Whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) is an important insect pest, causing severe damage to agricultural crops. The pest was recorded in a commercial rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis, Lamiaceae) field, colonizing rosemary variety (var.) '2', but not '11'. A series of field and controlled laboratory choice bioassays confirmed the observed phenomenon. Mature potted plants of the two varieties were randomly o...

ophiopogon japonicus is a perennial, ornamental foliage plant, whichbelongs to the family liliaceae. it has a high demand in the local andinternational export market due to the presence of glossy white-green stripped lanceolate leaves. improved leaves and plants of o. japonicus will be more popular in the floriculture industry. hence, objective was to investigate the growth responses of o. japo...

the present research was carried out under hydroponic culture to evaluate the interaction between salicylic acid (sa), nickel (ni) on vegetative and reproductive growth of strawberry plants as a factorial experiment in a completely randomized design. well-rooted daughter plants of pajaro cultivar, were potted in 3 l plastic pots and were sprayed with sa at concentrations of 0, 1, 2 and 3 mm and...

the present research was carried out under hydroponic culture to evaluate the interaction between salicylic acid (sa), nickel (ni) on vegetative and reproductive growth of strawberry plants as a factorial experiment in a completely randomized design. well-rooted daughter plants of pajaro cultivar, were potted in 3 l plastic pots and were sprayed with sa at concentrations of 0, 1, 2 and 3 mm and...

Polyploidy was induced in Melia volkensii (Mukau), a valuable native tree from the semi-arid regions of East Africa. Cotyledons diploid M. (2n = 2x 28) were treated with oryzalin for 0 (control), 1, 2, or 3 h without pretreatment 1.1 µM thidiazuron. 10 mg·L−1 three hours yielded 40% tetraploids. Pretreatment cotyledons thidiazuron 18 days followed by treatment increased tetraploid plant product...

Pressure transducers were attached to twigs of orchard trees and potted trees of walnut (Juglans regia L.) to measure winter stem xylem pressures. Experimental potted trees were partially defoliated in the late summer and early autumn to lower the amount of stored carbohydrates. Potted trees were placed in cooling chambers and subjected to various temperature regimes, including freeze-thaw cycl...