Aim This study investigated the antifungal properties of aqueous extracts obtained from indigenous plants that grow spontaneously in the Northern Sahara of Algeria. The activities of these plants in controlling two fungal species that belong to Fusarium genus were evaluated in an in vitro assay. Materials and Methods Fresh aerial parts of four plant species (Artemisia herba alba, Cotula ciner...

The genera Eumerus and Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae) have a high taxonomic diversity (300+ species altogether), but life histories of most species are unknown. In addition, these hoverfly genera are recognised to be pests (ornamental plants and vegetable crops). In this paper, early stages of four hoverfly species are described, Eumerus hungaricus Szilády, 1940, Eumerus nudus Loew, 1848 and Mero...

In this study, Asphodelus tenuifolius (ATO) seeds oils were extracted by three different extraction methods, namely Soxhlet (SE), microwave-assisted (MAE) and ultrasonic-assisted (UAE). The physicochemical properties, fatty acids, sterols, tocols, total phenol content antioxidant activity of ATO seed examined compared. best yield was from SE (21.97 ± 0.01%), followed MAE (19.28 0.13%) while tha...