Reptile Diversity in Mt. Matutum Protected Landscape, South Cotabato, Philippines

Reptiles are highly diversewith high percentage of endemism in the Philippines. However, reptile diversity in Mindanao, the second largest island in the country,is poorly known. To determine the species richness, diversity, endemism and conservation status of reptiles, this study was conducted from August to December 2013in six sampling sites of Mt. Matutum Protected Landscape (MMPL), […]

Mortality response of wheat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi) against most commonly used insecticides in Pakistan

Rhopalosiphum padi is one of the most common wheat inhabiting pest and reduce the crop yield up to `15%. This pest species was collected from the wheat fields located in the vicinity of Faisalabad. The mortality response of said pest was find out in the different insecticides by standard nymphal dip method. The results showed […]

Assessment of allelopathic potential of different weeds on germination and early growth of aromatic rice

An experiment was carried out at the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during the period from July to November 2011 to investigate the allelopathic potential of different weeds on aromatic rice cv. BRRI dhan 50. Six weed species viz., joina (Fimbristylis miliacea), mutha (Cyperus rotundus), khude shama (Echinochloa colonum), sobuj nakful (Cyperus […]

Iranian Pimpinella L. (Apiaceae): A taxonomic revision

In the family Apiaceae subfamily Apioideae, the genus Pimpinella L. with about 150 species is one of the largest genera. This widespread and taxonomically complex genus has 20 species distributed throughout Iran, of which, eight species are endemic. The resolution of relationships among these approximately 20 species remains largely obscure. In this study, Morphological analyses […]

Incidence of seedborne mycoflora and their effects on germination of maize seeds

A laboratory experiment was conducted with maize seed samples collected from four maize growing districts viz. Bogra, Gaibandha, Rangpur and Mymensingh of Bangladesh following blotter method. Nine species of fungi namely Aspergillus flavus, A. niger, Alternaria alternata, Bipolaris maydis, Curvularia lunata, Fusarium oxysporum, F. moniliforme, Penicillium oxalicum and Rhizopus stolonifer were identified. Among the species, […]

Physiological and biochemical characterization of Cork Oak Seedlings (Quercus suber.L) in Tunisia

The cork oak is native forest species, the most represented in Tunisia and especially to Mogods Kroumirie. This species is considerable regression estimated at 1.22% of the area per year . Natural regeneration of cork oak seedlings and by rejecting strain encounters strong difficulties mainly because of the great mortality among seedlings. The failure of […]

Rapid Assessment of Spider Fauna in Marilog District, Davao City, Philippines

This study was conducted to determine the species richness and abundance of spiders in Barangay Baganihan, Marilog District, Davao City, Philippines. Sampling was conducted at three sites with elevations of 1000, 1100 and 1200 meters above sea level using conventional collection techniques like sweep netting, beat netting, and vial-tapping. One hundred seventy one spider species […]

Secondary Succession in Abandoned Agricultural Lands of Western Odisha, India

Vegetation succession and quantitative community characteristic were analysed along a chronosequence of abandoned rice fields located in Sambalpur district of Odisha, India. These rice fields were abandoned since 2, 4, 6, 11 and 15 years. The result showed that, total 45 different species belongs to 20 different families were encountered. Family Poaceae was found to […]

Comparison of the antioxidant activities, phenolic and flavonoids contents of the leaves-crud extracts of Moringa peregrine and Moringa oleifera

Moringa peregrine and Moringa oleifera are used in folk medicine and grows widely in the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and India. In the present study, the total potential antioxidant activities, reducing powers and total phenolic and flavonoids contents of methanol and water extracts of the leave-crud extracts of the two moringa species, M. […]

Morphological variations of epaulette soldierfish, Myripristis kuntee in Tuka Bay, Kiamba, Sarangani Province

Kiamba, Sarangani Province is one of the tourist spots in Mindanao because of its bountiful marine resources which contribute to the economic aspects of the place. Because of the indisputable abundance of its marine resources, there are many species that are still unidentified due to the differences in their features. One of the marine species […]