The present paper describes two new species of Conocephalus: Conocephalus decaspinosus sp. nov. and C. kwasiphaiensis sp. nov., as additions to the previously known species of the genus; among these, two species have been reported for the first time from India, viz., C. concolor peneri and C. vaginalis. The key morphological characters of the head, pronotum, cerci, spines on the fore tibiae, hind femora, stridulatory file and the ovipositor have been illustrated with suitable line drawings to distinguish the reported new species. The distribution map of the species in India has been provided with a key to the subgenera.

Soybean production is widely fluctuating in response to agro-environmental conditions year to year in Vidarbha region. Weather variations are the major determinants of soybean growth and yield. It is also important to study the response of suitable soybean varieties to varying weather parameters. So a field investigation was carried out to study the crop weather relationship of soybean and to optimize the sowing date with different soybean varieties. The results revealed that soybean crop sown up to 27 th MW accumulated higher growing degree days (1640.5 0 C day), photothermal units (20498.1 0 C day hour) and recorded significantly higher seed yield (839 kg ha -1 ) and biological yield (2773 kg ha -1 ) with maximum heat use efficiency (0.51 kg ha -1°C day -1 ) and water productivity (2.49 kg ha-mm -1 ). Later sowings i.e. 30 th MW sowing caused decreased amount of rainfall and increased maximum temperature regime across the total growing period with consequently lower seed yield (530 kg ha -1 ), GDD (1539.2 0 C day), PTU (18689.9 0 C day hour), heat use efficiency (0.34kg ha -1 °C day -1 ) and water productivity (2.05kg hamm -1 ). Soybean variety TAMS 98-21 recorded significantly higher seed yield (734 kg ha -1 ) and highest biological yield (2649 kg ha -1 ) with maximum heat use efficiency (0.44 kg ha -1 °C day -1 ), GDD (1650.5 0 C day ) and water productivity (2.41 kg ha-mm -1 ). Thus, the results of this study illustrated the importance of early sowing with suitable variety of soybean and indicates that sowing upto 27 th MW with variety TAMS 98-21 is optimum for maximizing the yield in the Akola region of Vidarbha.

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All part of the Moringa tree is useful in some way and people depends on it for their livelihood. Oral diseases persist to be a major health problem all over the world. Various microorganisms are found to be the possible pathogens responsible for the oral diseases. The leaves of the Moringa tree are an excellent source of Nutrients like Minerals, Protein and Vitamins (A and C). Moringa tree has approximately 46 antioxidants and it is one of the cheapest sources of natural anti-oxidants. Anti-oxidants supply the free atoms needed by the human body and mitigate the effect of free radicals. M. oleifera contains active compounds such as flavonoids, tannins, saponins, alkaloids, phenolics, and triterpenoids which possess antibacterial effects. Moringa oleifera has high mineral and protein content and has been previously investigated for its potential in treating different oral soft tissue diseases.  Present review summarises the various application of Moringa oleifera in the field of dentistry. Keywords: Moringa oleifera, Anti-oxidants, Oral diseases, dentistry