25 articles in this issue
ROOPASHREE RANGASWAMY
Plant-oriented diets provide well known health benefits for the human and environment. Such advantages are partly due to the degree to which animal food is limited. Meat & other animal acquire foods have traditionally been regarded as an essential com... see more
IBRAHIM M. HAGGAG, NEVEEN A. HASSAN, HAGGAG S. ZEIN, NAGLAA A. ABDALLAH, NAGWA I. ELARABI
Melon (Cucumis melo L.) is a valuable cash crop grown throughout the world. The current research was carried out to identify the genetic diversity among ten melon genotypes conserved in the gene bank, using descriptor morphological traits, and three diffe... see more
NANTHAWAN HADTHAMARD, PIYASAK CHAUMPLUK, MANTANA BUANONG, PANIDA BOONYARITTHONGCHAI, CHALERMCHAI WONGS-AREE
Ripe 'Nam Dok Mai' mango (Mangifera indica L.) is an economic important fruit of Thailand. Anthracnose and rapid decay are the main marketing obstacles. Our previous study revealed that multicoating between chitosan (CTS) and polystyrene sulfonate (PSS) d... see more
FADWA AMIN, S. M. TAMAM, WALED M. EL-SENOUSY, MAI M. RASLAN
RNA viruses have very high mutation rates than DNA viruses. This makes it difficult to make efficient RNA vaccines related to those RNA viruses that are characterized by their genetic variation. The main object of our study is to find natural herbal plant... see more
HEMALATHA PALANIVEL, R. SENTHIL KUMAR, KAVIYA ANAND, S. VENKATESA PRABHU, M. KAMARAJ
The species Jatropha curcas L has recently been evoked attention over the globe as an important agrofuel crop. The utilization of Jatropha species in a breeding program is limited because of low crossability behavior. The scientific perception of the inhe... see more
SHAISTA ANJUM, FARRUKH HUSSAIN, MUFAKHIRAH JAN DURRANI, SABEENA RIZWAN, AYESHA MUSHTAQ, AYEESHA MASOOD, SHAMSUDDIN BAQA, KASHIF KAMRAN, TARIQ ISMAIL
The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare spatial variability in proximate (ash, dry matter, organic matter, crude protein, crude fiber, ether extract and total carbohydrate) and mineral (P, K, Na, Fe, Cu and Zn) composition. Samples of four p... see more
NAYANA BORAH
Probiotics are healthy, bacteria friendly. These are nutrients which have been shown to have particular health benefits such as promoting gut health and helping maintain a balanced gut microbiota, which is essential for proper functioning of digestive sys... see more
JATIN VAITY, AJIT KENGAR, KIRAN KHARAT, KETAN THATTE
Catharanthus pusillus (Murr.) G. Don (Family –Apocynaceae) is a rare herb commonly known as tiny periwinkle. It is widely used for the treatment of various diseases. The roots, leaves and latex of this plant are used to treat skin and liver diseases... see more
RANIA F. EL MANTAWY, EMAN H. ABD EL-AZEIZ, I. A. I. ELGAZZAR
A field experiment was conducted at two sites; (i) Farm of Tag El-Ezz (Dakahlia governorate) and (ii) Nubaria (Behera governorate), Agricultural Research Station, Egypt during the 2020 summer season to study the possibility of using compost and vermicompo... see more
NORMUMIN GULOMOVICH YODGOROV, BOBUR RUSTAM UGLI HASANOV, NURIDDIN FAYZULLAEVICH MIRZAEV
The study identified the most suitable pasture crops to be planted as repeat crops for winter wheat for the first time in the bald soils of the Kashkadarya region. Also, the study of the optimal sowing dates, fertilization standards, and irrigation regime... see more
M. S. ROOPA, THEJANUO RHETSO, R. SHUBHARANI, V. SIVARAM
Extraction solvents are reported to influence the nature and extraction efficiency of the bioactive compounds from the plants. Thus, selecting an appropriate extraction solvent is essential for obtaining the required pharmacological activity of the extrac... see more
R. RADHIKA, S. RAJAN
Ganoderma lucidum is an important multipotential medicinal mushroom with a specific biological activity. This Fungal species has enlarged fruiting bodies and are antagonistically active on other fungal species. Five different fungal elements were isolated... see more
AYYAD W. AL-SHAHWANY, ALI NIJAM, ROAA M. H. SHOKER
