Mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) plant prevalence in different districts of Balochistan &amp; antibacterial activity of its pods

Essa, Muhammad; Babar, Shakeel; Uddin, Zia

doi:10.19045/bspab.2017.600162

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“…More than 90% of the area of the province of Balochistan is rangeland, and the forest-covered area is very low, below 5% (Essa et al 2017). Despite the limited forest area, Pistacia khinjuk exists as a native species both in the north and south parts 379 iForest 14: 378-382…”

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Evidence of Alectoris chukar (Aves, Galliformes) as seed dispersal and germinating agent for Pistacia khinjuk in Balochistan, Pakistan

Essa¹,

Ziauddin²,

Ma³

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confidence: 99%

Evidence of Alectoris chukar (Aves, Galliformes) as seed dispersal and germinating agent for Pistacia khinjuk in Balochistan, Pakistan

Essa¹,

Ziauddin²,

Ma³

et al. 2021

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“…Though Prosopis has positive benefits, its spread has registered negative environmental and socioeconomic effects. The negative impacts include loss of biodiversity, injury to humans and livestock, and loss of livelihood for the affected communities [2,3]. The rangelands in the southwest of Botswana are among the areas that have been greatly affected by the spread of the invasive alien plant (IAP).…”

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Mapping Prosopis L. (Mesquites) Using Sentinel‐2 MSI Satellite Data, NDVI and SVI Spectral Indices with Maximum‐Likelihood and Random Forest Classifiers

Ouma,

Gabasiane,

Nkhwanana

2023

Journal of Sensors

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Mapping of invasive alien plants (IAPs) is important for developing informed initiatives to assist environmentalists in managing the spread and impacts of IAPs. The Prosopis plant species is an aggressive IAP that has been considered a scourge in different regions of the globe. The aim of this study is to map the spatial distribution of the invasive alien Prosopis plant in southwestern Botswana using the higher spatial and spectral resolution Sentinel-2A (S2A) MultiSpectral Instrument (MSI) satellite sensor data. Supervised parametric maximum likelihood classification (MLC) was compared with the nonparametric Random Forest (RF) classifier for the detection and mapping of the Prosopis using 10 m S2A sensor bands, integrated with normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and Sentinel Improved Vegetation Index (SVI). Using S2A, S2A and NDVI, and S2A and SVI, MLC mapped the land use/land cover (LULC) in the study area with respective accuracies of 71.5%, 66.5%, and 79.9%, while RF mapped the LULC with accuracies of 93.2%, 77.3%, and 95.6%. Using RF, S2A multispectral data and the red edge wavelength-based SVI were found to be more suitable for mapping the distribution of Prosopis with classification accuracy of 18.3% higher than for NDVI. The study findings can be used by environmentalists, policy, and decision makers in the context of mapping, monitoring, and management of the invasive Prosopis.

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A valuable or a curse resource? A systematic review on expansion, perception of local community, benefits and side effects of Prosopis juliflora

Eshetu

2024

Front. Conserv. Sci.

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IntroductionProsopis juliflora has posed a severe threat to human and animal life in arid and semi-arid areas of the world. Thus, this review intends to shed light on the potential use of Prosopis as a helpful resource and feasible management system.MethodsThis research employs a systematic review methodology.ResultsThe review revealed that the species had been introduced to overcome deforestation and desertification. Prosopis juliflora has had different socioeconomic and environmental impacts on local communities. The most widely cited adverse impacts include out-competing native species and quickly reducing forage plants, being a harbour for predators, health problems and death of domestic animals, and being an ideal ground for mosquito breeding. On the other hand, the species provides multiple ecosystem services like the provision of construction materials, animal feed and charcoal; plays a role in soil conservation and rehabilitation of degraded and saline soils, good sources of nectar for honey production; contributes to reducing dust pollution; enhances carbon sequestration, and have medicinal value due to its antifungal and antibacterial features. The local community’s attitude regarding the species is mixed.DiscussionThe consequent negative impacts are increasing quickly, making the urgent need to develop robust and practical management strategies necessary to both mitigate the adverse effects and fully use the benefits. Commercialization (with a notion of management through utilization) is a feasible way to minimize expansion. Cross-boundary endeavours for controlling Prosopis juliflora expansion to new regions, particularly in countries predicted as edges of high potential invasion, are required to manage the species invasion efficiently.

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Mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) plant prevalence in different districts of Balochistan & antibacterial activity of its pods

Cited by 3 publications

References 11 publications

Evidence of Alectoris chukar (Aves, Galliformes) as seed dispersal and germinating agent for Pistacia khinjuk in Balochistan, Pakistan

Evidence of Alectoris chukar (Aves, Galliformes) as seed dispersal and germinating agent for Pistacia khinjuk in Balochistan, Pakistan

Mapping Prosopis L. (Mesquites) Using Sentinel‐2 MSI Satellite Data, NDVI and SVI Spectral Indices with Maximum‐Likelihood and Random Forest Classifiers

A valuable or a curse resource? A systematic review on expansion, perception of local community, benefits and side effects of Prosopis juliflora

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