Thanks Dr. Desai for all that. I heard about you through a BNHS friend and then the mail. I am also almost your age, but not all that competent. Regards, Promila
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 9:22 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > 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). 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