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Para identificar el agente causal de la costra negra del nopal (<em>Opuntia ficus-indica</em>) se aislaron e identificaron morfológicamente los hongos asociados a enfermedad. El estudio realizó partir cladodios con síntomas característicos enfermedad colectados en localidad Santa Cecilia Clavijero, municipio San Juan Ixcaquixtla, Puebla. Los como: <em>Cladosporium</em> &...

Cladophora glomerata is a widely distributed filamentous freshwater alga that hosts a complex microalgal epiphyte assemblage. We manipulated nutrients and epiphyte abundances to access their effects on epiphyte biomass, epiphyte species composition, and C. glomerata growth. C. glomerata did not grow in response to these manipulations. Similarly, nutrient and epiphyte removal treatments did not ...

The present study was carried out to investigate the thrombolytic and antimitotic potentiality of various extracts of fruits of Ficus glomerata, a traditional medicinal plant, using an in vitro assay method. Three crude extracts such as petroleum ether (FGPE), chloroform (FGCE), and methanol (FGME) were used for the study, with a standard (streptokinase) and negative control (sterile distilled ...