Thorn Apple or Jimson Weed (Datura stramonium) is a tropane alkaloid containing widespread pest plant growing in central Europe. This predominantly occurs millet, buckwheat and maize cultivation. Therefore, sound cleaning of these crops just as pivotal reliable analytics. The millet at laboratory scale with commercial mechanical devices, such sieves, indented separators table sorters without us...

Datura stramonium belladona alkaloid ailesinin bir üyesi olan halüsinojenik bitkidir. Fazla miktarda al?nd???nda halüsinasyon, ajitasyon ve deliryuma neden olabilir. Genellikle kurutulmu? yapraklar?ndan haz?rlanan sigaralar ast?m bron?it tedavisi için kullan?l?rken, tohumlar? akne, egzema, hemoroid tedavisinde antispazmotik amaçl? oral yolla al?nmaktad?r. Tedavi amac?yla bilinçsiz kullan?m?, ka...

When plants are introduced into new regions, the absence of their co-evolved natural enemies can result in lower levels of attack. As a consequence of this reduction in enemy pressure, plant performance may increase and selection for resistance to enemies may decrease. In the present study, we compared leaf damage, plant size and leaf trichome density, as well as the direction and magnitude of ...

Epilachna vigintioctopunctata is an important pest that causes considerable economic losses to many crops including egg-plants. The crude aqueous extracts of leaves from three indigenous plants namely Ricinus communis, Calotropis procera and Datura metel were used against this beetle aiming at its control under laboratory conditions. Larvicidal bioassays of the extracts showed the following ord...