Some disease symptoms were seen on Mustard plants in a field in Ropar during one our visits. Small, localized white patches were seen on both the surfaces of some leaves. On other leaves, presence of large powdery patches – especially towards the leaf tips, as if the smaller patches had coalesced to form large infected…
Author: S Dhawan_SD20
Early symptoms of powdery mildew on sunflower explored under foldscope @ GGDSD College
Young sunflower plants in the college Botanical garden were seen to show white powdery growth on upper surface of the leaves. Detailed study revealed the following symptoms: Appearance of white powdery mass on leaves Lower leaves heavily infected than upper ones Severely infected leaves turning yellow and later dried out The collected sample on analysis…
Powdery mildew on Tulsi under foldscope
White powder was seen on upper side of some tulsi leaves. Also the leaves showing powdery mass had turned reddish-brown in colour. The powdery mass when seen through foldscope showed large number of microscopic fungal spores – probably conidia. On the conidiophores, the point of attachment of conidia were clearly marked. Besides, the spores were…
Feathery style, stigma and pollination drop of Lablab
The pistil of Lablab – the flat bean flower was seen to have feathery style, and a capitate stigma under a foldscope. A pollination drop on stigma was a treat to watch under foldscope. This post is open to read and review on The Winnower.
Pollen-pistil interactions in Coix grass
The red coloured feathery stigma of Coix grass when observed under a foldscope exhibited a beautiful pollen-pistil interaction. How the pollen were entangled within the hair was quite clear. This post is open to read and review on The Winnower.
Feathers seen through polarised film #Sample-1
Sample -1 feather on looking through Foldscope using polarised film exhibited a beautiful arrangement of feather fibres.
Feathery creatures at Wetlands #Sample -1
During the visit at Ropar wetlands, feathers of different kind of birds were spotted. The students collected these samples and later observed these through foldscope. Sample -1 was a small feather of grey colour Size – about 2.5 -3 cm The feather was fluffy and slightly wooly in appearance This post is open…
Japanese Garden Visit glimpses followed by Foldscope session
Some glimpses of Japanese Garden of Chandigarh where a Foldscope walk was organised and samples were collected for foldscopy. Students engaged in taking Foldscope instructions during a session @GGDSD, Chandigarh. This post is open to read and review on The Winnower.
GGDSD Foldscope Team @Japanese garden
On the 2nd – Day of the workshop on Foldscope @GGDSD College, Chandigarh, a visit to Japanese Garden, Chandigarh was organized on 10th October, 2018. The garden spreads over an area of 13 acres and has been developed in two phases. An underground 100-foot-long tunnel connects the two phases of the garden.The garden has unique features…