Thanks, Usha ji, What you & your team are doing is simply great. It is nice that you are able to do at such a serene age, which I never knew. Efloraofindia will always thank you for this splendid efforts.
On 4 June 2014 20:07, Usha Desai <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Gargji and Promilaji > > Many thanks for appreciating my mail...someone on our group[TAW] HAD > RAISED THIS QUERRY....so I mailed back to them but by mistake put > indiatreepix and not treeappreciationmumbai[?]...it shows I am getting > old...just completed 75 years on 8th Feb.Also this 25th May we completed 50 > tree walks.Last TAW WAS ON Mangroves...we divided in to 2 batches...one was > given explanation re how mangroves deal with salinity,hypoxia,stability in > wet land...evolution...symbiotic relationship with coral reef.....etc.[ > through posters and photographs ].other batch was guided through the > mangorves by Renee and later we took a long walk thr mangrove forest which > mainly consisted of one species[Avicenia marina]..the walk ended on an > island which had some unusual terrestrial species like Wattakaka volubilis > with dry mustache like pods dispersing hairy seeds...the dry pods showed > fish scale like pattern[due to the pressure of seeds compactly fitted..it > was fascinating] > > My Dear Mr Gargji, We thank you for allowing us to post the mails re our > walks. > Attached 3 photographs of the recent mangrove walk > > Thanking you > yrs sincerely > Usha Desai > > > On 4 June 2014 16:04, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, Usha ji, for the wonderful post. >> >> >> On 4 June 2014 12:05, Usha Desai <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> My Dear Abhaji,Siloo,Gita >>> >>> This is not fungal infection it is mealy bug infection[quite often you >>> get on Jasvant[shoe flower..Hibiscus] >>> Infact fungal infection sometimes control mealy Bug[?] >>> >>> mealy bug is the pest on rain trees and its foe is Lady Bird Beetle >>> >>> go thr' the link to know what they are doing >>> >>> if any of you get involved,let me know what is happening >>> >>> I am sending this mail to all because Rain trees are everywhere in >>> Mumbai and probably 100 years old..so it affects us all... >>> I have not send the details of life cycles as I do not want to bore you >>> all.. >>> >>> Remember chemical pestcides will kill beneficiary insects which help in >>> biocontorll SO NO NO TO CHEMICAL PESTICDES >>> >>> Biopesticides for mealy bugs are Lady Bird Beetles and their >>> larvae,Lacewings,Noctuid Mths and their caterpillar,Blue Butterfly >>> caterpillar,Chalcid wasps.fungus. >>> I f you want more info contact Dr Shubhalaxmi of BNHS AND GOOGLE...LOTS >>> OF INFO ON NET >>> Love Usha >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/cover-story/Beetles-Live/articleshow/33300957.cms >>> [image: Inline images 1] Mealy Bug >>> >>> [image: Inline images 2] Lady Bird >>> Beetle >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >> The whole world uses my Image Resource >> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as >> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >> world- around 2350 members & 1,90,000 messages on 31/5/14) or Efloraofindia >> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >> database of more than 9500 species & 1,90,000 images). Winner of >> Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >> >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> The whole world uses my Image Resource <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- around 2350 members & 1,90,000 messages on 31/5/14) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 9500 species & 1,90,000 images). Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
