{"id":30602,"date":"2025-03-06T04:13:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T22:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30602"},"modified":"2025-04-11T08:46:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T03:16:28","slug":"crassolabium-dhritiae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/crassolabium-dhritiae\/","title":{"rendered":"Crassolabium Dhritiae"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Crassolabium Dhritiae Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kolkata, recently announced the discovery of a species of soil-dwelling nematode, named Crassolabium dhritiae, in the Deccan Peninsular biogeographic zone of Odisha\u2019s Keonjhar district.<\/p>\n<h2>About Crassolabium Dhritiae<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>new species of soil-dwelling nematode.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was discovered in the <strong>Deccan peninsular <\/strong>biogeographic zone of <strong>Odisha\u2019s <\/strong>Keonjhar district.<\/li>\n<li>It has been <strong>named in honour of Dhriti Banerjee, director of ZSI<\/strong>, in recognition of her outstanding contributions to zoology and taxonomic research.<\/li>\n<li>It is characterised by its <strong>medium-sized, slender body, rounded lip region,<\/strong> wide odontostyle, long pharynx, distinctive female reproductive structures, and uniquely shaped tail.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>While the feeding habits of the Crassolabium genus are still being studied, members of this group are <strong>known to exhibit both predatory and omnivorous behaviours.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Crassolabium dhritiae brings the total number of known Crassolabium species worldwide to 39, with nine now recorded in India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key Facts about Soil Nematodes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>They are <strong>tiny invertebrates<\/strong> that play a <strong>vital role in soil fertility.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Nematodes <strong>occur in all soils.<\/strong> Even in relatively poor soils, there are millions in every square metre.<\/li>\n<li>Nematodes <strong>feed on plant roots and on all the organisms that live in soil<\/strong> (e.g., bacteria, fungi, algae, diatoms, protozoans, rotifers, tardigrades, springtails, arthropods, oligochaetes and nematodes).<\/li>\n<li>They can be <strong>either beneficial or harmful to plants.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Beneficial nematodes include free-living nematodes,<\/strong> which <strong>help decompose organic matter and recycle nutrients<\/strong> in soil.\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>The ratio of bacterial- to fungal-feeding nematodes indicates the rate of nutrient cycling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Entomopathogenic nematodes work with bacteria to control pests.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Nematodes are also <strong>valuable indicators of soil health<\/strong>, as they can help assess changes in soil conditions caused by disturbance or pollution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Crassolabium Dhritiae FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What is a nematode?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Nematodes are microscopic, non-segmented, worm-shaped invertebrates enclosed within a tough cuticle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What is an omnivore?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. An omnivore is an organism that regularly consumes a variety of material, including plants, animals, algae, and fungi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What are fungi?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Fungi, classified under the kingdom Fungi and distinct from plants, animals, and bacteria, include mushrooms, molds, and yeast.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/kolkata\/zsi-scientists-discover-soil-nematode-species-in-odisha-9869886\/lite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crassolabium dhritiae is a newly discovered soil-dwelling nematode species, adding to biodiversity with unique traits and ecological significance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30602","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}