Druses in the secondary xylem of mangifera indica collected from coal mines India


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Gupta A, . and Gupta S, . and Vishnuprasad V, . Druses in the secondary xylem of mangifera indica collected from coal mines India. pp. 179-184. ISSN 0128-1283

Abstract

The study was undertaken to understand the influence of mining stress on the wood structure of tropical hardwood tree species. Dhanbad district in Jharkhand is the coal capital of India and it is one of the most polluted areas of the world which makes it an ideal area of study to assess the mining stress on tropical hardwoods. Samples of mature wood were taken from the outer core of the sapwood of several hardwood tree species including seven samples of Mangifera indica along the fringes of the coal mines. Qualitative and quantitative features of the samples were studied. A conspicuous observation was made at the occurrence of druses in the ray parenchyma cells of a stressed M. indica wood sample. The druses appeared as dense globular form and the constituent units were like rose petals to glass flakes representing a solid druse type. The occurrence of druses in M. indica has not been reported earlier. The presence of druses in a single sample of M. indica out of seven can be accounted to the adaptation of the individual plant to the local microclimatic conditions or side effect due to mining stress.


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Abstract

The study was undertaken to understand the influence of mining stress on the wood structure of tropical hardwood tree species. Dhanbad district in Jharkhand is the coal capital of India and it is one of the most polluted areas of the world which makes it an ideal area of study to assess the mining stress on tropical hardwoods. Samples of mature wood were taken from the outer core of the sapwood of several hardwood tree species including seven samples of Mangifera indica along the fringes of the coal mines. Qualitative and quantitative features of the samples were studied. A conspicuous observation was made at the occurrence of druses in the ray parenchyma cells of a stressed M. indica wood sample. The druses appeared as dense globular form and the constituent units were like rose petals to glass flakes representing a solid druse type. The occurrence of druses in M. indica has not been reported earlier. The presence of druses in a single sample of M. indica out of seven can be accounted to the adaptation of the individual plant to the local microclimatic conditions or side effect due to mining stress.

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Item Type: Article
AGROVOC Term: Xylem
AGROVOC Term: Hardwood
AGROVOC Term: Mangifera indica
AGROVOC Term: mining
AGROVOC Term: Coal
AGROVOC Term: Oxalates
AGROVOC Term: Sampling
AGROVOC Term: Qualitative analysis
AGROVOC Term: Quantitative analysis
AGROVOC Term: Genera
Depositing User: Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified: 24 Apr 2025 06:28
URI: http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23230

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