Automatic text analysis tools have significant potential to improve the productivity of those who organise large collections of data. However, to be effective, they have to be both technically efficient and provide a productive interaction with the user. Geographic referencing of historical botanical data is difficult, time consuming and relies heavily on the expertise of the curators. Botanica...

Fusarium species (including anthophilum) have many insidious effects on mankind, animals, and plants. Their attack may lead to diseases or spoilage, the production of mycotoxins. This study was conducted find solutions infections by F. anthophilum. Three sub-trials (botanical, chemical biocontrol sub-trials) were set up using completely randomized design, each treatment replicated thrice. The p...

Botanical pesticides have gradually become accepted for use in the control of agricultural pests. In order to clarify active compounds ginger (Zingiber officinale) shoot extract (GSE) and its inhibitory effect on growth sorghum aphids (Melanaphis sorghi). this study, LC-MS/MS was used determine major GSE, leaf disc method explore insecticidal response mechanism aphids. The results showed that p...

Pyrolysis Mass Spectrometry (Py-MS) was used to investigate discrimination of honey samples from different floral (ten) and geographical (seven) origins. The data were analysed statistically (using Principal Component and Discriminant Factor Analysis) in order to check the possibility of the use of these profiles for characterising the botanical source of honey. Py-MS showed as a very useful to...

Acaricidal nylon 66 fabrics (AN66Fs) grafted with clove oil-loaded microcapsules (COMCs) were developed against Dermatophagoides farina (D. gallinae). The average diameter was about 2.9 µm with a range of 100 nm-8.5 µm. COMCs carried clove oil loading of about 65 vol %. COMCs were chemically grafted to electrospun nylon nanofibers by the chemical reactions between -OH groups of COMCs and -COOH ...

The article explores the botanical contributions of Pierre-FrançoisXavier de Charlevoix’s book Histoire et description générale de la Nouvelle France vis-à-vis the contributions of previous researchers, his use of iconographic and discursive representations and its relevance to the project of French colonization. It investigates why he refused Linnaeus’ taxonomic model and what he intended with...