Despite the increasing acceptance of traditional medicines in peri-urban areas in South Africa, this rich indigenous knowledge is not adequately documented. Therefore, an ethnobotanical study was undertaken to document medicinal plants grown and maintained in per-urban domestic gardens in the Capricorn District, Limpopo Province. Semi-structured interviews, observation and guided walks with 62 ...

lehmannia valentiana is one of the most important pests of ornamental plants, vegetables and other agricultural crops, which causes noticable damages. in a food experiment four kinds of food for 24 and 72 hours were offered. the preferences of food were amaranthus tricolor, cineraria grandiflora, pelargonium peltatum, rosa damascena and l. valentiana. the l. valentiaiia is active the whole year...

Vermicompost (VC) is a nutrient-rich material that mixed with soil, and it used in this study. Four different environments were created such as control (Soil:VC:100–0%), mix one (Soil:VC:70–30% w/w), two (Soil:VC:50–50% three (Soil:VC:40:60% well-developed roses (Vinca rosea valiant, Pelargonium peltatum, Pegasus patio) seedlings transferred to individual pots. Plant growth parameters, i.e., th...

Since, landfill areas are still the most widely used solid waste disposal method across the world, leachate generated from landfills should be given importance. Leachate of landfills exerts environmental risks mostly on surface and groundwater with its high pollutant content, which may cause unbearable water quality. This leads to the obligation for decontamination and remediation program to be...

Sustainable agriculture aims to eliminate the excessive usage of chemical fertilizers and can be crucial for soil fertility. A factorial pot experiment in a randomized complete block design was carried out King Khaled International Airport Nursery, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during 2019/2020, evaluate role biofertilizer (i.e., Bio-Fert, nitrogen-fixing microorganisms; Biot-Phos, phosphorus-released ...

Rehydration of powdered tissues of Podophyllum peltatum L. prior to extraction with an organic solvent allows endogenous beta-glucosidases to hydrolyze lignan 4-O-beta-D-glucosides in situ and increase the yield of podophyllotoxin. Aqueous extraction of rhizomes and leaves of P. peltatum yielded 4- to 10-fold greater quantities of podophyllotoxin than the traditional ethanolic extraction. Most ...