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sj-pdf-1-jba-10.1177_08853282221076708 – Supplemental Material for Polyaspartic acid, 2-acrylamido-2-Methyl propane sulfonic acid and sodium alginate based biocompatible stimuli responsive polymer gel for controlled release of GHK-Cu peptide for wound healing
No full textSupplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-jba-10.1177_08853282221076708 for Polyaspartic acid, 2-acrylamido-2-Methyl propane sulfonic acid and sodium alginate based biocompatible stimuli responsive polymer gel for controlled release of GHK-Cu peptide for wound healing by Shilpa Sharma, Mohammed Faiyaz Anwar, Amit kumar Dinda, Maneesh Singhal, Amita Dua and Amita Malik in Journal of Biomaterials Applications</p
FIGURE 5 in A new species of Bactrocera Macquart and a new distribution record of Dacus Fabricius (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) from India
No full textFIGURE 5. Bactrocera (Bactrocera) invadens, Drew, Tsuruta & White (A–L), A–F: Thoracic variations and G–L: Abdominal variationsPublished as part of Singh, Maneesh Pal, Sharma, Isha, Hancock, David Lawrence & Prabhakar, Chandra Shekhar, 2022, A new species of Bactrocera Macquart and a new distribution record of Dacus Fabricius (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) from India, pp. 237-250 in Zootaxa 5168 (2) on page 247, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5168.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/687737
Tephritis himalayae Maneesh and Korneyev 2023, sp. n.
No full text<i>Tephritis himalayae</i> Maneesh and Korneyev, sp. n. <p>(Figures 1–4)</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis:</b> <i>Tephritis himalayae</i> sp. n., is a medium-sized (5.5 mm female and 4.73 mm male) species. It belongs to the <i>hyoscyami-conura</i> group discussed by Korneyev&Evstigneev (2019) and is almost the same size as <i>T. anthrax</i> Korneyev & Evstigneev, <i>T. conura</i> (Loew, 1844) and <i>T. cardualis</i> Hardy. It can be distinguished from most of the other Palearctic <i>Tephritis</i> species by having dark (usually brown) posterior notopleural setae as in <i>T. anthrax,</i> <i>T. arnica</i> (Linnaeus, 1758), <i>T. conura</i> and <i>T. cardualis</i>.</p> <p> <i>T. himalayae</i> <b>sp. n.</b> looks very similar to <i>T. cardualis</i> in general wing pattern and morphology but can be differentiated by apical black fork between vein R 4+5 and M connected to rest of pattern with single strip, hyaline spot at apex of cell m not circular or not separated from hyaline spot just above it in cell r4+5 (two separate roundish spots in <i>T. cardualis</i> Hardy well surrounded by black reticulation). Since wing patterns are highly variable in the genus <i>Tephritis</i>, <i>T. himalayae</i> <b>sp. n.</b> can be separated from <i>T. cardualis</i> by its bilobed tip of aculeus or its shape like the nib of a fountain pen or conical (figure 5A) (which is very straight in <i>T. cardualis</i> and tip without a notch (figure 5B and Hardy, 1974 fig. 1)). Aculeus seems narrow at the base with a much swollen region in the middle in <i>T. cardualis</i>, whereas it is much more uniform in <i>T. himalayae</i> <b>sp. n.</b> (figure 5B). Male glans is longer and less sclerotized without triangular tubular acrophalus, which is quite different from <i>T. cardualis</i> (Hardy, 1974 fig. 3). The new species has a less sclerotized, thin ejaculatory apodeme, which is very stout and highly sclerotized in <i>T. cardualis</i>. Similarly, the lobe of the lateral surstylus is brownish and blunt or broader at the end, while it is dark black and pointed in <i>T. cardualis</i> (Hardy, 1974 figs 3–4). <i>Tephritis himalayae</i> <b>sp. n.</b> was reared from the composite weed <i>Cirsium falconeri</i> but not <i>Carduus nutans</i> and was recorded from temperate habitat in higher hills of Himachal Pradesh above 2350 m above mean sea level.</p> <p>Head: Head dull and fulvous except flagellum, parafacial line and frons appear brighter and reddish yellow. Head 1.14 mm high and 0.99 mm wide. Frons slightly depressed and covered with numerous pale setulae. Parafacial line and lunula with minute black setulae. Face clear fulvous without any spot or line. Antennae (0.57 mm) fulvous, scape (0.15 mm) bears golden stout setulae, pedicel (0.13 mm) distinctly bears numerous black stout setulae, flagellum (0.29 mm) reddish, fringed with golden fulvous minute setulae, arista (0.61 mm) black (except basal 10% golden fulvous) and lightly plumose. The combined length of the antennal segments is less than the head height and width. Post occiput dark black and occiput pale, dull fulvous like rest of head. Post ocular setae both pale (stubby) and dark black arranged alternately, with white setae higher than the black ones. Gena pale fulvous with numerous setulae both black and stubby (different sized) (Figure 1).