2008-'09 - Kerala Forest Research Institute
2008-'09 - Kerala Forest Research Institute
2008-'09 - Kerala Forest Research Institute
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Annual Report <strong>2008</strong>-09<br />
Italy, during 24-30 August <strong>2008</strong> and presented a paper entitled 'Outbreak of Pink<br />
Disease in Teak (Tectona grandis L. f.) Plantations in <strong>Kerala</strong>, India and its<br />
Management'.<br />
T. Surendran<br />
participated in the One day Seminar on Medicinal Plants at KFRI, organized by<br />
<strong>Kerala</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> Department (<strong>Research</strong> Wing) and KFRI on 25 August <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
E.A. Jayson<br />
attended the Seminar entitled 'People and Tiger' at Periyar Tiger Reserve during<br />
22-23 September <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
T. Surendran and C.K. Somen<br />
participated in the National Seminar on Grassroot Innovators and Intellectual<br />
Property Rights organized jointly by KFRI, KSCSTE and Patent Office Chennai<br />
at KFRI during 26-27 September, <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
K.K. Seethalakshmi, U.N. Nandakumar, M.S. Muktesh Kumar, E.M. Muralidharan<br />
and C.K. Somen<br />
attended the Training Programme on Bamboo Technology and Trade Development<br />
at State <strong>Forest</strong> <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Institute</strong>, Jabalpur during 29 September-5 October <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Dr. Seethalakshmi gave lectures on 'Bamboo: Germplasm Conservation and<br />
Management'; Dr. Nandakumar, on 'Thirty Commercially Important Bamboo<br />
Species of India' Dr. Muralidharan, on 'Tissue Culture of Bamboo' and Dr. Somen,<br />
on 'Germplasm Conservation and Management in Bamboos'.<br />
U.M. Chandrashekara<br />
attended the National Seminar on Coastal Wetland Ecosystems of <strong>Kerala</strong> on 16-<br />
17 October <strong>2008</strong> at Department of Botany, Sree Narayana College, Kannur and<br />
presented a paper entitled 'Ecological and Socio-cultural Dimensions of Sacred<br />
Groves of Kannur and Kasaragod Districts'.<br />
C. Mohanan<br />
attended National Seminar on Advances in Plant Pathology for Sustainable<br />
Agriculture held at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore during 23-24<br />
November <strong>2008</strong> and presented a paper entitled 'Wild Edible Fungi of the Western<br />
Ghats: Biodiversity and Economic Potential' (C. Mohanan and P.M.Sumesh)<br />
George Mathew<br />
delivered the keynote address (Ecology and Conservation Implications of Mangroves<br />
of <strong>Kerala</strong>) in the National Seminar on Mangroves: Significance and Conservation<br />
Strategies organized by the Dept. of Zoology, Govt. Arts and Science College, Calicut<br />
on 28 November <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
U.M. Chandrashekara<br />
attended a Seminar on Medicinal and Insecticidal Properties of Botanicals on<br />
<strong>Kerala</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
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