Background: Xylopia aethiopica is highly reputed for its numerous medicinal properties. In the present study, antioxidant, antimicrobial, and toxicity profile of methanol seed extract of Nigerian X. aethiopica in rat were evaluated. Methods: Phytochemical compositions were evaluated using standard procedures. The antibacterial study was carried out using agar well diffusion method, while antio...

Micro-topography has been proved to be beneficial for plant colonization in severe environments. There are numerous micro-topographies caused by erosion of gangue dumps the Northeast China, which can make difficult. To determine how these affect colonization, environment conditions, regeneration characteristics, vegetation characteristics different micro-topographies, such as bare slope, rill, ...

The demand for fresh and healthy food has been increasing, different options growing sprouts have presented to solve this, such as traditional techniques cultivation under controlled conditions. However, sprout farming not explored all the tools available produce these foods This study presents an alternative sesame seed in a micro-greenhouse applying intelligent control algorithms vapor pressu...

An experiment consisting 60 genotypes of linseed was conducted at Research Farm P. G. College Ghazipur during two years 2007-8 and 2008-9 in three micro environments results showed high level variability for pooled data all the characters. Highest PCV GCV were recorded biological yield per plant followed by capsules seed plant. It lower days to maturity oil content. High heritability broad sens...

A hybrid Svyatogor F1 of Dutch breeding was grown in a winter greenhouse for three turns. Studies have shown that pre-sowing seed soaking treatment and foliar top dressing plants with potassium humate did not affect germination, but positively affected plant growth, except lithium carbon dioxide. For PABA, the leaf area increased, while it decreased. Micro fertilizers, lithium, had positive eff...

The cowpea bruchid, Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchini), is a worldwide pest of stored cowpea grain [ Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. (Leguminosae)], causing tens of millions of dollars’ worth of damage annually. One method of managing this pest involves planting cultivars whose seeds are resistant to bruchids. Despite extensive research, we still do not know the me...

Background Long-term space missions will necessarily require producing viable seeds to be used for plant cultivation over time under altered gravity conditions. Pollen is known play a key role in determining seed and fruit production seed-to-seed cycles, but very few studies have evaluated pollen functionality gravity. Methods We performed ground-based experiments test how simulated microgravit...