Three undescribed coumarin derivatives, pituranthosin A–C (1-3), along with nineteen known compounds were isolated and identified from the chloroform ethyl acetate fractions of hydroalcoholic extract Deverra battandieri (Apiaceae). The structures established by interpretation their spectral data using 1D-NMR (1H, 13C, DEPT experiments), 2D-NMR (COSY, NOESY, HSQC HMBC), HRESIMS, comparison liter...

Twelve essential oils from Mediterranean aromatic plants were tested for their phytotoxic activity, at different doses, against the germination and the initial radicle growth of seeds of Raphanus sativus, Lactuca sativa and Lepidium sativum. The essential oils were obtained from Hyssopus officinalis, Lavandula angustifolia, Majorana hortensis, Melissa officinalis, Ocimum basilicum, Origanum vul...

An efficient protocol was developed for high frequency plant regeneration from leaf explants of Ammi majus. Ammi majus L. (Apiaceae) is a herb of pharmaceutical as well as ornamental interest and used in the treatment of leucoderma. Since in Ammi majus the seed set and germination is poor attempts were made to propagate the plants through tissue culture. The callus from cotyledonary leaves obta...

In Daucus carota L. (Apiaceae) the florets comprising the central umbellet of inflorescences are usually pink or dark purple, presenting a marked contrast to the surrounding umbellets, which are generally white. The number of dark florets varies, and some inflorescences have no dark florets. It has been proposed that the dark florets function as an insect mimic, and in so doing serve to attract...

Coriander is an annual and herbaceous plant, belong to the apiaceae family. This plant is cultivated world widely. It is well known for having medicinal properties. The aim of this experiment was to study seed quality of species grown in Kermanshah conditions. The experiment was carried out in research farm, Campus of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran. Coriand...

This study reports the isolation and polymorphism characterization of four plastid indels and six nuclear microsatellite loci in the invasive plant Heracleum mantegazzianum. These markers were tested in 27 individuals from two distant H. mantegazzianum populations. Plastid indels revealed the presence of five chlorotypes while five nuclear microsatellite loci rendered polymorphism. Applications...

We tabulated ßowering plant species visited by 151 species of parasitic Hymenoptera. These data were extracted from records of C. Robertson who collected .15,000 insect visitors of ßowering plants in central Illinois during a 33-yr period. Species diversity of parasitoids was highest on plant species of the Apiaceae and Asteraceae. The most abundant parasitoids were 2 tiphiid and a scoliid spec...