Effect of Cyanobacteria on Various Vegetables Grown in Antarctica.

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Brief Description (Abstract):

Mass culture of available in Schirmacher Oasis of East Antartica, was prepared under artificial condition inside a glass ,house. Cyanobacterial culture was used as biofertilizer and its effect was studied on 31 species of 14 vegetables viz., capsicum, chilli, okra, pea, watermelon, muskmelon, cucumber bittergourd, bottlegourd, bean, lettuce, beetroot and summer squash.

Status: Completed

Purpose: Biological nitrogen fixation is restricted to a small group of bacteria, blue green algae or cyanobacteria and actinomycetes. About 26 genera or approxi mately 16 per cent of the known blue green algae are reported to fix nitrogen (Lie, 1984), out of which three types can be distinguished. These are unicellular filamentous non-heterocystous algae and filamentous algae with heterocyst Antarctic cyanobacteria are filamentous algae with heterocyst i.e. thick walled cells with reduced pigmentation present at irregular intervals on the filament. This group of cyanobacteria fixes nitrogen under aerobic conditions and Nostoc and Anabaena genera belong to this group. Komarek and Ruzicka (1966) were the first to report the occurrence of algae as a conspicuous part of the vegetation in Antarctica. Pankow et al.(1989) reported 220 species of algae from Schirmacher Oasis region in East Antarctica out of which 100 species belong to cyanophyceae.

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Keyword(s): Earth Science-Agriculture,

Place/Location(s): Schirmacher Oasis, Antarctic,

Project: Effect of Cyanobacteria on Various Vegetables Grown in Antarctica,

Topic Category(s): Farming,

Date(s): 2020-09-14 (Creation),

Resource Contact(s):
1. Name : Dr. Mohommad Arif
    Role : PrincipalInvestigator
    Phone : 8322525515
    E-Mail : ictd [ at ] ncpor.res.in
    Organization Name : National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR)
    Address : Headland Sada, Vasco da Gama, Goa 403804
    City : Vasco-da-Gama
    State : Goa
    Postal Code : 403804
    Country : IND

Distributor Contact(s):
1. Name : Mr. Sakthivel Samy V
    Role : Distributor
    Phone : +91-832-2525515
    E-Mail : vssamy [ at ] ncpor.res.in
    Organization Name : National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR)
    Address : Headland Sada, Vasco da Gama, Goa 403804
    City : Vasco-da-Gama
    State : Goa
    Postal Code : 403804
    Country : IND

Metadata Contact(s):
1. Name : Mr. Sakthivel Samy V
    Role : PointOfContact
    Phone : +91-832-2525515
    E-Mail : vssamy [ at ] ncpor.res.in
    Organization Name : National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR)
    Address : Headland Sada, Vasco da Gama, Goa 403804
    City : Vasco-da-Gama
    State : Goa
    Postal Code : 403804
    Country : IND

Extent:
Start Date : 1991-01-01
End Date   : 1992-12-31