View AbstractFreshwater fishes from Poonch River and its tributaries of Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir (India) were screened for infection with ectoparasites. The study conducted on monthly basis from June 2011 to May 2012, revealed infection of Dogielius forceps (Monogenea) on the gills of Schizothorax richardsonii. D. forceps has been recorded for the first time in India from Schizothoracin host fish with an overall prevalence 13.56. In this paper the description, measurements, as well as figures showing the structural characteristics of D. forceps are given. Medicinally important plants of family Solanaceae have been successfully micropropagated through tissue culture. In most of the cases, MS medium with different concentrations of auxins and cytokinins either alone or in different combinations was used.