Sudam Charan Sahu

North Orissa University

Sudam Charan Sahu, M.Sc., Ph. D, F.I.A.T. is working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Botany, North Orissa University, Baripada (Odisha), India. He has done his Ph. D from CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar (Under Utkal University, Bhubaneswar), India and Post-Doctorate from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India). His specialization and research fields include plant taxonomy, ethnobotany, forest ecology, climate change and biodiversity conservation. He published more than 34 papers in various national and international journals, 4 book chapters and edited 2 books to his credit. He is recognized as Fellow of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy. He was also awarded with DST-Young Scientist from Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, Government of India. He was also the editor of the book entitled “Plant Science” (Intech publisher). He is a well-recognized reviewer of many SCI and Non-SCI journals.

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Latest work with IntechOpen by Sudam Charan Sahu

This book, Diversity and Ecology of Invasive Plants, is a collection of reviewed and relevant research chapters, offering a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the field of invasive species biology. The book comprises chapters authored by various researchers and edited by experts active in the field of conservation of biodiversity. All chapters are complete in itself but united under a common topic. This publication aims at providing a thorough overview of the latest research efforts by international authors on diversity, distribution, and ecological consequences of invasive species and opens new possible research paths for further developments.

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Floristic Composition, Diversity and Status of Threatened Medicinal Plants in Tropical Forests of Malyagiri Hill Ranges, Eastern Ghats, India

By S. C. Sahu and N. K. Dhal

Part of the book: Tropical Forests

Invasive Alien Flora in and around an Urban Area of India

By Samarendra Narayan Mallick, Nirius Xenan Ekka, Sanjeet Kumar and Sudam C. Sahu

Invasive alien species are non-native exotic organisms which can disperse and destroy the biodiversity and change the ecosystem. The present study deals with the comprehensive list of invasive alien plants (IAPs) of Rourkela Steel City, Sundargarh, Odisha, with background information on family, habit, and nativity. A total of 165 invasive alien species under 132 genera and 59 families have been recorded. From the nativity study, among 25 geographic regions, the majority of invasive plants reported from American continent (62%) with 103 species. While in life form analysis, the herbs (114 species) are dominant, followed by trees (23 species), shrubs (22 species), climber (5 species), and undershrub (1 species). Ageratum conyzoides, Blumea lacera, Cassia alata, Lantana camara, Cassia tora, Parthenium hysterophorus, Xanthium sp., Datura sp., Cardamine scutata, Argemone mexicana, Grangea maderaspatana, Hyptis suaveolens, and Gnaphalium polycaulon are some noxious species found during the study. Parthenium hysterophorus is the highly noxious plant which is grown everywhere after Ageratum conyzoides and Lantana camara. Most of the invasive species are locally used for medicinal purposes as well as for food, fuel, and fodder purposes. A better planning and reporting of the spread of new plants in the area are needed for early identification and control of the invasive alien plant species in different seasons. Since the flora of Sundargarh districts has not been beneficially explored, this study will help in the compilation of flora of Sundargarh district and Rourkela in particular. Further studies will reveal the allelopathic effects on different agricultural crops as well as the different ethnobotanical values.

Part of the book: Diversity and Ecology of Invasive Plants

Sudam Charan Sahu

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Diversity and Ecology of Invasive Plants

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