Information about trace element composition in vegetation from tropical environments is scarce. Trace elements were evaluated on vegetation samples collected at the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facilities (AFWTF) in Vieques, agricultural areas in Vieques and mainland Puerto Rico, and at the Guánica State Forest. Analyses were conducted using atomic absorption after dry-ashing of samples and ...

Rubber bush (Calotropis procera), a perennial invasive milkweed, infests large swathes of pastoral land in northern Australia and Queensland, diminishing pasture productivity. The seeds rubber are small with fluffy pappi that confer buoyancy during wind dispersal. Long-distance seed dispersal (LDD) by is dependent part on terminal velocity, the height release above ground, surrounding vegetatio...

The aim of this study was to investigate the potential using Calotropis procera leaves in vitro and vivo control Meloidogyne incognita race 2 tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). In tests consisted evaluating effect aqueous extract C. (5 10%) on hatching mortality juveniles second stage considering residence time J2 for 24 48 hours. application soil incorporation fresh (50 100 g/kg soil) pots with in...

To evaluate the larvicidal efficacy of methanol extract Calotropis procera experiments were conducted against larvae Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito species. Third instar selected mosquitos species exposed to various concentrations (50-200 ppm) evaluated in laboratory. The morality observation was recorded at 24 hrs. After treatment. LC values leaf determined following Probit ...

It has been shown previously that the laticifer fluid of Calotropis procera (Ait.) R.Br. is highly toxic to the egg hatching and larval development of Aedes aegypti L. In the present study, the larvicidal potential of other laticifer fluids obtained from Cryptostegia grandiflora R.Br., Plumeria rubra L. and Euphorbia tirucalli L. was evaluated. We attempted to correlate larvicidal activity with...

A poisonous plant is one that, when touched or consumed in large enough quantities, can be hazardous lethal to humans other animals. These plants utilized as herbal medicines with therapeutic effects used the right proportions and small doses. One of herbs listed all old Ayurvedic texts Calotropis procera. In Ayurveda, it referred Arka. many traditional medical systems, various portions are cur...

a field experiment was conducted during 2009-2011 at the aligarh muslim university agricultural research farm, india, to evaluate the efficacious nature of some oil-seed cakes such as neem cake and castor cake, a botanical calotropis procera and phosphate solubilizing bacteria (psb) pseudomonas fluorescens singly and in various combinations, on the growth and productivity of trigonella plant. g...

background and objectives: cancer is a public health problem all over the world. herbal medicines have a vital role in the prevention and treatment of cancer and large numbers of plants and their isolated constituents have shown potential anticancer activity. methods: twenty seven medicinal plants from southern iran provinces have been extracted with methanol and screened for their cytotoxic ac...