The insecticidal toxicities of five essential oils against Pochazia shantungensis adults and nymphs, newly recorded pests, were evaluated. The LC50 values of Thymus vulgaris, Ruta graveolens, Citrus aurantium, Leptospermum petersonii and Achillea millefolium oils were recorded as 57.48, 84.44, 92.58, 113.26 and 125.78 mg/L, respectively, against P. shantungensis nymphs using the leaf dipping bi...

The common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris (L.) Savi, is a member of the genus Phaseolus, belonging to subtribe Phaseolinae. It in turn is a member of the tribe Phaseoleae of the subfamily Papilionoideae and the family Leguminosae (Fabaceae) (van Eseltine, 1931; in Lackey, 1977; Maréchal et al., 1978). The neotropical genus Phaseolus includes about 50 to 60 species of wild bean (Toro et al., 1990), mo...

The purpose of this research to determine the influence production factors on and income beet farming feasibility farming. area is determined proposively namely Village Semangat, Merdeka District, Karo District. sample by stratified random sampling method, 30 samples farmer. Methods data obtained tabulated type, then tested using SPSS statistical test according needs hypothesis testing.The resu...

Alkaline phytase activity, with a pH optimum of 8, was recovered from detergent extracts of dormant seeds of nine varieties of Phaseolus vulgaris L., Pisum sativum L. var. Early Alaska, and Medicago sativa L. This alkaline phytase of legume seeds was activated by calcium and differed from most seed phytases in its relative insensitivity to inhibition by fluoride.