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Rajesh Bajpai
Ecotoxicology
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Accumulation of Cadmium in Transplanted Lichen Pyxine cocoes (Sw.) Nyl., with Reference to Physiochemical Variation and Kinetics of Cadmium Biosorption
The present study aims to signify the role of Pyxine cocoes (Sw.) Nyl. (P. cocoes) as cadmium (Cd) biomonitor in atmosphere. This was achieved by quantifying the amount of Cd accumulated in transplanted P. cocoes
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Predicting the distributional range shifts of Rhizocarpon geographicum (L.) DC. in Indian Himalayan Region under future climate scenarios
Himalaya, the highest mountain system in the world and house of important biodiversity hotspot, is sensitive to projected warming by climate change. Rhizocarpon geographicum (map lichen), a crustose lichen, grows...
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Ecological implication of variation in the secondary metabolites in Parmelioid lichens with respect to altitude
Lichens are known to synthesize a variety of secondary metabolites having multifunctional activity in response to external environmental condition. Two common lichen extrolites, atranorin and salazinic acid, a...
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Physiological and genetic effects of chromium (+VI) on toxitolerant lichen species, Pyxine cocoes
Chromium is a highly toxic non-essential metal, which causes a variety of metabolic activities in plants. Pyxine cocoes a well known toxitolerant lichen species was considered to evaluate the possible physiologic...
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Selection of suitable lichen bioindicator species for monitoring climatic variability in the Himalaya
Interspecific comparison in metals and PAHs profile in three lichen species, Flavoparmelia caperata, Phaeophyscia hispidula and Pyxine sorediata, were studied in different altitudinal gradients of the Western Him...
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Performance of a naturally growing Parmelioid lichen Remototrachyna awasthii against organic and inorganic pollutants
The present study aims to assess the level and possible sources of organic and inorganic pollutants in Mahableshwar city in Western part of India and their effect on naturally growing foliose lichen Remototrachya...
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Physiological effects of arsenate on transplant thalli of the lichen Pyxine cocoes (Sw.) Nyl
The changes in photosynthetic pigments, chlorophyll fluorescence, protein content, and antioxidant enzymes were investigated in a foliose lichen Pyxine cocoes, which was subjected to increasing concentrations of ...
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Passive monitoring of atmospheric heavy metals in a historical city of central India by Lepraria lobificans Nyl.
Using an organism living in situ for monitoring is referred as passive monitoring. Lepraria lobificans Nyl., a leprose lichen growing naturally on monuments and buildings in the city Mandav in central India is us...
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Arsenic accumulation in lichens of Mandav monuments, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, India
Total arsenic in four different growth forms of lichens growing on old monuments in the city of Mandav, Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, India was analyzed. Among the different growth forms, foliose lichens we...
