A field experiment was conducted during the winter (rabi) season of 2018–19 and 2019–20 at Rajasthan College Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University Agriculture Technology, Udaipur, to study effect hydrogel levels under different irrigation schedules on blond psyllium (Plantago ovata Forssk.). The in a split-plot design, comprising 4 schedule, viz. water (IW) : cumulative pan evaporation (CPE) ...

Background of the research and purpose: Instead using costly synthetic excipients or polymers, authors were in search an economical, easily available, plant-based excipient for making microspheres. Plantago ovata seeds have already been proven to anti-ulcer gastro-protective activity. The same mucilage is used this study as a polymer that can aid floating In study, from was added sodium alginat...

Seasonal life cycle of body cavity dwelling (BCD) Philometra ovata (Nematoda: Philometridae) has been reported in southern and central European countries, but its swim bladder dwelling (SBD) stage and northern populations have remained unstudied. In this study, we investigated the seasonal life cycle and infection ecology of P. ovata in both swim bladder and body cavity in the European minnow (...

Background & Aim: Investigating the possibility of using medicinal plant’s seeds substitute for agar gel in plant tissue culture and determining the optimal practical conditions of them is the aim of this study. Experimental: In order to study the new gelling agents for using in plant tissue culture, we designed a tow part experiment by means of the seeds of medicinal plants such as Linum ...

In this study, potential of the Percoll density gradient centrifugation method for separation of bovine red bold cells (RBCs) infected with each merozoite type of Babesia ovata was examined. By the Percoll density gradient centrifugation, bovine RBCs infected with active forms of B. ovata merozoites were essentially collected from one of the layers. Moreover, this method made it possible to eli...

The lined sea anemone Edwardsiella lineata has evolved a derived parasitic life history that includes a novel body plan adapted for life inside its ctenophore hosts. Reputedly its sole host is the sea walnut, Mnemiopsis leidyi, a voracious planktivore and a seasonally abundant member of many pelagic ecosystems. However, we have observed substantially higher E. lineata prevalence in a second cte...