Conservation Biology

Dr Anurag Dhyani

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Position:  Scientist                  

Mobile No: 9539423674

Email: anuragdhyani@gmail.com, anuragdhyani@jntbgri.res.in

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Qualification: Ph.D., H.N.B. Garhwal University, Uttarakhand (2012).

 

Specialization: Conservation assessment, seed storage, seed germination and dormancy, seedling production, translocation.

Personal Biography

I contribute to the conservation of threatened plants by working with IUCN Global Tree Specialist Group to improve IUCN Red List assessments. Seed collection and storage is a regular activity in our seed bank. I do focus on to identify seed dormancy and develop germination protocols for threatened plants. This enables us to produce seedlings for translocating rare species in the Western Ghats, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the eight ‘Hottest Hot-Spots’ of biological diversity in the world. I am also adopting species distribution modeling and cryopreservation for long term conservation of rare plants.

Projects & Selected Publications

Projects

  • Ex-situ conservation of five critically endangered plants of the Western Ghats, India, funded by Global Botanic Garden Fund, Botanic Gardens Conservation International, United Kingdom (2020).
  • Conservation of Vulnerable Sandalwood (Santalum album) through propagation and re-introduction, funded by Kerala Forest Development Fund, Kerala, India (2019-2023).
  • Conservation of Endemic and Critically Endangered Buchanania barberi in India, funded by The Mohamed Bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, United Arab Emirates (2019).
  • Studies on conservation biological aspects of selected flowering plants of Kerala, funded by Kerala State Council Science Technology and Environment, India (2017-2022).
  • Global Seed Conservation Challenge Fieldwork Fund, funded by Botanic Gardens Conservation International, United Kingdom (2016).

 

Publications

  • Dhyani, A., Bindu, S., Abinlal, K. C., Anilkumar, C. (2022). Reintroduction of Buchanania barberi, a critically endangered tree endemic to the south Western Ghats of Kerala, India. Plants People Planet. 1– 6. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10334 (IF=5.695)
  • Dhyani, A., Nautiyal, B. P., Nautiyal, M. C. (2022). Seedling performance, phenotypic traits and growing media for domestication of Lilium polyphyllum. Plants People Planet. 4(6), 685– 695. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10310 (IF=5.695)
  • Kavungullachalil, A., Dhyani, A., Sivankunju, S., Sainudeen Muhammed, S., & Ettickal Sukumaran, S. (2022). Conservation of Garcinia gamblei, a rare tree endemic to the south Western Ghats, India. Oryx, 56(4), 489-490. https://doi.org/10.1017/S003060532200045X (IF=2.957)
  • Dhyani A, Suresh S, Santhoshkumar ES, Shareef SM, Prakashkumar R (2021). Conserving Dialium travancoricum, a critically endangered and Endemic Tree in Kerala, India. Oryx. 55(4), 491. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605321000429 (IF=2.957)
  • Dhyani A, Kadaverugu R, Nautiyal BP, Nautiyal MC (2021). Predicting the potential distribution of a critically endangered medicinal plant Lilium polyphyllum in Indian Western Himalayan Region. Regional Environmental Change. 21(2), pp30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-021-01763-5 (IF=4.704)

Phd Student

Work: Population structure, propagation and conservation of Garcinia gamblei– an endemic species of the Western Ghats.

Project Fellow

Work: Studies on conservation biological aspects of selected flowering plants of Kerala.

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