A study was undertaken to assess the phytotoxicity of citronellal, an oxygenated monoterpenoid with an aldehyde group, towards some weedy species [Ageratum conyzoides L., Chenopodium album L., Parthenium hysterophorus L., Malvastrum coromandelianum (L.), Garcke, Cassia occidentalis L. and Phalaris minor Retz.]. A significant effect on weed emergence and early seedling growth was observed in a d...

This work addresses the issue of Zn, Cu, Pb, Cd, Ni and Cr accumulation in wildgrown plants in the context of their possible use for the sanitation of sludge and waste substrates. The highest contents of heavy metals were noted in Lactuca serriola, Chenopodium album, Artemisia vulgaris and Atriplex nitens. Assuming maximum crop production which is to be obtained from sludge and waste substrates...

The experiments were conducted in 2017-2018 on soybean (Glycine max L.) three climatic regions of Russia (Altai Region, Krasnodar Region and Astrakhan Region) to evaluate efficacy herbicide diclosulam (WG, 750 g/kg). Treatments included diclosulam: 1) applied preemergence (PRE) - 18.75 37.5 g i.a. ha-1; 2) postemergence (POST) at 1-3 leaves soybeans (BBCH 11-13) 11.25 22.5 ha-1. Monocotyledonou...

background: the cultivation of saffron is expanding through the southeast of iran, and allergy to saffron pollen occurs in workers involved in processing this plant. we aimed to clone, sequence and express a major allergen involved in saffron pollen allergy, and to compare the recombinant with the natural allergen. methods: the n-terminal amino acid sequence of cro s 1, an allergen from saffron...

Although leaf expansion is obviously a fundamental process in the development of plants, its physiological mechanism is little understood, and has been but sparingly investigated. It is known that auxins affect the elongation of the leaf veins (1) but do not seem to influence the expansion of the laminar leaf tissues. BONNER et al. (3) observed an increase in expansion of radish leaf disks floa...

Plot-scale field studies were conducted to evaluate the efficacy of steam for the control of cropland weeds in comparison with common herbicides. Weed densities, biomass, or emergence after treatment were measured. Steam (3,200 kg/ha, energy dosage equivalent to 890 kJ/m2, speed of 0.8 m/s) and glyphosate (560 g ai/ha) gave similar control (. 90%) of seedling common lambsquarters and seedling r...