Effect of plant essential oils on seed germination and seedling growth of Parthenium hysterophorus was examined. Essential oils of Eucalyptus, Camphor, and Lemongrass were used in the experiments at different concentrations (0 to 20 ml.l). Water imbibed (36 h) seeds were germinated at 25°C ± 1 in petriplates containing 3 layers of filter papers soaked in distilled water and added with 1.5 ml of...

The Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana contains the United States' largest coal reserve. The area produces large amounts of natural gas through extraction from water-saturated coalbeds. Determining the impacts of coalbed natural gas-produced efflux water on crops is important when considering its potential use as supplemental irrigation water. We hypothesized that coalbed natural gas wat...

AIMS To determine whether essential oil (EO) vapours could reduce surface and airborne levels of bacteria including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). METHODS AND RESULTS The antibacterial activity of geranium and lemongrass EO individually and blended were evaluated over a range of concentrations by direct contact and vapour diffusion. The EO were tested in vitro against a s...

The extraction of essential oils from Lemongrass leaves (Cymbopogon nardus L.) has become more promising than ever before due to the oils' increasing demand in market addition dynamic breakthrough its technology advancement. This study presents a comparison two different methods microwave-assisted oil extraction, namely Microwave Hydrodistillation (MHD) and Solvent-Free Extraction (SFME), both ...

Abstract Essential oils containing volatile aromatic compounds generally have the ability as antioxidants and antibacterial. By nature, they are easily degraded because of oxygen, light, high temperatures, so need to be encapsulated. This study aimed analyze effect type essential combination coating materials on physicochemical characteristics oil microcapsules. used a Randomized Block Design m...