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Comparison of aerial and underground carbon sequestration potential of Stipa barbata in Fasham Pastures, Iran

Rangelands play an important role in the carbon cycle. Although their ability to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere could help offset human influence on climate change, there are many other ecological benefits associated with sequestering carbon on rangelands. Iran’s rangelands have carbon sequestration capability by compatible species with the area. However, little information is available […]

Contamination of anti malarial plants by Lead and cadmium in cotonou, Republic of Benin

In order to investigate the level of contamination with toxic heavy metals in anti-malarial plants sold in the markets of Cotonou, some anti-malarial plants were selected through an ethno-botanic survey by using the ATRM (Triple Purchase of Healing Plants) a method elaborated in Togo. Out of 35 species of plants listed as anti-malarial, 5 were […]

Some of phytotoxic and antimicrobial compounds extracted from culture filtrates of Fusarium proliferatum FP85

Fusarium is one of the most important plant pathogens around the world which causes great damages to agriacultural crops. The fungus produces a wide variety of volatiles and bioactive metabolites like mycotoxins, fatty acids and hydrocarbons on artificial medium with antifungal, antibacterial, antiviral and phytotoxic properties. After 21 days inoculating the species Fusarium proliferatum FP85 […]

Seasonal monitoring of fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) and its parasitoids Trybliographa daci on guava fruit from Sindh Pakistan

Seasonal monitoring of fruit flies, Bactrocera zonata and Bactrocera dorsalis was carried out by collecting the infested guava fruits for recording the larval parasitoid under laboratory conditions; and weekly trap catches for fruit fly species were also recorded. The B. zonata and B. dorsalis pupae were collected from 01.11.2012 to 15.03.2013 at fortnightly interval. The […]

Allelotoxic activity of Eucalyptus rostrata Schlecht. on seed germination and seedling growth of Chenopodium album L. and Portulaca oleracea L.

Eucalyptus rostrata is known to contain various substances that are allelopathic. The allelopathic effect of leaf (ERLAE) and bark (ERBAE) of Eucalyptus rostrata aqueous extracts was evaluated for their potential uses as control on seed germination and seedling growth of two noxious weeds; Chenopodium album and Portulaca oleracea. The biological activity of the two types […]

Distribution and plant diversity of mangroves in the west coast of Kerala, India

Mangroves in India account for about 5 per cent of the world’s mangrove vegetation and are spread over an area of about 4,500 km2 along the coastal States/UTs of the country. Various studies showed that mangrove vegetation cover only 1,095 ha in Kerala (Kurien, et al., 1994). According to another estimate, Kerala once supported about […]