</p> <p>Setae: 2 pairs frontal setae (another third pair minute in size just below the posterior frontal seta) (Figures 1A and 3A), 2 pairs orbital setae (anterior orbital setae pale or stubby white), 2 vertical setae (inner vertical setae pale or stubby and outer vertical setae black, 1 pair ocellar setae, 1 genal seta (with 3–4 smaller setulae). Outer vertical setae 0.77 mm long (longest of the head setae).</p> <p>Thorax: Scutum 1.54 mm long and 1.32 mm wide, normal in coloration for the genus and looks dull to light fulvous due to its covering of minute pale yellowish setulae. Scutellum dark black, subscutellum black. Katatergite and anatergite slightly dull or less shiny compared with rest of scutum. Katepisternum black or light black with a fuscous tinge. All legs are pale fulvous or light yellowish without any spot or coloration. All femora similar except fore femora with three distinct rows of setae, lateral outer each having 8–9 setae. Setae of the anterior dorsolateral side are bigger and slightly darker than the others. All tibiae similar and pale fulvous except mid tibia with a distinct apical spine.</p> <p> Wings very similar to <i>T. cardualis</i> (4.67 mm), hyaline with reticulate light and dark infuscation (Figure 2B). First costal cell (bc) with numerous microtrichia that extend to base of costal cell; costal cell (c) with pale or very light infuscation or a brown line medially. Pterostigma dark brown but lighter than the other dark areas of the wing, the dark area extending as a band across cells r1 and r2+3 and united with the dark apical third of cell br. Cell r1 with two broad hyaline indentations that cross the cell and unite with three hyaline medial spots in cell r2+3, the basal pair either side of line of R-M crossvein crossing or almost crossing cell, the third spot small and rounded. Cell r2+3 hyaline at base, with a small hyaline marginal spot posterior to apex of vein R 2+3 and a narrow subapical indentation crossing cell. Cell r4+5 with a large, round, isolated marginal spot at apex, a small anterior subapical spot united with the subapical indentation in cell r2+3, a posterior row of four spots that reach vein R 4+5 and a pair of small basal spots alongside R-M crossvein, which lies a little more than its own length from apex of cell dm. Dark apical area of cell br with 4–5 small hyaline spots alongside R-M crossvein or posteriorly. Cell m dark, with 5–6 irregular hyaline spots and indentations. Cell dm usually lightly reticulated with three small, round hyaline apical spots just behind the Dm-Cu crossvein and two or three large hyaline spots separated by brown bands in subapical quarter. Cell cu1 dark, with 10 hyaline spots of different sizes and shapes. Cell bcu with an acute apical projection as wide as long. Anal lobe hyaline except for a brown patch in the middle, over the remnants of vein A2. Alula hyaline except for light brown infuscation in the middle.</p> <p> Setae:1 postpronotal, 2 notopleural (posterior black not stubby white), 1 presutural supra-alar, 1 dorsocentral (just behind the suture, 0.99 mm long), 1 postsutural supra-alar, 1 prescutellaracrostichal, 1 intra-alar, 1 postalar, 2 pairs scutellar (apicals well developed but shorter than basals), 2 anepisternal (3 rd seta also present but brown and not as long as upper 2 pairs), 1 anepimeral and 1 katepisternal.</p> <p>Abdomen oval and highly setose, with minute golden or yellowish microtrichia. Tergites I, II and the anterior portion of tergite III reddish fulvous. Tergite V with lateral 2–3 long black setae, tergite VI with a row of 10–12 long black setae on the outer margin. Tergite IV, V and VI light black in female, darker in male. Posterior margin of tergite VI reddish fulvous. Oviscapt (1.54 mm) reddish fulvous (Figure 1E). All sternites similar in colour and sternite V of male with V-shaped posterior concavity (0.66 mm wide posteriorly) and 8 long setae present (4 each side) on V-shaped concavity at the posterior margin.