Type: Research Article
Ecosystem Services
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…
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…
Entrepreneurship
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…
Farmer organizations
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…
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…
Food / Food Safety
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…
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…
ຊີວະນາໆພັນກະສິກຳຂອງລາວ ມີທ່າແຮງເພື່ອຍົກລະດັບເສດຖະກິດທ້ອງຖິ່ນ ໂດຍຜ່່ານການປັບປຸງຊີວິດການເປັນຢູ່ຂອງຄອບຄົວຊາວພູດອຍ ແລະ ພ້ອມນັ້ນ ກໍເປັນການສ້າງຊື່ສຽງໃນເວທີສາກົນ ກ່ຽວກັບ…
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…
Food Security
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…
Lao PDR
Six pteridophyte species of five families and 12 spermatophyte species of 10 families are reported from Bolaven Plateau, southern Laos, as new records to the flora of Laos. Moreover, two new species…
Two new species of Begonia L. (Begoniaceae), B. laotica (sect. Parvibegonia) and B. hypoleuca (sect. Reichenheimia), from north Laos are described and illustrated. Begonia augustinei, B. dryadis, B.…
Strictly endemic species Begonia alta, B. babeana, B. crassula, B. gesneriifolia, B. minuscula, B. nahangensis, B. rigidifolia, B. rubrosetosa, B. rugosula, B. sonlaensis, and B. viscosa (Begoniaceae…
New species of Begonia L. in the flora of Laos presented in this paper were mainly found in the course of botanical surveys made in Hin Nam No National Protected Area, Nam Phouy National Protected…
Begonia cataracta and B. voluptuaria are described as new species and B. incerta is noted as a new record for Laos. Descriptions, illustrations and photographs are provided for the new species and…
This paper provides new data on 33 new or rare species of Hoya obtained in fieldwork mainly during 2012–2017 in eastern Indochina including Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. These data include illustrated…
Taxonomic Notes on Pavetta L. (Rubiaceae) fromThailand and New Recordsfor Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar
A taxonomic revision of genus Pavetta in Thailand is presented, 14 species (15 taxa) are listed, namely P. aspera Craib, P. brevituba Craib, P. fruticosa Craib, P. graciliflora Wall. ex Ridl., P.…
New records in the Flora of Laos are presented, along with a short history of botanical collection in the country. The records are given in two lists, one relating to the Flore du Cambodge, du Laos…
This paper continues the publication of new data obtained during fi eld studies in remote and poorly studied regions of Laos in 2015–2018. It provides descriptions of two new species (Bulbophyllum…
In Lao PDR, the Hmong ethnic group has extensive knowledge about the use of medicinal plants. However, despite the importance of the Hmong pharmacopeia as a primary health care resource, no study has…
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 …
We revise the frogs of the genus Phrynoglossus from Indochina based on data of external morphology, bioacoustics, and molecular genetics. The results of this…
ເນື້ອໃນປຶ້ມຄູ່ມືຫົວນີ້ ໄດ້ຈັດແບ່ງອອກເປັນ 9 ບົດຄື: ການກຳເນີດ ແລະ ອົງປະກອບຂອງດິນ, ຄຸນສົມບັດທາງກາງຍະພາບຂອງດິນ, ຄຸນສົມບັດທາງເຄມີຂອງດິນ, ທາດອາຫານທີ່ຈຳເປັນສຳລັບພືດ,…
Most Significant Change is a qualitative research methodology that involves project stakeholders in deciding what changes are worth recording as “stories”. MSC…
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…
ຊີວະນາໆພັນກະສິກຳຂອງລາວ ມີທ່າແຮງເພື່ອຍົກລະດັບເສດຖະກິດທ້ອງຖິ່ນ ໂດຍຜ່່ານການປັບປຸງຊີວິດການເປັນຢູ່ຂອງຄອບຄົວຊາວພູດອຍ ແລະ ພ້ອມນັ້ນ…
The results of herpetological surveys conducted throughout Laos in 2016–2019 resulted in significant records at the country and provincial levels for several…
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…
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…
Capparis macrantha Souvannakhoummane, Fici & Lanorsavanh sp. nov., a new shrub species characterized by erect or ascending habit, stipular thorns, large lanceolate-elliptic leaves and…