Krishnappa R

A one day Foldscope workshop on “Plant Structural Changes (Stomata) and Dynamics of Aquatic MicroFlora/Fauna” (under DBT Funded Project) was jointly organized by the Division of Crop Production, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam-793103, Meghalaya and Miranda House, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 on 3
 
 rd
 
 November, 2018 in MeECL Secondary School, Barapani, Meghalaya. A total of 60 students participated in the programme.


 The students actively participated in the programme with great eagerness and enthusiasm . Some of the samples observed and captured are:

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 <li>
 Stomata in Lower Leaf Surface of Colocasia (
 
 Colocasia esculenta
 
 )
 </li>
 <li>
 Cells of Onion Peel (
 
 Allium cepa
 
 )
 </li>
 <li>
 Petiole of Colocasia Leaf  (
 
 Colocasia esculenta
 
 )
 </li>
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 <img alt="Picture7" class="wp-image-101408 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="101408" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="Picture7" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_101391/Picture7.jpg"/>
 <figcaption>
 
 Stomata in Lower Leaf Surface of Colocasia (
 
 Colocasia esculenta
 
 )
 
 
 
 Place of Collection: Lowland Field of ICAR Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya
 
 </figcaption>
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 <img alt="Picture8" class="wp-image-101409 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="101409" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="Picture8" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_101391/Picture8.jpg"/>
 <figcaption>
 
 Cells of Onion Peel (
 
 Allium cepa
 
 )
 
 
 
 Place of Collection: Cooperative, ICAR Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya
 
 
 </figcaption>
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 <img alt="IMG-20181129-WA0027" class="wp-image-102337 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="102337" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="IMG-20181129-WA0027" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_101391/IMG-20181129-WA0027.jpg"/>
 <figcaption>
 
 Petiole of Colocasia Leaf  (
 
 
 
 Colocasia esculenta
 
 
 
 )
 
 
 
 Place of Collection: Lowland Field of ICAR Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya
 
 </figcaption>
</figure>
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 <img alt="Picture1" class="wp-image-102346 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="102346" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="Picture1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_101391/Picture1-2.png"/>
 <figcaption>
 
 </figcaption>
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 <img alt="Picture2" class="wp-image-102636 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="102636" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="Picture2" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_101391/Picture2.png"/>
 <figcaption>
 
 Demonstration on foldscope assembly and sample preparation and observation under foldscope
 
 </figcaption>
</figure>

One Day Foldscope Workshop (DBT Twinning) at MeECL Secondary School, Barapani, Meghalaya

By definition, Underutilized Horticultural Crops (UUHC) are those crops cultivated, consumed and traded locally for their food, medicinal and aesthetic purposes. Our project aimed to survey, collect leaf, flower and fruit samples from existing UUHC trees from different locations of North East India Region and record observations on the leaf characters and floral attributes using foldscope to study medicinal values of horticultural crops and their economic importance.


 Some of the leaf samples collected from field have been studied in the laboratory for stomatal attributes by studying the distribution of stomata on the
 
 lower surfaces
 
 of the leaf using foldscope. Some of the major observations recorded are listed below in the following images.

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 <img alt="aa" class="wp-image-101620 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="101620" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="aa" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_101586/aa.jpg"/>
 <figcaption>
 
 Scientific Name:
 
 
 Dillenia indica
 
 
 
 Common Name:
 
 Elephant apple
 
 
 Place of Collection:
 
 Kyrdem, Meghalaya
 </figcaption>
</figure>
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 <img alt="bb" class="wp-image-101621 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="101621" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="bb" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_101586/bb.jpg"/>
 <figcaption>
 
 Scientific Name:
 
 
 Passiflora edulis
 
 
 
 Common Name:
 
 Passion fruit
 
 
 Place of Collection:
 
 Kyrdem, Meghalaya
 </figcaption>
</figure>
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 <img alt="cc" class="wp-image-101623 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="101623" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="cc" data-recalc-dims="1" height="511" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_101586/cc.jpg" width="581"/>
 <figcaption>
 
 Scientific Name:
 
 
 Myrica farquhariana
 
 
 
 Common Name:
 
 Soh-phie-nam (Khasi dialect)
 
 
 Place of Collection:
 
 Kyrdem, Meghalaya
 </figcaption>
</figure>
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 <img alt="dd" class="wp-image-101625 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="101625" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="dd" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_101586/dd.jpg"/>
 <figcaption>
 
 Scientific Name:
 
 
 Elaegnus spp
 
 
 
 Common Name:
 
 Miricatenga
 
 
 Place of Collection:
 
 Kyrdem, Meghalaya
 </figcaption>
</figure>
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 <img alt="ee" class="wp-image-101626 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="101626" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="ee" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_101586/ee.jpg"/>
 <figcaption>
 
 Scientific Name:
 
 
 Pyrus pashia
 
 
 
 Common Name:
 
 Soh-shur (Khasi dialect)
 
 
 Place of Collection:
 
 Kyrdem, Meghalaya
 </figcaption>
</figure>
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 <img alt="ff" class="wp-image-101628 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="101628" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="ff" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_101586/ff.jpg"/>
 <figcaption>
 
 Scientific Name:
 
 
 Averrhoa carambola
 
 
 
 Common Name:
 
 Carambola
 
 
 Place of Collection:
 
 Kyrdem, Meghalaya
 
 </figcaption>
</figure>
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 <img alt="gg" class="wp-image-101631 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="101631" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="gg" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_101586/gg.jpg"/>
 <figcaption>
 
 Scientific Name:
 
 
 Citrus limon
 
 
 
 Common Name:
 
 Assam Lemon
 
 
 Place of Collection:
 
 Kyrdem, Meghalaya
 </figcaption>
</figure>
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 <img alt="hh" class="wp-image-101632 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="101632" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="hh" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_101586/hh.jpg"/>
 <figcaption>
 
 Scientific Name:
 
 
 Musa paradisiaca
 
 
 
 Common Name:
 
 Banana
 
 
 Place of Collection:
 
 Kyrdem, Meghalaya
 </figcaption>
</figure>
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 <img alt="ii" class="wp-image-101633 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="101633" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="ii" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_101586/ii.jpg"/>
 <figcaption>
 
 Scientific Name:
 
 
 Psidium guajava
 
 
 
 Common Name:
 
 Guava
 
 
 Place of Collection:
 
 Kyrdem, Meghalaya
 </figcaption>
</figure>
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 <img alt="jj" class="wp-image-101637 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="101637" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="jj" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_101586/jj.jpg"/>
 <figcaption>
 
 Scientific Name:
 
 
 Artocarpus heterophyllus
 
 
 
 Common Name:
 
 Jackfruit
 
 
 Place of Collection:
 
 Kyrdem, Meghalaya
 </figcaption>
</figure>
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 <img alt="kk" class="wp-image-101638 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="101638" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="kk" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_101586/kk.jpg"/>
 <figcaption>
 
 Scientific Name:
 
 
 Citrus grandis
 
 
 
 Common Name:
 
 Pomelo
 
 
 Place of Collection:
 
 Kyrdem, Meghalaya
 </figcaption>
</figure>
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 <img alt="22" class="wp-image-101672 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="101672" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="22" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_101586/22.png"/>
 <figcaption>
 
 Some major under-utilized horticulture crops (soh-shur, carambola and elephant apple, respectively)
 
 </figcaption>
</figure>
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 <img alt="44" class="wp-image-101673 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="101673" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="44" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_101586/44.png"/>
 <figcaption>
 
 Field survey and sample collection
 
 </figcaption>
</figure>

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