</p> <p> <b>Female Terminalia:</b> Eversible membrane (1.76 mm long) with numerous spicules. Aculeus 1.65 mm long and 0.26 mm wide (maximum width of aculeus) and the tip resembles a fountain pen nib or conical in shape (slightly broader in the middle and narrower towards the tip). Aculeus tip bilobed having notched apex (figure 4E). Spicules on distal eversible membrane quadrate-shaped, well-spaced not compact, apically thick, and in lateral view appear forked. A similar pattern in the middle of the eversible membrane except for a median row of large triangular spicules (apically sclerotized and forked) (Figs 4B and C). Large triangular spicules not present all over middle of eversible membrane as in most <i>Tephritis</i>. Spicules on proximal part of eversible membrane smaller, irregular to circular in shape (gritted), and dark colored. Spermatheca was not dissected.</p> <p> <b>Male Terminalia:</b> Epandrium elongate-oval in posterior view (Fig. 6A), 0.24 mm long, lateral surstylus 0.24 mm long and median surstylus 0.2 mm long. Overall epandrium anterior to lateral surstylus 0.48 mm long. Lobe of lateral surstylus blunt (not pointed) and brownish, median surstylus with two black, pointed prensisetae (Fig. 5C). Proctiger as high as epandrium and quadrate in shape. Aedeagus 1.47 mm long excluding glans (0.33 mm). Glans weakly sclerotized and almost hyaline (Fig. 2E). Vasica membranous and irregularly quadrate in shape.</p> <p> <b>Type Material:</b> Holotype ♀, [reared ex seeds of] <i>Cirsium falconeri</i>, INDIA, Himachal Pradesh, Narkanda, Baghi, 31°11’68”N 77°54’10”. 23.ix.2022, Maneesh. Paratypes: 2 ♂, <i>Cirsium falconeri</i>, INDIA, Himachal Pradesh, Narkanda, Baghi, 31°11’68”N 77°54’10”. 23.ix.2022, Maneesh. Holotype and 1 Paratypes (1 female and 1 male along with genitalia) in High Altitude Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India; Paratype (1 male) retained by author, Department of Entomology, Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of horticulture and Forestry Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India.</p> <p> <b>Etymology:</b> Particular epithet derived from the name “Himalaya” (Temperate hilly region of India, a masculine name). <b>Host plant:</b> Seeds of <i>Cirsium falconeri</i> (Hook.f.) Petr. (Syn. <i>Cnicusfalconeri</i> Hook.fill.).</p>Published as part of <i>Singh, Maneesh Pal, Daroch, Rakesh, Korneyev, Severyn V. & Sharma, Isha, 2023, A new species of genus Tephritis Latreille and a new distribution record of genus Urophora Robineau-Desvoidy, from India, pp. 336-348 in Zootaxa 5375 (3)</i> on pages 337-345, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5375.3.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10199917">http://zenodo.org/record/10199917</a>
Bactrocera Macquart 1835
No full textSubgenus Bactrocera Macquart Bactrocera Macquart, 1835: 452. Type species Bactrocera longicornis Macquart, 1835, by monotypy. Diagnosis: Scutum usually with yellow lateral postsutural vittae, medial vitta absent, costal band usually narrow, rarely overlapping vein R 4+5, sternite V with deep posterior concavity, posterior lobe of surstylus short and broad.Published as part of Singh, Maneesh Pal, Sharma, Isha, Hancock, David Lawrence & Prabhakar, Chandra Shekhar, 2022, A new species of Bactrocera Macquart and a new distribution record of Dacus Fabricius (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) from India, pp. 237-250 in Zootaxa 5168 (2) on page 238, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5168.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/687737
Urophora terebrans
No full text<i>Urophora terebrans</i> (Loew) <p>(Figures 7–9)</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis:</b> This species was well discussed by White & Korneyev (1989) and several variations are noted here, such as antenna and face yellow to pale in colour, head bears all setae and ocellar setae are small. Occiput is pale yellow to fuscous in colour bearing a row of thin black setae. Scutum is densely setose. The postpronotal lobe, notopleural area and scutellum are bright yellow. All femora are pale yellow to orange-brown and this is a strong variation that suggeststhat Indian specimens might be a different species. Wings (female 4.84 mm and male 3.52 mm) hyaline with a brown-yellow area basal area and in cell r1. The subbasal cross band is extended between veins C and A1. Both subbasal and discal crossbands are separated by a yellow area. Discal and preapical crossbands are also separate but without any coloured area. Apical and subapical crossbands are joined together. Oviscape length is 2.55 mm and aculeus length is 2.8 mm. Aculeus with three distinct steps (Fig. 9 B & C). Spicules are semi-circular and compact on the distal eversible membrane, triangular in the middle, and irregular to triangular on the proximal eversible membrane. Aedeagus 5.9 mm long with 0.94 mm long glans. Glans with broad vasica. Epandrium appleshaped in posterior view. Proctiger is higher than the epandrium.