I assume that this might be an agricultural land and somebody (farmer) might have used some herbicide to kill all herbaceous plants. This is a common weeding practice in Kerala nowadays that kills all chlorophyllous plants. Now no laborer to pick the actual weeds. Nobody cares about the soil micro -flora and -fauna and their importance in agriculture. Everybody is after 20:20:0:15 ( a fertilizer by FACTproduct). As long as they get chemical fertilizers they dont need to understand what is going on.... We see lots of changes in our farm after we stopped any chemical application in our farm for the last 10-13 years. We slowely reduced it.
Regards, Giby Regards, Giby On 12 June 2012 10:00, ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote: > Surajit > that s Atish plant , isn't it... > why are they being sprayed? > > usually grown in gardens, hedges I thought ... why would they or their > surrounding be sprayed? > > > *SECONDLY.*.. this is the horror that Rachel Carson wrote about in her > seminal book "SILENT SPRING"... I read it a few months after it came out, > it has affected my outlook on life like no other ... it came out long > before most of you were even born... but its good to read it now... its > still very relevant.. new editions are out,,, most indian bookstores also > carry it.. i think and many libraries too... > > Thanks for highlighting this problem... > may be we can have a thread dedicated to this ... > Usha di > > > > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 11:28 PM, surajit koley < > surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sir / Madam, >> >> In one of my earlier post i mentioned about a killer chemical that >> mercilessly destroys every plant and related fauna. This common lime >> butterfly (*Papilio demoleus*) is in search of fresh *Glycosmis >> pentaphylla* leaves so that it could lay eggs. >> >> Species : *Glycosmis pentaphylla* (Retz.) >> Habit & Habitat : common shrub >> Date : 9/6/12, 9.20 a.m. >> Place : Nalikul (Hooghly) >> >> Thank you & Regards, >> >> Surajit Koley >> > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 +919947109987 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
