Awadhesh Kumar Srivastava

• Ph.D. (Botany)
• Lecturer at Sidharth Univeraity, Sidharth Nagar

The present study provides a list of all the tree species occurring in wild in Uttar Pradesh, one of the largest states of India, based on field surveys, herbarium study and literature. The study documents 230 tree species belonging to 140 genera and 49 families.The families Fabaceae and Malvaceae together consist of about 25% of total species. Amo...

Genetic variations and relationships among cultivated and wild genotypes of five taxa of Indian Luffa were examined using inter simple sequence repeats (ISSR), directed amplification of minisatellite DNA (DAMD) markers and morphological characterization. Morphometric evaluation of 21 discrete characters in 51 representative accessions segregated th...

The study catalogues a sum of 278 tree species belonging to 185 genera and 57 families from the Terai region of Uttar Pradesh. The family Fabaceae has been found to exhibit the highest generic and species diversity with 23 genera and 44 species. The genus Ficus of Moraceae has been observed the largest with 15 species. About 50% species exhibit dec...

A phytosociological assessment was done in Terai-Bhabar region of the central Himalaya to understand the current status of a monotypic genus Indopiptadenia. Identification of different forest communities within the region was also accomplished. Cluster analysis and PCA revealed five forest communities (i.e., sal miscellaneous forest, sal dominant f...

The examination of a large number of herbarium specimens combined with field observations reveal that Ficus palmata Forssk. subsp. palmata does not occur in India. The Indian plants occurring in the wild from the north-west to the south belong to F. palmata Forssk. subsp. virgata (Roxb.) Browicz. The maximum concentration of the taxon lies in north...

Indopiptadenia, a monospecific genus with the species I. oudhensis, is confined to the Indo-Nepal border area in scattered populations along the Himalayan foothills between 156–908 m elevation. I. oudhensis has been little studied since its discovery in 1874. The taxonomy of the genus is reexamined here with extensive notes on diversity, distributi...

The contributions of Protected Areas (PAs) in two developing countries (India and Nigeria) to biodiversity conservation and carbon accumulation were assessed in this study. Data were collected through field inventory from 12 plots (25 × 25 m) randomly located in each of the PAs. In each plot, all woody plants were identified and tree growth variabl...

In view of the difficulties in stand volume estimation in natural forests, we derived real form factors and models for volume estimation in these types of forest ecosystems, using Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary as a case study. Tree growth data were obtained for all trees (dbh >10 cm) in 4 plots (25 × 25 m) randomly located in each of three strata...