common crop weeds in Bagbahera (India) region: A survey. In Souvenir cum Abstracts. National Research Seminar on Herbal Conservation, Cultivation, Marketing and Utilization with Special Emphasis on Chhattisgarh, ‘The Herbal State’. Srishti Herbal Academy and Research Institute (SHARI) and Chhattisgarh Minor Forest Produce (Trading & Dev.) Co-operative Federation Ltd., Raipur (India), 13-14 December, 2001. P.134-135.

Oudhia, P. (2001) Improved cultivation practices for medicinal crops: Glimpses of research at farmer’s fields in Chhattisgarh (India). In Souvenir cum Abstracts. National Research Seminar on Herbal Conservation, Cultivation, Marketing and Utilization with Special Emphasis on Chhattisgarh, ‘The Herbal State’. Srishti Herbal Academy and Research Institute (SHARI) and Chhattisgarh Minor Forest Produce (Trading & Dev.) Co-operative Federation Ltd., Raipur (India), 13-14 December, 2001. _p.44

Oudhia, P. and Tiwari, J.P. (2001) Marketing of Indian medicinal and aromatic crops: Expectations of International Buyers. In Abstract National Seminar on Commercial Cultivation Processing and Marketing of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Department of Plant Physiology, JNKVV, Jabalpur (India), November 27-29, 2001.

Oudhia, P. (2001) Beneficial effects of green spray on saponin content and growth of wonder crop Safed Moosli (Chlorophytum borivilianum L.) In Souvenir cum Abstracts. National Research Seminar on Herbal Conservation, Cultivation, Marketing and Utilization with Special Emphasis on Chhattisgarh, ‘The Herbal State’. Srishti Herbal Academy and Research Institute (SHARI) and Chhattisgarh Minor Forest Produce (Trading & Dev.) Co-operative Federation Ltd., Raipur (India), 13-14 December, 2001.

Oudhia, P., Kolhe, S.S. and Tripathi, R.S. (1996) Allelopathic effect of Ageratum conyzoides L. on paddy. International Symposium on Rainfed Rice for Sustainable Food Security, CRRI, Cuttack, 23-25 Sep.p 95.

Oudhia, P. and Tripathi, R.S. (1997) Allelopathic effect of Parthenium hysterophorus L. on kodo, mustard and problematic weeds. First International Conference on Parthenium Management, UAS, Dharwad, 6-8 Oct.

Oudhia, P., Kolhe, S.S. and Tripathi, R.S. (1997) Germination and seedling vigour of rice var. Mahamaya as affected by allelopathy of Blumea lacera L. International Symposium on Rainfed Rice Production Strategy for Twenty First Century , AAU, Jorhat 25-27 Novem. p 44.

Oudhia, P., Kolhe, S. S. and Tripathi, R.S. (1998).Allelopathic effect of Calotropis gigantea R.Br. on wheat. III International Congress on Allelopathy in Ecological Agriculture and Forestry, UAS, Dharwad 18-21 Aug. p 151.

Oudhia, P., Kolhe, S. S. and Tripathi, R.S. (1998). Negative (stimulatory) allelopathy of Lantana camara L. on linseed var. Kiran. International Symposium on Microbial Biotechnology for Sustainable Development and Productivity held at R. D. U., Jabalpur 14-16 Novem.p 64.

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