Medicinal plants in hot Indian arid zone enjoy considerable reputation as drugs and are used in different systems of medicine either as the active principle or crude systems of medicine either as the active principle ingredient or crude drug. The resources of the Indian arid zone are very limited. There is a considerable pressure on the land and natural vegetation. [...]
This article throws light upon the nine main uses of halophytes are: 1. Food 2. Alcohol 3. Barilla 4. Tannin 5. Timber 6. Mats, Baskets and Cordage 7. Land Reclamation 8. Land-Building 9. Liquid Wax. Use # 1. Food: The only major food crop derived from a halophyte gene pool the sugar beet, Beta vulgaris. Its various races are grown [...]
Human Activity, Biosphere and Ecology! Human Activity: Human activity leading to waste generation and pollution is shown schematically in Fig. 1.1. The waste produced may be in different state of aggregation, such as solid particles, particles suspended in a fluid, dissolved solutes, vapor and gas. Some of the wastes, discharged into the biosphere are directly or indirectly harmful to [...]