this study was carried out to evaluate the in vitro and in vivo antifungal efficacy of essential oil and extracts derived from the flower and leaves of magnolia liliflora, respectively, against plant pathogenic fungi. the oil (750 μg disc-1) and various leaf extracts such as hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol (1,500 μg disc-1) revealed promising antifungal effects against botrytis c...

This study was carried out to evaluate the in vitro and in vivo antifungal efficacy of essential oil and extracts derived from the flower and leaves of Magnolia liliflora, respectively, against plant pathogenic fungi. The oil (750 μg disc) and various leaf extracts such as hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol (1,500 μg disc) revealed promising antifungal effects against Botrytis ciner...

The components of Magnolia officinalis have well known to act anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative and neuroprotective activities. These efficacies have been sold many products as nutritional supplement extracted from bark of Magnolia officinalis. Thus, to assess and compare neuroprotective effect in the nutritional supplement (Magnolia Extract(TM), Health Freedom Nutrition LLC, USA) and our ethan...

Nature of Work: ‘Santa Rosa’ magnolia, a selection of the native Magnolia virginiana L. (Sweet Bay magnolia) introduced by Woodlanders Nursery, Aiken, S.C. in 1979, is an upright, evergreen tree with an open growth habit. Leaves of ‘Santa Rosa’ are larger than the species as are the lemon scented flowers (Raulston, personal communication). These attributes along with height growth that approach...

Limited biological information about Phyllophaga ephilida , a major sweet potato pest in Louisiana, is available. In 2001 and 2002, a study was conducted in the laboratory to investigate the feeding preference of adult Phyllophaga ephilida (Say) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) for the foliage of eight woody plant species: water oak ( Quercus nigra L.), live oak ( Quercus virginiana Mill.), red maple...