This paper analyses the practices related to consumption and management of plants in central-western sector Santa María valley (Catamarca-Tucumán) during first second millennium AD. For this purpose, we worked with macroremains recovered occupation floors microremains present ceramic vessels from archaeological sites Morro del Fraile, El Carmen 1, 2. A total 546 carpological corresponding seven...

Cucurbits are vegetable crops, belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae, which primarily comprises species consumed as food worldwide. an excellent fruit in nature, composed of all essential constituents required for good health humans [1].

Introduction: Squirting cucumber, Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich. (Cucurbitaceae), is a wild medicinal plant found abundantly in the Mediterranean region. It has been utilized as a rootstock for many cucurbitaceous crops, mainly attributed to its resistance to abiotic as well as biotic stress (2). Important pharmacological uses (1, 9) are attributed to the bitter principles, cucurbitacins (5)...

Studies on the antibacterial activities of the leaf extract of Citrullus colocynthis (Cucurbitaceae), a medicinal plant used for the treatment of various ailments was carried out using agar disc diffusion technique. The results revealed that the crude acetone extract exhibited antibacterial activities against Pseudomonas aeruginosa with zones of inhibition measuring 14.0mm. The chloroform leaf ...

The dark-red spider mite, Tetranychus ludeni Zacher (Acari: Tetranychidae), is a highly polyphagous species and an important pest of economic plants belonging to the families Cucurbitaceae, Malvaceae, Fabaceae Solanaceae, growing in tropical subtropical regions. In Western Palaearctic, its distribution reports have recently come mostly from Mediterranean Basin, i.e. Portugal, Spain, Italy Israe...