Research article

The use of copper to ameliorate the adverse effect of nickel on the antioxidant enzymes in the root of soybean (Glycine max)

Vitthalrao B. Khyade^1*, Suryakant M Mundhe^2* and Paul R. Ehrlich³

¹Department of Zoology, ShardabaiPawarMahilaMahavidyalaya, Shardanagar, Malegaon (Baramati) Dist. Pune – 413115.
²Principal, Shardabai Pawar Vidya Niketan, Shardanagar, Malegaon (Baramati) Dist. Pune – 413115.
³Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford California

*corresponding Author E-mail: vitthalrao.khyade@gmail.com, mundhe@adtbaramati.com,Paul.Ehrlich@uts.edu.au

Accepted 21 May 2014

Abstract

The Biodiversity is the most commonly used term aim of which is to replace the more clearly defined and well established terms , species diversity and richness of species in a known region. Biodiversity refers to the variety of life. It is seen in the number of species in an ecosystem or on the entire Earth. Biodiversity gets used as a measure of the health of biological systems, and to see if there is a danger that too many species become extinct. The United Nations designated 2011–2020 as the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity. The present study is concerned with biodiversity of lepidopterous insects at Malegaon farm of Agriculture Development Trust, Baramati India. A total number of 4397 specimens, which were identified into 19 families and 70 species. The study has been conducted during July – October, 2012 and 2013.In cropped area, a total number of 3050 specimens with a mean value of 53.509 and in the non-cultivated area a total of 1347 with a mean value of 23.632 were collected, which differed significantly from each other. The mean values in the months of August, September and October were 28.000, 39.632 and 48.079 respectively and they differed significantly. The maximum mean value of 206.80 specimens was obtained for the family Noctuidae which had no significant difference with Pyralidae. The minimum mean value of 0.6667 was achieved in the family Bombycidae, which was statistically similar to most of other families.

Keywords: Biodiversity, lepidopterous,  Agriculture Development Trust