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Number Volume 4, Issue 5, 2012 Year 2065

15 articles in this issue 

B Vidya Vardhini, E Sujatha, S Seeta Ram Rao

The effect of 24-epibrassinolide and 28-homobrassinolide on the activities of two oxidizing enzymes (catalase and peroxidase) and two hydrolyzing enzymes (ribonuclease and protease) of radish plants were studied. Both the brassinosteroids stimulated the a... see more

 

Beena D B, Rathore T S, Rao P S

The purpose of the current study was to optimize the carbohydrate sources and sucrose concentrations for mass clonal propagation of B. pallida. Sucrose in MS liquid medium consisting additives (ascorbic acid, 50mg/l + citric acid, 25 mg/l + cysteine, 25 m... see more

 

V Daniel, P Srinivas, K Santhosh kumar, D Krupadanam

Two naturally occurring isoflavones genistine and biochanin - A, and their dihydro derivatives (isoflavones) as well as nine perhydroginated isoflavones (isoflavanes) were tested for their effects on mycelial growth of two soil bacteria viz., Pseudomonas ... see more

 

Manisha Shukla, Y Rashiya Begum, Manoj Mishra

Indigenous knowledge is a potential tool in searching for new economic plants for uses of medicinal plants for various purposes. The present paper deals with the indigenous medicinal plants used by the local women of karaikal district .The rural women dep... see more

 

M Thirupathi, M Kiran Kumar, D Srinivas, K Rajendar, K Jaganmohan Reddy

Cassia alata known as candle bush or Ringworm tree belongs to Cesalpinaceae family, which was found in diverse habitats in the tropics. C. alata leaves containing some chemical substances like chrysophanic acid, is a common ingredient in soaps, shampoos a... see more

 

Vikrant Vikrant, R Maragathamani, Paramjit Khurana

Induction and development of embryogenic callus from mature caryopsis culture of rice (Oryza sativa cv. ADT41) was performed by placing sterilized seeds on MS medium supplemented with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid or 2,4-D (2.5, 5.0 and 10 mg/l). Morphog... see more

 

Manisha Shukla, Manoj Mishra

Xanthium strumarium L. is an exotic plant responsible for several agricultural, environmental and health problems in India. Due to non-acceptability of conventional methods of control, the possibilities of its management through an indigenous strain of Cu... see more

 

M Murali, K N Amruthesh, J Sudisha, S R Niranjana, H S Shetty

A total of forty nine plant growth promoting fungi (PGPF) were successfully isolated from the rhizosphere of various grass species in Karnataka State, India. All the PGPF isolates were tested for their ability to enhance pearl millet seed quality paramete... see more

 

S N Mishra, Abha Abha, Anand M Jha

In the present study by employing highly sensitive and simple plant bioassay, Vicia faba cytogenetic test, genotoxic property of chromium trioxide (CrO3) was evaluated. Roots of Vicia faba were treated with 10, 20. 30, 40 and 50 mg/l of CrO3 at room tempe... see more

 

Nishi Kumari, Abha Abha, Anand M Jha

In the present study genotoxic effect induced by two food preservatives viz. ammonium acetate and zinc acetate was evaluated in the root meristem cells of Vicia faba. Genotoxic property was evaluated by scoring micronucleus in the root tip cells of treate... see more

 

Javaid Yousuf, Raj Kumar Verma, Hamidullah Dar

The medicinal properties of plant species have made an outstanding contribution in the origin and evolution of many traditional herbal therapies. Keeping this thing in view, an ethno medicinal survey was carried out to study traditionally used plants by t... see more

 

D K Patel

Colocasia esculanta Linn. is an annual herbaceous plant with small corms in side of the soil. All the plant parts are used as vegetable as well as medicinal purpose among the rural peoples. It is also a source of economic increment to the farmers. The stu... see more

 

Shazia Mannan, Shahid Hameed

Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae is the causal agent of bacterial blight disease in rice. The pathogen was isolated from infected samples collected after extensive survey of rice growing areas of Pakistan. Afterwards, Insertion sequence based Polymerase chai... see more

 

Zahid Ali, Showkat Hussain Ganie, Alka Narula, Malik Zainul Abdin, Prem Shankar Srivastava

Cichorium intybus L. is a promising and potent industrial medicinal herb but the relatively low content of esculin and unavailability of mass scale propagation protocol are major impediments for the commercial production of the drug. The enhancement in th... see more

 

E.R. Mbega R. B. Mabagala

A study to examine fungal diseases infecting watermelon (Citrullus lanatus Thunb.) plants in Morogoro urban, Tanzania was conducted in November, 2011. Forty eight watermelon samples with necrotic symptoms collected from randomly selected home gardens were... see more