LAURA CHECHERITA1*, MARIA-ANTONELA BELDIMAN2, OVIDIU STAMATIN2, LILIANA FOIA3 , NORINA-CONSUELA FORNA2* 1 University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Gr. T. Popa” Iaoi, Department of Odontology-Periodontology and Fixed Prosthesis, 16 Universitatii Str., 700115, Iasi, Romania 2 University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Gr. T. Popa” Iaoi, Department of Oral Implantology, 16 Universitatii Str., 700115, Iasi, ...

Root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, is the major limiting factor in tomato production in many regions of the world including Ethiopia. For its management, different plant species (botanicals) are being tried in different forms as an alternative to nematicides. The nematicidal potential of baker tree (Milletiaferruginea), bitter leaf (Vernonia amygodalina), parthenium (Parthenium hysterop...

Parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus L.), a major weed causing economic, environmental, and human and animal health problems in Australia and several countries in Asia, Africa, and the PaciÞc, has been a target for biological control in Australia since the mid-1970s. Nine species of insects and two rust fungi have been introduced as biological control agents into Australia. These include Carmen...

Effect of plant essential oils on seed germination and seedling growth of Parthenium hysterophorus was examined. Essential oils of Eucalyptus, Camphor, and Lemongrass were used in the experiments at different concentrations (0 to 20 ml.l). Water imbibed (36 h) seeds were germinated at 25°C ± 1 in petriplates containing 3 layers of filter papers soaked in distilled water and added with 1.5 ml of...

PREMISE OF THE STUDY Tithonia diversifolia (Asteraceae) is an invasive plant species that can outcompete natives and thus poses a great threat to biodiversity in introduced areas. Here, expressed sequence tag-simple sequence repeat (EST-SSR) markers were developed and characterized. METHODS AND RESULTS Sixteen polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated from T. diversifolia using transcript...

Tomato leaf curl Bangalore virus (ToLCBV) was successfully transmitted using viruliferous whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci) to several tomato varieties and hybrids, viz. Arka vikas, Pusa ruby, Rashmi, Rakshitha and Swaraksha. Hybrid Rashmi took 100% uniform infection, which was selected for further propagation of the virus. ToLCBV was also transmitted to Nicotiana benthamiana; the rate of infection w...

Heavy metals and dyes are major contributors in contamination of water streams. These contaminants enter into our eco- system, thus posing a significant threat to public health, ecological equilibrium and environment. Thus a combined discharge of these contaminants results in water pollution with high chemical oxygen demand, biological oxygen demand, color, particulate matter, suspended particl...