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A Study of Seasonal Variation in Biomass of three Medicinal Plants (Malva Neglecta, Rumex Patientia and Taraxacum Officinale) of Kashmir Valley, India

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Author Affiliations

  • 1 PG Department of Environmental Science, Sri Pratap P G College of Sciences, Srinagar (J&K), INDIA

Int. Res. J. Environment Sci., Volume 3, Issue (1), Pages 38-42, January,22 (2014)

Abstract

The study of natural biotic community is a pre-requisite to understand the structural as well as functional attributes to locate for better landscape management. Study on biomass is essential for estimating net primary productivity of any species. The increasing trend of total utilizations of forests and its products has created the need to estimate the total biomass production in matter basis rather than conventional volume estimate. Therefore, estimation of biomass stands as a pre-requisite for better resource utilization. An attempt was made to estimate the seasonal trend of three important medicinal plants Malva Neglecta, Rumex Patientia and Taraxacum Officinale, with respect to their biomass status from protected and degraded sites of the Kashmir valley. The harvest method was used to estimate the biomass of the selected medicinal plants. Variations in biomass were observed in all the three selected medicinal plants from season to season. The quantitative investigation on biomass estimation revealed that there is need for conservation and management followed by regular monitoring because of the degradation of ground flora due to anthropogenic and animal activities.

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