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ALLAHABAD: Expressing concern over the deteriorating state of the environment and increasing pollution in the city, the Allahabad high court on Monday directed the formation of an 'Urban Environmen

An application has been filed before the National Green Tribunal against Haryana Government’s invitation to private contractors for felling and removal of trees in forest areas, which is in violati

New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority’s (DDA) plan to smooth the way for building the third Dilli Haat over the Shahdara link drain has been thwarted by Delhi Urban Art Commission (DUAC).

GUWAHATI, August 25: Over 6000 saplings were planted by the officers and jawans of 175 Bn CRPF, in Rani Kamrup and different parts of Kamrup and Guwahati city under the drive My Earth My Duty.

BHOPAL: Members of the Green Army, a group of students from different colleges planted 800 saplings in the Ragiv Gandhi ProudyougikiVishwavidyalya (RGPV) campus here on Tuesday as a part of AkshayU

KANPUR: The voice for saving green trees, including valuable Neem and Sheesham, from being cut for the project of toy train in Kanpur zoo is getting stronger.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today gave the go-ahead to fell around 167 ornamental trees in the central verge of the Outer Ring Road stretch from Vikas Puri-Mukarba Chowk which were coming in

KATHMANDU, JAN 01 - With a view to increasing greenery in the Capital city and compensating for the environmental degradation caused by the road expansion drive, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KM

Baobabs (Adansonia spp.) are iconic trees, known for their immense size, strange forms, sources of food and as the subjects of myths and mysteries. It is thus surprising that little is known regarding the fungi that infect these trees. During a survey to determine which wound infecting fungi occur on baobabs, synnematous structures were observed and Graphium-like isolates were obtained. Culture characteristics and micro-morphology, together with DNA sequence comparisons for the SSU rRNA, rRNA-ITS and TEF-1α gene regions were used to characterise these fungi.

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