The location of wild and cultivated host plants by pepper weevil (Anthonomus eugenii Cano) may be aided by visual cues, the male-produced aggregation pheromone, herbivore-induced, or constitutive host plant volatiles. The attractiveness of constitutive plant volatiles to pioneer weevils is important in understanding, and perhaps controlling, dispersal of this insect between wild and cultivated ...

The chem ical com position and m orphology of leaf surface waxes of Solanum tuberosum were analysed using FT -IR . G L C and MS studies. T here is a predom inance of sa tu rated and long chained com ponents resulting in a crystalline wax layer in the form of ribbons, n -alkanes are a m ajo r constituen t with C 3I being p rom inen t. Wax esters and 5-alcohols form the o th e r m ajor com ponent...

Bioactive substances are responsible for therapeutic properties of the plant in folk medicine. They have actions body that may promote good health. being studied prevention disease. The present investigation is focused on screening bioactive various parts (leaves, stems, and grains) Solanum nigrum. Qualitative tests presence phytochemicals different extracts using solvants with polarity such as...

Eggplant is the fifth most economically important solanaceous crop after potato, tomato, pepper, and tobacco. Apart from the well-known brinjal eggplant (Solanum melongena L.), two other under-utilized eggplant species, the scarlet eggplant (S. aethiopicum L.) and the gboma eggplant (S. macrocarpon L.) are also cultivated. The taxonomy and identification of eggplant wild relatives is challengin...

Tribulus terrestris L. and Solanum nigrum has been used traditionally since ages. To explore the phytoconstituents (qualitatively quantitatively) estimate antioxidant activity of hydroalcoholic ethyl acetate extracts fruits nigrum. Different methods were adopted for phytochemical screening. Evaluation potential was achieved by total anti-oxidant capacity assay, hydrogen peroxide scavenging acti...

Oral mucositis is one of the most debilitating side effects in patient undergoing chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy. Leaves of the plant Solanum nigrum are used in folklore medicine to treat oral ulcers in India. However, no pharmacological investigation has been carried out till date. Aqueous extract of Solanum nigrum leaves (AESN) was prepared and subjected to various phytochemical screening....

Penyakit infeksi atau penyakit yang disebabkan oleh mikroorganisme merupakan banyak ditemukan di masyarakat. Menurut laporan WHO penyebab kematian terbesar pada anak-anak dan orang dewasa dengan jumlah lebih dari 13 juta jiwa setiap tahun, serta menempati urutan kedua (25%) setelah kardiovaskular (31%) 53,9 kasus dunia menjadi utama anak dibawah umur 4 tahun.Pencegahan terhadap serangan dapat d...

Field trials were laid in the farmer’s holdings at Kaalipalayam, Coimbatore district during August, 2011 to November, 2011 to assess the efficacy of selected botanical insecticides against aphids, thrips, leaf miners and defoliators infesting Solanum nigrum. The results of the experiments revealed that among the treatments, foliar spray of profenophos is found to be the best treatment for the m...

Zn accumulation in Solanum nigrum grown in naturally contaminated soil in the presence of different types of organic amendments was assessed. Under the same conditions, the response of the plant to inoculation with two different isolates of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) (Glomus claroideum and Glomus intraradices) was also evaluated. S. nigrum grown in the non-amended soil always presented ...