The aim of this study is to give an overview about content and constituents of oils found in umbelliferous crops and the conditions influencing oil content in those crops. The large family Umbelliferae is rich in essential oils. Oils play the phytosanitary role by preventing parasites and diseases from developing or by acting like selective weed-killers in order to keep the ground clean around ...

Jatropha curcas (L.) is a perennial plant of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae). Recently, it has received much attention as a potential source of vegetable oil as a replacement for petroleum, and, in particular, the production of biodiesel. Despite the interest that is being shown in the large-scale cultivation of J. curcas, genetic resources remain poorly characterized and conserved and there ...

The pollution of crude oil contaminated water has been a major problem in oil producing communities and the use of plant to clean such water bodies has been on investigation. In order to identify plants that can enhance the remediation of crude oil contaminated water, the effect of the growth of Eichhornia crassipes on the physico chemistry and crude oil content of water contaminated with diffe...

In this study a model-based control designed for the operation of a solar power plant is discussed. The simplified physically based model of the plant was developed on the basis of the energy balances including the solar insulation as an input, the heat transferred by the flow of the oil as a working media and the overall heat loss from the plant. The outlet temperature of the collector field i...

objective: in order to study the effect of solopotasse fertilizer on yield and essential oil of cumin medicinal plant. methods: a experiment in randomized complete block design with three replications conducted in kermam city, iran, in 2013. solopotasse fertilizer in four levels (0, 50, 100 and 150 kg/h) investigated. plant height, number of umbrella per plant, number of seed per umbrella, 1000...

Background: Teucrium polium is a medicinal plant used as an herbal plant for antispasmodic and antimicrobial properties. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of the essential oil of T. polium against fungal, bacterial strains, and Giardia lamblia. Also, chemical analysis of the essential oil of T. polium was analyzed by GC/MS. Methods: Teucrium polium was collected from the De...

Oil slicks and lookalikes (e.g., plant oil and oil emulsion) all appear as dark areas in polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images and are highly heterogeneous, so it is very difficult to use a single feature that can allow classification of dark objects in polarimetric SAR images as oil slicks or lookalikes. We established multi-feature fusion to support the discrimination of oil slic...

Ascosphaera apis is one of the major fungal pathogens of honey bee broods and the causative agent of Chalkbrood disease. The factors responsible for the pathogenesis of Chalkbrood disease are still not fully understood, and the increasing resistance of A. apis to commonly used antifungal agents necessitates a search for new agents to control this disease. The in vitro antifungal activities of 2...

This study was conducted at the Agricultural Research Station, Hada El-Sham, King Abdulaziz University during 2006 and 2007 seasons. Four canola varieties, Callypso, Pactole, Sero-4 and Sero-6 varieties were tested under four nitrogen fertilizer rates (0.00, 92,138 and 184 kg N/ha) to determine the effect of nitrogen fertilizer on the canola (Brassica napus L.) seed yield, yield components and ...