Insect pest are a major problem to food security, most especially in developing countries like Nigeria. There is an urgent need towards mitigating the effects of these group insects, and botanical extracts had played increasing role as alternative insecticide. The aim present study investigate anti-feeding effect different dosage Gmelina arborea stem bark leaf powder against Dinoderus porcellus...

This work was aimed at; investigating a clean method of removing waste leaves from the stream, converting them into fatty acids, biodiesel feedstock, or upgrading to deoxygenated fuels for higher energy content. Waste Gmelina arborea were collected, cleaned, and pulverized with ceramic mortar pestle. A 50g thermally hydrolyzed over 0.75g H2SO4, NaOH, ZnCl2 catalysts 500mL distilled water on Gal...

One of the alternative sustainable and green construction materials to concrete is timber. Timber numerous varieties, this acts as a barrier extent its usage, especially in structural application. Despite many researches on wood’s mechanical physical properties, only few are geared toward application wood. The present work investigated properties five timber species; Gmelina arborea, Tectona gr...

Background: The plant Gmelina arborea has been traditionally used in India for several medicinal purposes like anthelmintic, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antidiabetic. Aims: The aim of the present study is to explore the anthelmintic and antidiabetic activities of G. arborea bark extracts using ethanol, ethyl acetate, n-butanol and petroleum ether as solvents. Material and met...

The effect of 3 organic soil amendments viz., cassava peel (Manihot esculenta, Cranz), sawdust (Gmelina arborea, Roxb) and leaves (Cedrela odorata, L) on the stalk rot maize (Zea mays L.) caused by Fusarium verticillioides was investigated. Fourteen treatments made up single or combined with pathogenic non-pathogenic inoculation concentrations 3:1, 2:2 1:3 were added to 15.8 g sterilized soil. ...

When restoring degraded landscapes, approaches capable of striking a balance between improving environmental services and enhancing human wellbeing need to be considered. Agroforestry is an important option for land associated ecosystem functions. Using survey, key informant interview rapid carbon stock appraisal (RaCSA) methods, this study was conducted in five districts West Java province exa...

It has now been shown that the basic density of wood is related to tree growth and carbon storage capacity, it also providesinformation such as resistance, durability quality wood, with this, efficient use in tropical species isdetermined. The objective this research was estimate three (Tectona grandis L. f.,Gmelina arborea Roxb. Cedrela odorata L.). To species, empirical method used,which cons...