</p> <p> <b>Material examined:</b> 8 ♂ and 10 ♀, [reared ex] <i>Cirsium</i>, INDIA, Himachal Pradesh, Solan, Nauni, 30°51’24”N 77°10’17”. 2.vii.2020, Maneesh. Voucher specimens with first author, Himachal Pradesh, India and Department of Entomology, Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of horticulture and Forestry Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India.</p> <p> <b>Host plant:</b> <i>Cirsium</i> sp. (species unknown)</p>Published as part of <i>Singh, Maneesh Pal, Daroch, Rakesh, Korneyev, Severyn V. & Sharma, Isha, 2023, A new species of genus Tephritis Latreille and a new distribution record of genus Urophora Robineau-Desvoidy, from India, pp. 336-348 in Zootaxa 5375 (3)</i> on pages 346-348, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5375.3.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10199917">http://zenodo.org/record/10199917</a>
Dacus (Mellesis) fletcheri Drew
No full textDacus (Mellesis) fletcheri Drew (Figure 4) Dacus (Mellesis) fletcheri Drew, in Drew et al. 2007: 16. Diagnosis (Male): A large (9.5 mm) species with dark appearance. Face dark fulvous with 2 black spots in antennal furrows. Frons dark fulvous with medial black patches. Ocellar triangle black. Subocular spot present. Scutum black with distinct yellow triangle on suture. Postpronotal lobe black but red to reddish fulvous dorsocentrally. Notopleuron and anepisternal stripe yellow and of equal width dorsally. Scutellum yellow. Chaetotaxy: 1 scapular seta, 1 anterior notopleural seta, 1 posterior notopleural seta, 1 postsutural supra-alar seta, 1 anepisternal seta, 1 post-alar seta, 1 intra-alar seta and 1 scutellar seta. All femora entirely dark except slightly reddish apically. Fore tibia dark, mid and hind tibiae pale fuscous. Fore tarsus black, mid and hind tarsi pale fuscous with slightly darker basal segments. Wing (8.47 mm) hyaline with dark broad costal band confluent with vein M. Cells bc and c dark with dense microtrichia. Anal streak absent but a small triangular black patch present at the base of A 1 +Cu 2. Supernumerary lobe weak. Abdomen petiolate, oval and elongate with tergite I entirely dark, tergites II-V dark except for orangebrown patches posteromedially and a broad red-brown patch on tergite IV. Pecten present on tergite III and ceromata present on tergite V. Tergites II-IV dorsally humped, a characteristic feature of this species. Sternite V with a slight posterior concavity. Male Genitalia: Epandrium dark brown to black, rounded in posterior view. Proctiger smaller than epandrium. Posterior lobe 4-5 times longer than anterior lobe. Medial surstylus shorter than lateral surstylus. Aedeagus 3.74 mm long excluding glans (0.73 mm) and acrophallus patterned. Material examined: 1 ♂, INDIA, Himachal Pradesh, Nauni, 30°51’24”N 77°10’17”. 5.viii.2021, Maneesh. Male Parapheromone: Cue lure. Host Plant: Not known. Remarks: This species is similar to D. (M.) siamensis Drew & Hancock, D. (M.). tenebrosus Drew & Hancock and D. (M.) vijaysegarani Drew & Hancock but can be differentiated by the orange-brown patches on the abdomen and humped tergites II to IV. The Nauni specimen was collected at an altitude of 1275 m and is a new record for India; elsewhere it is known only from Bhutan, generally above 2000 m (Drew et al. 2007).Published as part of Singh, Maneesh Pal, Sharma, Isha, Hancock, David Lawrence & Prabhakar, Chandra Shekhar, 2022, A new species of Bactrocera Macquart and a new distribution record of Dacus Fabricius (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) from India, pp. 237-250 in Zootaxa 5168 (2) on pages 244-245, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5168.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/687737
Tephritis Latreille 1804
