Brevipalpus mites colonize a great number of fruit and ornamental plants. Mite species belonging to this genus have been associated with many plant viruses. Citrus leprosis (CiLV) is the most economically important virus transmitted by B. phoenicis mites. It has recently been shown that ornamental plant species can be alternative hosts of this virus. The high volume of trade and frequent moveme...

The genus Cassia, comprising about 600 species widely distributed worldwide is well known for its diverse biological and pharmacological properties. Cassia spectabilis (sin Senna spectabilis) (DC) Irwin et Barn (Fabaceae) is widely grown as an ornamental plant in tropical and subtropical areas. C. spectabilis has been commonly used in traditional medicine for many years. Information in the biom...

Natural products continue to play a significant role in the detection and advancement of new pharmaceuticals as clinically useful drugs and as raw materials to produce synthetic drugs, or as lead compound from which a totally synthetic drug is designed. Coleus is a member of the mint family and native to India and grows in the subtropical temperate climates of India, Nepal, Thailand and Sri Lan...

Pyrostegia venusta (Ker Gawl.) Miers is a plant species of the family Bignoniaceae, which is originally endemic to Brazil. It is presently a well-known garden species. It is cultivated on account of its outstanding ornamental features and on its important therapeutic properties. It has been commonly used in the traditional Brazilian medicine as a general tonic, treating many diseases such as sk...

This study is an attempt to understand the effect of music on plant growth and behavior. Eight medicinal and ornamental plants were subjected to two different types of music rhythmic and softmelodious music. The control set of plants were not exposed to any particular music. The music was played using normal speakers for three hours, each day. The parameters such as difference in height of the ...

Sicana odorifera also known as cassabanana, sikana or musk cucumber, is naturally grown from Mexico to Brazil and the west Indies. Fruits are edible, the pulp and the seeds have a medicinal use, and the whole plant is used as an ornamental. In the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, naturally diseased sikana plants were observed, for the first time, with witches’ broom growths and other symptoms c...

Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus is an economically important traditional Chinese medicinal plant that is also used for ornamental purposes. In this study, D. superbus was compared to its closely related family of Caryophyllaceae chloroplast (cp) genomes such as Lychnis chalcedonica and Spinacia oleracea. D. superbus had the longest large single copy (LSC) region (82,805 bp), with some var...

vinca minor, vinca major, vinca variegata and vinca rosea are different species of vinca genus, of apocynaceae family. in addition to ornamental applications, they are placed in the group of medicinal plants , because of the various alkaloids they possess. the purpose of this research was the investigation of the antileishmanial effects of the methanolic and crude extracts of leaves and stems o...

background & aim: clematis is an ornamental and medicinal plant that is primarily planted as an ornamental plant. clematis orientalis is native to asia and central europe, used as an antiseptic and refrigerant. the propagation of clematis is very important. in this study, the effects of plant growth regulators on rooting and growth of the plants in vitro culture were examined. experimental:...

labiatae family is well represented in iran by 46 genera and 410 species and subspecies. many members of this family are used in traditional and folk medicine. also they are used as culinary and ornamental plants. there are no distinct references on the ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology of the family in iran and most of the publications and documents related to the uses of these species are bot...