Fish in aquaculture face stress, which is a major concern due to its effects on the overall wellbeing of fish. To modulate stress responses, researchers are turning use nutraceuticals rather than chemical drugs. In six-week long study, holy basil (Ocimum sanctum) was used observe Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Stress induced by adding cortisol with feed as supplement. Three different tre...

introduction cultivation of medicinal plants in agricultural ecosystems plays an important role in the diversification and sustainability of these systems (rezaei-chiyaneh & dabbagh mohammadi nassab, 2014). therefore, the application of ecological principles such as multi-ship system seems essential in the production of these plants. zarifpour et al. (2014) in intercropping arrangements of cumi...

In the present study, improvement of salt tolerance in basil (as a salt-sensitive plant) was investigated through silicon (Si) nutrition. Basil plants were subjected to silicon (0, 3 mM) and salinity (0, 50, 100, 150 and 200 mM NaCl) for a duration of one month. Salt stress significantly decreased the biomass of basil. Si supplement (3 mM) resulted in a considerable increase (averagely +135%) i...

B asil Gordon, who made major research contributions to number theory, combinatorics, and algebra and who enhanced our understanding of Ramanujan’s remarkable identities, passed away on January 12, 2012, at the age of eighty. Gordon, who was a professor of mathematics at UCLA, was an outstanding teacher at all levels. His legacy will continue, owing to the impact of his fundamental work and to ...

Phenylpropenes such as chavicol, t-anol, eugenol, and isoeugenol are produced by plants as defense compounds against animals and microorganisms and as floral attractants of pollinators. Moreover, humans have used phenylpropenes since antiquity for food preservation and flavoring and as medicinal agents. Previous research suggested that the phenylpropenes are synthesized in plants from substitut...

Limited understanding of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) genetics and genome structure has reduced efficiency of breeding strategies. This is evidenced by the rapid, worldwide dissemination of basil downy mildew (Peronospora belbahrii) in the absence of resistant cultivars. In an effort to improve available genetic resources, expressed sequence tag simple sequence repeat (EST-SSR) and single ...

Microgreens are an excellent source of health-maintaining compounds, and the accumulation of these compounds in plant tissues may be stimulated by exogenous stimuli. While light quality effects on green basil microgreens are known, the present paper aims at improving the quality of acyanic (green) and cyanic (red) basil microgreens with different ratios of LED blue and red illumination. Growth,...

Basil is a very important medicinal plant and culinary spice, and is marketed fresh, dried or frozen. In crop nutrition, nitrogen is essential for plant growth and as a macro-element, is part of the proteins’ structure and participates in the metabolic processes involved in the synthesis and energy transfer. It has been shown that a balance between ammonium and nitrate favors plant growth and t...

A review is given of several aspects of the work of Basil Gordon. These include: Rogers-Ramanujan identities, plane partitions, the method of weighted words, modular forms and partition congruences, and the asymptotics of partitions and related q-series.

The sweet-basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) fruit/pericarp produces mucilage that engulfs the fruit and seed within minutes of hydration. Seed is produced by plant species have adapted to arid, sandy soils. This study was conducted determine how basil-seed improves ecological fitness. A second objective find ways remove mucilage, which may interfere with commercial planting. Basil fruit/seeds were ex...