Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L., Elaeagnaceae) is a promising plant with high ecological an... more Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L., Elaeagnaceae) is a promising plant with high ecological and economical significance. Every part of the plant is considered to be used by the folk medicinal practioners of trans-Himalayan region for different purposes. Seabuckthorn (SBT) thus encompasses great prospect to be investigated in various fields like biotechnology, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and environmental sciences. Elucidation of standardized propagation technique in SBT becomes important basically of its increasing demand. Selection of genotype with better quality could be executed by screening the population in wild based on desirable requirements including ease of leaf and berry harvest, high fruit yield, less thorny, etc. However, efficient mass propagation system must be standardized for successful plantation of SBT for commercial cultivation. Woody plants are often propagated through hardwood cuttings as it is one of the most inexpensive method for vegetative pro...
Ladakh, a North Eastern region of Jammu and Kashmir State of India, lies between 32⁰-36⁰ North la... more Ladakh, a North Eastern region of Jammu and Kashmir State of India, lies between 32⁰-36⁰ North latitude and 75⁰-80⁰ East longitude. It is located at an altitude ranging from 2300 m to 5000 m above sea level. Given its relief and climate, life is hard especially during winter. It remains land locked for half a year from the rest of the world. Food security has been an issue of concern all over the world for many years, and it is a major issue for the people of Ladakh too, mostly during the winter months. It has always been neglected in areas where there is scarcity due to hampering climatic conditions for the vegetation to grow outdoors. Vegetable species with prolonged shelf life plays an important role during scarcity, Raphanus sativus L. (radish), Brassica napus napobrassica (swede), Brassica napus (turnip), Allium cepa (onion), Solanum tuberosum (potato) and Daucus carota (carrot), root and tuberous vegetables have 6-7 months of shelf life which act as buffer during the scarcity....
In risk-prone high altitude areas like Ladakh many resources, including highland pasture lands, g... more In risk-prone high altitude areas like Ladakh many resources, including highland pasture lands, groves for fuel wood, and irrigation waters, are held in common. The common property regime helps local inhabitants access different ecoenvironments and thus reduces risk and vulnerability. There are norms and regulations for sustainable management of such common property resources. In this paper, we focus on local institutions for management of tsogs (forest groves) in the Nubra valley of Ladakh. The tsogs provide local people with their required fuel wood, pasture land for animals, as well as aesthetic beauty in this cold desert area. During the early 1980s these tsogs were an unregulated ‘open assess resource’, and over the time due to various contextual factors there was over exploitation of these forest groves for commercial purposes, and their sustainability was threatened. To combat this problem, this open assess resource was converted in to a common property resource, with institu...
This study elaborates the role of heirloom vegetables coming down from generations to generations... more This study elaborates the role of heirloom vegetables coming down from generations to generations into the life support system of native Ladakhi highlanders (in the trans-Himalaya region of India). The study was conducted with 165 Ladakhi men and women using a combination of personal interviews and participatory methods indicated that heirloom vegetables are known for their taste, colour, shape and adaptability among Ladakhi people, and form an integral part of their food system during the period of scarcity, especially during the winter months when the region remains landlocked. Due to unfavourable conditions caused by severe cold, high altitude and a short growing season the production of many vegetable varieties are hampered. During such periods, the heirloom root vegetables available in the region with higher shelf life are of immense utility in securing the food security of the local community. However, the introduction of new varieties is posing a threat to the traditional hei...
Glucosinolates (GS) are amino acid derived secondary metabolites present specifically in Brassica... more Glucosinolates (GS) are amino acid derived secondary metabolites present specifically in Brassicaceae family. The effect of altitude (2800 m - 4000 m) on GS contents and seed quality characteristics in radish (Raphanus sativus L.) was investigated. The total GS in radish seed was 147.5±21.5 μmol/g DW, which included five aliphatic and four indolic GS compounds. Increasing altitude was related linearly to increase in total GS contents (R2 = 0.759). Among individual GS, glucoraphanin and glucoraphenin showed consistently increasing trend with altitude. Increasing altitude is related linearly to increase in 100 seed weight (R2 = 0.266) and seed yield per plant (R2 = 0.849). A steady decreasing trend was observed in seed moisture content (R2 = 0.831) and siliqua length (R2 = 786) with increasing altitude. Altitude of plant origin was positively correlated with GS contents (r = 0.900, p≤ 0.01), seed weight per plant (r = 0.919, p≤ 0.01) and geometric mean diameter (r = 0.661, p≤ 0.01), a...
Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L., Elaeagnaceae) is a promising plant with high ecological an... more Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L., Elaeagnaceae) is a promising plant with high ecological and economical significance. Every part of the plant is considered to be used by the folk medicinal practioners of trans-Himalayan region for different purposes. Seabuckthorn (SBT) thus encompasses great prospect to be investigated in various fields like biotechnology, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and environmental sciences. Elucidation of standardized propagation technique in SBT becomes important basically of its increasing demand. Selection of genotype with better quality could be executed by screening the population in wild based on desirable requirements including ease of leaf and berry harvest, high fruit yield, less thorny, etc. However, efficient mass propagation system must be standardized for successful plantation of SBT for commercial cultivation. Woody plants are often propagated through hardwood cuttings as it is one of the most inexpensive method for vegetative pro...
Ladakh, a North Eastern region of Jammu and Kashmir State of India, lies between 32⁰-36⁰ North la... more Ladakh, a North Eastern region of Jammu and Kashmir State of India, lies between 32⁰-36⁰ North latitude and 75⁰-80⁰ East longitude. It is located at an altitude ranging from 2300 m to 5000 m above sea level. Given its relief and climate, life is hard especially during winter. It remains land locked for half a year from the rest of the world. Food security has been an issue of concern all over the world for many years, and it is a major issue for the people of Ladakh too, mostly during the winter months. It has always been neglected in areas where there is scarcity due to hampering climatic conditions for the vegetation to grow outdoors. Vegetable species with prolonged shelf life plays an important role during scarcity, Raphanus sativus L. (radish), Brassica napus napobrassica (swede), Brassica napus (turnip), Allium cepa (onion), Solanum tuberosum (potato) and Daucus carota (carrot), root and tuberous vegetables have 6-7 months of shelf life which act as buffer during the scarcity....
In risk-prone high altitude areas like Ladakh many resources, including highland pasture lands, g... more In risk-prone high altitude areas like Ladakh many resources, including highland pasture lands, groves for fuel wood, and irrigation waters, are held in common. The common property regime helps local inhabitants access different ecoenvironments and thus reduces risk and vulnerability. There are norms and regulations for sustainable management of such common property resources. In this paper, we focus on local institutions for management of tsogs (forest groves) in the Nubra valley of Ladakh. The tsogs provide local people with their required fuel wood, pasture land for animals, as well as aesthetic beauty in this cold desert area. During the early 1980s these tsogs were an unregulated ‘open assess resource’, and over the time due to various contextual factors there was over exploitation of these forest groves for commercial purposes, and their sustainability was threatened. To combat this problem, this open assess resource was converted in to a common property resource, with institu...
This study elaborates the role of heirloom vegetables coming down from generations to generations... more This study elaborates the role of heirloom vegetables coming down from generations to generations into the life support system of native Ladakhi highlanders (in the trans-Himalaya region of India). The study was conducted with 165 Ladakhi men and women using a combination of personal interviews and participatory methods indicated that heirloom vegetables are known for their taste, colour, shape and adaptability among Ladakhi people, and form an integral part of their food system during the period of scarcity, especially during the winter months when the region remains landlocked. Due to unfavourable conditions caused by severe cold, high altitude and a short growing season the production of many vegetable varieties are hampered. During such periods, the heirloom root vegetables available in the region with higher shelf life are of immense utility in securing the food security of the local community. However, the introduction of new varieties is posing a threat to the traditional hei...
Glucosinolates (GS) are amino acid derived secondary metabolites present specifically in Brassica... more Glucosinolates (GS) are amino acid derived secondary metabolites present specifically in Brassicaceae family. The effect of altitude (2800 m - 4000 m) on GS contents and seed quality characteristics in radish (Raphanus sativus L.) was investigated. The total GS in radish seed was 147.5±21.5 μmol/g DW, which included five aliphatic and four indolic GS compounds. Increasing altitude was related linearly to increase in total GS contents (R2 = 0.759). Among individual GS, glucoraphanin and glucoraphenin showed consistently increasing trend with altitude. Increasing altitude is related linearly to increase in 100 seed weight (R2 = 0.266) and seed yield per plant (R2 = 0.849). A steady decreasing trend was observed in seed moisture content (R2 = 0.831) and siliqua length (R2 = 786) with increasing altitude. Altitude of plant origin was positively correlated with GS contents (r = 0.900, p≤ 0.01), seed weight per plant (r = 0.919, p≤ 0.01) and geometric mean diameter (r = 0.661, p≤ 0.01), a...
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