Geographic Focus: Lao PDR
Agroforestry
Tea plants are native to East Asia and evidence of tea consumption in China goes back to the 2nd century BC. In Laos, tea was presumably cultivated and traded as early as the 7th century (Earth…
This guide contains 8 parts: 1. What is Permaculture?, 2. Natural Patterns and Permaculture Design, 3. Healthy Soil, 4. Seed Saving and Nurseries, 5. Home and Community Gardens, 6. Farming, 7. Forest…
Terrestrial orchids in 10 villages of Phou Koud district, Xiangkhouang province were studied from March, 2016 to March, 2018. Thirty two (32) species of 22 genera were found and identified; they are…
The aim of this study is to find out the appropriate method using 0.1%, 0.5% and 1% of five different solutions to reduce the total bacteria and Salmonella spp in fresh vegetables. Five different…
Matsutake Mushoom (Het Wai) in Lao is the most prized and expensive mushroom in Laos as well as on earth. Since the 1990s Xiengkhuang and Houaphan Provinces were found the only two places of…
ເມືອງສຳພັນ ຕັ້ງຢູ່ທາງທິດຕາເວັນອອກສ່ຽງໃຕ້ ຂອງແຂວງຜົ້ງສາລີ ຫ່າງຈາກເທດສະບານແຂວງ ປະມານ 197 Km (ທາງປາກປອກ), ມີຊາຍແດນຕິດກັບ 5 ເມືອງຄື: ເມືອງຜົ້ງສາລີ, ບຸນໃຕ້, ເມືອງຂວາ, ເມືອງໃໝ່ ແລະ ເມືອງແຢ ແຫ່ງ ສສ ຫວຽດນາມ…
Two new species of Annonaceae, Monoon namkadingense and Neo-uvaria laosensis, from Nam Kading National Protected Area, Bolikhamxay Province, Central Laos, are described and illustrated. DNA barcodes…
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The following nine new additions to the orchid flora of Laos PDR are reported based on surveys in the country conducted during the period 2012–2017: Bulbophyllum alcicorne, B. meson, Coelogyne…
Accurately delimiting species and their geographic ranges are imperative for conservation, especially in areas experiencing rapid habitat loss. Southeast Asia currently has one of the highest rates…
Research Article
Cytogenetical studies were carried out on five varieties of Callisia repens, i.e., turtle vine, green, pink lady, gold, and Bianca. The morphological characteristics of all five varieties differed in…
Desmodium s.l. (Leguminosae tribe Desmodieae) is highly diverse in Indochina at the generic level. Among the segregates from Desmodium s.s., Grona has most differentiated in the region with 16…
Terrestrial malacofauna in Laos is expected to comprise a large number of species because the country has a large variety of suitable habitats for snail colonization and diversification. The genus…
Since 2008 the commercial trade of Laotriton laoensis has been prohibited in Laos. This is to be welcomed although protection in practice is hardly to be monitored. According to IUCN the species is…
Two new species of Lasianthus (Rubiaceae), L. bolavenensis Tagane & Soulad., and L. laoticus Tagane, Soulad. & Nob.Tanaka from Bolaven Plateau, southern Laos, are described and illustrated,…
A new species of Capparis, C. phatadke, is described and illustrated from the Bolikhamxai Province, central Lao PDR. The new species is characterized by lianous habit, brown-reddish indumentum,…
Croton nagaoi (Euphorbiaceae) is described based on a specimen collected from the basin of the Bolaven Plateau, southern Laos. It is most similar to Croton thorelii Gagnep. of Laos, Cambodia,…
Two species of Apocynaceae, Chilocarpus denudatus and Kopsia vidalii, are newly recorded for Laos. The genus Chilocarpus is also a new generic record for Laos. Notes on Parsonsia penangiana are also…
ພູເບ້ຍເປັນພູທີ່ສູງສຸດຂອງ ສປປ ລາວ ໃນລະດັບຄວາມສູງ 2.820 ແມັດ, ມີທີ່ຕັ້ງຝນເມື່ອງອານຸວົງ, ແຂວງໄຊສົມບູນ, ເຊິ່ງປົກຄຸມດ້ວຍປ່າໄມ້ທີ່ມີຄຸນຄ່າທາງດ້ານເສດຖະກິດ ແລະ ຊີວະນາໆພັນທີ່ອຸດົມສົມບູນ ເປັນເອກະລັກ ແລະ…
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