No full textKeys to species of genus <i>Tephritis</i> in Indian subcontinent <p>1. Posterior notopleural seta black or brown.................................................................. 2</p> <p>- Posterior notopleural seta stubby white.................................................................... 3</p> <p> 2. Posterior notopleural seta light brown (almost stubby); lobe of lateral surstylus pointed and black at apex and aculeus tip sharp without incision (Swat, NW Pakistan, reared from <i>Carduus nutans</i> [= <i>edelbergii</i>])................... <b> <i>T. cardualis</i> Hardy</b> </p> <p> - Posterior notopleural seta black or dark brown (almost black); lobe of lateral surstylus blunt or rounded at apex and aculeus needle-like, the tip with a notch or incision (Narkanda, Himachal Pradesh, India; reared from <i>Cirsium falconeri</i>)................................................................................................ <b> <i>T. himalayae</i> sp.n.</b> </p> <p>3. Wing pattern reticulate and developed all over the wing....................................................... 4</p> <p> - Wing pattern reticulation present on only part of the wing, with cells c, bc, bcu, bm and anal lobe hyaline without any spots; aculeus tip papillate or nipple like (Jammu and Kashmir, India)................................... <b> <i>T. maccus</i> Hering</b> </p> <p>4. Pterostigma brown or dark without a hyaline spot............................................................ 5</p> <p> - Pterostigma witha circular hyaline spot (Jammu and Kashmir and West Bengal, India).... <b> <i>T. atocoptera</i> Agarwal & Kapoor</b> </p> <p> 5. Wing with an apical black fork between veins R 4+5 and M (Punjab, India)................. <b> <i>T. umbrosa</i> Dirlbek & Dirlbek</b> </p> <p> - Wing with an apical black spot between veins R 4+5 and M (Jammu and Kashmir, India)................ <b> <i>T. admissa</i> Hering</b> </p>Published as part of <i>Singh, Maneesh Pal, Daroch, Rakesh, Korneyev, Severyn V. & Sharma, Isha, 2023, A new species of genus Tephritis Latreille and a new distribution record of genus Urophora Robineau-Desvoidy, from India, pp. 336-348 in Zootaxa 5375 (3)</i> on page 337, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5375.3.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10199917">http://zenodo.org/record/10199917</a>
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) invadens Drew, Tsuruta and White
No full textBactrocera (Bactrocera) invadens Drew, Tsuruta and White (Figure 5) Bactrocera (Bactrocera) invadens Drew, Tsuruta and White, 2005: 149; Drew et al. 2007: 4. Diagnosis (Male): A medium-sized species (6.55±0.15) with face fulvous or pale brown with two oval black spots in antennal furrows, two frontal setae and one orbital seta, ocellar triangle pale brown to dark, ocellus fuscous, outer vertical seta and medial vertical seta present and dark in colour, a thin row of black postocular setae present on occiput, occiput fuscous, gena fulvous with a seta but no dark subocular spot. Scape and pedicel fuscous, first flagellomere dark fuscous to dark brown. Scutum generally dark orange to red-brown with black lanceolate markings, dark brown to red in some specimens, the medial dark lanceolate marking variable in shape and in some specimens scutum entirely pale or mostly black. Postpronotal lobes and notopleura bright yellow. Postsutural lateral yellow vittae narrow, parallel-sided and end at or just behind intra-alar seta. Scutellum triangular and bright yellow. Anepisternal stripe broader than notopleuron and triangular in shape, katepisternum with a thin, linear yellow marking. Chaetotaxy: 2 scapular setae, 1 anterior notopleural seta, 1 notopleural seta, 1 anepisternal seta, 1post-alar seta, 1 intra-alar seta, 1 prescutellar acrostichal seta. Legs with all femora fulvous, fore and mid tibia fuscous and hind tibia dark fuscous. Wings (5.84±0.21) hyaline, cells bc and c colourless and without microtrichia, except for outer margin of cell c. Costal band narrow and confluent with vein R 2+3, anal streak pale and narrow and a medium-developed anal lobe. Abdomen orange-brown to red-brown with a black T-shaped pattern consisting of a transverse basal band on tergite III and a narrow medial vitta on tergites III-V; the transverse band sometimes covers the lateral margin of tergite III and continues laterally to tergite V; in some specimens the transverse band is absent. Pecten present on tergite III in males and two shiny orange ceromata present on tergite V. Deep posterior emargination present on sternite V of male. Male Genitalia: Epandrium and surstyli elongate-oval in posterior view. Proctiger membranous, triangular, smaller than epandrium (Figure 6A). Medial surstylus longer than lateral surstylus and diminutive or tapering towards apex with a pair of thick, dark, striated prensisetae. Aedeagus 1.98 mm long excluding glans (0.43 mm). Glans tubular, mostly sclerotized with an unpatterned and narrow praeputium. Subapical lobe and basal lobe present, the former reaching above the vesica and with a distinct capitulum (Figure 6B) (cf. figs 8G in David and Ramani 2019, as dorsalis). Material Examined: 8 ♂, INDIA, Uttarakhand, Pantnagar, 20°02’29”N 79°48’79”E 2.vii.2020, Maneesh; 10 ♂, India, Himachal Pradesh, Solan, Nauni, 30°51’24”N 77°10’17”. 