Botany Research Journal
ISSN: OnlineISSN: Print 1995-4751
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Abstract
The study of various periodic behaviours of plant species or the phenology has great significance because it not only provides knowledge about the plant growth pattern but also provides the inferences on the effect of environment and selective pressure on flowering and fruiting behaviour. In this study,an attempt has been made to record such data regarding periods of leaf fall, leaf flushing, flowering, fruiting and all. This was done for a period of two years for two species viz. Picrorhiza kurroa and Saussurea costus of course which were somehow having medicinal properties and it was carried out in the VCGS UUHF Bharsar district of Pauri, Uttarakhand. In the study the leaf fall peak period was found in last part of December, leaf flushing peak period in the month of march where as flowering and fruiting activity peak period was found during the month of May-June and July-August, respectively. So, this type of study will be helpful to give inferences in future whether the of climate change are giving pressure on the periodic behaviour of plant species. Changed phenological behaviour of plant species indicates the losing of plant diversity of the district in a critical level.
How to cite this article:
Anand Singh Bisht. Phenological Studies of Critically Endangered High Value Medicinal Herbs: Picrorhiza kurroa
and Saussurea costus Insub-Alpine Regions of Garhwal Hiamalya, Uttarakh and India.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/brj.2019.31.36
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1995-4751/brj.2019.31.36