{"id":2894,"date":"2020-12-31T11:37:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T06:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classiciasacademy.com\/blog\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2020-12-31T11:37:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T06:07:09","slug":"western-ghats-throws-up-a-new-species-of-muraingrass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classiciasacademy.com\/blog\/western-ghats-throws-up-a-new-species-of-muraingrass\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Ghats Throws Up A New Species of Muraingrass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A new species of Indian Muraingrass has been found in the\nWestern Ghats by a team of researchers from Agarkar Research Institute (ARI)\nand University of Goa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In-Detail<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Indian Muraingrass is a high economic value species as\nit is commonly used as cattle fodder.<\/li><li>The new species is named<strong><em> Ischaemum janarthanamii.<\/em><\/strong><\/li><li>Belonging to the Ischaemum family, the new species was\nidentified after carrying out morphological studies of laterite samples\ncollected from the outskirts of Goa\u2019s Bhagwan Mahavir National Park.<\/li><li>The name janarthanamii of the new species is in honor\nof senior professor M K Janarthanam at Goa University. 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