A study on the vegetative and flowering phenology including insect visitors of Rhododendron arboreum Sm. (Ericaceae Juss.) in Darjeeling Himalaya (India)-Phase-I
Subhasis Panda1,2, Priyankar Roy1 and Dipak Kumar Som3
1Angiosperm Taxonomy & Biodiversity Conservation Laboratory, Department of Botany, Maulana Azad College (University of Calcutta), 8, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road, Kolkata-700013 (India) Email: bgc.panda@gmail.com (Principal Investigator & JRF) 2Biodiversity Conservation Laboratory, Government General Degree College, Chapra (Kalyani University), Village, Shikra, PO. Padmamala, Nadia-741123 (Present posting). 3Division of Entomology, Post-Graduate Department of Zoology, Maulana Azad College, 8, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road, Kolkata-700013 (India) Email: dipaksom@gmail.com (Co-Principal Investigator) Corresponding Author: bgc.panda@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
During field studies at different places of Darjeeling Himalaya including Singalila National Park since May 2019 till February 2021 under State Government-funded Major Research Project, an attempt was made to assess the diversity of vegetative phenology and insect visitors reflecting flowering phenology of Rhododendron arboreum Sm.