Type: Research Article

Watershed Management

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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…

Youth

Author(s): ອານົນ ຄຳຮຸ່ງ ແລະ Dirk VAN GANSBERGHE
ຊີວະນາໆພັນກະສິກຳຂອງລາວ ມີທ່າແຮງເພື່ອຍົກລະດັບເສດຖະກິດທ້ອງຖິ່ນ ໂດຍຜ່່ານການປັບປຸງຊີວິດການເປັນຢູ່ຂອງຄອບຄົວຊາວພູດອຍ ແລະ ພ້ອມນັ້ນ ກໍເປັນການສ້າງຊື່ສຽງໃນເວທີສາກົນ ກ່ຽວກັບ…
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): 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…

Agroforestry

Author(s): Leonid V. Averyanov, Tien Hiep Nguyen, Khang Nguyen Sinh, The Van Pham, Vichith Lamxay, Somchanh Bounphanmy, Shengvilai Lorphengsy, Loc Ke Phan, Soulivanh Lanorsavanh and Khamfa Chantthavongsa
Gymnosperm plant species form a small relictual group of higher plants, representing the most sensitive ancient elements of modern tropical floras. Gymnosperms are highly vulnerable to numerous…
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): Chaykeo sengsulin and Advisor Prof. Dr. Somchanh Bounphanmy
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…
Author(s): Keooudone Souvannankhoummane, Advisor: prof. Dr. Vichith Lamxay
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…
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): Bethany G. Elkington, Phaivanh Phiapalath, Kongmany Sydara, Vongtakoune Somsamouth, Nichole I. Goodsmith and D. Doel Soejarto
A field survey was launched to identify medicinal plants growing in the Khiat Ngong wetlands and surrounding forested areas of Pathoumphone District, Champasak Province in southern Laos. In this area…

Regional

Author(s): Bethany G. Elkington, Phaivanh Phiapalath, Kongmany Sydara, Vongtakoune Somsamouth, Nichole I. Goodsmith and D. Doel Soejarto
A field survey was launched to identify medicinal plants growing in the Khiat Ngong wetlands and surrounding forested areas of Pathoumphone District, Champasak Province in southern Laos. In this area…
Author(s): Jodi J. L. Rowley, Bryan L. Stuart, Stephen J. Richards, Somphothone Phimmachak and Niane Sivongxay
e describe a new species of megophryid frog in the genus Leptolalax from southern Laos. Leptolalax aereus sp.
Author(s): Stuart, B.L., Phimmachak, S., Sivongxay, N. & Robichaud, W.G.
We describe a new species of megophryid frog in the genus Leptolalax from southern Laos. Leptolalax aereus sp.
Author(s): Stuart, B.L. and Bain, R.H.
Three new species of frogs allied to Rana megatympanum are described from Laos and Vietnam. One new species is from the Bolaven Plateau of southern Laos, a second is from central Laos and adjacent…
Author(s): Bryan L. Stuart, Nikolai L. Orlov and Tanya Chan-ard
A new frog species of the family Ranidae is described from 44 specimens from the mountainsof southern Laos and central Vietnam.
Author(s): Alexandre Teynie, Patrick David, Annemarie Ohler and Khamphay Luanglath
Investigations of herpetological biodiversity were conducted at two adjacent localities of southern Laos. Our surveys focused on the Boloven Highlands and the adjacent lowland area of the Xepian…
Author(s): Bryan L Stuart and Harold Heatwole
A new Philautus is described from Phou Dendin National Biodiversity Conservation Area in northern Laos. Philautus petilus sp. nov. is most remarkable by having a very slender, elongated habitus.
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): 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 in…
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 with 16…
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