Madhab Chandra Dash, Indian ecologist and zoologist (Malatipatpur, Puri District, Odisha State 28 November 1939 - Authored 250 research papers Developed a technology called vermitechnology using earthworms for wasteland reclamation, enhancing plant production and composting (1980s) that a former pupil (B.K. Senapati) and the Frenchman P. Lavelle patented in France (1996) Brought new knowledge on arribada (mass synchronised sea turtle nesting), which has drawn the attention of conservationists of the world With J.K. Biswas, A. Banerjee, S. Majumder, N. Bolan & B. Seshadri. New extracellular polymeric substance producing enteric bacterium from earthworm, Metaphire posthuma: Modulation through cultrure conditions. Proceed. Zool. Soc. 72(2), 2017 DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Oligochaeta Species Achaeta nurimineni 1978 with Thambi Enchytraeus berhampurosus 1978 with Thambi Enchytraeus syracussus 1981 with Mitchell Fridericia canadensis 1972 Fridericia kalinga 1978 with Nanda & Thambi Fridericia nielseni 1972 Fridericia vancouverensis 1983 Marionina canadensis 1970 Marionina craggi 1970 Marionina indica 1978 with Thambi Marionina macfadyeni 1978 with Thambi Protozoa (1983 with Guru) Species Difflugia indica Subspecies Difflugia lingula kalinga Plagiopyxis callida minuta Trinema lineare gigantea HONORS Dashiella Julka 1988 (Oligochaeta) LINKS |
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