Vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanioides L.) is widely used for soil and water conservation, land management. In practice, all vetiver seedlings are propagated via ramets or tillers, which cannot meet the market demand would also destroy original habitat. Most genotypes flower but do not produce seeds. A wild ecotype of originated in southern China fertile, rate seed germination very low. This stud...

The present investigation was undertaken to study the cytotoxic and genotoxic potential of the essential oils (palmarosa, citronella, lemongrass and vetiver) and monoterpenoids (citral and geraniol) in human lymphocytes. Trypan blue dye exclusion and MTT test was used to evaluate cytotoxicity. The genotoxicity studies were carried out by comet and DNA diffusion assays. Apoptosis was confirmed b...

El eucalipto y el vetiver son plantas comunes en Colombia, las cuales pueden ser tomadas cuenta por su efecto estabilizador los ingenieros locales. Se realizó análisis del la estabilidad que produce sobre diferentes tipos de suelos, variando geometría, ángulo inclinación teniendo nivel freático. método trabajado es equilibrio límite bajo criterio Mohr-Coulomb. Los efectos raíces mostrados cohes...

Pollution of the soil environment with toxic materials from fossil burning, mining and smelting of metalliferous ores, disposal of sewage, fertilizers and pesticides, etc. has increased dramatically since the onset of industrial revolution. Various strategies including bioremediation and phytoremediation are employed to remove heavy metals from such soils and making them available for agricultu...