Botanical insecticides are relatively safe and degradable, and are readily available sources of biopesticides. The most prominent phytochemical pesticides in recent years are those derived from neem trees, which have been studied extensively in the fields of entomology and phytochemistry, and have uses for medicinal and cosmetic purposes. The neem products have been obtained from several specie...

Bio-synthesised silver nanoparticles are effective in controlling several micro-organisms. They correspondingly environmentally friendly, affordable, and easy to synthesise when compared with chemically synthesised nanoparticles. This study investigated the efficacy of biosynthesized against fungus Sporisorium scitamineum, causal agent sugarcane smut. The reduction nitrate upon mixing plants&rs...

Synthetic drugs are mostly used for the control and prevention of parasitic ailments in ruminants. However, resource-poor people developing countries use herbal medicines to treat their animals. Ethnoveterinary medicine along with its huge beneficial effects also prevents emergence drug resistance. Therefore, it is necessary validate efficacy these medicinal plants scientifically future endopar...

This study was conducted to explore the ecosystem services of urban forests in Adama city, central Ethiopia. Attempts were made quantify carbon storage and sequestration, air pollution removal hydrological benefits trees. The forest structure composition city surveyed analyzed. i-Tree Eco Model employed analyze based on current city. result revealed that trees stored a total 116,000 tons carbon...

Melia dubia Cav. of family Meliaceae is a fast growing, high value tree species native to India. Isolating DNA from matured dried leaves of M. dubia was difficult due to accumulation of secondary metabolites, majorly polyphenolics, which resulted in dark brown to black colour of the pellet. In this study, a modified STE-(Sucrose, Tris-HCl and Ethylene Diamine Tetra Acetic Acid) CTAB (hexadecylt...

AIM OF THE STUDY To document the ethnobotanical knowledge on antidiarrhoeal plant use by lay people in a rural community in northern Maputaland. MATERIALS AND METHODS Interviews were conducted amongst homestead inhabitants, using structured questionnaires. The focus was on the medicinal plants which are growing in and around the immediate vicinity of the homesteads. RESULTS Twenty-three pla...

There has been considerable concern for the past few decades about the excessive use of chemical pesticides both in agriculture and for control of vector borne diseases. It has become increasingly difficult to control mosquitoes that serve as vector for various diseases. The present project was undertaken to assess the efficacy of certain plant extracts as larvicides E dipa show your corvette a...