28.vii.2020, Maneesh. Male Parapheromone: Methyl eugenol. Host Plants: A wide range of edible, commercial and native fruits (Drew et al. 2005; Rasolofoarivao et al. 2022). Remarks: This species belongs in the dorsalis complex and is very similar to B. (B.) dorsalis (Hendel). It is often regarded as a synonym of the latter (e.g. Schutze et al. 2015) but can be differentiated by the frequent presence of extensive red-brown markings on the scutum and narrower postsutural lateral yellow vittae. The aedeagus and aculeus are also longer than in B. dorsalis and there are differences in phallus structure (Hancock et al. 2021), the glans being tubular in B. invadens and subovate in B. dorsalis. The species is widespread on the Indian subcontinent and invasive in the Afrotropics. In the Himalayan region it has been definitively recorded from Bhutan (Drew et al. 2007) and Nepal (Leblanc et al. 2019, as dorsalis) and its presence in the northwestern Indian States of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand is confirmed here. True B. dorsalis is not known from the Indian subcontinent and its presence can be confirmed only by examination of the phallus.Published as part of Singh, Maneesh Pal, Sharma, Isha, Hancock, David Lawrence & Prabhakar, Chandra Shekhar, 2022, A new species of Bactrocera Macquart and a new distribution record of Dacus Fabricius (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) from India, pp. 237-250 in Zootaxa 5168 (2) on pages 245-249, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5168.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/687737
How Can The Implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems Contribute to the Long Term Sustained Growth and Development and Streamlining of Business Processes in the Wind Power Generation Sector?
No full textThe research aims to study and present an overview of the contribution of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems to the long term sustained growth, development and streamlining of business processes in the wind power sector. The research topic is briefly introduced and a basic understanding of research question is developed to provide initial comprehension of the topic. The research progresses in a phased style and is composed of chapters giving an individual helicopter view of the topic introduced and discussed.
The literature review section on ERPs provides rich information on past research done in the field which is followed by a brief but comprehensive overview of the global wind power generation industry. The research methodology defines the basic structure of research project and the tools and procedures used to complete it. The case studies, alongwith individual chapters based on the perspective of professionals having experience in the wind power and Information Technology (IT) sector and those working in key positions in government organizations, are collated and used to analyze the various impacts of ERP implementation in context to the research topic. Based on primary and secondary information collected through various sources, the aims and objectives of research are analyzed and discussed and conclusions and recommendations are drawn based on the summary of results of the analysis section.
ERP systems could virtually be implemented in almost every aspect of industrial revolution and in almost every industrial sector but in consideration to the challenges faced by the wind industry and the inherent limitations of the sector, the actual role of these systems and their impacts on organizational growth and refinement of processes as a result of the implementation is studied. The approach has been simplified by collecting data and analyzing it with respect to the standard literature available and comments from professionals active in the field. Efforts have been made to clarify the objectives and to render comprehensiveness to the research work
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