Type: Research Article

Agribusiness

Author(s): ອານົນ ຄຳຮຸ່ງ ແລະ Dirk VAN GANSBERGHE
ຊີວະນາໆພັນກະສິກຳຂອງລາວ ມີທ່າແຮງເພື່ອຍົກລະດັບເສດຖະກິດທ້ອງຖິ່ນ ໂດຍຜ່່ານການປັບປຸງຊີວິດການເປັນຢູ່ຂອງຄອບຄົວຊາວພູດອຍ ແລະ ພ້ອມນັ້ນ ກໍເປັນການສ້າງຊື່ສຽງໃນເວທີສາກົນ ກ່ຽວກັບ…
Author(s): May Thammany and Advisor Prof. Manichanh Sayavong
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…
Author(s): Orathai SULIYA and Advisor: Prof. Manichanh Sayavong
Studies on selection of xylose utilizing yeast for ethanol fermentation were used the waste of agriculture in total 56 samples. In the experiments were conducted by an enrichment technique in YPX…
Author(s): Phongphayboun Phonepaseuth, Seetha Souvannavongsack and Aouy Ernthavanh
Giant mimosa (Mimosa pigra L.) is one of the dangerous introduced species which the most rapid growth around streams and riverbanks. These plants inhibit and completion grows of other plants in the…
Author(s): The Agro Biodiversity Initiative
Most Significant Change is a qualitative research methodology that involves project stakeholders in deciding what changes are worth recording as “stories”. MSC stories are meant to illustrate, not…
Author(s): Andrea Rodericks
The Lao uplands have long been recognized for their rich agro-biodiversity. Home to globally important species of animals, plants, and micro-organisms, this agro-biodiversity is the legacy of the…

Agriculture production

Author(s): Olivier Ducourtieux, Phoui Visonnavong and Julien Rossard
Farmers are often blamed for destroying tropical forests, especially in the Lao PDR. Converting shifting cultivation into cash crop-based agriculture is recurrently presented as the solution merging…
Author(s): Andrea Rodericks
The Lao uplands have long been recognized for their rich agro-biodiversity. Home to globally important species of animals, plants, and micro-organisms, this agro-biodiversity is the legacy of the…
Author(s): May Thammany and Advisor Prof. Manichanh Sayavong
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…
Author(s): Orathai SULIYA and Advisor: Prof. Manichanh Sayavong
Studies on selection of xylose utilizing yeast for ethanol fermentation were used the waste of agriculture in total 56 samples. In the experiments were conducted by an enrichment technique in YPX…

Global

Author(s):
The Lao newt (Laotriton laoensis) is a recently described species currently known only from northern Laos. Little is known about the species, but it is threatened as a result of overharvesting. We…
Author(s): SOMPHOUTHONE PHIMMACHAK, ANCHALEE AOWPHOL, BRYAN L. STUART
The salamandrid genus Tylototriton is poorly known in Laos, with one described species and unverified reports of two others. We undertook new fieldwork and obtained samples of Tylototriton at six…
Author(s): Gunther Köhler, Joseph Vargas, Ni Lar Than, Tilman Schell, Axel Janke, Steffen U. Pauls, Panupong Thammachoti
We revise the frogs of the genus Phrynoglossus from Indochina based on data of external morphology, bioacoustics, and molecular genetics. The results of this integrative study provide evidence for…
Author(s): Tan Van Nguyen, Peter Brakels, Nathanael Maury, Somchit Sudavanh, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Sabira Idiiatullina, Sengvilay Lorphengsy, Khamla Inkhavilay, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom and Nikolay A. Poyarkov
The results of herpetological surveys conducted throughout Laos in 2016–2019 resulted in significant records at the country and provincial levels for several amphibian and reptile species, other than…
Author(s): Olivier Ducourtieux, Phoui Visonnavong and Julien Rossard
Farmers are often blamed for destroying tropical forests, especially in the Lao PDR. Converting shifting cultivation into cash crop-based agriculture is recurrently presented as the solution merging…
Author(s): Declan Butorac , Paulo Santos, Phousavanh Phouvin and Francois Guegan
We evaluate the impact of a fisheries management program centered on the definition of Fish Conservation Zones on biodiversity, measured as the number of species caught in the last 12 months. Data…
Author(s): Keooudone Souvannakhoummane, Silvio Fici, Soulivanh Lanorsavanh, Jeong Ho Park, Ho Sang Kang, Chaloun Bounithiphonh
Capparis macrantha Souvannakhoummane, Fici & Lanorsavanh sp. nov., a new shrub species characterized by erect or ascending habit, stipular thorns, large lanceolate-elliptic leaves and large…
Author(s): Somphouthone Phimmachak, Stephen J. Richards, Niane Sivongxay, Sengvilay Seateun, Yodchaiy Chuaynkern, Sunchai Makchai, Hannah E. Som, Bryan L. Stuart
A new species of the dicroglossid frog genus Limnonectes is described from recent and historical museum specimens collected in central and southern Laos and northeastern Thailand. Limnonectes savan…
Author(s): Jennifer A. Sheridan and Bryan L. Stuart
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…
Author(s): Somphouthone Phimmachak, Niane Sivongxay, Sengvilay Seateun, Siriporn Yodthong, Attapol Rujirawan, Thy Neang, Anchalee Aowphol, Bryan L Stuart
A new species of "fanged frog" in the genus Limnonectes resembling L. kohchangae (Smith, 1922) from southeastern Thailand and southwestern Cambodia is described from upper elevations of the Bolaven…
Author(s): Sengthong, A., Saensouk, S., Saensouk, P., Souladeth, P.

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…

Author(s): Phengmala, K., Saesouk, S., Saensouk, P., Souladeth, P.

Results from an ethnobotany study of Hmong ethnic groups in  Bolikhamxay Province, Laos PDR between 2021 and 2023 identifies plant uses for 133 species, 104 genera, and 50 families. The research…

Author(s): Hiroyoshi Ohashi, Kazuaki Ohashi, Koji Nata, Phetlasy Souladeth and Shuichiro Tagane

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…

Author(s): Khamla Inkhavilay, Chirasak Sutcharit and Arthit Pholyotha

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…

Author(s): Anny Vanhdibay, Chathala Viennasai, Patisith Mitthiyaphone, Chanthanom Deuanemany, Thanit Siriboon And Khamla Inkhavilay

 

Author(s): Bachhausen, P.

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…

Author(s): Shuichiro Tagane, Phetlasy Souladeth, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Kachonesak Phengmala, Tetsukazu Yahara

Two new species of Lasianthus (Rubiaceae), L. bolavenensis Tagane & Soulad., and L. laoticus Tagane, Soulad. & Nob.Tanaka from Bolaven Plateau, southern Laos,…

Author(s): Silvio Fici, Soulivanh Lanorsavanh, Vichith Lamxay, Keooudone Souvannakhoummane

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…

Author(s): Phetlasy Souladeth, Shuichiro Tagane, Keooudone Souvannakhoummane and Deuanta Kongxaisavath

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

Author(s): Shuichiro Tagane, Keooudone Souvannakhoummane and Phetlasy Souldeth

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,…

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