indian traditional system of medicine has been used plants and herbs for treatment of diabetes since time of vedic glory. in this regard many plants still untouched, having remarkable efficacy. the blood sugar lowering effect of 95% ethanolic extract of c. tamala ( hamm.) nees. & eberm., leaves was investigated at single oral dose of 250mg/kg body weight in normal fasted, fed, glucose loaded an...

Environmental philosophers spend considerable time drawing the divide between humans and the rest of nature. Some argue that humans and our actions are unnatural. Others allow that humans are natural, but maintain that humans are nevertheless distinct. The motivation for distinguishing humans from the rest of nature is the desire to determine what aspects of the environment should be preserved....

Thirty days old rice plants grown under low and moderate light conditions were transferred to full sunlight to observe the extent of photoinhibitory damage and protective mechanism, and the relationship between xanthophyll cycle and nonphotochemical quenching (qN) under changing light environment. Control plants (low, moderate and sun grown) exhibited similar Fv/Fm ratio, indicating similar pho...

We know very little about how soil-borne pollutants such as selenium (Se) can impact pollinators, even though Se has contaminated soils and plants in areas where insect pollination can be critical to the functioning of both agricultural and natural ecosystems. Se can be biotransferred throughout the food web, but few studies have examined its effects on the insects that feed on Se-accumulating ...

Survival and fecundity of Colorado potato beetle adults, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), that had or had not fed previously on non-transgenic potato before exposure to transgenic potato containing the Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis Cry3A toxin (Bt) was investigated. In the laboratory, < 5% of first-generation adults survived after two weeks when restricted to Bt foliage since eclosi...

It can by using organic and bio-fertilizer minimize vegetables plants requirements from inorganic synthetic fertilizers which are potentially more detrimental to the environment. The objective of this work was to study the response of sweet pepper plants cv. California Wonder to some micro-organisms and organic fertilizer by soil inoculation with different rats of compost tea (10 or 20 L/fed.) ...