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Can Rumex hastatus D. Don. be Used as a Biocontrol Agent for Removing Lichens Colonizing Monuments? A Case Study from Kumaun Himalaya

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Role of lichens in deteriorating monuments constructed by stone artefact is quite well known, and till now various biocides and techniques have been used to remove them from monuments, all having some disadvantages at some level. In the present paper, the results and potential of leaf extract of Rumex hastatus D. Don. as a cost-effective, easy handling and eco-friendly biocontrol agent are being described.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Scientific and Engineering Research Board (SB/FT/LS-313/2012) for providing financial assistance and to Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun for allowing us to avail SEM facility. Thanks are also extended to Dr. Ramesh Chandra Upadhyay for identifying the rocks.

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  1. Lichenology Laboratory, Department of Botany, S.S.J. Campus, Kumaun University, Almora, 263601, Uttarakhand, India

    Krishna Chandra, Yogesh Joshi, Shashi Upadhyay & Kapil Bisht

  2. Lab. No. 15, Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 302004, Rajasthan, India

    Yogesh Joshi

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Chandra, K., Joshi, Y., Upadhyay, S. et al. Can Rumex hastatus D. Don. be Used as a Biocontrol Agent for Removing Lichens Colonizing Monuments? A Case Study from Kumaun Himalaya. Natl. Acad. Sci. Lett. 42, 369–373 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-018-0757-4

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