Conservation managers and policy makers are often confronted with a challenging dilemma of devising suitable strategies to maintain agricultural productivity while conserving endemic species that at the early stages of becoming pests of agricultural crops. Identification of environmental factors conducive to species range expansion for forecasting species distribution patterns will play a centr...

Small cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton), a perennial cash crop exhibits an array of natural variations. Malabar, Mysore and Vazhukka are the three major cultivated forms/natural varieties cardamom, with prostrate, erect semi-erect panicles respectively. In terms several qualitative quantitative features, Malabar variety is relatively superior to varieties. However, morphologically disc...

Objective: The objective of the study was to carry out phytochemical profiling essential oils (EOs) and evaluation their anti-microbial activity. Methods: EOs extracted from Cumminum cyminum, Zingiber officinale, Trachyspermum ammi, Alipnia galanga, Cedrus deodara, Elettaria cardamomum using clavenger apparatus. Phytochemical analysis high-performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) fingerpri...