The methanolic extracts of 13 accessions of purslane were analyzed for their total phenol content (TPC), total flavonoid contents (TFC), and total carotenoid contents (TCC) and antioxidant activity of extracts was screened using FRAP assay and DPPH radical scavenging methods. The TPC, TFC, and TCC ranged from 0.96 ± 0.04 to 9.12 ± 0.29 mg GAE/g DW, 0.13 ± 0.04 to 1.44 ± 0.08 mg RE/g DW, and 0.5...

Although lawn care and landscape maintenance professionals appear increasingly willing to use Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies and adopt nonchemical pest management alternatives into management practices, the opinions of landscape management professionals have not been assessed regarding anticipated influences of increased use of insectand disease-resistant ornamental plants on groun...

The article elucidates the retrospective of breeding flowering plants in Laboratory Ornamental Plants National Botanical Garden (Institute) for about six decades, and also recent results obtained field. mobilization introduction into culture thousands intraspecifi c taxa generated unique collections ornamental plants, which served as a basis obtaining new varieties. More than 300 cultivars have...