lotus Tag

26 Feb

Posted at 04:36h in Animal husbandry
Dr. Shailesh Kumar (Assistant Professor), Dr. A. K. Singh (Professor) 46 views

सि‍ंधाडे का पोषण मूल्‍य तथा आर्द्रभूमि पारिस्थितिकी तंत्र में सिंघाड़े की खेती Water Chestnut (Trapa bispinosa Roxb.) is one of the most important aquatic nut crop grown in wetland ecosystem. Water Chestnut, Commonly known as Singhara or Panipha, is one of the few neglected but economically important aquatic crops of tropical and sub-tropical origin. It is a floating aquatic plant that grown in marshes, shallow lakes, railway track side depression and highway side depressions. It belongs to the family Lythraceae or Trapaceae and has three different species like T. bispinosa, T. natans and T. quadrispinosa or T. bicornis. In India, Water Chestnut is mainly cultivated in Bihar, Assam, West Bengal, M.P. and lower parts of...

22 Sep

Posted at 10:37h in Animal husbandry
Dr. Shailesh Kumar1, Dr. A. K. Singh2 & Dr. Sweta Mishra3 2,657 views

जलीय फसल मखाना की निर्यात क्षमता, पोषण महत्‍व और वाणिज्यिक खेती Makhana (Euryale ferox Salisb.), Family Nymphaeaceae, is an important non-cereal aquatic crop cultivated in stagnant perennial water bodies like ponds, land depressions, oxbow lakes, swamps and ditches. Makhana is also commonly known as Fox nut and Gorgon nut, the propped seeds of makhana is eaten and also used in preparation of various kind of sweets and recipes. Makhana plant is distributed to almost every parts of the world and considered as a native of South-East Asia and China. In general, its distribution is mainly limited to tropical and sub-tropical regions of South-East Asia and also known to exist in Japan, Korea, Russia,...

03 Jan

Posted at 08:35h in Crop Cultivation
Hiralal Jana 3 views

कमल की खेती: कमाई का संभावित क्षेत्र The lotus plant is an aquatic perennial, native to Southern Asia and Australia. It is most commonly cultivated in water gardens. The pink lotus is the national flower of India. The lotus (Nelumbonucifera) is known by a number of common names, including sacred lotus, Indian lotus, East Indian lotus, Oriental Lotus, Lily of Nile, Bean of India and Sacred water lily. It symbolizes purity, beauty, majesty, grace, fertility, wealth, richness, knowledge and serenity. The American Lotus (Nelumbolutea) is native to a region stretching from south-eastern part of North America to the northern part of South America. It is smaller than the sacred lotus; bears scented,...