Fungal infections are believed to affect over a billion individuals each year, with recent research indicating that the number is rising. This study aimed to evaluate the antagonistic activity of extracted plant oils' to control of some selected fungi and... see more
SHARAD. A. APATE, AJIT. A. KENGAR
Radhanagari Wild Life Sanctuary earlier known as Dajipur Wild Life Sanctuary is famous for the Bison and covered with tropical evergreen forest. The populations residing in the vicinity of sanctuary are using various plants from the surrounding for treatm... see more
AHMED ABDULKAREEM IBRAHEM, WASAN KADHIM A. AL-TEMIMI, SARMAD GHAZI AL-SHAWI
Fructooligosaccharide (FOS) has an economic importance for its multiple uses in the food and pharmaceutical industries. FOS is produced naturally or industrially by enzymatic catalysis of a plant or microbial Fructosyltransferase (Ftase) enzyme. In the cu... see more
SHIMPY SARKAR, ARSHDEEP SINGH
The distribution and community of diverse nematode groups (phytophagous or predatory) can be useful as biological indicators of soil quality or soil environment. This is due to the fact that nematodes play an important role in nutrient cycling and d... see more
MUHAMMAD EHSAN SAFDAR, SAMRAN ULLAH, MUHAMMAD ASIF, AMJED ALI, MUHAMMAD ZEESHAN MAJEED, RAFI QAMAR, ABDUL REHMAN, MUHAMMAD ATHER NADEEM, MUHAMMAD SARWAR, MUHAMMAD ADNAN
Weeds are one of the most important factors influencing growth yield and quality of crop produce. There are many methods to control weeds but chemical control is the most effective. However, use of herbicides results in many ecological and health related ... see more
NAVJOT KAUR, VANKTESH KUMAR, PANKAJ WADHWA, SANJEEV KUMAR SAHU
A number of plant sources were reported which are used in diabetes mellitus. Its cultivation and collection also effect the phytoconstituents composition and its biological importance. This metabolic disorder occurs because there is an insulin shortage. I... see more
MOHAMED YAFOUT, SOUKAINA BENNIS, IBRAHIM SBAI EL-OTMANI, AMAL AIT HAJ SAID
Vitiligo is a common skin depigmentation disorder with a heavy psychological impact on the patients. The success rates of the current therapies are variable and often frustrating, leading a large proportion of patients to self-medicate with herbal treatme... see more
NOUR EL-HOUDA A. REYAD, SAYED FATHEY EL-SAYED, SAMAH NAGUIB AZOZ
Grafting is a safe agro-technique used to boost tolerance against biotic and abiotic stresses and increase crop yield and quality. This study was undertaken to control cucumber Fusarium wilt through grafting onto novel Cucurbit interspecific hybrids and a... see more
PRIYANKA GARG, INDIRA MOIRANGTHEM, ADARSH SHARMA, ABHISHEK KURI
Rice is the world's most significant human food commodity, feeding more people directly than any other crop. It is affected by several diseases viz., bacterial blight, bacterial leaf streak, brown spot, out of which blast of rice is the most devastating d... see more
. SAMIKSHA, MUKUL KUMAR, SANJEEV KUMAR
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris (FOC) causes wilt in Chickpea leading to a 90% yield loss depending on the environmental conditions. The review here deals on the tools and constrains associated with screening the diverse cultivar of Chickpea genotypes a... see more
AJIT KENGAR
Somatic embryogenesis is process by which plant vegetative cell undergoes restructuring to generate embryogenetic cells.These embryogenic potential cells then go through a series of morphological and biochemical changes that result in the formation of som... see more
S. A. OJOBOR, V. IDEH, C. N. EGBUCHUA
Rubber mill effluent and rabbit manure are organic wastes continually generated in farming and processing activities. The wastes could be used for soil amendment but are carelessly dumped in the surroundings. The fermented rubber mill effluent and rabbit ... see more
ALI H. ALTAEF, TALIB O. AL- KHESRAJI, MOHAMMED N. MAROFF
Coprinoid macrofungi (also known, coprinoid mushrooms, inky caps, or ink caps) are saprobes that live on herbivore dung, decaying wood, straw, and other plant debris. Traditionally, these fungi are classified under the genus Coprinus and the family Coprin... see more